The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-01

You would not object If L called
you a vision?" he inquired quietly,
averting his eyes lest they should speak
morep lainly than his tongue
Not if you meant it nicely. But /
fear that 's.,ecter' would be a more
appropriate word. Via ma meilleure
robe de sortie,"
she spread out the front widths of
her skirt and certainly the prospect
was lamentable. The dress was so
patched and mended, yet so full of
fresh rents, that a respectable house
maid would hesitate before using it
to clean fire-irons.
rs that really your best dress?" he
said.
Yes. This is my blue serge. The
brown cloth did not survive the soak
ing it received in salt water. After
a few days it simply crumbled. The
others are muslin or cotton, and have
been-er-adapted.
There is plenty of mems clothing.
he began.
Unfortunately there isn't another is
land" she said, severely,
NO l meant that it might be pos
sible to-er-contrive some sort of rig
that will serve all purposes"
But all my thread is gone. I have
barely needleGl left"
I'm that case"we must fall back on
our supply of hemp
81 suppose that might be made to
serve" she said You are never at
a loss for an eXpedient."
1T will be a poor one, 1 fear. But
you can make up for it by buying
some nice gowns at Doucets or
Worth's."
She laughed delightedly. Perhaps in
his joy at my temperance my dear
old dad may let me run riot in Paris
on our way home. But that VIII not
last. We are fairly well off, but l
cannot afford ten thousand a year for
dress alone"
IF any woman can afford such
sum for the purpose, you are at least
her equal"
way of telling me that fine feathers
would make me a fine bird?" she
asked.
mo I intend my words to be un-
derstood in their ordinary sense. You
are very, very rich, Miss Deane-an
extravagantiy wealthy young per-
SON.
"Of course, you know you are talk
ing nonsense. Why, only the other
day my father said
Excuse me- What is the average
price of a walking dress from leading
Paris house,"
Thirty pounds"
And an evening Dress"
"Oh, anything, from fifty upwards
He picked 10 a few pieces of quartz
from the canvas sheet
Here is your walking dress" he
said, handing her a lump weighing
about a pound. with the balance in
the heap there you can stagger the
best-dressed woman you meet at your
first dinner in England"
DO you mean by pelting herr" she
inquired, mischieYously.
Far worse. BY wearing a more ex-
pensiVe costume.
His manner was so earnest that nc
compelled seriousness. Iris took the
proffered specimen and looked at it.
From the cave, I suppose. |
thought you said anthony was not
very valuable?"
'That is not anthony. 1t is gold.
By chance 1 have hit upon an ex-
tremely rich lode of gold. At the
most modest computation is it worth
hundreds of thousands of pounds. You
and I are quite wealthy people, Miss
Deane.''
Iris opened her blue eyes very wide
at this intelligence. 1t took her
breath away. But her first words be-
her innate sense of fair deal
inc.
You and I! Wealthy" she gasped
Il am so glad for your sake, but tell,
me. pray, Mr. jerks, what have l got
to do with it?'
"Youl" he repeated. Are we not
partners in this island? By sQuatter's
right, if by no better title, we own
land, minerals, wood, game, and even
such weird belongings as ancient lights
and fishing privileges"
Il don't see that at all. You find a
gold mine. and coolly tell me that l
am I half owner of ii because you
dragged me out of the sea. fed me,
housed me, saved my life from pirates.
and generally acted like a devoted
in charge of a baby. Real
iy, Mr.. jerks
Really, Miss Deane, you will annoy
me seriously if you say another word.
l absolutely refuse to listen 20 such
an argument"
Her outra geously unbusinesslke
treading fast on the heels
of his own melodramatic and written
views concerning their property, net
tied him greatly. Each downright syl-
liable was sting to his conscience, but
of this Iris was blissfully unaware.
tic to the ranking wound caused by
his. momentary distrust of her.
For some time they stood in silence,
until the sailor commenced to re-
proach himself for his rough protest.
Perhaps he had hurt her sensitive feel
ings. What a brute he was, to be sure
She was only a child in ordinary af-
fairs, and he ought to have explained
things more lucidly and with greater
command over his temper. And all this
time Iris face was dimpling with
for she understood him so
well that had he threaten to kill her
she would have laughted at him.
Would you mind getting the lamp?'
he said softly, SURPRISED to catch her
expression of saucy humor.
"Oh. please. may l sDeak?" she in
CURED. Il don't want to annoy you,
but l am simply dying to talk"
He had forgotten his own injunction
Let US first examine our mine" he
said. IF you bring the lamp we can
have good look at it,
Close scrutiny of the work already
done merely confirmed the accuracy of |
MS first impressions. Whilst Iris held |
the light he opened up the seam with |
a few strokes of the pick. Each few |
inches it broadened into a noteworthy |