The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-25
CHARLOTTE
An unpublished story, forming one ofthe
important Events in the Late
AcfresS's Life.

Liz.
Celia Logan prints a story which sb
says is a hitherto unpublished episode i
the late Charlotte Cushman's life. Whe
the great actress was middle aged an,
ugly, so the writer says, she was playin,
an engagement at the old National thea
ter in Cincinnati. Conrad B. Clarke
much Miss Cushman's junior, and a yer,
handsome and promising actor, was theI
leading man of the company. Mis-.
Cushman at once TOOK a fancy to tn,
young actor, who, in time, became he.
most obsequious follower, and Miss Lo
gan believes that Miss Cushman's likine
for Clarke was much more than mere
admiration. The story continues: Mat
tiers had stood thus for some months
One evening Miss eastman was going tC
the theater alone, when a weak, haegard
looking woman approached her, with q
baby in her arms. She was a small, red.
haired, fragile looking creature. Laying
her hand on Miss Cushman's shoulder,
she said Miss Cushman, | think a
woman of your genius and position
might have plenty of admirers without
taking up with the husband of a poor
woman like nae" The tragedienne paused
IN blank amazement. care you talking
of me?" she asked. II am" "And
you say | have taken your husband from
your, Yes, you, Charlotte Cush-
man" 81 don't know you. May | ask
the name of this precious husband of
yours. Conrad Clarke" was the
reply. What " exclaimed Miss Cush-
man, aghast; 81 didn't know he was
married" Yes, this is his baby. "
" Good Heaven, woman, you surprise
me. | ask you to believe that | knew
nothing of your existence until this
moment; and now let me go, as | am late.
But relieve your mind, Mrs. Clarke, as
far as am concerned. When this en-
gagement is over he never acts with me
again. So saying the great actress
hurried away. All smiles, bows and
honeyed words, Clarke greeted her that
night. She gave a deathblow to all his
hopes-not as tenderly as many a woman
80 situated might have done, but with
characteristic decision. "Clarke. " said
she loudly, in the presence of everybody,
If you ever dare to open your mouth to
again, | will jump straight down
throat; I will, by God" So unex.
1ected was this shot that Clarke fairly
eeled under it. On learning from his
wife what she had done, he became fIri- {
'us at what he declared was a malicious G
to ruin him and, leaving her, he :
wore never to live with her again. +
Annie Clarke easily obtained a divorce
rom him, and shortly after married an
ctor named Forrest, of Cleveland, with
HON she lived w~retchedly, and in a
or two died m%iserably, her whole
having been sad and unhappy b
ON first to last. Nor was Clarke's tate s.
~ better. He gave himself wholly to 81
sank lower and lower, and finally r,
persisted an outcast and a beggar. and n
as laid in a ~drunkard's grave. By a Il
series of circumstances CIarte's a.
lid was adopted and most tenderly W
AIRED by one of II brightest wits-the h,
lly one of his peculiarly caustic kind SO
It, a man who yields apowerful weapon w
his pen, who has two parties, for ut
ID against him, one which hates and hi
ars him, the other which loves and Ia,
alses hlm-Don Piatt. Some n who lif
ssed that night with Charlotte Cush- VS.
IN told me that on arriving at home hi.
er the performance she sank down on IN.
: floor, and crouched there in her ed
thes, in abject despair, until day- he
AK. She had been touched in her of
AT middle age a m often So
es more fervently-more with her wa
thar her heart-than in her green thi
gala days. She had also been deeply sto
nnded in her pride. She had deigned lee
smile upon an obscure actor, had tried to
raise him to an equal position with VIII
self, and he had deceived her as TO for
status, had neglected a wife for her me
E.. Never after, when his name was the
would she say more than his
Is a clever actor-a very clever on
-CtHc1Hnd9 Esquircr. face