St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-19
A JEWEL of A M

"Ohl Pm off to the Jollity. Will you
come with me?"
81 was half engaged-still, I'll come
to take care of you. You need looking
after badly. Your infatuation about
Gladys Dalton is becoming the talk of
the town. A common burlesque actress
-%phaugh."
my dear Barring" answered Wis
count Winterbourne warmly, ''she is
the most divine woman I have ever
seen, and l won't hear a word said
against her. 1 tell you frankly that if
l could win her consent, l would make
her Lady Winterbourne tomorrow"
"'Pon my life. this is sheer madness!"
friend demonstrated. 1.-THE woman can
neither act nor sing a bit. She depends
solely upon her beauty, and even that
is nothing phenomenal. There are
scores of others equally attractive"
ITO my mind she's the only woman
IN the world" Lord W~interbourne re-
piled.
''That is unfortunate" was the retort.
For she certainly does not regard you
as the only man. Indeed, there are nifty
other fellows whom she favors with her
smiles. and for the mere purpose of OBJ
tanning presents from them. You know
she has a craze for jewelry."
81 know she is very fond of it, and L
care to crafty her in this respect. See.
here is a diamond star, from Chouse Il
Cheetall's, which l heard of her admir-
ing the other day. l called in at the
shop and boughtit this afternoon"
"Really, Wi%nterbourne, "said Barring,
as he examined the magnificent jewel,
this is a gift worthy Of an empress.
May l ask its figure?"
"Five hundredr!' was the reply.
Barring shrugged his shoulders and
elevated his brows, not in surprise, but
in disapprobation.
Scan you not see," he inquired, "that
the woman is fooling you in order to
make money out of you? She Is always
limiting her admiration of some OF
ChouSe 81 Cheetall'S treasures to one OF
other of her admirers. The jewelers.
ought to pay her a commission; she is a
source of unlimited custom to them"
"You may sheer at her as you please"
the other retorted, shut you will not
make me believe that she is not the
most divine woman under the sun, or
dissuade me from my purpose of win
ming her for my wifel"
"'TiS useless to reason with you, l
see," Barring answered. Throw away
your money, therefore, if you please.
But for heavens sake don't throw your
self away on such a wOman!"
"If you had only seen her, and spoken
to her-Off the STAGE" Lord Winter
bourne exelaimed-"you would admit"
"Have you, then, so far improved
your acquaintance with her since we
last metz" %interposed his friend,
quickly.
"Yes!" was the reply; 81 obtained
her leave to call upon her at her rooms
in Grafton street, where she lives with
her mother. And | assure you, Barring,
that the refinement of her conversation
and manner was such as the best bred
woman in town could not have sur
passed."
Barring laughed, and again shrugged
his shoulders.
Ibid you press your suit with her?s"
he asked, land offer her your hand and
hearth"
mo; her mother was present during
my whole visit; and besides, she treated
me with an easy, graceful Indifference,
which quite checked all possibility of
tenderness"
A cOntemptuous smile curled Baring's
lip, as he answered.
"Pon my soul, a very Diana among
actresses. l quite believe you in that,
Winterbourne. She is cold as marble.
III cares for nothing but money-Or its
equivalent"
',At any rate" said Lord Winter
bourne, rising from the table and light
ing a cigarette-they had just finished
dinner-''let US adjourn to the JOllity,
else we shall miss half the piece"
"And. what is of more Importance"
added his friend, sarcastically, ''miss so
much contemplation of this lovely
dummy, Miss Gladys Dalton"
The other vouchsafed no reply. ex-
cept to ring the bell for his cab, and in
a few minutes Barring found himself
seated at Lord W~interbourne's side in
the front row of stalls at the Jollity
theater.
The piece was already in progress;
indeed. the third act had been reached,
and Miss Gladys Dalton was now upon
the stage in the costume of a Spanish
peasant girl. She took little part in the
dialogue, and none whatever in the
singing and dancing. Hence there ap-
peared good reason for Baring's strict
ure upon her, that 'she could not act
or sing a bit" But her beauty was I'M
deniable, and her figure was the perfec-
ton of natural grace. Lord Winter
bourne surveyed her with r~apturous
eyes. But she did not vOuchsafe a SIM
gle glance, either to him or to any other
of her numerous admirers who filled
the front rows of the stalls.
At the end of the act he arose and
threw her a bouquet of choice flowers,
to the handle of which he attached the
diamond star. Her eyes at ono de-
tected the glittering jewel, and she
made him a little courtesy and favored
him with One smiling look.
"Bah!" muttered Barring. "A cheap
return for 9500, Upon my SOUL"
Il would not fOrgo it for double the
sum-" replied his friend.
"My dear fellow" Barring answered,
"she has probably bestowed precisely
the same look on twenty other men in
the course of the evening. HarkI there
are two fellows discussing the
now"
lord WinterbOurne and his friend
had reached the lobby, on their way
Out.)
II say" one of the men was saying
Che was just in front of our two ac-
quaintances, they could distinctly hear
every word), Ibid you see the diamond
sparkling on that bouquet which Win
terbourne threw her? 1t was an un-
commonly large One-Must have cost
no end"
"WInterbourne knows her weakness"
replied the other, land is trying to out
bid all others by gratifying it. The
woman has an extraordinary craving
for Jewels. l should fancy that she has
had more given her than any actress on
the stage. The wonder to me is what
she does with them ALL"
"Sells a good many of them. 1 ex-
pect," the first speaker replied. But,
for my part. I'm hanged if I'd waste
money on such a block of marble"
"And YETI the other said, ''these
~seornful, stand-off women command
more admiration than your yielding,
compliant ones. " hen a woman won't
look at you, you feel inclined to make
her, don't you know?"
"Do you?:" was the answer. las far
as / am concerned, when a woman turns
her back on me, | always turn mine on
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