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TITE SCRANTON TRIBUNE TUESDAY MOI5NTNO, DECEMBER 22, 1896.
I THE CONNOISSEUR.
By HAROLD
Author of "Seth's i?r other's Wife, " "In the Valley, " "The
Duninution of Thcron Ware." lite.
Copyright, 1S9C. ly thn
SYXorsis.
whom great things have boor, oxiiooto.!,
ami who Is aci roitmil with n wile knowl
edge of art unj its history, ami who lias
Also dabbled III music nil;) iiivhlu-ouiro,
returns to London, still iuniist'less In
lift', to titnl that he lias boon l,n;ulU n
a somewhat lonu absence. He meets u
furim-r friend, a lamls.-ape urtlsi, Lau
rence Mole by name, who Is Just l.'UViiiK
London for an extended trip. .Mole ad
vises Pussy to take the Ftiidlo that ho
himself is rIvIiik lip. mid that definite
work ami ninis in life will conic to l'assv.
l'assy does so, and takes possession one
stormv November nlKht. Just tif he Is
eomfoVlahly fittle.l he hears ;i noise at
the front door. He opens il. and the
liKiire of a person eomes violently in with
the wind anil enters the stn.lio.
TAKT TWO.
The form of a small woman, wrap
ped to the eyes in a divni hed cloak of
jiime black stulT, stood between him
ttnd the lire. It appeared to be laciiiH
him; but it was motionless and silent.
Home random, Jocose remark of Molo'j?
about mod 'Is cuino at once to his mind;
they t-uulcl never quite believe, lie had
paid, that a latnlseupe painter would
KO on forever without needing them;
thoy always eatne ioiukI. In the child
like faith that eventually he would
think better of it.
A genial notion of holding profession
al converse with a real model took
BWlft imssesslon of his will. IHiincr
time was Ml ill a Ioiik way off. Ampl-i
Hpace Intervened lor a pleasant little
diversion. If he was not reeo(;iii.ed, he
would pretend to be Stole.
"Won't you cnine. to the tire?" he
Faid. with effort keepini; the spriuhtli
'less flown in hiss voice. "It Is u dread
.'ul night. Vnu must be perishing with
he wet ami eoKl. 1'ut tislde your
loiik. and lake a mouthful of this sloe
gin. It Is warming ond iind "
He had touched the bottle, ns he
upoke. but with his eyes had followed
the movements of his guest, as she
glided toward the tire, and In its ruddy
moving light began to disembarrass
herself of her wrappings. His tongue
faltered and his speech broke off in
sheer astonishment us he beheld what
the final gesture revealed a lady of
notable distinction In apparel and car
riage, nnd with a face of exceeding
beauty ond refinement of line.
She stood erect und quite at her ease,
and he noted that she was not so
small as he had thought. The hat she
wore was so tiny and close-fitting flint
he looked twice to make sure she was
not bareheaded. She was of his gen
eration. If anything his junior: in self
possession she could teach him les
sons. He furtively withdrew his hand
from the bottle, und bowed low toward
the firelight which framed her in a
luby haze.
"It la the merest weUlent that we
are not acquainted" she was speaking
now lh a curiously measured voice.
The radi lire and quaint suggestion
familiar fo his ears "but I have been
much abroad, and now that I am here
In this absurd London, an equally ab
surd mischance sends me to be blown
In the middle of your studio, without
even hi much an a letter of introduc
tion about tue. Yet 1 will nut upolog-
ItlS
SPEECH" r.ItOKE OFF
SI I KK It ASTUN1 SUM KNT.
IN
Ize for bursting In upon you thus un
ceremoniously, since I lierecelve that
you have recovered from your original
distress of mind."
"l'assy had Indeed regained his equa
nimity. Moving forward to a point
where the firelight helped him, he made
a discovery us well.
"I hasten to share with yoti tny re
lief," he answered, reflecting the (one
of banter which lurked vaguely be
neath the surface of her speech. "We
are not such hopelessly complete
strangers after nil. Indeed, we have
spoken ut length together, have walk-;
ed side by side, have even whispered
to each other. Would you be surprised
to learn that I possess a portrait of you
that I was examining it only ibis
afternoon V"
The smile, tin his face' was met now
With a look of blank astonishment. The
lady in turn stepped back and bent
her head to get a better light upon
Pansy's countenance. "Oh-h:" she
Bald, wonderlngly, after a moment'.!
Inspection, "was it you? At what's the
place where every old rosebush is?
were you the one? Oh. yes. 1 recognize
you now. How curiously small the
world Is!"
"It was much too large just then,"
he rejoined, courageously, "for l osl
you almost Immediately."
I'pon reflection she did not resent the
remark, nnd even laughed a Utile a
restrained small laugh, with an afier
nott of Incredulity. As if to soften the
edge, of this, she seated herself in the
big chair and looked up lit him. The
warm light upon her throat und chin
transferred Itself in his mind's eye to a
picture he iveik reconstructing in
thought.
"For every memory you have of
HildeKheini," he said, lingeringly, "I
could produce a hundred. You could
not credit it If I told you how it all en
graved Itself upon my brain and I
should hurdly dare make the attempt."
"oh. you must not assume that I
failed to appreciate liihleslvltn up to
the limit, of course, of my primitive
feminine enpacity. At the time. Indeed.
I confess that I imagined myself more
Interested in the place than you were."
"How cany it would be to explain
that!" rassy smiled down upon her and
eoftened his voice. "I remember," he
went on, lifting a forefinger to pl-nd
cgalnst interruption, "it was in the
front of old Kcrnward's iron doom"
"Hear me, I thought they were brass."
"Brass, iron, tin whatever you like.
I talked about them learnedly, fluently
enouch at the time, as I remember it,
hut I was thinking of something else.
There was where I first saw vim, just
by those doors, and the gentleman who
headed your party made some remark
to me, and that was my opportunity,
and I nelzed it with both hands. I
talked for dear life to keep my place
in the company. I delivered a lecture
under thecandeln!irutn so long that I
expected it would fall on us. (
harangued you and your friends on
Hyiantlne art in the rathedral treas
ury; I reviewed the whole literature of
German market-plnee Itolands and the
entire system of medicvel guilds while
w wnlked about In the square. We
stood very close to each other when we
were looking at the famous rosebush
and next year I w ent again and bribed
the sacristan to give me a blossom, and
FREDERIC.
Tiac-hellor Syndicate.
I have it still and do you remember
the little church where vespers wet'-'
being suns when we went in? And
there I was even closer to you it was
hi the dim lii?ht, and the air was full of
intense und we whispeicd together.''
He finished In a murmur surcharged
nilh invitation to sentiment, but she
shook her head abruptly, as if convers
ing with herself, nnd gave a little laugh
of plainly ariillclal hardness. "Hear me,
this Is very encouraging," she cried.
"To think how extremely young I was,
only two years ago!"
Hi" rose us she spoke, and looked hnrd
at the wet cloak, steaming where it
hung over the corner of the screen.
"of course I had an errand when I
came here." rOio said, almost brusque
ly, all at once.
"I only know that you came that
Is enough," he replied, holding at once
UK HALTED
defiantly nnd pleadingly to the emo
tional nun miir. "The brave, good, clem
ent wiinl lilted you, und held you.
and brought you here und what an
Migrate should I he to demand explan
ations! Hark, how It shouts and sings
about usf J was in love with Its voice
an hour ago, though 1 knew not a
word of what it was saying but now
that I have caught its language now
He halted with a sigh, and looked at
the gloved hand she had put upon the
cloak.
"It is still very wet," he urged, vacu
ously. She laughed outright, and he could
not tell if amusement or petulant vex
ation was uppermost in the sound.
"So you are unable to interest your
self, then'.'" she went on, coldly, und
with averted eyes, "In the question why
1 came here, it awakens no curiosity in
your mind this extraordinary appear
ance at vour studio, unattended and
In the dark, with a hurricane and sheets
of rain outside, of a lady whose name
you are ignorant of"
"Oh, no; 1 learned your name. I
found the hotel you hud been stopping
at," he interposed.
"Well, then." she continued. In the
same chilled tone, "of a lady who ut
least was unaware that she had ever
seen you. Possibly studio life is so
crowded with activity and color
that such an Incident seems not ut
nil unusual attracts not the slightest
uttention, but 1 confess"
ller lluency deserted her, and she
turned her face uwav. Passv guessed
from the line of the profile thut she was
biting her lip, and certainly he caught
the nervous tan of a little sole on the
hearthstone,
"No, no," he entreated h"r. "Don't
think any of these things. I am wholly
In your huuds. The surprise and joy
of seeing you I truly. hunted for weeks
through Lb rman towns to truce you
you must have know n I would we lived
a long, long time together in just those
two hours or three- that is the way
when two people rightly meet each oth
er who who comprehend each other
and 1 know in my heart"
"1 think It was not ymir heart that
we were speaking of." she Interrupted
htm. "Yet, In a sens", it is what what
is conventionally culled an affair of
he,n is w hich brings me here. Ywi
can hardly be p,i pared for what I nm
going to tell you but 1 am .Mary's sis
ter her elder sister:
l'assy accept oil I he
unmoved face, "Yes 7
iugly.
tidings with nn
he said, wonder-
"Il Is very vimpK" she went on. In
a i harper voice. "I came to England
three days nirn, but three hours ivui
enough to show me Hiat something win
amiss Willi Mary. I won't say that she
has been what mlgiit be called ex
pansively flunk with me, but I know
enough of how matters stand to feci
warranted that Is. to have fit war
ranted, In interfering. The tiff be
tween you was really all moonshine,
nnd she knows it perfectly, and she Is
la n mood to ho reasonable, an,j ,,,, j
w as my idea to at k yon to dine w ilh me
this eveniue; -' have n dat In Victoria
street find she would b? there and
well, that's nil."
l'assy had I n studying her face as
she Fiioke, wilii stp'nuous Intentness.
His puzzlement at inn outset was ob
vious, but now he gave a long, low. lit
tle whistle of surp.Isv d compulsion,
nnd began moving about, rubbing his
hauls together softly, nnd smiling to
himsiir. He swayed hit' slender shoul
ders as be walked; the impulse to dunce
was in lihi knees.
II" slopped before her. and was rot
unnerved ly the vexed niul Unshed
countenance she reluctantly turned to
him.
"As you have said," ho began, with
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painstaking deliberation,, "the situation
is not eomiiionplnce,. Rut -are we in
complete agreement as to its charac
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ought I still to address you as Miss
Savage?"
She bowed assent, and he altered his
voice to a whimsical affectation of wist
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"It is immaterial surely," she re
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"At all events we have a definite Miss
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The lady preserved a tranquil face,
hut her gaze with which she held Pas
sy deepened and hardened. "This
doesn't Impress me altogether nice,
you know." she remarked, between
tightened lips.
The. courage vanished from Pussy's
posture. He held out his hands Im
ploringly, und bent forward ns if to
kneel. "I swear to you," he urged
"that until a minute ago when you
spoke of your sister It never crossed
my mind that you were mistaken about
me! how could it? nothing led to It?
we talked about our meeting It was
all so natural"
"And you are really not Mr. Mole?"
she Interrupted him. with omens of
plucatton in her tone. 'It might be
more regular If you told me yho you
were."
"My name Is Passy." he said, dole
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She nodded almost amiably. "I have
heard the name. You are the con
noisseur the gentleman who knows all
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probablv know, among other things,
Where Mr. Mole Is?"
"On his way to Malaga. I have his
address there I am forwarding let
ters. I can send a telegram to meet
him."
"And you" she left the subject of
Mole with a drawing smile "I used
to hear of you from the Cheshams
have you finally made up your mind to
do something In particular? The good
souls, they used to be greatly worried
uhout your indeflniteness."
"Oh, Mole settled It all for me," he
rejoined cheerfully. "His advice was
magnificent. He said I had only to get
a studio, and the rest would come."
She took her clonk upon her arm.
"I id your kodak picture of me really
come out well?" she asked, inconse
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or didn't you say? what Is it you have
'decided to do?"
"I have decided to ask If I may really
come to dinner this evening to meet
Mary, you know?"
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