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Show rjjsliOLLY STAR. BY IZOLA FORRESTER. iBrrdom his Roman iByf. -nnrlflv. flln- 1 fiU Fasten. "I want lo hear V perceptible sllenco had t. Dundordnlo'3 drawlng-J drawlng-J m.nt when Scalli had SUe. and the first i&Sffil rnot of Uio singer ffir nmiro ln n-'J standing' by Scull 's iX Kd sllchtly as she c flCLnV above and beyond Bftf'SSund hor. to where BrS fltSned-slnss window . MrJ Dundordalo picked feSTsSSr when It was over SStrtod Pton. ffitbff bftoroacrowd Ilk. commented Roddy. !?' n irvov of tho crowd lAfawes "Pretty jolly, i f Probably the little Z I to bo Binding for It, : f Small dab of tho Dundor-r Dundor-r cm on ber own account, in w ston to anBwer. Mrs. SiuXe under the holly i.rrVd from tho archway be-Sx-roomB. talking to old "exiled when Paxton camo SSlSTall? And late, r,vnl rambled away toward ?i table, and they were alon& lalArnold come hero?" itrdale'a eyebrows lifted pret-ticthed. pret-ticthed. A woman may still rfcbarmlnff at ilfty-two when & in eoft grays and doUcaie mm don't wold mo here, Pax-5l Pax-5l soothingly "You always sT tort of a boy Isn't sho a orhcre In tho emllax bow-i bow-i tell you a llttlo about her. Jah, Just enough so that you it ne as If I had been stealing . i taby Do you know her? a Of courso I know her, r "And the last time T saw Tuly In hor father's palaco In voH CelHnl palaco It Is. Sho loo but It was to plonso us, And old St-alll yonder -was jM'tpgar geniuses, living- on I want to know -what hln tog here like this'" is" Mra. Dunderdale shook ttlm reproachfully. "Preston, r child came to mo only two ibsst penniless. You know Arnold was, Ho lived up to of his Income and ran a llttlo IajI Aupust ho died suddenly. liu of It'" tack borao by way of Japan ! fc Tol;lo a little while." said Ik 1 tiVfn't heard a word of IL" id. tilt's 11, You can Imagine tho .113 ire no relatives, no ono at bis to go to. and tho old palaco iii!4 literally robbed of all her pjyjsilona by his creditors. Sho fey Income at all Tho Senilis It far ever here with them. The eiil bit of money from somo triitls? deceased relative, and sho IBirU thtn la uomo Impossible tint iBt Harlwi-you know that partite part-ite rn can s?c the gas works from ifetet ilcdaws and hear the boats jtr, iipi they hang their bedding pB1 te escapes. Oh my dear, it jWfcii Jtr her, but Sralll la teaching: nan-el. he says. It will bo MJctn; she Ip only nineteen now, jsirurs she will bo nil he hopes ja&r. and with famo there will tfBrA ti course But In tho mean-jfltull mean-jfltull tave her sing and sen that WKi engagements, and "' akWpail see her now?" gSrr.MnV said Mrs. Dunderdale. R? il wo'dn't do at all. Preston. iBem' "ll0 's an art,st0 now arul tidale"-Pnxton's faco was fRt. Ls tone desperate "I love hor fOM quarreled like a couple of feTIVc, ,asl nEht 1" Florence. W'M.3. aai back by way of Japan. ?fci-"ille laid her hnnd tlflitlv nn (fea.r dear- vou -will find heln mKCT. room across tho hall. You RgE0 and wish her a. merry lfeln,(lu5lLacross tho ,,all- Pax-IBSfoT0 Pax-IBSfoT0 thc brary and the lKfe?5d he3ltated at the half-Ba-r . ""F-room. Sho wa Mk a the old Japaneso music Pale yellow light "wWS.I IPnlcscent electric Xtorur2i Sn?ne softl' on her mVj J'aoJfci ana Brcen of a !l?'sl 0,(1 cro'. Slgnor. bfwH P.Irs' Dnndcrdalo sont IBtc cWM fiBr-Pre.flton!" U.r behlnu hlm- He K S ,ir frightened It had had looked at him llko that, and had told him to go away and leave hor forever.. "I henrd you sing." ho eald. "Mm. Dun-dordulo Dun-dordulo told me thnt you wero here." "'Why did you como after mc?" "I ohould never have gono awav," an- swored Paxton, unsteadily. "It was all my fault. Won't you say 'Merry Christmas, Christ-mas, swcethcart7' " Tho door opened softly and Slgnor Seal-H's Seal-H's busy head was Inserted Inquiringly After ono look at the two figures It was withdrawn and the door closed noiselessly. "Madam," ho told Mrs. Dunderdale a mlnuto later, ns he wlBhed hor good night, "I must cancel those dates ahead, I fear Tho operatic career of the Slgnorina. Viola ls all vorra mucha gono to smash. Sho Is wishing tho young Paxton 'Merry Christmas' with a kiss." |