The Red Cloud chief., 1886-03-19
Mr.. Ronald Marsh justified Wisdom

asis' LIAM AA'' - s"E A"@tA N'hT
When he had made these changes he
felt absurdiv ashamed Of himself. and
fearful Of appearing before people who
had known him Ill h.> old a-p"c': hut
he conquered these sensations ~ = lit
tie while, and was content - 20 ABOUT
ELe - ave;age Christian. ?ni to carr.
no badge Of ..nIu- upon him.
Such great event. from littlr car-es
spring. that the chance oyerh"arin@ Of
a ho,,lcr's speech made a tender. life
long friendship possible FOR our poet
and thereby 20 purified him and Lifted
him ~ 10 make him at last an excep-
,~ionally good man 4 very tOicrable
playwright.
Nj Churchill read the pDet:ca, com
edy. and though. well of il. The rrac-
ticcd writer Of mclodrana had seen Ia
the situations. and. though be- had
chosen Ia be modest about hi part Of
tine work. he had enriched il. dialogue
and motive. until the poets -imi.e Of
the work, the rickcty child and the
beautiful woman va. very fairly de
scriptivc of the change, he had wrought
in it for the better. But there wcr"
still .hing, which the stage instinct OF
the actrcs, rejected. and news cam" -
the poet that Lorrimer and Ms
Churchill desired 10 meet hlm and hi-
coliaJ0rntour. with a view to the re-
mo, al of certain blenii-hcS III the piece
and then 10 it, early production. Ihl'
announcement was At once 4 source OF
delight and unca~iness. To be played
by Miss Churchill was fame and cory
enough in itself. To meet Mis-
| Churchill after hi- encounter wiki her
at Trc1arthen was not a pleasant
thing. Looking back At that meeting.
| he felt that he had intruded himself i'm
pudently. and he remembered the
MAGNIFICENT snWb his insolcncc had d.
servedly received. And apart from
fhat-not to pretend disguise about II
matter which must be tolcrahly plain
by this time-Konald Marsh had been
falling more and more in love with the
actres, since the hour when he had dis
covered her poverty, and h" was by
thi. time farther gone than any man
can be with safety. He had admired
her. and had then had 10 pity her pro-
foundiy. and then Ia admire her anew.
and now he had been thinking Of her
for months. while he laburcd at hi,
| comedy, with her voice constantly in
his ears and her form and face con
stantlv before his eyes.
He had listened a~mNiou>ly to what
ever news Of her private life had
reached him. Her record was blame
less. No rrproach came near hcr.
1t was not easy to encounter her
again. bot he did not see his way 20
an avoidance of the engagement.
! William John Smi.i. merchant in
murd"r." .tnd Lcrrim"r We're al the
hou,r before him. and Mr.. Tr"%arthcn
sat talking with them when he arrived.
4 mild. s~ad-manncrci lady. win" acted
a. Mr,. Tr""arihcn's companion, and
wore Il readable proclamation of re-
duccd circumstances, sat Il! Il window
knitting.
The poet had long since ~besou"ht
Lorrimcr not 4 remind the actress of
his former meeting with her. There
was Just u chance that she might not
recognize him. and that he might
escape the Consequences of their last
meeting. Ii h. had only known what
the meeting had led Il on her side he
would never have had the courage -
face her at all. Now. Mrs. Trcgar;non
would almost bryoLd a doubt have
recognized the picturesque Young man
who had helped To- work such mischief,
if she had seen him in hi. old gui>c.
But the poet shorn oi his di>"ri"riy
halo Wa = man disguised. and. thanks
to the ho,ti"r'> philosophy h. passed
without recognition.
The actrr,, suggested the alteration.
she desired. Lrrrimcr and the play
WRIGHT discussed them with her. and
the poet hrpt very much III the back
ground. thankful 40 lr unob>cryrd. He
escaped at last with = f"clin" Of mucii
relief: but M was not nearly - afraid
u face Miss Churchill a second time.
Durin. the rehearsal Of the accepted
comedy he met her frequently. AMI -
came more and more within
her influence. aud fell -
and more in love with her
She on her side was prepo>>cs>cd with
the poet. and treated him kindly. He
WAS a gentleman. and cultured: he
| never pcS,rred her with batteries; and
she. who had a native inclination to
worship genius. thought she discovered
a touoh OF tina; rare quality III him. ="
the poet was admitted tn ii sort f III
timacy. and. beng busy upon a second
/ comedy. WAS allowed certain hal: bu>I-
nc>s-liAc. half friendly conferences
J about il. and WAS 80 lurci forward
that. after hanging back with ali HI.
might. he surrendered suidenl. and
went all the a
The Lady Marguerite Capucinc vas
= woman whose delight i: was ~ know
singers. musicians. actors. authors
and such curious folk. and she me
ferrcd a fashionable actress "a any
other lionc>S " ho oars. The iaGN
Marguerite had found her way 10 Miss
Churchill. and. being herself : charm
inC woman (apari from the on" cCcn-
.ricitv which prompted her 10 be- Il
trouiae Ia all tine intellectual people
she could lay her hands on). had a,
first secured the actress liking and re
gard. \. It'll" GOODNESS sprang up he
tween them. however. on the ground
that Lady Marguerite hai asked Mis-,
Churchill Ia obl'gc 4 little circle of he,
quests one iaN bl the recital Of a seen,
from As YOU like it" Miss Churchill
took il i'll that this request should h'
made Ia her. and excused hcr>e!
c~ourteou>ly but coollv. The ho>tcs,
took i, i'll tha, the actress should de
cline. and my dcared" Miss Churchill
something more than she need hav,
done for the rest Of the evening. ant
began 10 dislike hey.
This breach the pee. so him>cl
10 heal. and - IL: succeeded THAI Ii
{ Si~ster-in-!aw's house again became on
/ Of the places III which he could re-.
uson a meeting with the actress; an
g. now he began 10 manpuvre for - p
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