Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-10
WHEELING REGISTER, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 1889

doubtful business, that her acting Is se good
az any bo5y's, and that her special mission
Is to regsnerate the manrets of TIE STAGE.
10 have the naked, artistic view thrust
upon her-thal il ia the sctrees' busips 3,
TO act, and that if she does that well.
whatevermay he her per onal shortcon inga.
her generation has Cause 10 he grateful IA
hev-must be Tepugnant to her. She. too
talks about art, but it is like o child who
learns a string of long words without
understanding them. She walked on
beside me while l cooled down
aud thought what a fool I had
been to endauger a friendship which
had CpeUed 80 well-her wonderful Inns
opening once or twice as though to speak,
and her quick breath coming and going
as she scattered tho yellow petals Of the
flowers far end wide with sort of mute
passion which sent thrill through me.
1t Was es though she could not trust her.
self 10 fpsak, end waited aWkwardly on
Providence, wisbiog the others were not
20 far of. But suddenly tire tention Of
her mood seemed to give way. Her smile
Assaed oat, and che turned upon me with
sweet, eager graciOusness, quite indes-
cribs BILE.
1s g Ne, we won't throw stones ct he,
She is goat, 1 know, bu. that other fesl-
lug Is 30 Strong in me. L care for my art;
1t seeyeS TO ne graod, magaifcenti-bu |
t6iok care still more for making reople
iesl 1t Is work good woman can do,
for holding my own in it, and as
serting myBelt against the uoople
WHO behave IS if ell actresses had done ;be
thlngs that Mme. d sforets hns done.
Don't think ne marrow end ieal11g. |
should hate yen and the Stuarts to think
that Of me. You have all been so kind TO
ma-srcS good, real friends! shall 1svsr
forget this day. Ga! lock, there Is ths
carriage standing up there. wish it was
the morning and not the evening, aud that
l. might all come egsir! i hate the
tfolght of London and that rot theatre 10.
morrow night. On, my primroses! What
. wretch l ami pve lost them nearly all!
Look, just that banch, ever there III.
Kendsl, before We leave the coZam01.'
Il sprung 10 gst than for her, AID
brought back quantity. She took them
in hsr hand-hOS unlike other women she
is, after all, in spite of her hatred Of Be-
hemia!-snd raising them to her lirs, eh.
waved a farewell through them 10 the
great common lying behind us III tie even.
lrg SUI. How beautiful how beautiful
This English c1uatiy is so kind, so friend.
y! IL has gone to ny heart. Good night,
yOa wonderful plea
Sle had conquered me- altogether. II
vas dore 60 warmly, with sucha Winning
gpoa;ane0us charm 1 cannot cav whai
/ pieasu | got out Of ihOsa primrosos lying
IN her soft unglovtd hand ell the way
h0me. Heneeforward, feel she may make
what judgments and draw what Ines she
p!eases, size went change nue., and l have
some ropes of modifying her, bat ]
am not very likely TO feel annoyance to
wards her again. She il like some frank
beautiful, high fpiIi'ed child playing Q
zane she only hslf understands. l wisf
she understood it better. should like Il
help h6r 20 understand il, but l won't
quarrel with Ter, even in 10y thoughts
any more.
''Ol looking over this letter it seems tc
me that if you we're rot you, and I were
nos l, You might with ssne plausibility
accase me Of being what? in love with
Miss BrethertOt? But You know ME toe
well. Yen Brow am che Of the cid fash
ioIed pe0ple Tho believe in community Of
intereats-in belonging 10 the came world.
When l come c0oily 70 thiok about it,
can hardly imagine two verde, whether
out1prdly Or inTardly, mere vide apart
thin mine and Miss BlelheItoa's."