Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-04-29

ries about the early days UP there +"
Berny's Indifferent glance became
bright and fixed under the steadying
effect of sudden interest
Been in the klondlke?" she re-
peated What was his name?"
"Buford, James Delay Ruford He'd
been an actor at the opera house at
Dawson"
''Buford," said Berry, turning to
place a helping of pease on the plate
the Chinaman held toward her. II
never heard of him. / thought per
haps it might have been some actor
I'd seen play. Id like to know an
actor in private life They must be
so different"
She ladled a second spoonful OF
pease on to her own plate and as she
began to eat them, said
1t must have been interesting hav-
ing the Cannons up there. When |
read in the paper that they were in
Antelope too, was awfully glad be-
cause | thought it would be such a
good thing for you to get to know the
Ole man well, as you would, showed
in that way together"
Il knew him before. NY father and
mother have been friends of his for
years"
i know that You've often told me.
But that's different thing / thought
II ne got to know you intimately and
liked you, as he probably would
she glanced at him with a coduettish
smile. but his face was bent over his
plate-"Why, then, something might
come of it. something in a business
way" She again looked at him, quick
ly, with sidelong Investigation, to see
how he took the remark. She did not
want to irritate him by abiding to his
small means, anyway on this night of
reconciliation
1t would be so useful for you to get
solid with a man like Bill Cannon, ="
she concluded with something of tim
idity in her manner.
respite her caution. Dominick
seemed annoyed He frowned and
CAV his head an impatient j,rk.
On, there was nothing of that
kind," he said hurriedly. eve were
J0st showed in at the same hotel
ILsre was no question of intimacy or
friendship about it, any more than
there was between Judge Washburne
and me, or even the actor"
Berry was exceedingly disappoint-
ed. Had the occasion been a less mo-
mentous one she would have ex-
pressed herself freely In her mind
she thought it was "just like Domi-
nick TO have such an opportunity and
let it go. slight color deepened the
artificial rose of her cheeks and for
a moment she had to exert some con-
troll to maintain the silence that was
wisdom She picked daintily at her
food while she wrestled with her irri-
tation. Dominick showed no desire
to resume the conversation, and a ST.
lence of some minutes duration rest
ed over them, until she broke If by
saying with a resolute cheerfulness
of tone:
Rose Cannon was there. too. the
paper said. suppose you got to know
her quite well?"
81 don't know saw a good deal of
her. There was only one sitting-room
and we all sat there. She was there
with the others
What's she like?" said Berry, her
curiosity on the subject of this spoiled
child of fortune overcoming her recent
annoyance.
you've seen her" he answered.
you know what she looks like"
1--we never seen her to know who
she was. | suppose I've passed her
on the streets and at the theaters. Is
she cordial and pleasant, or does she
give herself airs because she's Bill
Cannon's daughter?"
Dominick moved his feet under the
table. 1t was difficult for him to an
swer Berny's questions politely.
"She doesn't give herself the least
airs. She's perfectly simple and nat
ural and kind"
That's just what I've heard" his