The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-05

She Sang as He Had Never Heard Her
 Sing.
 who sat at Mans tables, there could be no question about the quality of the dinner set before them
 When the feast ended at 1O:3O Nan led the way to the ballroom, where the entertainment by hired dancers, singers and professional entertainers began on an improvised stage.
 During this part of the program the women and men of the banqueting party who were to appear in the fancy dress ball at 12, including Nan, retired to the rooms above to dress for their parts
 Stuart noted with some astonishment tie peculiar somber effects of the ball. room. He had expected scene Of splendor Instead the impression was distinctly funereal The lights were dimned like the interior of theater during the performance, and the lofty ] gilded ceilings with their mural decora- tions seemed to be drapedI in flmy black crape- The professional entertainment be- gan one the little stage amid a univer- sal gabble which made it impossible for anything save pantomime to be in telligible beyond the footlights. Star l after star, whose services had cost | S1.OOO each for one hour, appeared without commanding the slightest at l tention.
 Stuart turned to the program in his hand and idly read the next number:
 "A song by an unknown star 1 He was wondering what joke the manager was about to perpetrate on | the crowd when his ear caught the first 1 sweet notes of Harriets voice singing I the old song he loved so well, the song she had first sung the day he came l from the south
 l His heart gave throb of pain. Who l could have prepared this humiliation 1 for his little pal? He pushed his way 1 through the throng of chattering fools until he stood alone straight in front of ! the slender little singer. She saw him l at once, smiled and sang he had l never heard her sing. To his further surprise Stuart saw the doctor stand 1 ing in the shadows at the corner of the l stage looking over the gossiping. noisy i crowd with a look of anger and horror. 1 When the last note of the song died 1 away, quivering with supernatural l tenderness and passion. he brushed q l tear from his eyes. lifted his hands 1 high above his head and made a mo- tfon which said to her. s.Tumultuous ! appla
 She nodded and smiled, and he rush. l sd behind the scenes to ask an expla- nation.
 l He grasped both her hands and | found them cold and trembling with l excitement.
 1 What on earth does this n1ean%'' 1 Simply that I was engaged to sing
 tonight, and 1 wanted to surprise you. 1 Didn't you like my song:" l 'tIt lifted me to the gates of heaven,
 dear''
 l 'eThen I don't care whether any one else heard it or not. But did so much
 wish that she might have heard it or
 her husband because they are from the
 south
 But don't understand-your father | hates Bivens so.''
 A big hand was laid on his shoulder.
 he turned and faced the doctor smiling. l But don't hate him, my boy! I've ] given up such foolishness. We've | buried the hatchet. Pm to see him in
 few minutes and we are to be good 1 friends
 l ''Bivens invited you here to discuss
 n business proposition tonightr' Stuart 1 exclaimed. biankly. i No, no, mo-" the doctor answered. l II came with Harriet. of course Her music teacher placed her on the pro 1 gram. But Mir. Bivens and have had 1 some correspondence and Pm to see l him in little while and talk things i over quite informally, of course. but ! effectively"
 lTo Be continuad0