Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-12-27

UNE: FRIDAY. DEC. 81 4
| One Of the greatest Of modern tragic actors
had new triumph.
Toward the close Of the play there was q
momentary commotion In one Of the boxes
A lady had tainted, the heat inside the thea
tire being extreme. As she was assisted by
her friends to a carriage Icaught glimpse
Of her features. Though the eyes were yelled
in unconsciousness ! recognized La Serena.
There could be only one such face. AS Ham
ilton had said, the original Of the locket pict-
ure was in Montevideo; but where was he2
and what was the unhappiness, the secret,
known alone to these two2
| On Christmas eve Of that year, a very nu-
merous throng Of English and Americans
were assembled at the quinta Of Senior NJ M---
on the Paso del Molina. I had been in Buenos
Ayres, but came down the river to partici-
pate in this holiday festivity. Our popular
host and hostess entertained a distinguished
company at their elegant suburban home.
Evergreens and the rarest tropical flowers
bedecked sola and corridor. Ornaments and
emblems, appropriate to the season which
we celebrated, were draped with Uruguay's
stripes of blue and white, intertwined with
the national standards of Great Britain and
the United States Many Of the guests were
neighbors and old friends Of Senor M,
made doubly welcome by him because they
had not waited for etiquette's special invita-
tion. There was music indoors and out, and
open air dancing beneath natures spangled
canopy. From tree to tree, in the grounds,
and along the broad graveled promenades
ropes were stretched laden with Chinese
lanterns.
Again / saw La Serena. How radiantly
beautiful she was among charming wonlenl
Her escort on this occasion was Lieut.. s.,
a brave officer attached to an English war
vessel then at anchor in Montevideo roads
He was high spirited Briton, yet the very
personifcation of amiability. Knowing him
well, !, of course, sought an introduction to
his lovely companion, which she most gra-
ciously received. Later in the evening Sc
nora M placed us vis-a-vis at card Ia
ble Then, after supper, came the desired op-
portunity for conversation. hastened to
improve the chance, for my curiosity was
now at the highest pitch. So quietly said:
"Your husband is good friend of mine,
Mrs. Hamilton"
"You know my husbandl Impossible!'' she
murmured
perhaps l misunderstood Lieut.. s..
Are you not Mrs. George Hamilton2"
eyes"
"Of Boston, Massachusetts,"
"No."
''Yet cannot be mistaken in your iden-
tity."
II never lived in your country, sir, as
sure you! An American, who has business
interests in the city which you have named,
is, however, my husband. We are separated
by gulf that is terrible to contemplate.
am schooling myself to forget him. He is
not now in South America, nor will he ever
return to this section of it. His name bear,
for it was honorably given to me in mar
riage. You say that he is a friend of yours.
Forgive me, sir, but that man is the friend
| of no human being other than himself. He
is utterly, brutally selfshl'
II said, sonora, that we were acquainted.
There is sometimes distinction between that
and solid friendship. We have recently
parted company in Rio"
| At this announcement she clinched her
hands, as if in agony. Her frame visibly
shook, and her passionate eagerness was so
| great that feared other guests might see it,
But merriment ran riot; and each couple or
| coterie was absorbed in it's own enjoyment.
| Quickly recovering her composure, Mrs
Hamilton asked:
''Are you sure that your acquaintance was
my husbanda"
He called you La Serena"
"Only in derision."
"No, I cannot think it. His tone when
speaking that name (only heard by me once
from his lips was one Of affection seemingly
choked by some bitter disappointment
Then briefly told her all that knew Of
him whom l had SO greatly liked. How, as
fellow voyagers, we had first met on steam
er's deck in New York harbor; of our pleas
urable social intercourse; his last evening
with me; the broken appointment on the
Neva, and my suspicious as to the reason for
his strange action; Of my subsequently find
ing the locket, and how its portrait enabled
me to recognize her at the Teatro Soils
You say" she replied, "that George Ham
Montevideoa'
Such is my opinion, senora"
'tWhy should he do thata Not for your
sake, surely; nor yet for his own. With me
| $50 cruelty deceived) he cannot hope to be
reconciled. Besides he is outlawed in Brazil
and the River Plate republics for heavy de-
falcations."
A light broke upon me- The mystery was
being solved, and by an accidental friend of
the family. There were two George Hamil-
tons, and La Serena imagined that she had
married the wrong one. It had been my
friends fathers name, knew. He had one
day told me that about the time Of his fathers
death, in Massachusetts,, the name had been
adroitly used by swindler in South Ameri-
ca, who obtained large sums Of money.
"You became George Hamilton's wife here,
in Montevideo, senora?' was now my leading
question.
mo, ," she said, cat Paris. Though I was
born in Uruguay, my education was com
pleted abroad. never knew George Ham.
ilton in this country. just as we were pre-.
pairing for our home coming here, the Euro.
pean newspapers began to print the accounts
Of my husband crimes. The knowledge that
by holy bonds, i was allied to such man
overwhelmed me- He was in Liverpool ar.
ranging for our passage. I had not yet left
London. When did quit the English me
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