Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

tba 1, " LONDON Famous singers from all over
tne world graced England's opera houses and
music music nails Surely, thought the friends of the
composer, Won Orr would now be able to find
9olne Tnl one one who would meet his requirements. But
Won Orr still shook his head If not in DESPAIR
yet with something akin to It
.u, xalter lingering farewell, the summer reluc-
tan'iy passed on to join her sisters leaving in
,. noi piace ner prime minister, Autumn, who i'm
Medlately changed the order of his fair mistress
reign, and substituted severer weather for the
enourance OF mankind, and days of fog and nights
Oh M miserable, drizzling rain in vogue.
rms season affected all more or less and it
exerted particularly depressing influence over
Crark I Emroy who became averse to going out at
all. Inc change in him was noted with surprise
Wy MS friends for Clark had been nothing If not
good 1ellow, and his unfaing good nature had
maze him unusually popular with both sexes
Inc Inc women said that he was mysterious and
therefore, liked him hugely. He might be married.
tnde tney did not know. There was a spice of
rumor afioat concerning him which fascinated
many OF the fairer and aroused considerable
surmise regarding him. One thing however was
certain, and that was that he had plenty of
money. Consequently If he were not married
ne ought to be- and, acting this conclusion
matchmaking mothers with marriageable misses
on their hands to dispose of to the highest bidder
were not chary of their invitations to the young
American who usually accepted their overtures
and then behaved with the most provoking i'm
partiality toward all the ladies present at any
gathering where he might chance to be.
But when autumn arrived, Emroy declared the
riot act He had, he said had too much dissipa-
ton and was going to put stop to it. In ac-
cordance with this resolve he sent regrets to any
thlng and everything kept away from his club
and remained in his room at the hotel where he
spent the most of his time in burrowing into
formidable stack of law books
"Ah, you weary mel" Won Orr would exclam
d1sgustedly upon Emroy's continued refusas to
accompany him to the music halls where he spent
the greater part of his evenings in the hope of
discovering the singer for whom he was in search,
and where Emroy had been wont to go with him
declared himself
"I'm sorry, old man." Emroy would reply, 'but
| don't see how I can help it. I have been an
ilder too long already and l must get down
to business. You have your work and | have mine
and mine, | must confess to me infinitely
more sensible than what you are doing now Look
here, Won Orr, why don't you just call it off and
secure Madame b to undertake your opera
for you? am convinced that she would do so
upon reasonable terms and to my mind there's not
a finer singer Gods earth What If her heart is
not broken! That's nonsense, my friend! tell
you that you can't get a woman made to order and
that's what you're after. beauty, singer, and
-broken-hearted. l hate to say it, Henri, but,
pardon me, sometimes I doubt If you are quite
sane"
born shake of his head, always swapping out the
invarable remark, "Well we shall see."
And at last his faith was rewarded. He found
the he sought
A little music hall on secluded side street
made a great display Of brilliantly coored adver-
tisements which announced the coming of singer.
"The Great American Marvel" Haunted the sign
boards. OF course Won Orr the notices and
singer he must, though 1t may be confessed that
he did not show any too much alacrity as alone,
he wended his way to the little hall.
AS he bought his ticket he overheard
one behind him say:
"But she'll sing, won't she?' to which a voice
in which a ring of irritation decidedly
marked, replied:
"Yes, tonight, but after that she'll probably
cancel her engagement, for time at least. The