Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-11-15
An UNUSUAL
LOVE STORY

brilliant and cosmopolitan assembly.
For some time John stood BY the
princes side and was introduced to
more people than be had ever met be-
fore In his life. Presently. however.
he was discovered By his friend Amer
ton.
"Queer thing your being here. .
friend Of the prince and all that!" the
young man remarked. "Whers's Miss
SOphy this evening"
II haven't seen her." John replied. Il
don't believe she 10 invited"
Like to be introduced to some OF
the girls, or shall We 60 and have .
drinkf
John was hesitating when he felt .
hand upon his shoulder. The princes
voice sounded IN his ear.
"Strangewey." he said, II am privi-
legged to present you to Nine. Aida
Calavera. Madame. this IL my friend
Of whom I spoke to you"
John turned away from the little
group Of girls and young men toward
whom Amerton had been leading him.
The woman was different from any
thing he had imagined, from anything
he had ever seen. In the ballet q
writing. sensuous figure with every
gesture q note In the octave Of pas
sion, here she seemed the very per.
%sonilcation of a negative and striking
immoblllty. She was slender, not SO
tall as she had seemed upon the stage,
dressed In white from head to foot.
Her face was almost marblelike In lts
pallor, her smooth, black hair was
drawn tightly over her ears, and her
eyes were Of the deepest shade Of blue.
She raised her hand, us he bowed, with
a gesture almost royal in Its condescen-
sion. The prince, with quiet tact.
bridged over the moment during which
John struggled in vain for something
to say.
"Mr. Strangewey," he remarked,
paid his first visit to Covent Garden
tonight. He has seen his first ballet,
as we moderns understand the term.
l cannot help enyying him that delight,
He naturally finds 1t difficult to realize
this additional good fortune. Will you
Excuse me for n momentw
The prince departed to welcome
some later arrivals. The noisy little
group standing close at hand, from
which John had been diverted, passed
on into the refreshment room, and the
two were, for a few moments, almos,
isolated.
"You were pleased with the perform
ance, I HOPPER
Her voice was In character with her
| personality. 1t was extremely low,
scarcely louder than a whisper. To
his surprise, 1t was almost wholly free
from any foreign accent.
ut was very wonderful" John an.
swered.
"The prince tells me-" she continued,
that you are a stranger In London.
Give me your arm. We will walk to
a quleter place. In a few moments we
are to be disturbed for supper. One
eats so often and so much in this coun.
try. Why do 1 say that, though? II
Is not so bad rs In Russia"
They passed across the polished
wood floor into a little room with
oriental fittings, where a lamp was
swinging from the ceiling. giving out O
dim but pleasant light. The place was
empty, and the sound Of the music
and voices seemed to come from a dis
lance. She sank down upon q dlvar
back among the shadows, and mo
toned John to sit by her side.
you have come to find out, to un
derstand--is that not so?' she inquired
"What you know Of life. the primo,
tells me, you have learned from books
Now you have come to discover wha'
more there Is to be learned In tn,
world Of men and women"
1.-THE prince has been very kind
John said.
She turned her head slowly an,
looked at him.
"A young man to whom the primo,
chooses to be kind Is. In q way. for