The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-24

| She looked up at me with tears in her
eyes when she answered:
Georges would never forgive me-.
Gould YOU make no excuse TO remain
at home ?".
"Oh. don't ask me TO do that" she ex
claimed pitifully. II have lived for the
ball since the beginning OF the year.
II was a woman's plea, and not TO be
resisted / saw at once that she would
go 10 the dance whatever words fell from
| me, and turned from the subject TO one
Since you are determined TO be there
tonight" said !, perhaps you viii give
me Mons. Georges Barre, "a address, Tes;, ,on
| him. she cried; "he would never forgive
me If | distrusted his present.
nv dear young lady. quite under
being a very poor diplomatist. When
see him ] doubt il shall even men
| tlon your name to him.
You promise me that?
! "I promise you, al least. that he shall
never know OF your coming TO me. But
| must exact another promise from you
until you have my permission.
But Georges expects me TO wear II
.fie would not expect you to risk your
| life And there is no reason, SO far as
| ! can see, why ! should not be able TO
give you permission. or to refuse II, by
II o'clock You do not go TO the opera
| until midnight: ! presume
Mons Barre has promised TO call in
the Rue Boisslcre at n quarter past y.
He has appartcment In the Hotel
Scribe. ! can scarce go with him and
| leave his gilt al home,
| ''Of course you can't. but would sug-
gest that. unless you hear from me by
! midnight, you carry IT beneath your cloak
as YOU do now | shall meet you in the
opera house. at any rate. Meanwhile.
| have one more question to put TO you;
forgive 1t from a man who is nearly old
enough TO be your father Before you
| became the Hancee OF Mons. Barre was
thcre-well, was there any other III your
| thouGhts?'
She looked at me with frankness shin
ing clearly from her eyes, when she
said
vent until last year, and. have not
spoken to six men since / left. go
THAT is all want 10 know We VIII
both dine now; but first let me look at
your bracelet once more
She handed me the case again, and l.
glass put the jewel under the strong
light OF the chandelier. and examined
every inch OF IL within and without
discovered then that which had escaped
one OF the crevices OF the clasp there
was a bloodstain, unmistakahle. even
fresh: yet so concealed by Inc emboss-
ment Of the jewels that ] did not won
der she had remained in ignorance of H.
But when ! gave it To her again doubt
not that was very serious. and this she
observed. and made comment upon.
You see some thing now which you
did not see ten minutes ago" she cried
you will surely tell me?''
Il see a very pretty pink topaz, sale
l, forcing a smile. and a young lady
who Is missing her dinner. Come. have
some confidence In me. and put all these
thoughts out OF your mind until l ask
you 10 remember them again
Il will said she. and can never
thank you enough. you do not know what
trouble you have taken from my mind
Here was the end Of our interview
for we had come TO the door OF the
courtyard as we spoke. and put hei
at once. into the neat little broughan
which was waiting for her. There wer,
but two other men. the concierge. anc
a short. exceedingly dark man in even
Ing dress. about the place al that time
and the brougham drove away 1t oc-
! CURED to me that the latter fellow wa: