The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-19
SBY sxNTOfNFTTE DE CoURshY
PATTERSON
tS.enyriEht. 1911. by Associated
Literary Press.


I'll Literary Press.
Far the last two or three years
Graham Hartley had been taxing hte
nuns se.a seriously An upcie--Srs-
Il ham i parents were both dead--w as
4 1nrgegy responsible for this. Ha had
taken Shs hoy imme distely after his
graduation from college, where ne
had done really weu. horne 10 his
q fnaSnificent bachelor apartments; he
had helped 10 develop his inborn taste
\ Tor gaxmry and beauty Of ali kinds
Incidentally he had encouraged lazi-
ness
Uncle and nephew had lived ami
cassly together until one day. wnlle
they were travelling sfr,sad the lat
tsg fell nadiy IN love with the pretty
T prsflA donnA or the opera which Was
crezsirS - ferpre IN Paris.
ON that arst night for a fall half
hour. Graham Hartley had saZsf
stabborniy through his opera glasses
al Maaernplse:ais Cartier. not only he
cause she was pretty and charming
but because l1e seemed to rCtncul her
having once seen her before, sud
denly il came to him; shc was the
little French girl who had been edu-
Gated With a young cousin of ms own
in a convent near Paris, and whom,
during the summer vacation three
pears ago. he had met visiting with
This same cousin at villa near
usnari. She had charmed them all
then with her fresh Young voice, ana
had added much 10 his regret when
the time came for his return To ths
Emitted States.
Graham HARTLEY lost no time in
slipping behind the scenes and send
ting in his card to MaGemoiselle Car
tier. she remembered him perfectly
ami seemed glad 10 see MIN.
Hartley wanted to bring Uncle
John. but Uncle John was abduratc.
He had little enthusiasm fer the thea
tire at best and rooted objection to
actresses. Had Granam known at
the time Of the one romantic episode
or his uncle's life and how it had
been irrexocably bound Up with q
woman of this profession. he would
& have understood things better.
As ii was he gave little thought 10
the matter, and soon. indeed. he
I gave very little thought even to Tin
Gle John. Uncle John had behaved
i much in the same way years ago
though. OF course. he had forgotten
4 that fact. Every opportunity that
4 offered found Graham Hartley in the
cernpany Of Marie Cartier.
when Graham finally confessed tbs
4 true state OF his feelings. Uncle John
D for a supposedly sane man, became
very violent
II was the mere fact she was AZ
4 Actress that Uncle John objected to
He dsJnt mind at ali woman's he
ang before the public, Mile. Cartiei
might have been a doctor, or law
ser. or an author, ar have led suf-
\ fragette meetings all over the coun
g try fer all he would have cared IN
deed, II she were only distinguished IL
B my other way than on the stage
ne would have raised no objection,
s@ Graham went To no end of trouhi,
20 explain to Uncle John that Mile
Cartier had adopted the stage merel.
~ ths best way of making "a livinl
for her grandmother and herself
Had he chosen To do SO. Cnci
John eaulc have found ont for him
self that Marie Carriers own Lowell
n nature had kept her as unspoiled a
q when the convent doors had close
upon her. But Uncle John preferre'
\ 10 arrive at his own conclusions un
hammered hy stubborn facts; and t.
every thing that his nephew urged b.
way of special pleading, he simpl
\ exclaimed. "Bosh.''
One morning. after stormy scene
& the two separated, the uncle utterin
dramatically the regulation formui
y that never again was his nephew T.
darker his doors.
Graham Hartley threw a few thing
Into his bag. walked out Of the hote
and straight To "A newspaper office
HI where. as luck would have IL, he sue
ceeded in getting a job which prom
tsed So week on account Of hi
knowledge OF both French and Eng
4 ltEh. This held ont little hope of al
early marriage, hut it would at leas
y Keep him alive i'm a world which wa
both pleasant place to live in 81
"a long as Marie occupied a portion o
4 Ii The great objection was that II
4 must begin at once with night work
n which would make II necessary fo
/ him to miss the evening performance
III the theater. But there would b
~ afternoon calls to console him. am
matinees. until he suddenly remem