The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-23

him a very simple affair, and somewhat
, lonely one, and he avoided II almost
/ nightly by indulging himself IN a more
But even as ne spoke an idea came
to Stuart which made him reconsider his
determination. and which struck him as
tie and smiled delightedly at himself In
the glass before him.
Yes" he said. stiIl smiling. ~ will
dine here tonight. Get me anything in
a hurry. You need not wait now, go
get the dinner up as soon as possible"
The effect which the photograph OF
Miss Delamar had upon him, and the
transformation 1t had accomplished In his
room. had been as great as would have
marked the presence there of the girl
herself While considering this 1t had
come TO Stuart, like a flash Of inspIra-
tion.. that here was a way by which he
could test the responsibilities and condi-
tlons of married life without compromis-
Ing either himself or the girl TO whom
he would suppose himself to be married.
90. will put that picture at the head
that 1t is she herself, her own. beautiful
lovely SELF and I WIFI talk to her and
answer me Just as she would were we
actually married and settled He locke
at his watch and found It was just 7
o'clock, II will begin now ne said, "and
will keep up tho delusion until mid
night. Tonight is the best time to try
the experiment, because the picture Is a
new one and its influence will be all the
more real. In few weeks II may have
lost some Of its freshness and reality
and will have become one OF the fixtures
in the room"
Stuart decided that under these new
conditions II would be more pleasant to
point OF asking the Picture what she
thought OF II, when he remembered that
while It had been possible for him 10
make a practice Of dining at that place
a. bachelor. he could D0f DDIv afford
so expensive a LUXURY. and he decided
that he had better economizs in that par
ticular and go instead to one Of the table
d'hote restaurants In the neghborhood
He regretted not having thought of this
sooner, for he did not care TO dine at
table d'hote In evening dress and in
So sooner than have this happen he de-
clded 70 dine al horne, as he had orig
inally intended when he first thought OF
attempting this experiment. and then
placed her in an armchair facing him,
with 5n the ,;i5 candles full ppon her face
thing better than this, Here we are ali
to ourselves with no one 10 bother US,
with no chaperon. or chaperon's hus-
92hS Wh1 Is sitner NV wntcn Is generally worse
In tone that he considered affectionate
and husbandy, that the attractive
chaperons are always handicapped by
IF that !s true" replied the Picture.
or replied Stuart. rather, for the Pic
ture, 81 cannot be q very attractive
chaperon." Stuart bowed politely at This
and then considered the point il had
raised as to whether ne had. In assum-
Ing both characters, the right to pay
himself compliments. He decided against
himself in this particular instance. but
agreed that he was not responsible for
anything the Picture might say, 80 long
as he sincerely and fairly tried TO make
IL answer him d s he thought the original
would do under like circumstances, From
what he knew Of the original under
other conditions. he decided that he
could give very close imitation OF her
point OF view.
Stuart's interest in his dinner was so
real that he found himself negectlng his
wife, and he had 70 pull himself up TO
his duty with sharp reproot, After
smling back at her for a moment or two
until his servant had again left them
alone. he asked her to tell him what she
had been doing during the day
oh. nothing very important said