The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-29
""she Knows How to Make Herseli
conspieuous,n Said the Duehess.


1t. But womani He was one OF those
manly creatures-a knight-to whom
each woman is a sacred thing: q
dove, a crystal.clear soul, made TO-
cherish and to protect, made 10 be
spoiled. And in Dan were all the
qualities that go TO make up the rn:
selfish, tender. foolish, and often i'm;
happy American husband. These we're
some Of the other things he had I'm
herited from his father. Blair, senior.
had married his first love. and where
as his boy had been trained know
money and rs value. how 10 keep
and spend II, 10 save IL and mike
1t. he had been taught nothing at aft
about woman. He had never been
taught to- distrust women. never been
warned against them; he had been
taught nothing but his fathers mem
DRY Of his mother, and the result waa
that he worghiped the sex and won;
dered at the mystery
With Gordon Galorey and the otht
ers he had ridden, shot better than
they, and had played, but With Lady
Galorey and the Duchess OF Break
water he was nothing buta child. Az
far as his hostess was concerned, on
several occasions she had put 10 him
certain states Of affairs, well, touch
lngly. Dan had been moved by the
stories Of sore need among the ten.
ants. had been impressed by the ne
fcessIty of reforms and rebuildings
and on each, occasion had given his
hostess a check She had asked him
to say nothing about It to Gordon, and
! he had kept his silence. Dan liked
Lady Galorey extremely: she was
Jolly, witty and friendly. She treated
him as a member OF the family end
made no demands on him. save the
ones mentioned.
In the time that he had come 70.
know the Duchess OF Breakwater she,
on her part, had filed himFfpil OF 9th.
er condolences Into his young ears;
she poured the story Of her dLsap,
polntment, her disjointed life. from
her worldly girlhood to her dlsiIlnsion.
In marriage. She was beautiful when,
she talked and more lovely when she
wept. Dan thought himself In love
With the Duchess Of Breakwnter. His
conversations with her had brought
him to this conclusion! They Ind
motored from Osdene Park together,
and he had been extremely taken With
the pleasure OF 1t, and with the fact
Of their real comnanionship Two or
three times the words had been on
his lips, which were fated MOTTO lie,
spoken then; however, and Dan
reached the Galety still unfettered.
his duchess by his side. And then the
orchestra had begunEto play -Mapd8.
lay" the curtain had gone up and
Lefty Lane had come out on tho
boards. But her apparition did not
strike of his chains Immediately, nor
did he renounce his plan to tell the
duchess the yery, next day that he
loved her.
When with sparkling eyes Lady
Galorey raved. about fMandalaS paa
listened, with eagerness. Everybody
seemed to know all about Lefty Lane,
but he alone knew from what town
she had .comei .6
They went for supper at the Carl;
ton after the theater.
Lefty" Lady Galorey saId, tells
herself how the impresario heard her
sing In some country church-plcked
her up then and there and brought
her over here, and they say she MAT
rled him"
Dan Blair could have told them how
she had sung In that little charca
that day. Dan was eating his ase
(To be Continually
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