The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13

turned ana looked al ner- Sue
IL met his glance with eyes dark
i ensd by excitement,
u There's Mr.. Shackleton in the
box" she said eagerly in half
whisper. Did you see?"
Yes, I've been looking, and that's
his daughter. Maud shackleton. in the
white with diamonds"
Is il? on. what a beautiful dress,
and quantities Of diamonds. Almost
TOO many; they twinkle like water, as
If some one had squeezed a sponge
over her"
What can you do when you're a
bonanza kings daughter and as ugly as
that2 You've got 10 keep up your end
Of The line some way. She evidently
thinks diamonds are the best way"
Essex took the glass and looked at
the bedecked heiress again. After some
moments he put it down and turned to
Maripcsa with a quizzicsl smile
DO you know I'M going TO say some
thing very funny but look at her well
Does she look like anybody you know"
he girl looked and shook her head:
Like her father a little" she said,
but no one else can think Of
No, not her father. Some one you
know intimately and see often-very
often. if you're as vain as you ought to
be"
"Who?" she demanded. frowning and
looking puzzled: I can't think whom
ycu mean"
'ycurself; she looks like you"
Mariposa gave quick look at the
sirl and then at Essex. For the mo-
lnent she thought he was mocking her.
bul with her second look 2 the box. the
likeness suddenly struck her.
She is. she said slowly. reaching for
thc glass; yes" putting it down, 4
Sc it-she is. How funny, and fancy
s-our telling ne on top Ct the statement
that she was so ugly ! don't see how
can smile again this evening"
Sie smiled with the words on her
lips the charming smile Of d woman
WHO knows her silliest phrases are de-
nehyful 20 one man at least.
90 I'D not entirely like herr" she asked.
With somewhat anxious air: I
haven't got these psle-gray, prominent
eyes. have To-
&c. you've got mysterious dark eyes.
as deep as wells, ard when 1 look into
them. down, down. I sometimes wonder
i can see your heart at the bottom.
Can J.: Let me see"
ie leaned forward as If 20 lock
straight into her eyes. Mariposa sud
den'y nUshing ana feeling uncomforta-
bic. diopred them. The sensation she
So "ften experienced with Essex. OF be-
ine awkward and raw, was intensified
DOv by the annoyed enbarra ssment
provoked BY the fiorid gallantry Of his
words But she was too inexperienced
2 iittle fiy To- deal with this cunning
spider. End tansled herself worse in the
Web by savirg nervousIy:
And my nose ] haven't got that
kind cf . nose? oh. SUI ely not" put
ting up Z glOved hand to feel of its un-
satisfactoriness.
iou have the dearest little nose in
TIE world, straight as 2 Greek statues.
It's little bi; naughty, but I Ike it
that way. And your mouth" he
dropped his voice slightly. your
mouth"
Mariposa made 2 sudden movement
% annoyance. She threw up her head
and looked at The curtain with frown-
ing b-ows.
Don't" she said sharply. L don't
Ike you 10 talk about me like that"
essex was client, regarding her pro-
file with celebrating eye and a slight.
amused smile. How crude she was and
how handsome, After a moments ST.
lerce, he leaned toward her and said
in a voice full Of good-hunored banter:
Butterfly, Butterfly, Why did
they call you Butteriiy?"
The change in his tone and manner
put her back at once on the old footing
OF gay bonhomie.
In English, that way, it sounds
dreadful, doesn't it? Fancy me being
called Butterfly. 1 was called after the
flower. Ny whole name is Mariposa
Lily"
"Mariposa Lily" he repeated in
amused amazement; what an absurd
name."
Absurd" said Mariposa. indignant
~ Il don't see anything absurd about
it. ] think it very pretty. My mother
called me after the flower, the first
time she saw it. They couldn't find a
suitable name for me for a long time.
and then when she saw the flower she
decided at once 10 call me after it. It's
the most beautiful wild flower in Cali
fornis-"
It's fortunate you were not called
Eschscholtzia," said Essex. who thought
the name extremely ridiculous. and who