The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-22

arrived she with a pleasant smile and
word from her black eyes and laughing
| mouth, and he in grave and speeches.
hospitality.
Good evening, Mr., Farnham!'' said
the good-natured lady. $50 glad to see
you. began to be alarmed. So did the
young ladies. Then were afraid you had
not returned Show yourself in the draw
lnS-room and dispel their fears. OH Mr..
Harrison. 1 am SO glad you resolved to
stay over
Farnllam gave way to the next conner,
ana said to Mr.. Temple, who had pressed
III; hahd In silence:
Did you want to see mo for anything
special to-day7' Al
Mrs. Temple looked up at the word,
ond aer husband said:
NO; l merely wanted you to take q
drive with me-"
Another arrival claimed Mrs. Temples
attention, and as Farnham moved away,
Temple half whispered In his eur. Don't
90 away I'll get chance to speak to
you There is merry and particular
pioon, or h. to pny.i
me phrase, while vivid, was not de-
eclptive. and Farnham could not guess
what 1t meant. Perhaps something had
Gono wrong In the Jockey club; perhaps
GOLDSMITH Maid was OFF her feed; per-
maps pistiron had gone up or down q
dollar a ton. These were all subjects OF
profound interest to Temple and much
less, to Fnrnhan; SO he whited patiently
the hour OF revelation, ane. looked about
the drawing-room to see who was there.
It was tho usual drnwing-room Of pro-
vincinl cities. The sofas and chairs were
mostly occupied by married women. who
drew scanty entertainment from gos-
sr with each other. from watching the
proceedings Of the sptnsters, and chiefly,
perhaps. from a consciousness of good
clothes. The married men stood grouped
Il, corners and talked Of their everyday
affairs. The young people clustered to-
Eether In little knots, governed more or
less by natural sclection--only the vote
rams or several seasons pairing off into
The discreet retirement of stairs and hall
trgles. At the further end of the long
8t,Tawlng-rooIn, Farnham's eyes at last
lighted upon the object Of his Quest.
Nee sat In tho midst Of u group Of
young girls, who had intrenched them-
Fclves in a corner OF the room, ana de-
fed all the efforts Of skirmishing youths
,Dtent upon Irritation. to dislodge them.
They seemed to be amusing themselves
very we'll together and the correct young
men In white cravhts and pointed shoes
came chatted and drlfted q away. they
were the brightest and @$ gayest young
girls Of the place; and It would nave
been hard to detect any local color IN
them Young as they were. they had
all had seasons in Paris ana n " ASH l'a
ington. some OF them knew the life of
maj most foreign Of all capitals, New
York. They nearly all spoke French and
German better than they did English Tor
t,eir accent in those languages was very
aveot and winning in Its incorrectness,
while their English was high-pitched ana
nasal. and a little too loud n company 'l pan
They were as pretty as girls IRE any
where. and they wore dresses designed
! ny Mr.. Worth, or his New J ort r1V ,l4'
1.ouue ana Chiffon: but they OCCASION IN
nl1y looked across the room Win 1 csl'i. :.
| lid and intelligent envy at maldehs y :
! lees nret tensions, who were better dress si
| 5by the local artists. i.
|$57iTarnhnn, was stopped at some dls5hncts
from the pretty group by a pu1o! y W..
man standing near the open "iI ,..,
lbcooling the vast spread OF her pare s 'lN'
aers in a current Of air. Which sne Up. an,
sisted in its office with =
Japanese fan Ia ..r,han
ss"r,nntnin Farnham," she SAID = y
-, Going 10 give that lawn tennis
m rty.Syou promised SO long ego, !. Wy J
=, : rocter for yeraclty depends g H. 4
i,o,,ol@ told everybody 1t would Dc ,e so0l,,'
nA = shoIl he disgraced II It IS drlayea
much longer nro,t,o at
49, Ad,nson" replied Farnham. ~ on
r w., they say in Wall Street That curry
I'd exclusive information VIII rum l any
man. But tell me. how ls YOU, , u,up
getting on 2" he continued disihselluous. =,
for he had not the slightest ihtetesl =.
i2the club; but he knew ina. o''ce a ia.a,y
s,nrta,1 on tho subject, Mrs, Aalpso =
500 49,, All, ;ndeflnitely, and he might
- 81 IA there and torture his heart ana ae-
1,ght his ewes with the beauty OF !Allce
Bedding. ,,tt,a too
| "a : 3however.y for the good lady soon pel-
ceiyed, from his wandering LOOKS unu
I y. que replies, that she was NOT Ao1ollis
| hiE attention. SO she pett1shly rele"s ~
l3him after following the sdlrect'oh " n's
aytes and said: There. ! see y1u aAf1
crazy to 80 and talk 70 MISS iyu'...'.
WON'T detain you. She is awfully cleVer.
+ a sunnose though she never took the
trouble to be brilliant in my presence
and she ID pretty when she wears her mar
That wny-I never liked those frlzzes.
rarnham accepted his release Win per-
hnps 4 little moro gratitude than coar.
tesy. and moved away to take ae.tt
which had Just been vacated psslue h,ss
Dallas. He was filled with boylsll aer>
light In Mrs, Adlpson's error. tina ~, sho
should think was worshipping Miss Pal
las from ATARI Where do women Keep
their eyes 10 think that anybody should
look at Miss Dallas when Alice Ieldlhg
wns sitting beside her." 1t was pleasant
to think, however, that the secret or ms
unhappy love was safe. Nobody waa
gosslpng about 1t, and using the name nan,
OF his beloved in idle contectures. That
was as 1t should be. His love was sacreu
from rude comment Tie could 50 ana Sly
by Miss Dallas. 30 near hla beloved .ls'lt
he could sec every breath move the laco
on her bosom. lie could watch the Color
come and 80 on her young cheek Ho
could hear every word her sweet voice
uttered, and nobody would know ne was
conscious OF her existence.
Full Of this thought. he sat down by
Miss Dallas, who greeted him warmly and
turned her back upon her friends BY
looking over her shining white shoulder