Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-01-16
Based on the Popular Play now
being Performed by the
Madison Square Thea
ire Company.
CHAPTER XXI.
THROWN ON THE WORLD.
BY MARIE WALSH.

WIFI nOucOUnltLhi lOOk Oh lltT lhte, w. Htit
was busily setting the table for the landlady's
four o'clock dinner.
"You could tell by the weight of it when
you lifted II. Was 1t heavy?"
"Middling, missus."
ain my opinion 1t was empty"
"Why, mother, what put that into your
head? The young lady couldn't travel with
"Sam, she IL not an s-leastways, |
don't think so, from some remarks she made.
/ don't believe she approves OF the stage &
"l3ah she don't eli ~ exclaimed sam.
"That's because she don't understand what
she's talking about Theatrical folks are Just
like other mortals-good and bad-only they
an'tsuch eternal hypocrites. They don't play
saint until they're found out. Where did that
female drop from?"
Your Uncle Joe brought her here. He
picked her up"
Now, mother I'd admire to know what on
earth made you take in one OF Uncle Joes
fares?"
''She paid two weeks In advance, Sam"
"She may have stolen the money, or she
may be an escaped lunatic, for all you know.
! Thought you were more particular about
who you admitted to the bosom ofyour fam
lily. Didn't you refuse my friend Gibbons and
his wife simply because u was in the slack
season, and they Were In hard luck? Gibbons
protested he pay You when he got an en-
gagement, but you were obdurate. No you
wouldn't have him unless he paid in adj
Vancep
"Didn't take IN Hunter, JONES' and Potts
when they were out OF engagements, and feed
Inem on THE 1hJ OF lne lhnuI ON nOtnlnB was
loo good for them TO order What followed
They got engagements, every mothers son OF
them. Hunter promised to send me his sec
ond week salary, and little every week
~ I'll my bill was paid,:and have never seen
the color of his money yet Jones and PoLts
went into the same company. oh they We're
going TO pay me, and send me handsome
present besides. Well must say they got Inc
passes for all the shows while they were here,
and expected they'd act honest. Hunter
never took stock IN, for the young man put
ontoo many airs and talked too big to suit
my fancy"
"Poor Hunter is in the hospital, poor fellow.
He had the fever, and he looks like his own
ghost crawling around. TO be sure, Potts ana
Jones had hard luck, too. They got into
queer company in the beginning of the sea-
son; company bursted and cheated them out
of their salaries. The next engagement they
took was worse They had to walk home part
of the way"
"l'm sorry TO hear IT. but, Sam, it's hard to
lose my money all the same"
"Your second history back never cleaned You
out cent"
mot they they are ladies'. They pay right
up to he handle every Monday morning. ii
tha new lodger don't do the same, IN give
her notice to Quit before she gets much In my
debt"
''4,eyer fear, missus; she will never be- in
your debt"
''How do you know, Sally?"
"BeoauSe | knows. She's a Lancashire lass,
and folks down our way are heap sight non
ester than your Londoners are;" an. Sally
flashing angrily.
Pnew! saiiy's got her back up. ! say, mother,
/ had two offers for next season,"
"La. sam! Where ."
"One TO 90 up to Toole's Theater, play small
comedy parts aud sing. The other Is 10 travel
with variety show--song-nnd-danca busl.
ness. Variety pays the best
"Then I'd take IT,"
mot much, mother. l don't like travelling;
damp beds and poorly cooked food don't sui
this child fancy I'll sick 10 comic opera on
nj 6lls nnl alU n IA mn
must eat my dinner; I've got To call for my
wig on my way to the theater. The Prince OF
Wales is coming to hear us tonight and we
all have tn look prime. 'lolanthe' is going TO
make a hit. There's n tflo in 1t that would
make your hair curl, mother;" and Sam
sung:
"Ify you go in
you're sure to win,
Yours will be the charming maidic;
Be your law
The ancient saw,
Faint heart never won fair lady
Never, never, never, never
"Here's your dinner, Master SAM. said
Sally, putting the dishes on the table
elm ready TO eat II, sally Shall get you a
pass for Friday nlght?"
"You Needn't; when goes anywhere. pays
my way"
you're virtuous example to the scourge
-four prot-SSion-ihe uead head list.
''There goes the bell, Sally" cried Mrs. Par
ker. "lt's the new lodger."
"She wants her dinner, l reckon" replied
Sally, AS she ran up stairs.
"Do you want your dinner, mss"
mo, Sally, only cup OF tea. My head
aches"
"You have been running around too much,
miss. You're not used 10 IL"
II am not" replied Hazel, with a heavy
sigh. al would like to have the fines lef
for me for week. Do you know any one That
would leave IL"
the 'Times,' and every week the ladies up
stairs get a lot o. theatrical papers from him
l'll seq vou get YOUR paper"
"Thank YOU"
Puur 1laAe. was grateful to Sally for hel
little acts of kindness. She was an humble
friend but the only one she possessed III that
great city.
cold SILVER ran through her frame as she
thought of Sir Charles Villas.
AN raLneI IN neaveu," she cried wildly
clasping her hands, "prottct me from tha
man J"
She felt almost afraid to remain in London
but where could she go? She had no money
~ LraVei WAN; IN t.ct SHE realized t.IaI II
was matter OF stern necessity that sht
should obtain employment or she would bt
soon penniless. On how she longed for hel
happy home from which she was an exile
She felt her deSolate poSlii Being thrown
on the world at the mercy OF strangers alone
10 fight the hard battle of life without ont
sympathetic friend to comfort or guide her.
She though OF the man VINO IN tne sight q
Heaven was her husband, and she could no
understand why Artnur, VINO she though
wasthe soul of honor. had deliberately be
MAude WNdlneIDy. she felt That her father
vurso had pursued her, and that her love lo
Arthur Iariingiord had been her ruin. Al
was over now. Tomorrow she must com
Iuence TO fight the battle of lite In earnest.
ION, WAS SO happy-tOo happy she muT
INJURED, "lhe short uve months that / be
lleved myself his wife. | shall be faithful Il
MIN as tong as 1 live. No other man shal
ever take his place in nv heart II | neve
see his face AGAIN ia this world, shall b, 10y
al To my Vuws-I made them in good faith
Oh, God PITY me!' and she sunk he
knees and prayed earnestly.
Then she felt Inner, aud after aTr(ugtnI
her wardrobe and paItaking OF the tea an,
Joast that sally brought her, she retireti, Du
could not sleep.
She tossed YEARLY on her pillow, aud sa,
Thoughts drove rpposr from her. II Hazel ha
not had faith in her Heavenly Fathers pru
tecting mercy, she would nave Deeu oVcI
NvlleIiIled Oy ucr despair.
The next morning Was bleak, raw an,
rainy. A regular London fog envelop~d Ia
city. and no one wanted to stir out Uf do ~
IL he could help IL, on sucn an utterly Bleal
and miserable day. Rain, rain, rain hos
,.aasel,=sly IL lashei the windows, and hoy
nIteously II u aat on the heads of tile DO !
iittle new sboys as they ran, trying 10 =,
sr-tr rsnf,lts or aawsnapprS.
Hazel tried 70 swallow the tempting b -eak
"a. !. ,..ti.. s.at4 ought nrr Tor she realize.
shat she would b. III u she did not eat some
sh1rg sine heart sam call out To the theatri
81 .,s,ne ladies' TO look sharp, for the cab W a
rA4aasH u H.. Lat.