Show PLACE I I cD SYNOPSIS Elennora Eleanora de Toscana was waR singing In Paris which perhaps accounted for tor or Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward Courtlandt's appearance there thero Mul Mul- he ho wandered about whore where fancy dictated He might be In Paris Parts one ana day and the next Following the opera he goes coca to a cafe caro and Is ac- ac CHAPTER II II Continued Il There was a minute wrinkle above the unknowns unknown's nose the shadow of ot a ar frown r wn She Is very beautiful BaIl Bah Did she send you after me mo Give me her address I 1 have hae come all the way from Burma to see Flora Desimone To see her She unguardedly clothed the question with contempt but she Instantly forced a n. smile to neutralize the effect Concerned wit with her own defined conclusions s ons she lost loot the fine Ironic bitterness that was inthe In Inthe inthe the mans man's voice Aye Indeed to see her Beautiful as Venus as alluring as Phryne I want nothing so much as to see her to look Into her eyes to hear her voice Is It Jealousy Y I 1 hear the tragic note The certainty of ot her ground became as morass again In his turn he was puzzling g her fier Tragedy u I am an American We GO so not kIll KIU opera singers we ve turn turu them over to the critics I wish to see seethe seethe seethe the beautiful Flora to ask her a few ques questions ons If she has sent you after me her address s my iny dear young oung la lad her address His eyes burned I r am afraid And she was so This wasn't the ton tone of a man madly In love Jove It was wild anger Afraid of ot what I You I will give hive you a a hundred d francs He lie produced a crisp note Do you U want ant It She did not answer at once Presently Presently Pres Pres- Presently she opened her purse found a stubby pencil and a a. slip of ot paper and wrote There ItIs monsieur She held out her hand for the banknote which with a sense of ot bafflement ho he gave her She folded the note and stowed it away with the pencil Thank you said Courtlandt Odd paper though He turned it over Ah Au I understand You copy music Yes monsieur THIS time lime the tue nervous flicker or ot her fler eyes ees did not escape him You are studying for the opera perhaps y Yea Yee that Is it Good night He rose Monsieur l Is not gallant I was in my youth he replied putting putting put put- ting on his hat The bald rudeness of his departure did not disturb her She laugh laugh 1 l softly soft soft- softly ly and Indeed there was In the l an essence of mischief If he carried away away awaya a mystery mys mys- tery lie he left one behind The young woman waited five or ten minutes and making sure that Courtlandt Court Court- landt had bad been driven off left the restaurant Round the corner she engaged engaged engaged en en- a carriage So that was Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward Courtlandt Courtland t She liked his face i there was riot not a weak line In it it unless stubbornness could be called s such ch But Butto Butto to stay away for two years To hide himself in jungles to be heard of only by hl his hill harebrained exploits Follow him see where he goes had been the he command For a moment she had re reo re- re belled belied but her curiosity was not to be denied dented Besides of what use was friendship f not to be tried She knew nothing of the riddle she had never neve asked a question openly She had bad accidentally seen a photograph h hone one day in a trunk tray wl with h this ma mans man's s 's name scrawled across it it and upon this flimsy base she had a dozen romances each of t which she had bad ruthlessly torn down to make AOL WI anomer out but still Bull the riddle I lay ay unsolved She had thrown the name into the conversation many a time as one might throw a bomb Into 8 a crowd which had no chance to es es- cape Fizzles The rhe man had been calmly discussed and calmly dis missed At odd times an article In the newspapers her gave an opportunity still the frank discussion still the calm olm dismissal She had learned that h h hc man was rich irresponsible vacillating a picturesque sort o at ot fool But Dut two yeas years ea s What had k t him away that long A weak man in lQ a love would not have made so tame a surrender sur sur- sur- sur render Perhaps he had not sur sur- sur rendered perhaps neither of or them had bad And yet he ho sought Bought the Hero was an another ther blind allej ut of which she had bad to retrace her steps stops Bother That Puck of Shakespeare was right What fools these mortals bet e eI She was very glad that she ahe pos poe a true sense of humor spiced spice with harmless 8 audacity What a dreary orld world It t b M to those who did not Inow how and when to laugh Tho They I talked of the tho daring of ot the American woman who but a Frenchwoman would have dared what silo eho had bad this night The Tho taxicab She laughed And this man was waa wax In the hands bands of ot any pretty woman who came camo along So 30 rumor had bad It But she knew that rumor was only the attenuated ghost of ot Ananias doomed forever to remain on earth for tor the prorogation propagation of Inaccurate inaccurate inac mac curate whispers Wax Vax Wl Wh Vly r she aIm would have o trusted h In any sItuation situation sit with n t man wit those eyes and that angle of ot Jaw it t was all an anery very ery mystifying Follow him see Bee where he goes The frank discussion then and the calm d dismissal sal were wore but a woman's womans dissimulation And ho he had bad gone to Flora nes The carriage stopp d before a handsome hand hand- some somo apartment hous hou In the Avenue A de do W Wagram gram Th The e known ur-known got out ut I gave tile tho driver ills his ure and ana rang the ther me LUe r r concierges concierge's bell sleepy guardian I opened the door torched his gold gold- braided cap In recognition and led the way to the small electric lift The Tho young woman woma entered and familiarly pushed the button Vie The apartment in which she lived was on the second floor and there wa wai luxury everywhere everywhere every every- where but luxury subdued and charmed by taste She threw throw aside asido her hei hat and wraps with that manner of inconsequence which distinguishes the O artistic temperament temperament tem tern from the thrifty one one and passed on into the cozy dining room The maid had arranged some sandwiches sand 1 and a bottle of ot light wine She I ate and anu drank uranI while Intermittent smiles played across across her merry face H Having satisfied her hunger she opened her purse and extracted the banknote She smoothed it out and laughed aloud Oh If only he be had taken me for aride a aride aride ride In the taxicab She bubbled again with merriment Suddenly she sprang up as If It Inspired inspired Inspired In in- and dashed Into another room a study She came back with pen and lI Ink k and with a a. a celerity that came of long practice drew five straight lines across the faint violet face of the bank bank- note Within these lines she made little lit tle tie dots at the top and bottom of ot stubby perpendicular strokes an and stran strange hieroglyphics cs and sweeping c vC all of which would have puzzled an Egyptologist If It ha were unused to the ways of musicians Carefully she he dried the composition and then put the note away Someday Some Someday day dav she would confound him b by re ra- turning it itA A little later her fingers were moving moving moving ing softly over the plano kes ke's melodies melodies melo melo- dies in minor sad and hau haunting ting and elusive s that had never been put on paper and would always alwaY be her own In them she might leap from comedy to tragedy from laughter to tears and ani only she would know The midnight adventure was forgotten and the hero of ot It too With her eyes closed and her lithe body swaying gently she let the old weary pain In her heI heart take hold again CHAPTER III The Beautiful Tigress Flora Desimone had been born In a peasants peasant's hut and she had rolled In the dust outside yelling vigorously vigorously vig vig- at all times Specialists declare declare de de- de- de clare dare that the reason for all great singers coming from lowly or origin gln is found in this early development of the i throat Parents of means employ nurses or sedatives to suppress or at least to smother these infantile protests protests protests pro pro- tests against being thrust inconsiderately inconsiderately into the turmoil of human be be- ings lags Flora yelled or slept as the case might be her parents were equally indifferent They we we too busily concerned with the getting of bread and wine Moreover Flora was one among many The gods are always always al al- always al- al ways playing with the peninsula peninsula pen pen- peninsula heaving it u up here or throwing It down there il ii the earthquake earthquake earth earth- quake the terror Here nature tinkers tinkers tink tink- ers vicariously with souls and she seldom sel seldom sel- sel dom has time to complete her bier work Constant communion with death makes for callosity of feeling and the and the Sicilians are the cruelest crudest among the civilized peoples Flora was ruthless She lived amazingly well in the premier premier pre pre pre- mier Oller of an apartment in the Champs In England and America she had bad amassed a fortune Given the warm beauty of ot the southern southern south- south ern Italian the passion the temperament temperament temperament tempera tempera- ment the love of mischief the natural cruelty th the inordinate craving for attention attention at at- and flattery she enlivened the nations with her affairs And she never never nev ney- er put a single beat of her heart into any of them That is why her voice is still splendid and her beauty ing She did not dissipate calculation tion always barred her inclination rather she loitered about the Forbid Forbid- den Tree and played that she had plucked the Apple She had an example example example ex ex- ex- ex ample to follow Eve E had none Ilone Men scattered fortunes at her feet as foolish Greeks scattered floral offerings of of- at the of ot their their marble gods god without gods without provoking the tho sense of reciprocity or generosity or merc mercy She had bad worked ah no one would ever know how hard She had been I crushed beaten cursed starved That she had risen to the heights In spite of these bruising verbs in no en manner enlarged enlarged en en- her pity but dulled and vitiated the little there was of it it Her mental attitude toward humanity was child Is ish as when the parent strikes the child blindly strikes back She was determined to play to enjoy life to give back blow for blow nor caring where she struck She was going to press the juice from every grape A thousand odd years gone she would have led the Cr cry In Rome Rome Bread Bread and the circus or To the lions She would have disturbed Neros Nero's complacency complacency compla compla- and he be would have an obbligato instead of ot a solo at the tho burn burn- ing And she was wa malice Incarnate They came from all nIl climes her climes her lov ers ers ers- rh roubles and Uta Pire and francs franci and t and dollars donars and those who finally escaped her enchantment did so involuntarily for lack Jack of ot further funds They called her villas Circes Circe's isles She hated bated but two things in the world the man she could have loved and the woman she could not out Some one ono was waR at nt the speaking The r crossed crossett the tho room impatiently What is if kt 7 she sho asked in rench French The voice below answered with a query In English Is this the Signorina Signo- Signo Signorina rina Desimone 1 Yes And now that my Identity Is established who are you and what do you OU want at this tims of night I 1 am Edward Courtlandt Well what is it you wish amiably You once did mo me an nn ill m turn came up the tube I desire that you make some somo reparation Sainted Mother But it has taken you ou a long time to find out that I have Injured you she mocked Will Vill you give mo me her bel address please Your messenger gave me your address Inferring that you wished to see me I There was no impeaching her astonishment Yes madame My My dear Mr Courtlandt you are the last man In all aU the Uie wide world I wish to see And I Co 0 not quite Quito like the way you ou are aie making your request Do you not madame that YOU ou owe me something I No What I owe I pay Think Mr Courtlandt think well I do not understand impatiently I owe you nothing OncI Once I heard you Gay I eay I do not like to see you OU with the she Is well is-well well you know I 1 stood behind you at another another an an- anT other time when you said that I waB was wasa a fool Madame I do not forget that thatis that thatIs Is pure Invention You are mistaken No You were I 1 am no fool A Alight Alight light laugh drifted down the tube I Madame I begin to see J Ah You Vou believe what you wish to be be- lieve hove I I think not l J I 1 never even noticed you care care- JessI lessly It Is easy to forget cried the diva furiously It Is easy for you to forget for for- E s get but o not for me u t Madame I do not forget that y you u entered my room that night r 1 i snail give you her address In Interrupted In the diva hastily The play had gone far enough much as she would have liked to continue It This was going deeper than she cared to go She gave the address and added Tonight she sings at the Austrian ambassadors am am- I give you this Information gladly because I know that It will be beof beof beof I of no use to you ou Then I shall dispense with the formality formality for for- mality maUt- of thanking you I 1 add that I wish you two fold the misery you hate carelessly and gratuitously cost mo mo me Good Gooi night Click went the little covering of ot the tube S With the same Inward bitterness that attends the mental processes of a performing tiger on being sent back to Its cage Courtlandt returned to his taxicab He wanted to roar and lash and devour something Instead he he be could only twist the ends of ot his mustache mustache mus tache savagely It did not seem p pos pos- os sible that any woman could coula t lie e so lull full of malice He simply could not understand under under under- stand It was essentially the Italian spirit doubtless till she heard his voice she had bad forgotten all about the episode that had foundered his ship of ot happiness Her statement as to the primal cause was purely Inventive There wa was not nota a grain of ot truth in It He Ho could not possibly have been so rude He had bad been too indifferent Too indifferent The repetition of ot the phrase made him sit straighter Pshaw It could not be that He possessed a little vanity vanly If he had not his history would not have been worth a scrawl But he denied denied de de- de nied the possession vehemently las as men are wont to do Too Indifferent Was It possible e that he had roused her enmity simply because he had made it evident that her charms did not interest him Beyond Beyond Be De yond lifting his hat to her perhaps exchanging exchanging ex changing a comment on the weather veather his courtesies had not been extended Courtlandt w was s peculiar in some re- re A woman attracted at him or she did not In the one case he was affable winning pleasant full of those agreeable little surprises that In t turn r attract a woman In the other case case he passed on for his impressions w wn rl 3 instant and did not require the usual skirmishing i iTO t TO BE CONTINUED J I l About Time Now Weddings and CO commencement cern find lind the present here 10 Our c H 1 t th sterling or heavy plated p cd to quality and long loog Ringa Wear Wea ia the graduate and Ih PRICES REAS BOYD P AR MAKERS OF JEWELRY fOUND D 1862 1861 S SALT LT LAKE CITY The New Hotel R l Salt Stilt Luke Londina F LuxurIously J equipped tine ture New New Modern with end and Fir Dr Conveniently located In the hV 10 1 L city 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