Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03
you behsld your rejected lover. Me-.

Stanleyp"
A film carl55 slowly I'VE the eyes Of
Miss Adstruther..'. s'You are not Joking,
MI. Vallanee?h -, -. :s>ezr-s'
The matter is too serious for Jest.
ing. But / will break d confidence. He
loves you. He told HE 50 half an hour
ago."
The hciress could scarcely forbe.sr a
smile as she reflected that her ears had
drunk in the soft confession only fiN,
minutes ago. "Mr. Valance, will you
do me a favor? Win you ask Mr.. Stan
ley t o step here for a few minutes? But
remember, you must on no account re-
veal my identity"
"You may rely upon me, Miss An
struther. 1 do not know what steps
you mean to adopt, but there is no time
to lose, for old Colonel Stanley is ir
front, and will, if he has recognized you
at once inform his son."
That is my fear; so haste"
Almost before the heiress could ma
ture her plans the rejected one appeared
before her. He was very grave. and
bowed with an air of deep humility as
the actress thus addressed him: :Mr.
Valance and 1 are old acquaintance,
so l commissioned him to ask you to
return for a short time. 1 feol very
anxious about our scenes in The Hunch-
back tomorrow. Would. you mind
running through the Modus and Helen
scenes. l mean the second one."
Montmorency bowed. ''With pleas
use."
1t would have been T. lesson for half
the actresses on the Stage could they
could have beheld the manner in which
the saucy coquette of the play coaxed
her lover, lured him on, fascinated him,
and enveloped him in such a spell of
witcheries that no Modus that ever
breathed could have been proof against
her seductive wiles. The scene came
to an unexpected termination, for
Montmorency suddenly caught her in
mis- arms, and as he held her elapsed
tight to his breast exclaimed, in rapid
and excited tones: "This is not acting!
1t it be, you are the greatest actress
that eve trod the boards. You love
me! l see it in your sparkling eye; /
read it IN your blushing cheek! Say,
am 1 not right?'
Emily Anstruther remained perfectly
passive in the arms Of Harry Stanley as
she murmured 'Yes!"
The enraptured couple were 80 ccm-
pletely absorbed in reading love in each
others eyes that they had not observed
the entrance of two gentlemen, Colonel
Stanley and Mr.. Valance.
The old Colonel was the first TO
speak. Speak, sir! Is is the scene from
the playp"
By this time the heiress had left the
sweet anchorage of her lovers arms,
and advancing to the old man, said:
DO you not recognize your godchild.
But surprise has taken away the
power of speech from the Colonel.
His son interrupted. 81 trust Miss
A%nstruther will acauit me of any guilty
knowledge Of This fact-will believe
maj I believed she was merely Miss
Fonblanque, the actress"
Emily Anstruther here cast down he1
eyes, while a deep blush mantled ovel
her face and neck. 81 am afraid | an
not equally innocent. for Mr.. Valance
informed me that I had refused my
hated lover. But l have enough conf
dence in his love for me to hope for hi
belief in my unseltish love for him."
$50 you see, dad" exclaimed the
younger Stanley, dove not only rules
the court, the camp, the grove, as the
poet says, but does not disdain to tlutte1
his wings in the green-room.'-Chams
bers' Journal.