The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-04-26
CHAPTER v.
At the Carlton.

There are certain natures to whom
each appearance of evil, each form Of
delinquency is fresh surprise. They
are born simple, In the sweet sense Of
the word, and they go down to old
age never Of the world, although in a
sense worldly. If Dan Blair's eyes
were somewhat opened at twenty-five.
he had yet the bloom on his soul. He
was no fool, but his ideals stood up
each on its pedestal and ready to ap-
pear one by one to him as the scenes
Of his life shifted and the different
curtains rose. He had been trained
In finance from his boyhood and he
was born f1nancier. Money was his
natural element; he could go far In
1t. But woman! He was one of those
manly creatures-a knight-to whom
each woman Is q sacred thing: a
dove, crystal-clear soul, made to
cherish and to protect, made TO be
spoiled. And in Dan were all she
qualities that go to make up the un-
selfish, tender, foolish, and often I'm
happy American husband. These were
some Of the other things he had in
herited from his father Blair, senior,
had married his first love, and where
as his boy had been trained to know
money and its value, how to keep II
and spend It, to save it and to make
1t, he had been taught nothing at all
about woman. He had never been
taught to distrust women, never been
warned against them; he had been
taught nothing but his fathers men,
ozy of his mother, and the result was
that he worshiped the sex and won
dered at the mystery.
With Gordon Galorey and the 9TH
ers he had ridden, shot better than
they, and had played, but with Lady
Galorey and the Duchess of Break
water he was nothing but a child. AS
far as his hostess was concerned, on
several occasions she had put to him
certain states of affairs, well, touch
ingly. Dan had been moved by the
stories Of sore need among the ten
ants, had been impressed by the ne
cessity OF reforms and rebuildings
and on each occasion had given his
hostess a check. She had asked him
TO say nothing about 1t to Gordon, and
he had kept his silence. Dan liked
Lady Galorey extremely: she was
jolly. witty and friendly. She treated
him rs , member Of the family and
made no demands on him, save the
ones tnenticnad.
In the time that he had come to
know the Duchess of Breakwater she,
on her part, had filled him full of 9TH
or condolences. Into his young ears
she poured the story of her disap-
pointment, her disjointed life, from
her worldly girlhood to her disillusion
In marriage. She was beautiful when
she talked and more lovely when she
wept. Dan thought himself In love
with the Duchess of Breakwater. His
conversations with her had brought
him to this conclusion. They had
motored from Osdene Park together,
and he had been extremely taken with
the pleasure of 1t, and with the fact
OF their real companionship Two or
three times the words had been on
his lips. which were fated not to be
spoken then, however, and Dan
reached the Gaiety still unfettered,
his duchess by his side. And then the
orchestra had begun to play "Manda-
lay" the curtain had zone up and
Lefty Lane had come ous "a the
boards. But her apparition did not
strike of his chains Immediately. nor
did he renounce his plan to tell the
duchess the very next day that he
loved her.
When with sparkling eyes Lady
Galorey raved about "Mandalay," Dan
listened with eagerness. Everybody
seemed to know all about Lefty Lane,
but he alone knew from what town
she had come!
They went for supper at the Carl
ton after the theater.
Lefty" Lady Galorey said, tells IT
herself how the impresario heard her
sing In some country church-picked
her up then and there and brought
her over here, and they say she mar
ried him.
Dan Blair could have told them how
she had sung In that little church
that day. Dan was eating his caviare
sandwich. Her name then was Sally
Towrey." he murmured. How little
he had guessed tina. she was singing
herself right out of that church and
into the London Gaiety Theater. Any
way. she had made him sit up!" 1t
was far cry from Montana to the
London Gaiety. And so she mar
ried the greasy Jew who had discov-
cred her!
Dan glanced over at the Duchess OF
i3reakwater She was looking well,
exquisitely high bred. and she i'm
pressed him. She leaned slightly over
TO him. laughing He had hardly dared
TO meet her eyes that day, fearing
that she might read his secret. She
had told him that in her own right
she was a countess-the Countess OF
Stainer. Titles didn't cut any Ice
with him. At any rate, she would b
able TO buy back the old farm"-tAAt