The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-08-10
will listen to the suit Of the most efegtuall,
| rrtiuad man In Nunich

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, She had always governed him with her 10,
until she had destroyed him in the will to OF
pose her.
AND now the strongest feeling of his Ii
swayed him-his love for Lilli. He knew IL
actress other than his mother knew her del
cate sensitiveness which contact with I'll
world had not blunted. Ii was this delicat
|, constituencies which gained for her the chiva
ric respect of gentlemen, which often mad
her representations on the stage too refine
for the general taste. .
His mothers last blow was the hardest
Lilli would blame him for an instant's della
in the adjustment of the terrible mistake h
had made; she would blame herself for il
No, he must not go to her until he had don
what he could to fine the woman he waite
on in the shop.
he hastened to the station. Here he not
fed the police as to what had occurred
There came to him an awakening from tn
low morbid condition into which he had bee
plunged these last few days, u horror of tn
outcome oft. All that night there were vaiI
attempts to discover the elderly woman in
black cloak and vail who had asked for
small quantity of bismuth. Every minut
Clark became more anxious. The finding O
the woman seemed to be the pivot upon whicI
hung his future happiness or unhappiness-i
seemed almost as though Lllli said: Fin,
her, and | am yours; find her not, and tax,
ILL., bltbIt. NIIt were Stllb Jul WIG I'LL
about the streets, p~roclaiming the incident.
All night long Clark did what he could t,
rectify his mistake. At day break, haggart
and worn, he left the station and went home
His mother met him.. She had heard of AL
that he had done. With a shock she realized
that his task was undertaken for love of tn,
actress-ithad not been mere infatuatiou witt
him. She knew that she herself was place.
aside forever, that enceforth he was removed
from her control. And she had loved him as
the only thing left her to love; she had comC
from her native land for his sake. If she had
only thought that more than infatuatiOn for
the actress had been the source o
his admiration But no, she could
not bring herself to say that her sons wife
should be as Lilli was-and LilIi had spoken
coldly to her, had smiled with an ennuied air
and mentioned the Baron Volrathl o., her
poor boyl
When he came in she dared not ~sympathize
with him, she dared not say u word to him.
She could only question him with stricken
eyes.
Il am doing what l can," he said to her,
and passed on to his own chamber where he
locked himself in and where she feared to go
to him.
That day red placards were placed on the
bill boards; Extras" were thrown about the
city with sensational headings-"A Life En-
dangered, "a case of poisoning" Wanted
Oil olllc VIZ bOuSuI DiSH1utH ltSU evening",
and the like, until the whole city was excited
and everybody was hunting for the elderly
woman in a black cloak who had purchased
a small quantity of bismuth. The station
was crowded with people who wished to have
their medicines examined; women became
hysterical and declared themselves poisoned.
and were dissatisfied when it was proven that
they were mistaken. 1t would have taken II
barrel of bismuth to have given even the
smallest quantity to each of those who
claimed that he or she. might be the unfor-
tunate victim. The day went on to noon,
evening came and the elderly woman in the
black cloak remained undiscovered.
Th Fraulein Lilli naturally heard of the
commotion. Her maid spoke much of it
when she carried the chocolate to her bed
side in the morning.
Greta thought that her mistress looked
poorly these two or three days, and that
her acting last night showed a perceptible
falling off. So with the chocolate she carried
fresh news of the strange excitement in the
city and hoped hat it might provoke a
smile. Instead, the f~raulein asked her to be
silent and read the items in the morning pa
per.
Greta set the tray and the chocolate Jug on
the stand iu reach of her mistress and picked .
up the paper. She had little more than I'M
folded the sheet when she uttered an exclam-
alton.
"FrauIein,' cried she, "what do you think?
The mistake took place in the shop of your
American friend, Herr Clark"
Lilli gazed blankly at her. Greta went on
and read the papers account of the affair in
all it's minutia-
The Fraulein Lilli arose and slipped on "A
peignor of rosy silk. She crossed the room
to a box on the table at the further end;
she raised the lid of the box, only to let it
fall.
Where is the letter l wrote to the Baron
Volrath?" she asked.
Il posted it while you We're at the theatre
night-when came home after taking |
you there answered Greta. Did YOU not
tell me, ~fraulein, always to post the letter
in that bOx?"
The actress turned her back to the maid.
Her acceptance of the baron, then. had gone
to him and she had meant to recall it.
Why?
The story which eonvulsed the town told
her more than it told the town, and she owned |
to herself hat she loved but one man. and
that was not the one whom she aad accepted
as her husband, but he who had
made o. deadly mistake through
of her. If that letter she had placed
n the box was posted there was another to
De posted at once, she fumbled at the pocket
Of her peignor.
'Greta," she said, +fthe letter that was
lere?"
Il found it when 1 hung up the dress last
swe Greta- 1T wasstamped.
l posted it along with the other" LiIli
aughed. The second letter went to Clark: in
t she told him she had accepted the Baron
Tolrath. Well, it was right that it should go
after the other letter; and yet she would have
given the world to have had them both in her
land at this moment.
"Greta," she said, why do sit there
nonsense? Do you not know that
We leave Munich after the performance to-
light?"
Greta threw Town the paper.
But, Fraulein," she cried, Il thought We
wait until tomorrow, when the Baron
Tolrath would come to Munich and go to
Berlin with u.s."
eve leave Munich tonight"
.'Yet they say the baron will not be here
i'll tomorrow"
"We leave tonight"
"Greta could not understand her mistress
day; she was tyfannical. nothing pleased
and she started at the slightest noise. re-
used to see any callers. and grew more un-
each moment. She was glad enough
ghen it was time to go to the theater. Even
her mistress brought that days mood
With her: nothing was right, her costume was
omplained of, she was curt to the manager
nd delayed the rising of the curtain much
'eyond the usual time The house was
lacked from pit to dome on the occasion of
er farewell to Munich. Moreover it was an
specially jolly house for the affairs Ofthed drug
list had assumed ludicrous proportions and
were accusing one another of wishing
o purchase a small quantity of bismuth.
The gamins of the city We're already using
he name of the drug as q catch word.
fanny wise heads declared that it was all Il
American mode of advertising thedru~
hop. In the theater there were small jokes
from one to another, and all touch
lg upon the topic that absorbed hat days
~ttention IN the town.
Therefore when the curtain arose, and the
ivorite actress came forward, she faced a
God humored audience. Yes, they were
Jerry and happy even saying farewell 10 her:
tragic incident made them cheerful as need
g.
Had they known of the tragedy in her own
reast would they have been as cheerful?
She enacted the role Of a merry maiden with