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Show T3 FROVO PAGE SIX POST wait, outside the dressing rooms for their particular ballerina. By and by there was a little respectful commotion, Courtlandts band went instinctively to his collar, not to ascertain it it were properly adjusted, but rather to relieve the sudden pressure. He He was enraged at his weakness. wanted to turn away, but he could not. :!DE5 ILLUSTRATIONS 678 stage whence came the voice of the prlma donna epitomized the tension, At the Stage Doer. expressed the whole as in a word. Courtlandt eat perfectly straight; Just now the voice was pathetically his ample shoulders did not touch the subdued, yet reached every part of the back of bis chair; and his arms were auditorium, kindling the ear with Its folded tightly gcrosf his chest The singularly mellowing sweetness. To characteristic of bis attitude was Courtlandt it resembled, as no other tenseness. The nostrils were well sound, the note pf a muffled Burmeee as In one who sets the upper gong, struck In the dim Incensed cavJaw hard upon the nether. Hie brown ern of a temple A Burmese gong: eyes their gaze directed toward the briefly and magically the stage, the audience, the amazing gleam and scintillation of the Opera, faded. He heard only the voice and saw only the purple shadows In the temple at Rangoon, the oriental sunset splashing the golden dome, the wavering lights of the dripping candles, the dead flowers, the kneeling devotees, the yellow-robepriests, the tatters of old-leaf, fresh and old, upon the rows of placid, grinning Buddhas. ' The French horns blared and the timpani crashed. The curtain sank slowly. The audience rustled, stood up, sought Its wraps, and peeked toward the exits and the grand utajrcase. It was all over. Courtlandt took his leave In leisure. Here and there he saw familiar faces, but these, after the finding glance, he studiously avoided. He wanted to be alone. Outside he lighted a cigar, not because at that moment he possessed a craving for nicotine, but because like all inveterate' smokers he believed thot tobacco conduced to clarity pf thought And mayhap it did. At lease, there presently followed a mental calm that expelled all this confusion. The goal and waned as he gazed down the great avenue with Its precise rows of lamps. Far away he could discern Four Series of thrilling incidents which the outline of the brooding Louvre, 'makes this film one of the, great-- 1 There was not the least hope In the est See her riding a wild steed world for him to proceed toward hisgoal this night He realized this cleari.' ' Sensational acts, never before 'along a high brid parapet. Beei ly now that he as fao6 t0 fac6 wlth climbing, a steep spiral stair actualities. A wild desire Beized him been seen or shown in this wond-he- r on horse back, the stirring to make a night of it Maxims, the .case love An film. erful absorbing T storv is startlingly intensified by fireworks exhibition, the amusing cabarets; dot and wine. Who cared other clowns and antics of circus to take the deals of r -- worn successfully NEW; vanished, It is the ! I Second Hand Store THE HOME OF QUALITY GOODS. WE CARRY THE BEST AND MOST COMPLETE LINE OF SECOND-HANGOODS SOUTH OF SALT LAKE CITY. A BIG VARIETY TO SELECT FROM. EVERYTHING FIRST CLAS3.- , GOODS BOUGHT & SOLD. ALL HINDS OF SECOND-HANALL KINDS OF WATCH AND JEWELRY REPAIRING. . D D D.O.WAID PROVO, UTAH. GET MY PRICES. only by Germans, stepped out of the gathering' to proffer his assistance, Courtlandt pushed him aside calmly, lifted his hat, and smiling Ironlcally. cloBed toe door behind toe singer. The step which the other man made toward Courtlandt was unequivocal In lis meaning. But even as Courtlandt squared lnn.self to meet' the coming outburst, the stranger paused, shrugged his shoul, ders, turned and made off. The lady in the limousine very pale could any have looked closely Into her face was whirled away into the night Courtlandt did not stir from the curb. The limousine dwindled, once it flashed under a light and then d PHONE 848. J . . those soft Bavarian hats that are d, ti a A woman Issued forth, muffled In eilks and light furs. She was followed by another, quite possibly her maid. One, jnay observe very .well at times from the corner of the eye; that is, objects at which one is not looking come within the range of vision. The woman paused, her foot upon he step of the modest limousine. She whispered something hurriedly ' Into her companions ear, something evidently to the puzzlement of the latter, who She looked around irresolutely. obeyed, however, and retreated to the stage entrance. 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There was in the nose ,1 and thin a certain decisiveness which In true youth is rarely developed This i characteristic arrives only with man-- ! hood, manhood that has been tried and perhaps buffeted and perchance t ' a little disillusioned. What was one to do who had both money and leisure linked to an irre-slstible desire. to. leave behind one place or thing in pursuit of another, indeterminately? The inherent ambi-- ! tlon was to make money; but recog- nizing the absurdity of adding to his income, which even In' his extra va-- , gance he could not spend, he gave himself overTnto the hands of grasp-lirailroad and steamship companies, j or their agencies, and became for a time the slave of guide and dragoman and carrier. And then the wanderlust, J. descended to him from the blood of his roving Dutch ancestors, which had lain dormant in the several genera-- I tions follow ing, sprang into active life again. He became known la very port of call. 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But, like the villain In toe play, hie income still pursued him. Certain I scandals Inevitably followed, scandals i he was the last to hear about and the Hast to deny when he heard them; Many persons, not being able to take I Into the mind and analyze a character , like Courtlandts, . sought toe line of 'least resistance for their understanding, and built some precious exploits which included dusky Island prin- cesses, "diaphanous dancers, and comic-,- , ; 1 Smoot Lumber Co. PORTLAND CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS AND HARD WALL SLAT PLASTERS, BUILDERS HARDWARE, WIRE AND FENCE, NATIONAL FIELD AND HOCT FENCE, a . WHOLESALE AND RETAIL . j Jr v Lumber, Doors, Windows, Mouldings,'Lath, etc. ShinglesSPECIALTY. " MILL WORK A p o. Box K. 455. . Office and Yard opposite R. R. PROVO, UTAH. Phones No. 20 and 43. Freight Depot. ! I I Womanj Issued Forth.' grow upon the toreadors mustache? And what a name, what wnamel Eleanora da Toscana!" Courtlandt was not In the most amiable condition of mind, and a hint of toe ribald would have Instantly transformed a passive auger into a blind fury. Thus, a scene hung pree cariously; but its potentialities as nothing cnthe appearance of . another woman. This woman was richly dressed, fonli richly. She was followed by 'aTuis-sian-, huge of body, Jovian of countenance. An expensive car rolled up to the curb. A liveried footman jumped down from beside the chauffeur and opened the door. The diva turned her head this way and that, a thin smile of satisfaction stirring her Ups. For Flora Desimone loved the human eye whenever It stared admiration into her own; and she spent half her days setting traps and lures, rather successfully. She and her formidable escort got Into the car which immediately went away with a soft purring sound. There was breeding in the engine, anyhow; thought Courtlandt, who longed to put his strong fingers around that luxurious throat which had, but a second gone, passed him so closely. He turned down the Rue Royale, on the opposite side, and went into the Taverne Royale, where tho patrons A , Automobiles of all kinds panted hither and thither. An occasional smart coupe went by as if to prove that prancing horses were still necessary to the dignity of the old aristocracy. Courtlandt made up his mind suddenly. He laughed with bitterness. He knew cow that to loiter near the stage entrance had been his real purpose all along, and' persistent lying to himself had not prevailed. In ' due time he took his stand among the not privileged gilded youth who (like their more prosperous elder?) to e of not Narcotic. 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