Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-10
CHAPTER Y

During The three weeks which elapsed be.
tween thu two expeditions Of the Sunday
Lssgus" Kendall saw Miss Brethsrton two
or three TINS under varying circumstan-
ces. Ons night he took il into his head to
go to the pit CT the Calliope, and came
away more persuaded than before that as
IN actress there was snail prOspec. for her.
Had she been an ordinary mortal, he
thought, the original stuff in he7 might
have been disciplined into something really
valuable by the common give ana take,
the normal rubs and fiicul ties of her pro-
!ess.on. Bat IS It Vas she had been lifted
et occe blythe force Of one natural ecdoT-
ment into 3 position which, from the ar
tis.ic point Of view, sesmed TO him hops-
less. Her instantaneOag suCcess-depan-
dsnt IS it was on considerations wholly
Outside thcss OF dramatic srt-hsd denied
her 81 the advantages which are to be won
f'cm stguggle and from labOr.ous and grad.
uel c0rquCst. And more than that il had
deprived Fer of an ideal; il lad terded 10
make her take her IN performance IS the
measure Of the good AID possible. Fer,
naturally, 1t was too much TO expect that
aEe herself SHOULD gnalyz3 truly the source
and Ie3so1s OF her popularity. Size must
Inevitably bslieys that some, at least, of it
Was due 10 her dramatic talent in itself
Il IS very possible tina: I am not quite
fair 10 her. she haa all tie faults which
repei me moss. could get over anything
bat this Impression Of b2Ie blank ignorance
Which she makes upon me. And as things
are ct present, il Ia impossible that she
should learn. 1t might be interesting TO
nave the teaching 81 heI! Bat it could
Only he done By some one with whom she
came naturally INTO frequent contact. Nc
body could thrust himself in upon hsr.
And she seems to know very few people
Who could be Of any use 70 her."
Ga another occasion he came across her
in the afternoon at Mrs. Stuart's. The
conversation TUNED upon bis sister, Nine.
de Obateluvieux, for whom Mrs. Stuart
had warm but very re p.ctlul admira
Ti0D. They bad met two OF three times in
Loadon ard Nine. de Chaieouvieux' per
s0ual destruction, her refinement, her in
f,rmatiOD, her eTeet ubTanity of manner,
hGd made a great impression upon the
lively lille woman, who, from the lover
level Of her own commonplace and Con7en-
tionsl success in society, felt an awe
s.rEck sympathy fo1 anything 90 rare, so
uoise the ordinary type. Her intimacy
Wi-h Miss Brettertou had not gone far be-
fore tne subject Of Mr.. Ksndal's interest
ing sister" had besn introduced, and on
this particular afternoon, as Kendall enter
ed Eer drawing room, his car was caught at
once by the sound Of Marie's name. Miss
Brethert0n drew hin impulsively into the
conversation, and he found himself des
cribiog MS eieter's mode OF life, her inter
estg, her world, her belongings, with 2
readiness sIch as ha was not very apt to
shoH in the public di5cus lion Of any sub
j5ct connected with himielf. But Isabel
BretheItOn's frank curiosity, Ter indling
eyes and sweet parted lips, and that strain
of romance in her which mads her so quick
ly responsive to anything which touched
her Imagination, were not easy to
resist. Size Was delightful to HE eye and
sense, snd be was as conscious as ne bad
ever been of her delicate personal charm.
Besides, it vas pleasant to him TO talk of
that Partisan world, in which be was him
self vitality interested, to any one so naive
ard fresh. Her ignorance, which on the
stage had annoyed him, in private life had
it's particular attractiveness. And, with
egard TO the special subject, he was
conscious of breaking down q prejudice;
he felt the pleasure of conquering q great
reluctance in her. Evidently on starting
in London she had set herself against
everything tina! she identified with the
great French actress who had absorbed
the theatre going public during the
previous season; not from parsonal jeal-
Ousy, as Kendall became ultimately con-
vincsd, but from a sense Of keen moral re-
volt against Nine. Deforets' notorious posi-
ton and the stories of her private life
which were current in all circles. She had