Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03
I had never seen this captivating fell

I had never seen this captivating fell
low"
Mrs; Sydney sighed as she reioined:
IAN, Emily, there is the danger of your
present mode of lie. Before you know
where You are, finding yourself over
head and ears IN love with some hand
some fellow, w of whose very name
you are ignorant. As to the position in
society Of his p%rogenitors, that is a
OF the Society of Antiauaries,"
Inc actress looked solemnly in the
lace OF her friend, and taking both her
hahds within her own. replied: ..Julia,
there sd fascination in the life of a
successful actress, Of which you can
form no conception. There is the de-
light OF selecting the costume you are to
wear on the eventful evening. No tri-
file to a woman, as you will admit.
linen there is the actual pleasure of
wearing it, not for the sake of some
half dozen friends, whose envy in con
sequence IS a poo- reward, but the OBJ
ject OF admiration of hundreds of spec
tators nightly. Then, instead of mo-
notonous domesticity, executing crewel
work to the accompaniment of the
snoring in the armchair of q bored
husband, we have the nightly welcome
from a thousand pair of, hands and the
final call before the curtain amid an
avalanche of flowers. Your name on
every tongue, your photo inevery print
shop in London, and your acts and
deeds the subject of conversation at
every dinner table in the metropolis"
Mrs. Sydney shook her head with q
melancholy smile as the actress finished
her GRAFTON. II am still unconverted,
Emily"
"xufte right, Julia. If we were. all
actresses there would be no audi
ences."
The memorable gall boy here put a COM
pulsory finish to the interview between
the two friends, with the words Lady
Teazle."
SCENE III.
Montmorency was. seated in the
greenroom at the conclusion of the
play, engaged in that absent train of
thought known as a brown study. The
more he saw Of the fascinating Fon-
blanque, the more he was captivated.
Every hour spent in her society but
served to rivet more closely the chain
which bound him to her. Should he
~condescend and make her an offer of
his hand she would naturally be in
tuenced by a profound sense of graft
tude, when she discovered that she had
married a man of fortune and q Stan
ley! Whereas, if he had married the
rich Miss Anstruther, he would have
had her money bags perpetuallyt thrown
in his face. A silver .tongued utterance
fell on his ears. Looking up, he be-
held the subject of his cogitations.
"Allow me to congratulate you, Mr..
Montmorency, on your Charles Surface
this evening. A double call before the
curtain, and well deserved"
.'You are pleased to tiatter me. The
plaudits Of the house tonight render
any praise on my part Of your Lady
i Teazle unnecessary. / regret thatI am
fatcd to lose SO charming a compa-
triot."
Was it fancy that Montmorency i'm.
agined that he detected a paler tint on
the cheek Of the actress as she replied:
"You are not going to leave us?"
y fear So"
"Wherefore?"
.'You are the last person to whom
can confide the cause OF my sudden de.
parture."
Lady Teazle cast down her lovely
eyes for a brief space, and then, in a
voice in which the smallest possible
tremolo was %perceptible, whispered:
care you not happy here?"
81 fear too much so." sighed Mont
morency. II have been living in a
FOOLS paradise lately"
Glow: In what way. Mr.. Montmo.
rency?"
ii am in love. You stsrt. You do
not believe in an actor, who is always
stimulating affection, ever falling under
the influence of a real and veritable
passion"
"You wrong me; indeed you do.
The artistic nature is and must be more
acutely sensitive than that possessed
by ordinary mortals. Do I know the
LADY,"
;You see her every day when you
contemplate those charming features
in the glass. Yes; it is you, Miss Fon-
blanque, whom I love, whom l adore!'
How can we describe the flood OF
sensations which agitated the bosom OF
the heiress as she l%isteneito the avowal
of affection from the lips of the only
man she had ave. loved. In low and
trembling tones she managed to reply;
.'Mr. Montmorency, you are not re.
h~earsing..a scenein some new.comedy?''
II was never more serlou II my
life"
BIZ this time the pride of the An
struthers had come to the assistance o.
the heiress. II grieve very much that
1 can not accept your. offer. 1t is i'm
possible"
.'Impossible? WhyP"
"That l can not explain"
ave are both members of the same
profession, and so far equal"
"Pardon me,' said Lady Teazle
"You know nothing of my ~antecedents
and"
"And you know nothingof mine, yo'
would say. Charming equality! say
Miss Fonblanque, may l hope?"
1t was now the turn Of the actres
to sigh. cit would be cruel to rails
hopes which can never be realized"
Montmoreney let fall the hand whic'
in his ardor he had seized, and drew