The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-02

passed to the garden scene she had
played so often and always with such
sweetness and light. The thought that
her father might be in the house ex-
cited her strangely; Difficult as It Is
those in the stalls, she peered intently,
nevertheless, at the serried ranks before
her and was conscious of sense OF dis
appointment when her search was vain.
A second thought suggested that her
father might be hidden by the curtains
Of private box; and with this in her
mind she found herself playing. not.
as it were, to an audience of strangers,
but to one who loved her and had never
understood her. Surely her father
would read something of her own story,
of her loyalty to her old home, and the
depth of feeling which had sent her
from it when he listened to Di Vernon
and her sweet sincerity. This was hex
hope, tho she knew not whether the
earl were present or no. To her anxious
questions during the entractes,. old
Jacobs, the stagedoor keeper, declared
that no one "hadn't come round from
the front not since he ID drunk his sup
per beer''-a vague answer, insomuch
as the beer in question made its appear
anee at 6 O'Clock and continued to do
80 at short intervals until IL.
She must suffer her curiosity. there
fore; and take what profit Of it she
might. When the play was over and no
news came from the front, she eonclud-
ed with natural regret that her father
had not been present; and she was Just
wondering how she would get to DE
| Kyser's hotel and exactly where it
| might be. when old Jacobs himself, un,
| able to find messenger, came round
to tell her that a carriage stood at the the
It was "nobby one, to boot.
| tsShe's footIghts enough for a bal
| let the old man said, with the patron
ling air of one who did not keep motor
cars and thought very little OF those
! who did. "He says he comes from
your father, but shouldn't wonder m;1 4
you 90, miss, or shall I say something
Evelyn fastened to say that she
would go; and, putting on her furs,
she went out to the carriage. This was
waiting in the Haymarket, and the
driver ap9PearSea 20 Re lad who
| told her frankly that he was not to
take her to De Kyser's hotel, but to
a house at Hampstead where the earl
expected her.
;.s T6sFs Z said Mr. rl ts9nf h s1srs'
clergyman. They said you would know,
and it would be all right for you to
stop the night. The gentlemen are going
away early in the morning, believe
at least I heard the butler saying so
It was rather startling, but Evelyn
suspected nothing. That old chatter
box. the vicar Of Moretown, had rela:
tives at Hampstead, she knew, and
| nothing would be more natural than
that he should have accompanied hei
father to town. None the less, 1t was
annoying to have to go as s., sne was
tention to travel abroad almost imme
diately induced her to consent.
sCould you bring me back tonight
if I wishede" she asked the lad.
He answered.: ooh, certainly, miss
Pm up half the night carrying ladies
about sometimes.
Their parley and they drove swiftly thr.
Regent street and Portland place. He
desire to meet her father betrayed he
unconauered affection for him. Sh'
would tell him frankly that she woult
not return to him until she went a
from this time would be devoted t.
discovering the result of Gavin g jour
new and the reasons which kept him i
Rumania. This would not be to So.
that he had ever dealt ungeneronst
with her; far from it, the whole of hi
immense fortune had ever been at ne
command; but the advantages whic
his money conferred upon her entaile
corresponding duties; and she did no
believe that her love for Gavin pei
mitted her to live under the roof whic
also sheltered Georges odin g son. Flo
these reasons she had left her home
and to justify herself. by them sh
now went to Hampstead at her father
bidding
There was much gray mist in th
lowlands by Regents park; and alth
the night became clearer as the
climbed the height to Hampstead,