The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-11-06

hand. and offers for heart without
her hand. Through ell Of WHICH
she remained & good daughter, & de-
voted mother aud a pure. woman ;
aud-stii loved Lloyd sWhitlow.
Oae night there was a crowded
to see her play a part in which
she was perfect. She was to pefsoli-
fy a "Forsaken Wife"
Before it was time lor her to appear
IN Der part, sbe recognized in n OF
the boxes the face Of Lloyd Whiaow
husband whom she bad not
for nearly three years She did
not Shrek or faint; she was 10 good
an adept st controlling her feelings
TO d. either. Her first sensation was
una.terahle Joy. Not once did she
think II he years of suffering DE bad
meted cut 10 her. She only thought:
"Wnl be know me in my new posi-
ton and nameg Win he love me
and come back to me ~ And then
she remembered what a penehant pc
bod for actresses in the old times,
aud then she thought, with o thrill
OF pleasure, 81 believe be Will be
proud of me-"
A friend ut her elbow looked to
see who i. vas that mad attracted
Nellie to such an unusual degree.
Seeing who it was, she pat up her
hands playfnlly before her face, say
ing.
"No use in looking that way he's
bound fast. That is Mr.. Whltlow,
end the lady with him is his wife. l.
she not a beauty p
Nellie looked, and saw nov what
she had not seen before, a woman.
ravishingly beautiful and magniG.
Gently dressed, sitting by his side.
She turned fercely 10 her informant.
and asked:
How do you know she is ,aal
man's wife?"
Because / was introduced tC
Mis-. Wbitlow to-day at a friends
house. She was married 10 bin
abroad. after the death Of bis uncle
who left aim a large fortune. / did
aot see her husband. but | take !
for granted the gentleman with be-
is Mr.. Whiti5w."
YES" Kissed Nellie, lit is Mr.
Whidow."
"Look,n said the friend, he i
leaving her already not very de
voted, ia he -
Thank God" whispered lht
poor woman. sob, if be could onll
stay sway. How can ! act beior'
him? And fail? Heavens i wouli
rather die than fail tonight 70
The curtain fell on the first act
she had made herself en- rappo6
with the audience.
The curtain tell on The second
She had made in this such & finished
piece Of acting that she had com
pleleiy Won the hearts Of her audi
ence, who were enthusiastic Owe
her.
The one all absorbing thought witt
Nellie, between scts, was 'if sh
will only stay away"
At the close Of the third act Lloyt
re-entered the boz. Nellie knew j
without looking at him. She Tel
his presence. The curtain fell. Sh'
never knew whether she was ap
plauded or not. II she was, she di,
not hear it. She had not got of thu
stage when she realized that she va
being clasped by q pair Of stronI
arms.
Lloyd Whitlow's face was abov.
hers, kissing her lips, her brow, he
eyes, over and over again. Unmind
ful of the lockers on, behind the eur
taiD, he called her by all the endear
ing, pet names that she remembers,
in The olden times.
a SILVER of exquisite joy RAJ
through poor Nellie's frame. Sh'
was d%elirlous with rapture. VIVA
happiness to know that the arms Ell
circling her were Lloyd's arms tina
his breath was on her cheeks, hi
dear eyes looking down with the oil
look of love into hers. But it mn:
not last. Heavens could she tea
herself away from this man, whor
she had 50 long idolized FroI
this mar who was the father Of be
boy? And then she thought Of hi
beautiful wife sitting within a fe'
feet Of them, but out of sight, al
the thought maddened her.
"Unhand me, sir y she Kissed, &c
| will scream aloud for helps" sh
sprang away from him like an Ell
ragged tigress, to appear the next se'
ond on The stage To go through th
last act of the wife's desertion. An
didn't she act it glori0uslv Sh
was not off the stage until jus: bt
fore the tie close of the act, and the
/ only for a minute.
The friend that she had been tall
ing with before the play commence
came running up to her aud asked:
/ why didn't you tell me, Nelli
that Mr.. Whitlow was your irieut
| have found out all about them nov
: That lady was Mrs. Whiilow, bl
her husband is cousin 10 your frienI
| the one accompanying her YoI
friend was disinherited Tor son
cause, aad his cousin got ali his 70
t tune, but, like a good fellow, divide
/ with him, and they are both rich au
travelling tcgether.n
Nellie weat back to take up BIZ
part. Her dramatic husband was /
! appear at q distance. She was I
stretch out her arms to him, ard b
the silent eloquenee of the act was
invite him back to her.
She could not help what she di
instead. Her arms would reach OF
toward that private box, and her LIP
, would murmur, Lloyd, my husband
come back TO me-" There was
world of exquisite %eIoquenee 10 tt
action. Lloyd Whitlow had tt
beautiful actress in his arms one
J more 10 less time than i csa tell
I aud that curtain never fell on a pre-
tier tableau. Storm after storm
applause awakened every echo 10 til
J building. The denouemeot of Il
I play puzzled the crowd, but they er
: joyed it all the same.