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The Two Vanrevels
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By BOOTH TARKINGTON,
Author of "The Gentleman from Indiana" nnd "Monsieur Dcaucalre"
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Mrs. Ttuibcrry punctuated her obser
vations with Plnvl volleys of husky
laughter, so abrupt in both discharge
(5 71 JFmm
"My churmlno girl I"
and cessation that, until Miss Betty
l)cttino accustomed to the habit, sho
was apt to start slightly at each salvo.
"I had a husband once," tlto lady re
sumed, "but only once, my friend I He
Lad Ideas like your father's your fu
ther is such nn Imbecile and he
thought that wives, sisters, daughters
and such like ought to be obedient
that is, the rest of the world was wrong
unless it was right, and right wtia Just
Ills own little teeny squeeuy prejudices
and emotions dressed up for a crazy
masquerade as facts. Poor man! lie
lasted only about n year!" And Mrs.
Tanberry laughed heartily.
"They've been at me time and ngala
to take another." Sho lowered her
voice and leaned toward Betty coufl
dentinlly. "Not I! I'd be willing to
engage myself to Crailey Gray (though
Crnlley hasn't got round to me yet), for
I dou't mind Just bulug engaged, my
dear, but they'll have to Invent some
thing better than n man beforo I marry
.any one of 'tm agalul But I lovo 'cm,
1 do, the ctiarnilug Billies! And you'll
e how they follow me!" Sho patted
the girl's shoulder, her small eyes
beaming quizzically. "We'll have the
gayest house In Uoucu, ladybird! The
.young men all go to the BureaudB', but
they'll come hero now, and we'll havo
the Bareuuds along with 'em. I'vo
heon away a long time; Just finished
unpacking yesterday night when your
lather came In after the Are. Whoo!
What a state be was In, with that tern
ler of his! Didn't I snap him up when
lie asked mo to come and stuy with
.you? Hn, ha! I'd have come even If
you hadn't been beautiful, but I was
wild to bo your playmate, for I'd heard
nothing but 'Miss Betty Carewe, MIhs
Betty Carewe,' from everybody I saw
since the minute my stage came in.
You set 'em all mad at your ball, and
I knew we'd make a glorious houseful,
3ou and I! Some of the vagabonds will
turn up this very evening, you'll see
if they don't. Ha, hu! The way they
follow mo!"
Mrs. Tanberry was Irresistible. Sho
lilled the whole place otherwise than
by the mere material voluminousucss
of her, bubbling over with froth of
nonsense which dew through the house,
driven by her energy, like sea foam on
a spring gale, and the day, so discord
antly begun for Miss Betty, grow mu
sical with her own laughter, answer
ing the husky staccato of the vivacious
nowcoiner. Nelson waited upon them
at table, radiant, his smile like the
keyboard of an ebony piano, and ills
llsnppenruuces Into the kitchen were
accomplished by means of a surrepti
tious double shuttle and followed by
the cachinnating echoes of the vain
Mamie's reception of the visitor's sal
lies, which Nelson hastily retailed in
passing.
Nor was Mrs. Tnnberry's prediction
allowed to go uufullllled regarding the
advent of those persons whom sho had
designated as vagabonds. It may have
boon out of deference to Mr. Carewo's
sense of decorum or from a cautious
regard of what lie was liable to do
when he considered that seuso outraged
that the gallants of Itouen had placed
themselves under the severe restraint
of allowing three days to ellipse ufter
tlielr Introduction to Miss Carewe be
foro they "paid their respects at the
house;" but, be that as it may, the dic
tator was now safely uudcr way down
the Itouen river, and Mrs. Tanberry
reigned In his stead. Thus, at about 8
o'clock that evening, the two ladles sat
hi tho library engaged in conversation,
though, for the sake of accuracy, It
should be said that Mrs. Tanberry was
engaged In conversation, Miss Betty In
giving ear, when their attention was
arrested by sounds of a somewhat mu
sical nature from the lawn, which
Hounds were immediately identified as
emanating from u tlute and violin.
Mrs. Tanberry bounded across the
room like a public building caught by
n cyclone, and, dashing at the candles,
"Blow 'em out, blow 'em out!" she ex
claimed, suiting the action to the word
In u (luster of excitement.
"Why?" asked Miss Carewe, startled,
as she rose to her feet. The candles
were out before the question.
"Why!" repeated the merry, husky
voice in the darkness. "My goodness,
child precious, those vagabonds are
hero! To think of your never having
lieeu serenaded before!"
She drew the girl to the window and
pointed to a group of dim figures near
tho lilac bushes. "The dear, delightful
vagabonds!" she chuckled. ' I knew
they'd come! It's the beautiful Tap
plugham Marsh with his fiddle an. I
young Jeff Bareaud with his flute and
'Gene Mndrillon nnd little Frank Chen
oweth and thin Will Cuniniings to niug.
Hark t) the rascals!"
It is perfectly truthful to oay that
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the violin and llute executed the pre
lude, and then the trio sounded full on
the evening air, tho more effective
chords obligingly drawn out as long as
the breath in the singers could hold
them in order to allow the two fair
auditors complete benefit of the har
mony. They sang "The Harp That
Once Through Tarn's Halls" and fol
lowed it with "Long, Long Ago."
"That," Mrs. Tanberry whispered be
tween stifled gusts of almost uncon
trollable laughter, "Is meant for Just
me."
"Tell me the tales that to mo were
so dear," entreated the trio.
"I told' 'em plenty," gurgled the en
livening widow, "and I expect between
us wo can get up some more."
"Now you are come my grief Is re
moved," they sang.
"They mean your father is on his
way to St. Louis," remnrked Mrs. Tan
berry. "Let me forget that so long1 you havo
roved,
Let me believe that you love as you loved
Lone, long ugo, Ions ago."
"Applaud, applaud!" whispered Mrs.
Tanberry, encouraging the minstrels
by n hearty clapping of hands.
Then the candles were relit and the
serenaders invited within. Nelson came
bearing cake und wine, nnd the house
i was made merry. Presently the romp,
I Virginia Bareaud, making her appear
ance on the arm of Genera! Trunible,
Mrs. Tanberry led them all in a hearty
I gnme of blind man's buff, followed by
j as hearty a dancing of Dan Tucker.
I After that, n quadrille being proposed,
I Mrs. Tanberry suggested that Jeffcr
I son should run home and bring Fun-
clion for the fourth lady. However,
Virginia explained that she had en
deavored to persuade both her sister
nnd Mr. Gray to accompany the gener
al and herself, but that Mr. Gray had
complained of indisposition, having suf
fered greatly from headache on ac
count of luhaling so much smoke at
the warehouse lire, and, of course, Fan
chon would not leave him. (Miss Ca
rewe permitted herself the slightest
shrug of tho shoulders.)
So they danced the quadrille with
Jefferson at the piano and Mr. Marsh
performing In tho clinractcr of n lady,
a proceeding most unacceptable to tho
general, whom Mrs. Tanberry forced to
be Ids p?xtner. And thus the evening
passed gayly away. Tapplnglinm
Marsh spoke the truth, Indeed, when
ho exclaimed in parting, "Oh, rare Mrs.
Tanberry!"
But the house had not done with sere
nades that night. The guests had long
since departed; tho windows were still
and dork under tho wan old moon,
which had risen lamely, looking unfa
miliar and not half Itself; the air bore
nn odor of lateness, nnd nothing mov
ed, when a delicate harmony stole out
of tho shadows beyond tho misty gar
den. Low but resonant chords sound
ed on tho heavier strings of a guitar,
whllo abovo fheni, upon tho lighter
wires, rippled a slender, tinkling mel
ody that wooed the slumbcrcr to a de
licious half wakefulness as dreamily,
as tenderly as tho croon of ruin on the
roof soothes a child to sleep. Under tho
artist's cunning touch tho instrument
wus botlt tho accompaniment and the
song, ami Miss Betty, at first taking
tho music to bo a wandering thread in
the fabric of her own bright dreams,
drifted gradually to consciousness to
find herself smiling. Her eyes opened
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Ineffable sweetness of the sound.
Then a voice was heard, eerily low,
yet gallant and clear, n vibrant bari
tone, singing to the guitar:
"My lady's hair,
That dark delight.
Is both as fair
And dusk as night.
I know some lovelorn hearts that beat
In time to moonbeam twinklings- fleet,
Tlmt dance and glnnco Uko Jewels there,
Emblazoning tho raven hair.
"Ah, raven hair.
So dark and bright!
What love lies thero
Enmeshed tonight?
I know some Hlghlng lads that say
Their hearts were iinarcd and torn away,
And now as pearls one fate thuy nhuro
Entangled In tho raven hair.
"Ah, ruven hair,
From mich u plight
Could you not spare
One acolyte?
I know a broken heart that went
To serve you but its ornunient.
Alas, a ruby now you wear,
Ensanguining the raven hufr!"
The song had grown fainter nnd
fulntcr, the singer moving away as ho
sang, and the last lines were almost in-
So they danced the quadrille.
audible In tho distance. Tho guitar
could lio heard for n moment or two
more, then silence enmo ngnin. It wns
broken by a rustling In tho room next
to Miss Betty's, nnd Mrs. Tanberry
called softly through tho open door:
"Princess, nro you awake? Did you
hear that serenade?"
After n pause tho answer enmo hesi
tatingly in n small, faltering volco:
"Yes If it wns one. I thought perhaps
ho was only singing ns ho passed along
tho street."
"Aha!" ejnculnted Mrs. Tanberry
abruptly, ns though she had tnndo nn
unexpected discovery. "You knew bet
ter, and this was a serenade that you
did not laugh nt. Beautiful, I wouldn't
let It go any further, even whllo your
father Is gone. Something might occur
thnt would bring him homo without
warning. Such tilings havo happened.
Tom Vanrevel ought to bo kept far
away from tills house."
"Oil, it wns not lie," returned Miss
Betty quickly. "It wns Mr. Gray. Did
not you"
"My dear," Interrupted tho other,
"Crailey Gray's specialty is talking.
MoBt of tho vagabonds can sing and
play a bit, and bo can Crailey, partic
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punch, but when Tom Vanrevel touches
tho guitar and lifts up his voice to sing
there Isn't nn nngel In heaven thnt
wouldn't quit tho plnce and come to
iienr lilm! Crailey wrote those words
to Virginia Bareaud. (Her hair Is even
darker than yours, you know.) That
was when lie was being engnged to her,
nnd Tom must have set the mimic to
'em lately nnd now comes here to sing
'em to you, nnd well enough they (It
you. But you must keep him away,
princess."
Nevertheless Betty knew the volco
was not thnt which had bid her look to
the stars, nnd she remained convinced
that it belonged to Mr. Crailey Gray,
who had been too 111 a few hours earlier
to leave the Bareaud house, and now,
with Fnnchon's kisses on his lips, enmo
Bteallng into her garden and sang to
her a song he had made for anothor
girl.
If there was one person In tho world
whom Miss Betty held In bitter con
tempt nnd scorn, It wns tho owner of
thnt voice and thnt guitar.
CHAPTER X.
iji 0RE than three gentlemen of
I IV1 J Rouen wore their hearts In
fnvrf their eyes for any fool to gaze
Kaiiall upon, but three wns the num
ber of those who told their lovo beforo
tho end of tho first week of Mr. Ca
rewe's absence, and told It in spite of
Mrs. Tnnberry's utmost effort to pre
sort e, nt nil times, n conjunction be
tween herself and Miss Br ty.
Miss Carewe honored each of the lorn
three with a few minutes of gravity,
but the gentle refusal prevented never
11 swain from being us truly her follow
er ns before, not that sho resorted to
the poor device of half dismissal, the
everyday method of the schoolgirl flirt,
who thus keeps the lads in dalliance, but
because, even for the rejected, it was a
delight to be near her. For that matter,
it is said tlmt no one ever had enough
of the mere looking at her. Also, her
talk was enlivening even to tho lively,
being spiced with surprising turns and
amiably seasoned with the art of badi
nage. To use the phrase of the time,
she possessed tho accomplishments, nn
antiquated charm now on the point of
disappearing, so carefully has It been
snubbed under whenever exhibited.
She sketched magnificently. Tills is
tho very strongest support for tho as
sertion: Frank Chenowoth nnd Tap
plnglinm Marsh agreed, with tenrs of
cuthuslnsm, thnt "mngnillcently" wns
tho only word. They came to this con
clusion ns they sat together at tho end
of n long dinner, at which very little
had been eaten, after u day's picnic by
tho river. Miss Carewe hnil been of
their company, and Tapplugham nnd
Chenowoth found each his opportunity
in the afternoon. The party was small
and no one had been nblo to effect n
totnl unconsciousness of tho maneuvers
of the two gentlemen. Even Fnnchon
Bareaud comprehended languidly,
though she was more blurred than ever,
and her faraway eyes belled tho mo
chnulcnl vivacity of her manner, for
Crailey was thirty miles down the river
with a fishing rod neatly packed In n
leather case.
Mr. Vanrevel, of course, was not in
vited. No ono would hnve thought of
asking him to Join n small party of
which Robert Carewo's daughter was
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den In the shrubbery looking up nt the
stars between tho leaves while lie lis
tened to her harp and borne through tho
open window on enchanted airs tho
voice of Elizabeth Carewo singing
"Robin Adair."
It was now that tho town indulged
its liveliest spirit. Never nn evening
lucked Its Junketing, while the happy
folk of Rouen set tho curly summer
to music. Serenade, dance and song
for them, the light hearts, young and
old making gay together. It wns all
laughter, cither in sunshine or by enn
dlcliglit, undisturbed by the far thun
der below the southern horizon, whero
Znchary Taylor had pitched his tent,
upon the Rio Grande.
One fair evening soon after that ex
cursion which had proved fatal to the
hopes of the handsome Tapplugham
and of the youthful Chenowelh it was
tho privilege of Mr. Thomas Vanrevel
to iiRsist Miss Carewo and her chaperon
from their cnrrlage as they drovo up to
a dance nt tho Bnrcauds'. This good
fortune fell only to great deserving, for
he had spent an hour lurking outsldo
the house In the hope of performing
such ofllces for them.
Heaven was in his soul, and tho
breath departed out of his body when,
after a moment of hesitation, Miss
Betty's little lace gauutletcd glove was
placed In his hand, and her white slip
per shimmered out from the lilac
flounces of her dress to full like a ben
ediction, ho thought, on each of the
carriage steps.
It was the ago of garlands. They
wreathed the muses, the seasons nnd
tlielr speech, so the women woro
wreaths in their hair, and Miss Betty's
that night was of marguerites. "Read
your fortune in them all," whispered
Tom's heart, "und of whomsoever you
wish to learn every petal will say, 'IIo
loves you; none declare lie loves you
not!' "
She bowed slightly, but did not speak
to him, which was perhaps a better re
ception than that accorded tho young
mnn by her companion. "Oh, It's you,
Is it?" wns Mrs. Tnnberry's courteous
observation as she canted the vehicle
in her descent. Sho looked sharply at
Miss Betty, and even the small glow of
thecttrrJago lamps showed that the girl's
cheeks had Hushed very red. Mr, Van
revel, on tho contrary, wns pale.
They stood for a moment in awk
ward silence, whllo from the lighted
houso where the Hying figures circled
came the waltz, "I Dreamt That I
Dwo-helt In Ma-liar-ble Halls." Tom's
own dreams wore much wilder than
the gypsy girl's, ho know that, yet ho
spoke out bravely:
"Will you dance tho first two with
mo?"
(To be Continued )
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