The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-02-03

/ Then, after iTybalt and his kinsman
have skirmish OF words, this masked
Romeo softly approaches our Juliet.
Sue gave him a little white hand, which
| he ranted over, and 10 these rants she
listened as if her heart wasn't beating a
wild tattoo against the lovely green and
silver bodice; then he led her out to
dance.
| Then her confidence in herself almost
| gave way. Why, how could she go
Through the minuet with an Impractical
man without having her green and silver
| trailing robe and her white satin. silver
| tringed Vatican trampled upon2 Efle
was bad enough, and he had been under
| training and danced it with her many's
| the time!
| To save her life she couldn't have
| helped whispering imam extremely frisid
| manner--"S Sir, are you confident you ean
get through this minuet?"
And her only ans wer was sweet, low
laughl ~
DUN, dun, dun, .daw, pUMl and he
never once stepped en her brilliant robe
| through all that graceful fgurel
| "Oh, Ostranuerv' her heart kept cry
| ing; but her lips were closed, when, ghap-
i pening to look up, she met q merry twin
| kle of happy eyes and the strange appa-
rtlon of blonde moustache, where, two
years ago, theIe luxurlated no downy
growth.
AS for the audience; they saw that it
4 was not Erle-for Erie was among them,
and in accepting the relish Of mystery
| Thought fit TO applaud The minuet as no
| mlnuet Was ever applauded before.
| Another scene, discovering balcony
1 window. Enter Romeo, without a mask,
and Gathryn, longing to feast herieyes
upon his face, fixed them steadily upon
the blue muslin sky Until she dared to
lower them. At last she looked full at
him with affectation of fright.
| Juliet-Wnat man art thou, that, thus
bescreened i'll night, 50 stumblest on my
| counselH
Romeo-''Dy a name / know not how
to tell thee who L am; my name, dear
| saint, is hateful to myself, because it is
an enemy to thee; had L 1t written, l
WauId tear the word"
| Juliet-"My ears have not yet drunk d
| hundred words OF that tongues utter
amce, yet know the sound; art thou not
| Romeo, and u Montague?'
Romeo-"Neither, fair saint, il either
| thee dislike"
| -Juhet-rHow cam'st thou hither, tell
me and wherefore?' Ana if he had
answered her as sincerely as she asked
! that ques tion Erie would have torn his
hair at the unsuccessful issue OF the
| play. But 0sJrander played his part to
| perlection; and, when the big curtain
came down and hid from signt Of num-
| dred pairs OF eyes the Interes ting tableau
that our hero aud heroine made, theB,she
leaned still further over and called
| softly
| .sOh, OstraHdeFp But he was gone.
| The next time they met WAS in Friar
| Laurence's cell. Romeo ran TO meet his
Juliet and led her with fond attelti to
| The altar.
''1here's been change made In this
partD muttered Dominic Clark in low
tone. as, in his role of friar, he led them
| to tue altar. ''4All you need do is to take
| your cue from me-it is q simple mar
| riage ectremony--E begged for It--stand
thelep Tnen began tue ribe, and SO
simple was it from the old experienced
| lawyers lips that In another three
minutes it was. all oyer and shouts of
| appreciation rent the very warm air at
Glenn house.
1t is useless to go through the we'll
known play; so with a few imaginary
stars " we come to the hnal
tragedy.
Rjmeo and Paris both lie dead when
| the resurrected Juliet rushes, with a
haunting shrek, at her PROSTATE lover.
SHE goes through the classic and poet
| ical woe and searches for the poison
Romeo has Used: but. fndine no dron
lafI for her she Seeks Ms dayeer uer
hand cranes about Romeas sasb and
nnan t1e Ground beside him. She can
not find it. She reaches all about her
and makes little rake of her bent fin-
gers. In yalli-oh. what shall she do?
| What do you waht?" comes very
softly from the dead Romeo.
| ~ our dagger p is echoed in a whis.
pered answer.
81 forgot TO put it Oh p, comes IN low
tones ofreal cnagrin from the deadman's
! lips, Y''' -
| She tottered to herreet. and. brapdish-
| inp lor an instant an Imaginary dagger.
made an imaginary STAB IN aiaons ner
death robes. and feH with a cry thai
I nTade the OLD geutlemen,s hair raise per.
| ceptIb, V. the old ladies', hearts beat hard
| against their older 'laces. the Young men
| ewes and the Young Indies hide their
faces or look at her PROSTATE form
| through a laenrNmal mlst-aud she was
| dead!
Baupl came down the curtain. I'm
Jumped Ostrander and. STOOD waiting to
assist G1tnryn TO her feet. AS she made
no motlou he bent law and smoke To her,
answer. rben he called uer name in
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