The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-09-06
AN EMBARRASSED BELLE.
Spends an Evening of Torture
with q Green Escort at q
Detroit Theater.
Delrolf Ere. Press.

/ Detroit free Fress-
4 xeli-known society lady Of Kansas
City spent last winter i'm Detroit, and -incc
her return a very good story at her expense
has leaked ont.
4 few evenings after her arrival a re-
puted wealthy bachelor residing few doors
from where she was visiting called, and in
the course al conversation invited Miss r.
Ia attend the opera house a few nights later
| 10 STE Mccullough in "Richelieu." The
invitation Was accepted, and the Young
lady saw nO more of her prospective es-
corr until the date set. While she was
dressing for the trip the door bell rang
and entered Mr.. Fresh iso he shall b. dc>-
ignated in this articie).
is Miss r. i'm" he Yueried of the ser
want.
He was tod that she was dressing and
was asked To wait i'm the parlor few min
utt-S.
Il wish To speak Ia her minute ri
once, he replied.
The servant conveyed this request and
returned with the answer that Miss r. Wa,
busily engaged in her toilet, but would ia
vor him in few minutes
but ] must SIC her right away" he
urMdup'u, dSh uti 10 rohe uo"h al
once"
Again the message Was carried up stairs
This time the lady of the house responded
In person. and "a Il proxy for Miss r.. de-
sired I" know his urgent business.
Il wanted to know whether Miss +.
would rather 90 To SIC Mccullough. II the
opera house. or 'Pinafore' at Whiincv's"
Was his reply.
The lady of the house explained that
she knew Miss F. would prefer to scc Me-
Cnllonyh. The young man then wanted
to know whether the next night would do
As we'll As that, This also the lady Of the
house answered by saving she knew Miss
r. WAS exceedingly anxious to seq the great
actor in "Richiieu."
VERY we'll, then; Ill be back i"r her
bye and bye" he cheerfullv suggested. and
departed.
Meanwhile Miss F. pursued the even
tenor Of her way. and shortly appeared in
the pariOr gotten up in a most elaborate
toilet, with opera hat and cloak, and radiant
with jewelry. She waited patiently for
the young man, who appeared, out OF
breath only few minutes before the time
for the show to begin, and hurried her off
as fast Us rhG could walk to the temple If
Thespis. Arrived there he cody
left her standing in draft while he
walIzed up to the box office and bought
two general admission tickets to the bal
cony, and plotting her up stairs, located
her in the very back row of seats, near the
door, where shecOuld sec nothing. although
herself the objective point OF nearly every
opera glass i'm the orchestra chairs. Mr..
Fresh deliberately sd. down beside her and
peanuts all the evening, never
even removing his hat from his head. A
il happened, the house was very light up
stairs, and in consequence. Miss f.. in her
elaborate evening toilet. was all the more
as she sat Eerched up OH her
seat in the god-like quarters OF the ::ndi-
forum. Too mortified to speak. and with
her eyes blinded by unshed tears Of ragc.
she sa, through the entire performance.
never once taking her eyes of the chan
delier in the dome oi the theatre. At l.
needless 10 say that when Mr. Fresh called
a few evenings later Miss r. was no, III
home
The story was too good Ia keep. AMI il
WAS the general theme III conversation III
more than one social gathering %; Dc,roit'>
elite during the season.