The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-11-16

ite in the convent. but an untowsrd
event tum:,led her frum her high pc
desial in the sisters' esteem. Ii vas
learned nv accident that the young
woman Was in an interesting c"ndi'
ton. Now this is IN irreguiarity
which no well regulated cnnvent could
endure. Inquiries were made. and il
Was learned that tire cunning Sara had
managed. by hrib:ng the attendants,
TO secure duplicate keys IF the great
gates. and ~a- IN the habit OF leaving
the sacred precincts Of the convent at
her own sweet will.
She had found q lover, If course. as
French woman always will. But
who Was he. Ii WAS determined {.
detect and punish him A watch Wa
kept on the y"ung girls movements,
and she WAS surprised at the trusting
place in the forest # 81. Just. in the
arms # her cavalier. But The pro
jet of pani.hing the hesP,i!rr Was
found impossible. He Was none Other
than the Young Marquis at 81. Just :
a nobieinan whom il was not possible
to imprison, and who could not be- *
pect-d TO marry the betrayed girl.
! Sara, overwhelmed by the re
proaches o! the nuns. f-d from the
convent the night after the discovery.
and appealed to her betraver. H.
generously (for a French nobleman
under the circumstance sent her a.
Paris, furnished her humble apart
ments aud paid her expenses up to
the time her child. hoy. was horn.
Then his lawyer came to her with a
proposition. This was that she was Ia
give up the child absolutely to BE-
care,l for in secret by the fa,her-she
never to see it or know it again. But
she chung to the in ant with maternal
desperation. and Indignantly refused
the noble lovers offer. Thereupon he
abandoned her.
AND STILL MORE TROUBLE.
Bur after two months of ease. Sara
found herself in worse trouble than
ever. Her sister had q rich lover
who furnished her money in extrava.
CANT sums that supp orted her in the
wild excuses OF lite, while her salary
at The theatre would not paw for more
than her bots anil gloves. This
wicked old man was bn,ne III hy q
tair and agile premiere danseuse OF the
Grand Opera. aud Saras sister in des-
pair attempted to prison hers-lf.
This rash act necessitated Jeaneftes
removal to the hospital. AMI Sara Va.
left ON the verge u starvation. The
days Of her n,si'i.nhood were repeat
Ing lhem,elf. To make matter. worse.
when the wnuld-t,e suicide MAS di-.
charged convalescent. she had = sud
den access Of virtue" AS the Pari-.
ians saw. aud abandoned the stage.
weat into a cnnvent. determined Ia
devote herself to religion. life hence
forth.
In France there WAS no chance for
the nun ID resume the dramatic pre-
fession. No manager would take on
himself the chanc. If Smoking a c.r-
tain PARTON If the public bv SO dar.
ing an act; hut in America re'igicuse
"n the boards will be a greater aitrac.
ZION than an actress OF less extended
experience.
A STRUGGLE FOR BREAD.
When Sara. sister had her serious
attack of virtue. Sara Mas affected ia
the Opposite way. She was desperate
in as bad q strait rs ever WAS Il la.
heroine. Vana. whom she resemoled
in many particulars. Sine must have
bread for herself and child. She
sought the young journalist who had
first led her astray. and besought hi.
aid. He received her with open
arms. But there We're clou;is over
Bohemia just then, and her life Wa.
not one of GpuIence. Her lover. how.
ever, had influence, it he had no;
money. He learned If her ambition
tor the stage, and he set himself about
the task ut getting her an engage
neut. First he cosxed her to s-pa-
rate herself from her child. which was
well cared for ia an institution, aud
then. with the ardor of q Bohemian
lover, he made the life Of the Par.
islam managers miserable until he had
gained a footholi on the boards for
his inamorafa.
In a month she had dazzied TIE
manager and brought him to her feet.
The journalist found himself Obliged
to share her affections, aud of the twu
lovers she found the former surly
manager by far the more foolishly ar.
dent
Then, taking advantage Of this in.
fatuation. as only a French woman
knows how, the willy Sara had herself
advanced rapidly in speaking parts.
and by graciously according her favors
most literally among the journalistic
friends of her hrst love, she managed
20 come into prominence slowly but
surely before the public.
GREEN-ROoM NAUGHriNEss.
In the French theaters the green.
r1ms are the resorts of certain priv.
legged persons from among the public.
The CAV young men of the nobility
md the rich merchants sons frequent
hem nightly, and pass the time very
,greeably in unreserved hsdinage with
he charmers If the mimic scene. Ac-
'r+s.es. ton, nave their dressing r,'oms
fitted up magni6cently. and in these
boudnirs entertain certain favored
members Of the j.anesse dore. Sara
was not slow in learning the poser
she might WELD in this wsy. and she
made the most Of it. She learned the
tricks OF the stage with remarkable
promptress. ard improved on them in
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