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

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which is stimulating and keeps the bali
rolling It was the first time that the talk
had not centtred in enc way or snothsr
around Miss BretbertOn, who, of course.
WIS the first consideration throughout the
day Ia all our minds We crew veheneu.
snd fOTgstful iii at last a little movement
Of hers diverted tee general current Shs
had taken of her hat and was leaning baek
against the oak under which she sat. watch
ing with parted lips and a gszs of the
parest delight and wonder the movements
of nut hatch overhead, q creature of the
wood pscker kind, with delicate purple
gray plunage, who was tapping the branch
above her for insects with his largo 6ispIo
periionate bill, aud then skimmipg along
TO sacd bank little distance of, whsJe
ne dlsappsared with his prey into his nest
" Hal said Wallace, who is q bird lover,
n truce to BS'zac, srd let us watch tbose
nut hliches Miss 3 sthertoI's quite right
20 prefer them to French novels
French noyel-l she said, withdraw
ing her eyes from the bcaneh abcye her aud
irosrlng little st Wallace as she spoke
Please don. expect me to talk abOG; them
l know 1othing about thsm-I have nsvaT
wished to-
'Heg voice had tone almost Of hautaur
ia Il. have noticed il before. l. IS Che
tone OF the famous fctIess accustomed to
believe IN herself and her OWE opinion. I
connected it, too, with al one hears OF her
do elimination 10 lcOk upon herself a.
charged with . mission foc the reform of
stage morals. Ffeach novels aud French
sctsesses! Apparently she regards them
sd % SO many unknown horrors standing
in the way Of Tire publication of dramatic
art by beautiful young person with high
standard Of duty. It is very odd Evil
d ntly she is the SO ca Prrsby lerian's
daughter stll, foy all her profession and
her success and hey elsy ways with The
sabbath! Her remark produced Il gcoS
deal Of unregensrste irritation in ne. Il
she was fist rata artist &c begin with.
was inclined 20 r, fl ct, THE moral enthusi-
a-m Hoaid touch aud charm enc god
Seal more; IS lis, considering her position,
i. Is rather pattiug the cirt bst0re the
horse. Blu, OF courEe ona cen understand
that i is Just these traits in her that help
her % make The impression she Goes OF
L)1to1 society and the orthodox public in
q neF1l
Wallace and I went eff after the mt
aalches, enjoying p igate laugh By the
wsv over Mrs. Stu5rss little look of amaze
meat aud scomfort as Mss Brsthsrion
delivered herself When We cana back we
toard Forbes sketching her-sho sitting
rather flushed ard silent unGe7 ne tres,
and he drawing sway AID working himself
al every stroke into d greater aHd grsater
enthusiasm. Aud certainly she was as
teaat!lul es e dream, sitting against that
tree with the brown heather about hsr and
the young oak leaves over head. But l
returned n an 8n,sgon'st'c frame CT mind,
a little out with her and her beauty, and
WOO deTing why nature always blunders
somewhere!
However, on She wsy home she had sr-
other and plsasanier surprise for nae. A
carriage WAS waiting for Us on the main
TOad and we stroilsd towards it Though
the sorse snd the trees ard tho rich level
evening lights. I dropped behiad for some
piiIroses atill lingering in bloom beaida q
ht;le brock; she s'Iay-d, 100. aud we were
together, out of ear shot of the rest.
"'Mr. Ke2dal she said, looking straigh
st me, as l banded tie flowers to her, you
may have misunderstood roms.hng Just
now. I don't want to pretead to what l
haven't got. I don't know French, sud I
caa'I Ee9d french novels if l wished to
uth.'
"Whst was I 10 say? SIZE stoCd looking
az me- seriously, a little pEou lily, having
ess, d hsr conscience, as it seemed 10 M,
~ some cost 20 herself felt at fiIs- in
cl.ned 10 turn the thing of with jss',
ba. suddenly I thought 20 myself tlat l
TOO could speak ny mind.
well 1 said, deliberately, walking
on beside her, 'ycu lose coed desl. There
are hosts Cf French novels which ! would
rather -Ot see q woman touch With tho tips
o. her fngers; but there sic Others WEIGH
take one into a bigger world than We E2-
siish people, with our paIochial ways Of
writing and sleng, have sny notion OF.
George Saud carries you full into the mid
European siIe3m-you feel IL flowing, you
ara brought mo contact with all the great
ideas, al the BIZ interests; ahe is an eia-
ca,ian In herself. And then Bali C. h
hss srcd range Gnd breadth. he teaches
ore so much Of human nature, and With
such conscience, such force OF representa-
ti0u, rs TIE came with their novels 60
with tfeir thestro. Whatever other faults
he may have, a frat rate FIerclmsn of the
s-,istic sort takes mora pains over his work
than anybody else in the world They
don't shirk, thsy throw their life blood
iuto it, whether It ia acting, CT painting
or writing. You've p6v.r seen D5sfcrets,
7 th;pk?-nO OF course EO', and yOu viii
ne gone b=icre she comes sgin. VIA.
Pity
Miss Breiherton p.czei o1e Of my
p-imrosss ruthlsssly 70 pieces Snd flung It
away from her with one Of her nervous
gestures. L an not sorry, she said. Moth
i-g would have induced me 20 &c and see
her
"Indesd" I said, waiting q tile curl
oosly for what she would say nexf.
"It'5 70. that l sm jealous of her she
exclaimed. with quick, proud lCOk atme;
not that doa't believe she's great &C.
trsss; bat I can't separate her acting from
what she ia herself 1t is women Ike that
who bring discTedit On tie whole pro'Cs
sioE-it is women like that WtO make p,O-
pie think that no good woman C n be on
scIess. resent it, and I mean % tske
lAe Olhet Au-' H@ht " = Ofoi II -
that g woman msy be aB actress and still
be a lady, still be treatedN est 8 you treat
the women yOa know and respect. l
mean 70 prove tina. there need never be
word bresthed sgai0,t her, that che Is
equal, a5d that her private life
is her own and nos the pub!c's 1t makes
m7 b'ood b Ill to hesr the way peoples
pecially mer-,alk about Nine. Dsslorets;
the-e is rot one o. yCu wbo would LEI your
wife or sister shake hands with h5r, and
yst you rave about her; how you tallS as il
there were netting in the weird bat genius
and French geniusn
ct struck re that had got to some
thing very much below thasuIf. c. in Miss
BrethertOn. Il wss q curious oUtburst;
$3.50, l,nr kn,r nftcn har critinn bod nm