Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-03-02

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coolly TO think about II, I can hardly imagine
two worlds, whether outwardly or inwardly,
moro wide apart than mine and Miss Breth-
ertonS"
CHAPTER v.
During the three weeks which elapsed be-
tween the two expeditions Of tho "Sunday
League" Kendall saw Miss Bretherton two or
three times under varying circumstances.
One night hc took IL into his head to 60 to
the pit Of the Calliopc. and came away moro
persuaded than before that as an actress there
was small prospect for her. Had she been
an ordinary mortal. he thought, the original
stuff in her might have been disciplined into
something really valuable by the common
give and take, the normal rubs and Difficult.
ties Of her profession. But as II was she had
been lifted at once by the force of ono
natural endowment into . position which,
from the artistic point Of view, seemed to
him hopeless. Her instantaneous success -
dependent - IL was on considerations wholly
outside those Of dramatic art-had denied
her al the advantages which are to be won
from struggle and from laborious and grad.
ual conquest And more than this, IL had
deprived her Of an ideal; II had tended to
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measure Of tho good and possible For,
naturally, II was too much to expect that she
herself should analyze truly the sources and
bly, believe that some, at least, Of It was due
to her dramatic talent in itself. ut is very
possible that am not quite fair to her. She
has all the faults which repel me most.
could got over anything but this impression
Of bare blank ignorance which she makes
upon me. And az things are at present, It is
impossible that she should learn. II might
be interesting to have the teaching Of
herl But It could only be done by some one
with whom she came naturally into frequent
contact. Nobody could thrust himself in
upon her. And she seems to know very few
people who could be of any use to her,
On another occasion he cane across her in
the afternoon at Mrs 6tuart's The CONVEX
sation turned upon his sister, Mime. do Cha
teauvieux, for whom Mra. Stuart had q
warm but very respectful admiration. They
had met two or three times In London, and
Nine. do Chateauvieux's personal distinction,
her refinement, her Information, her sweet
urbanity Of manner, had made a great i'm
preston upon the lively little woman, who,
from the lower level OF her own more com.
monplace and conventional success in society,
felt an awe struck sympathy for anything so
rare, 20 unlike the ordinary type. Her inti-
macy with Miss Bretherton had not gone far
before the subject Of "Mr. Kendals interest
ing sister" had been introduced, and on this
particular afternoon, as Kendall entered her
drawing room, his ear was caught at once by
the sound Of Maries name. Miss Bretherton
drew him impulsively into the conversation,
and he found himself describing his sisters
mode Of life, her interests, her world, her be.
longings, with a readiness such as he was not
very apt TO show in the public discussion Of
any subject connected with himself. But
Isabel Bretherton's frank curiosity, her kind
ling eyes and sweet parted lips, and that
strain Of romance In her which made her
so quickly responsive to anything which
touched her Imagination, ,twere not easy to
resist. She was delightful to his eye and
sense, and he was as conscious as he had ever
been Of her delicate personal charm Be-
sides, ID was pleasant to him to talk Of that
Partisan world, in which he was himself
vitality interested, to any one % naive and
fresh. Her ignorance, which on the stage
had annoyed him, in private life had its par
ticular attractiveness. And, with regard to
this special subject, he was conscious Of
breaking down q prejudice; he felt tho
pleasure OF conquering great reluctance in
her. Evidently on starting in London she
had set herself against everything that she
identified with the great French actress who
had absorbed the theatre going public during
the previous season; not from personal jeal-
ousy, as Kendall became ultimately con-
WINGED. but from a sense Of keen moral re.
volt against Mme Desforets' notorious POSI-
tion and the stories Of her private life which
were current In all circles. She had decided
in her own mind that French art meant
tainted art aud she had shown herself very
restive-Ksndal had seen something of it on
their Surrey expeditiou-u any attempts
to make her share the interest which certain
sections Of the English cultivated public feel
in foreign thought, and especially in the
foreign theatre. Kendall took particular
pains, when they glided of from the topic of
make her realize some Of the finer aspects
Of the French world, Of which she knew
SO little and which she judged SO harshly;
the laborious technical training to which the
dwellers on the other side Of the channel sub
init themselves SO much more readily than
the English in any matter Of art; the intel
lectual conscientiousness and refinement due
to the pressure OF an organized and continu-
Gus tradition, and SO on. He realized that
good deal of what he said or suggested must
naturally be lost upon her. But it was de-
Ightful to feel her mind yielding TO his,
while 1t stimulated her sympathy and per-
haps reused her surprise to find in him, every
now and then, grave and unpretending re-
sponse to those moral enthusiasts in herself
which were too real and deep for much di-
rect expression.
Whenever am next In Paris" she said
to him, when she perforce rose to 60 with
that pretty hesitation OF manner which was
SO attractive in her, "would you mind
would Mme de Chateauvieux-if asked you
to introduce me 10 your sisteri II would be q
great pleasure 10 me'
Kendall made a very cordial reply, and
they parted knowing moro Of each other
than they had yet done. Not that his lead
ing impression OF her was in any way piodi-
fed. Incompetent and unpromising as an
artist, delightful as woman, had been his
earliest verdict upon her, and his conviction
OF its reasonableness had been only deepened
by subsequent experiences; but perhaps the
sense OF delightfulness was gaining upon the
sense OF incompetence After all, beauty and
charm and sex have in all ages been too
much for the clever people who try to reckon
without them Kendall was far too shrewd
not TO recognize the very natural and reason
able character of the proceeding and not to
smile at the first sign Of it In his own person.
Still, he meant to try, IL he could, to keep
the two estimates distinct, and neither to
confuse himself nor other people by con-
founding them. 1t seemed TO him an intel
lectual point Of honor to keep bis head per-
fectly cool on the subject Of Miss Brother
toms artistic claims, but be was conscious
that it was not always very easy TO do-a
consciousness that made him sometimes all
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