The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-06-02

llSIlt. lney spent ueSIee Ol tllne
and attention on each other that evea-
ing that might have made the other
members Of the party feel ill-used had
they not mostly seen how things We're
tending and been satisfied to let them
go.
Before he left, Winstanley made in
terest with his hostess to bring Miss
Hamilton to the R. A. concert at the
end Of the week. Mrs Shuttlewaite
promised, placidly. She thought it
was not the Afternoon of the
drawing room meeting on behalf of the
Esquimo at Lady Brewers. AS Lady
Brewer lived somewhere near Peters
field, to have gone to her entertain
ment would have ended all chance of
the town hall. Winstanley was GER
tain that it must be some other day,
and left Mrs. Shuttlewaite with the
flattering impression that he must be
an excellent young man with serious
tastes to take such an interest in
drawing room meetings.
II think Gen. Kenyon is fortunate
to have so nice an A d. c." she said
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Kenyon must find it so different from
some of those young men that are at
tached in that capacity-young men
who care for so very different things.
1t may be that he would like to come
to a meeting of the mission for nav
vies if we got one up here. Do you
think he would speak at it, my dear,
70 Il !
dare say he would. You and he seem
10 be such great friends
Ursula had pretty color when she
answered, which the admiral present
|y remarked, But the thought Of Win
stanley addressing a drawing room
meeting was one which she dared not
dwell upon till she was in the solitude
of her own room.
Portsmouth town hall is one Of the
-lories of the neighborhood and just
itiahle object of pride. 1t stands high
and majestic at The top of wide flights
of steps that lead: from the open square
in front On this afternoon the strings
of carriages stretched up the crowded
Commercial road on either side, and
throngs Of people on foot fiocked in
from Soutbsea and poured up the ap-
proach,, IL. =,
*s.'l,hesgfeat9ha was filled with smart
peST,1e alisarrayed
best frocks. On the high platform,
fronted with tall palms and flowers,
the dark blue band was ranged. When
the Cavaliers entered and bowed a
burst Of welcoming applause rose to
the root The audience settled down
in their chairs with contentment as he
waved his baton for they knew that
their afternoons entertainment was
assured.
1t was more of a pleasure than a
surprise to Ursula when some one Slip
ped into the vacant seat at her side
! just as the first notes of the overture
! TO "Lohengrin" sounded, aud she turn
| ed her head to see Capt. Winstanley.
| He had entered with the Government
! house party. but he apparently mad not
! thought it. needful to stay by them.
He smiled greeting at Ursula and
she smiled hers back. They were at
the stage OF friendship now when each
began to understand the other without
/ the need OF many words
He laid a program on her lap, and
for a time they were silent as the wild,
weird, lovely strains rang on. There
! is q curious drawing together in two
souls to whom music is a passion in
the mere listening side by side to the
same notes that speak their secret
speech Now and then they exchanged
q glance; their looks said, How won
derfu]." or "On1y hear that" The less
musical audience around them, which
was used to beating time to favorite
tunes at pier concerts, yawned for
lively behind its programs and wish
ed the Cava'iere would give them
something pretty and light.
Il wonder what people did before
Wagner and y his school Ct prophets
rose to speak for them?" said Ursula
| almost in an undertope, when the last
clash came, and the soft clapping Of
g1oved hands expressed as much sat:
isfatction at a chance of conversation
as at the delight that had been re.
ceived. doesn't it seem to yon as it
the world had been dumb, somehow
until then, and that its tongue was
touched by fire and gifted with
,words?" She had never so opened her
inmost soul to any one. Even as she
j, did it she half hesitated, and glanced
up at him to see if he would under:
stand She hoped he would, but it had
been the impulse of the moment. One
did not expect a soldier, somehow, a
man in the latter end of a practical
+ nineteenth century, to fathom all she
meant. But it was all The more Of a
t pleasure when she saw he did, He
6 looked his comprehension and nodded
1T was the touch Of the divine fire
that woke: the world up to life. -
How: You understand! The words
came invollintarily: ! T.. : -. :s.>> ...,> -.
4 a.:I understand you. j think ! almost
know what YOU: say before you say it.
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