Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-09-28

countess declared severely.
John preserved his equanimity.
at is to be presumed" he murmured,
"that you ladies are both free from
any present attachment
"Got you therer Amerton chuckled.
"What about BillyT
Rosie Sharon sighed.
"We don't come to the princes sup
per parties to remember our ties" she
declared. Lets all go on talking non
sense, please. Even II my heart Is
broken, could never resist the princes
pater'
Apparently everyone was of the
same mind. The hum of laughter stead
lily grew. Under shelter of the fire
of conversation, the prince leaned to-
ward his companion and reopened their
previous discussion.
"Do you know" he began, II am in
clined to be somewhat disappointed by
your lack of enthusiasm In certain
direction !"
IL have disappointed many men in
my time" she replied. do you doubt
my power, now that / have promised
to exercise itf'
"Who could?" he replied courteously.
"Yet this young man poses, believe,
as something of q st. Anthony. He
may give you trouble"
"He is then, what you call prlg~
"a most complete and perfect specl.
men, even in this nation of prigsl"
"All that you tell me-" she sighed.
"makes the enterprise seem easier. 1t
Is, after all, rather like the lioness and
| the mouse, isn't it?"
The prince made no reply, but upon
his lips there fingered family incred-
ulous smile. The woman by his side
leaned back in her place. She had
the air of accepting the challenge.
"After supper" she said, 1--WE will
SEE"
A single chord Of music in a minor
first swelling later into volume of
sound, then dying away and ceasing
altogether Every light In the place
was suddenly extingulshed. There re-
manned only the shaded lamps over
hanging the pictures.
Not whisper was heard in the
room. John, looking around him in
establishment, was conscious only of
the half-suppressed breathing of the
men and women who lined the walls, or
were still standing in little groups at
the end of the long hall. Again there
came the music, this time merged in
a low but insistent clamor of other in
struments. Then, suddenly, through
the door at the farther end of the
room came dimly seen figure in white.
The place seemed wrapped in a mys-
teal twilight, with long black rays of
deeper shadow lying across the floor.
There was little murmur of tense
voices, and then again silence.
For few moments the figure in
white was motionless. Then, without
any visible commencement, she seemed
suddenly to blend into the waves of
low, passionate music. The dance IT.
self was without form or definite move
ment. She seemed at first like some
white, limbless spirit, floating here and
there across the dark bars of shadow
at the calling of the melody. There
was no apparent effort of the body.
She was merely a beautiful, unearthly
shape. 1t was like the fitting of n
white moth through the blackness of a
moonless summer night.
But her motions grew more ami
mated, more human. With feet which
seemed never to meet the earth, she
glided toward the corner where John
was standing. He caught the sm9lder-
ing fire in her eyes as she danced with
In few feet of him. He felt catch In
, his breath. Some subtle and only half
} expressed emotion shook has whole be-
Ing seemed to tear at the locked cham
| her of his soul
She had flung her arms forward, sc
: near that they almost touched him
= called his name. He felt himself be
= witched. filed with an insane longinl
D to throw out his arms in response L
her passionate, unspoken invitation, IL
obedience to the clamoring of his seeth
ing senses. He had forgotten, even
that anyone else was In the room.
+ Then, suddenly, the music stopped
+ The lights flared out from the ceilin;
i and from every corner of the apart
d ment. Slender and erect. her arm
h hanging Imply at her sides, without ;
# touch of color in her cheeks or n col
q Of her black hair disarranged, withou
Il a sign of heat or disturbance or pas
G sion In her face John found Aid
n Calavera standing within a few fee
y; of him, her eyes seeking for his. Sh
y laid her fingers upon his arm. Tn
S room was ringing with shouts of al
IT plause, in which John unconsciousl
u Joined. Everyone was trying to pres
D. forward toward her. With her lef
IF hand she waved them back
q "If | have pleased YOU" she said, st
d am so glad, ! go now to rest for
G. little time"
ID She frightened her clasp upon he
At companions arm, and they passed on
&c If the picture gallery and down Ion