The Prescott daily news., 1910-06-11
CHAPTER V.-Continued.

When Clara happened to broach the subject of music at their third or fourth meeting she found she had touched the dominant chord of Will frids nature; being no mean execu- tant herself, they at once met on com mon ground. She found that he had seen most of the modern operas Cat dollar admission) and some others of which she had never even heard. and he laughingly confessed to the pos session of a tenor voice.
 But you know what the great Won Bulow said about tenors. Miss Pas savant?"
 No; tell me, please; something spteful, am sure.'
 Judge for yourself; he said that a tenor was a disease!"
 Clara laughed. That recalls Her vey's-was it Hervey's ?-clever gen eraliZation of the human race," she said. You know he divided us up into men, women, and curates."
 That was certainly rather severe on the gentlemen of the cloth," com mented Stennis, unless he had in mind the old saying about the last hot being the least"
 Upon another occasion they were discussing the feminine passion for fine clothes.
 Women dress to please them selves" yaliantly asserted Clara, championing her sex.
 Are you sure?" said Stennis. NO true woman would be content with such a simple motive as that it must be something far more complex"
 For instance?" she asked, with one of her challenging glances which dared him to do his best or say his worst.
 T think they dress to please them selves first; secondly, to please the men; and, thirdly. to make other women envious.'
 For shame!" was the laughing re- tort, tapping him with her fan; time enough to be cynical when you get to be as old as papa"
 OuSh iieSiS vol DtA poSSu6CS at HIS as these-and there were many of them as time passed, for upon Stennis was conferred the freedom of the house in Park avenue after that initial dinner-served to put them more and more at their ease and to cement their friendship. The rather shop-worn so- ciety woman of eight or ten seasons 1lCnOV0rn6 ip t,h ing wits with Stennis she was sure to strike responsive fire in him every time, nor was it certain that in so doing her own wings were not in danger of being singed; she certainly, and perhaps unwittingly, revealed to him oftener than to others q softer, more womanly side of her nature.
 On Stennis part he ever delighted to be with her, because she possessed the happy knack of educing his bright est thoughts; she became his social mentor and the arbiter of his slowly forming tastes. He really wondered at himself, after an evening in her so- Ciety, when he recalled the consumed ly bright things he had said, and he began to take no little pride in his social and fashionable progress. For he was everywhere voted a success. His wealth, his pristine freshness, his total freedom from the too frequent vulgarities of the newly rich, made him everywhere welcome; he was put up at two or three good clubs; start ing with a few valuable introduc- tions from the Passavants, his circle of acquaintance widened rapidly. and not the least surprising feature of 1t all to Stennis was the ease wiSh which he assumed his place among the elect of New York society. It was as though he had been to the manner born.
 So the winter passed, in high jinks and perpetual holidays" and the young spring found Wilfrid firmly seated in the society saddle; fairly