The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-04-03

ms hc Wouiu SohhpionhtSt WIN htS
conscience.
You see | used to be a valet. miss"
be said with a gulp. but I'm study
ing now, and Mr.. Br-Mr. Overton's
taking me across
"Etudiant. oh, how can | make so
bold wiz your
But I'm likely to be a valet again
very soon, was the reassuring reply.
The girls eyes danced.
"Ah,' she cried, so Eat ees eet? /
was sure wiz myself Eat | could not
have &c meestake. | declare to Mees
Jennison So"
That silenced Stebbins effectually.
He recalled how emphatically he had
an inkling of the true state of affairs
between them, and here he was chat
teriIg in the very quarter where he
shouldn't. He fdgeted, but the neces-
sity of saying anything was obviated
by the beginning of more music.
This time it was a piano solo. a List
Hungarian rhapsody, played by a small,
roly poly gentleman whose iron listed
strength belied his size. He had been
discovered in the second cabin 1T the
last moment. and he might have re-
lieved Miss Jennison of the duty OF
sternly refused to belittle himself with
any such trivialities.
my dear madam" the deep voice OF
Professor Pennythorpe vas heard to
say TO Mrs. Butcher Ward, who was
awake. as the final crashing cords
died away, those strange noises you
hear from that instrument Of percus-
sion are oyertones. They are caused
by a property of acoustics which
But all further calculation Of a mat
ter i'm which Mrs. Butcher Ward took
not the slightest interest was drowned
by the storm of applause that greeted
the pianist's feat.
Another vocal selection was now
due, and as Brill arose to take his
place ut the left of the piano he noted
that Marsh was no longer in the
room.
toft.Ih I cihAu nv "'P -
sponsible for" he thought, with n
smile. then admitted that he himself
would have had little interest in the
affair but for a certain member of the
committee now playing the opening
cords Of a duet in which the gaunt
tenor and 4 plump, blond contralto
assured each other a dozen times at
-. A.. xIof- &--n bnarfr Uaro tntar-
changed and "never was a better bar
gain driven
Brill's gaze wandered from the print
ed pages on the rack to the beautiful
head so heal to him, crowned with Its
wealth of dark hair and made exqui-
site with a profile of cameo purity;
then, false TO his trust through the
eve service of love, he failed to u a
page. The girl reached to take the
sheet. and her loose sleeve fell back.
On her wrist cleaned the ruby brace
let Brill had pawned to Benedict.
out of his day dream In an instant
il seemed to Brill that the platform
beneath his feet was crumbling. What
could IL mean? What else than that
the Mexican had made Miss Jennison
a Christmas gift? And she had accept
ed it! He shot a glance, part anger,
part envy at Benedict, and met the
g~listening of the unfathomable lenses.
How did the fellow, with all his icy
| assurance, dare to give away property
not his own. And yet what was there
TO dare, after all? He himself certain
ly could make 10 protest until he was
ready to redeem the pledge.
But 1t was not the converting of his
property that troubled Brill. 1t was
the giving-and the accepting-of a
costly piece of jewelry. What right had
the Mexican to bestow those flashing
gems, and why did the girl find it prop
err to accept them? There was the pos
sibility of an engagement, but he re-
jected it at once. An his intuition
cried out against a hypothesis that
would match a satyr with a nymph.
1t might have been permitted in the
days Of mythology, but not now. No
matter what the circumstantial evil
dence. he would not yield TO the
thought.
All these fantasies of feeling, and
more. strayed through the young mans
mind as the concert proceeded to its
end. He heard little, and when for
the finale the Benedict t~roubadours
played n Spanish bolero the
music that apparently pleased all 9th
ers was to him discordant and nerve
racking.
As Miss Jennison did not care TO join
in the post musical supper, pleading
that she must go back to her father.
who had remained in his room, Brill
had no interest in the function. Al
though strongly urged to attend by
Professor Pennythorpe, who assured
him that he had reserved a place next
to himself for MIR. Overflow with
whom he wished to have a confiden-
tial chat. the tempting bait was de-
clined, and the young man turned his
StonS daiactadly toward his Stnferoom