The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08
Hiss FairfaX'S Husband
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| And without more ado he put on
his coat and hat and hurried away to
the town hall, where Miss Fairfax had
consented to be interviewed, the rem
devious being her dressingroom be-
hind the stage.
Miss Fairfax was rolling up her
music when her maid, Jones, was good
enough to inform her that "a reporter"
was anxious to see her
From the Dendene Gazete?" she
inquired.
Yes, miss-I think it was some
name like that"
Miss Jones' experience Of press rep
reseatatives was Il very wide one She
didn't think much of the one who was
here tonight. He wasn't so free
spoken as them London gents, with
their shiny ats and long frock- coats
no, nor so free with his money-at
any rate he didn't look as if he was
Yes, Miss Jones liked the London gen
tlemen, especially when they attribut-
ed to her mistress a host of clever
things which she never said.
ASK him to come in" said Miss
Fairfax. Good evening" she muir
INJURED pleasantly, as Danvers entered;
Z will you sit down? And now what
can l do for yOu?"
Poor Danvers was quite dazzled by
l his wife's wOndrous beauty. She was
{ certainly very pretty girl when he
married her, but he never imagined
, for a moment that she would develop
into the lovely woman he now beheld.
She was in excellent health. Her eyes
. were bright and sparkling, and she
/ looked very queen as she moved to
+ and fro in her costly white satin dress,
while diamonds shOne out from be-
l. tween the coils of her dark hair and
/. burnt fiercely on her breast.
Danvers pulled himself together
= with a great effort, and put the usual
;, round of questions to her. She an
;, swered them with astonishing readi
q ness, and told him the tale of heI
4 career with striking accuracy. Then
seeing that her visitor did not appear
= to be quite at his ease, the singer
began to talk about the songs she
- lOved-talked in a low, sweet voice
u which rose and fell in glorious cad
10 ences, that fell upon the ear like the
u purling of a stream. At any othel
n time Danvers would have hailed sucl
l. a speech with gee. for it was emf
70 nently printable and interesting; bu
w now he only wrote mechanically, 70
., his thoughts were not in his work
~ only his pencil-point
III During the latter part of the inter
n view Jones had been assisting he
err young mistress in putting on he
st things" Jones, as has been saiC
IT. was quite used to interviewers, an
nd she shifted impatiently several time
ID. during Miss FairfaX's DISCOURSE fo
e. her mistress was more communicative
nd than usual-far more communicative
indeed than she was to the LOndo
nd gentlemen, who, in consequence. ha
or to draw upon their imaginations
inn order to fill up their columns 1t wa
he quite immateral to Miss Fairfax hO'
nd the interviewers who came to see he
an were dressed Her business manage
"a most discreet gentleman had direc
as ed her to grant interviews whenev'
she could, and so, in giving the repr
1St | sentative OF luc Dtuuellt NrdLtllt Il
m this information, she was only tran
NO acting part of her days work.
if 1t was not likely that Miss Fairfa
~ bestowed two thoughts on the appea
lrd ance of this very quiet member of Il
do reporting tribe, who seldom lifted h
om eyes from his nOte-bOok-it was II
So likely that she noticed, as Jones di
go. that his coat was very old and a trii
on. thin for the season; that his cola
oy. and cuffs, though quite clean, pc
md sessed frayed edges that his boo
be- wanted repairing, and that he won
irs have been the better for a new HI
der Not that you could find much fan
up with Danvers' clothes at first CLAN
the it was only when you came to 10
into them that you saw some seriO
defects. After much considerable
TIL Miss Jones came to the conclusion IL
ion The reporter" had been good-loOkil
)n't She put him down as ive-and-thii
now, and married, with perhaps b.