Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-17


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Aunt Pattie's eyes tw;nklea. 'oh,
mean 10 bq theret' Sue cried. "Slnce
we have no maid I'm going to serve
the dinner myself"
In vain we all protested, coaxed,
commanded. Aunt Pattie was firIe in
insisting that as Miss Cuyler had nov
er seen her it could make no possible
difference. Yet somehow 1t did to me,
Tor could imagine with what horror
my EnglLshman might hook on such
proceedings. Even after | had writ
ten 10 him ana explained the circum-
stances | was tormented by mtsgiv-
ings, for, although he didn't know it,
his good opinion mattered more to me
than anything else in the world.
All Wednesday Betty and | worked
like majors. We had always ratLer
prided ourselves on Iha artistic ar
rangenanr or our little parlor Now,
IN order TO make it look Bohemian, we
had banked it with all the bizarre and
startling things we could lay our hands
on. Billy's delicate water color sketch
es were jostled by namboyaAt posters,
theatrical Photographs adorned the
mahteL and sundry pipes and ash trays
Uttered the table. 1t certainly looked
queer; but, as Betty and confessed 90
ourselves, we didn't betty was de
mure in a gray gown, and wore my
black net was just fastening one
Of Harry f0Glnlinster's roses in my
hair when the bell rang.
'There she isr cried Betty hyster-
ically. "Now, don't act as if anything
unusual were happeningw
Eleanor Cuyler was enthusiastic IL
her greeting, and she was still telling
OF her 10y r. seeing US when we cross
ed tue threshold Of the parlor. At
eight of the room she smothered q lit
ile gasp, which showed that our work
had not been IN vain. Then Billy came
forward, ana the loose blouse and soft
tio which he wore for the occasion
made him look as If he had stepped
straight out Of the Latin quarter. But
Miss Cuyler wasn't any more surprised
at his appearance than he was at hers.
Somehow neither Betty nor / had told
nim what beauty Miss Cuyler was-a
childish little beauty with fluff of
golden hair and deep blue eyes that
opened very wide when anything as
tonished her.
Perry Dashwood nnd Harry Rock
minister rame early, but there wasn't
a sign of Cynthia and Worthington.
They're half an hour late already"
said Betty TO me In an aside. What
on earth can be keeping tbem: I'm
afraid the dinner viii be spoiled"
Something Of our uneaslness reached
Billy, and lie turned abruptly to Betty.
II really think we'd better not wait for
the Others" he said. "They may be
quite late. You never can tell what
may happen on the shores OF Bohe-
mia"
But we wPrT a6tdiy seated before we
heard the turn OF Worthington's latch
key and the swish of Cynthia's skirt
down the hall She made dramatic
pause at the dining room door and
looked perfectly dazzling "a = CRIMSON
Spanish costpme, shttering with span
giles.
81 hope you won't mind my coming
In costume" she said. 1--WE were kept
late at rehearsal, and there wasn't tipna
to change. J met Wurlhmgton on tie
stairs" she continued nonchalantly.
Hell be in in a moment He's musi-
clan, Miss Cuyler, and you know what
uncertain hours musicians are forced to
keep, especially when they are young
and struggling"
ryntuia moved toward her chair with
sinuous grace. She said aftcrward that
the Spanish costume had entered into
her blood, and she wasn't resr,,isiDle
for anything sha Iid. Neither was
WoriLingtou, for he wore n peculiar,
shabby black coat and carried his vio-
lin under his arm. But his crowning
glory was his hair, or perhaps / should
say his wig, which was very long and
straight,
" The Music Master by Jover' ejac-
ulatcd Harry Roc.lminstcr.
Yet not once did triumphant gIeam
!llumine the eyes of Signor Worthing-
ton. To this day I've always wondered
how he managed to keep that dreamy.
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