The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-10-26
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known each other always. And then
Professor Hale told lis daughter to go
and call her nurse. When she appeared
he said:
Mary, you may take this little girl
upstairs and give her bath, and dress
her in some of Miss Kitty's clothes, To-
morrow you may go out and see about
getting her some clothes Of her own, and
you may fix up the little room next to
yours for her to sleep in. She is going
to stay with us for a while.'
1t was night in the gay city of Paris.
and the grand opera house was all ablaze
with a thousand lights.
Up and down through the gilded foyer
gay couples were walking, and as they
walked they talked of the young girl who
was to sing that night
They say she is very beautiful" said
one, ''and that she sings like all the birds
in the forest"
"She's young" said another, "only 10,
the bills say. And vet she has studied
under all the masters, and they pro-
nounced her wonderful"
am sure you have guessed by this
time that the singer was no other than
our little girl of the alley, Alice Flynn.
1t was daring thing to bring her out in
the gay capital before all the critics. but
Professor Hale was a man who dared.
he proved that when he first took charge
of Alice.
AT last it was time for her to appear.
She came forward almost as timidly as
she first entered the great house on Fif-
ty-ninth street in New York.
The hundreds of people, the dazzling
lights, the sudden burst of applause and
the hush of expectation which followed
it were all so confusing that Alice was
bewildered
Her first impulse was to turn and run.
but then she remembered what Professor
Hale had said to her:
81 am looking forward to the greatest
triumph of my life tonight. You must
not disappoint me"
He was standing in the flies now.
breathlessly watching her, and Alice said
to herself, desperately, 81 must not fail"
And she did not. Her voice trembled
little at first, and the people began to
look at each other significantly.
And then But who could describe
that song? When she ceased the great
audience sat silent and in tears.
Then from thousand lips came the
Bravo! bravo! Call her backl Encorel
encorel"
When Alice came forward the second
time she found herself confronted by a
barricade of roses, which her enthusias-
tic audience had piled in front of the
footlights.
She never knew what made her do it.
She hadn't thought of the old song for
years. But it came to her now, and
without any assistance from the orches-
ira she sang:
OF all the days that's in the week,
dearly love but one day,
And that's the day that comes betvixt
Saturday and Monday
The air was still quivering with the
homely pathos of her pathetic minor
key when from the pit there came a
startled cry of ''Firel The wings are on
firel"
OF course there was stampede. Some
one sprang from the right of the stage
and seized Alice's arm.
"Come this way. There's solid wall
of fire on the other side. 1t started in
the green room and crept around to the
stage"
But Mr.. Hale is there" said Alice,
fearfully.
"Wel, he'll have to stay there, then"
said the man, "for nobody can get at
him now." He still attempted to drag
Alice away.
"But some one must get at him.
will not go and leave him here"
II tell you it is madness" cried the
man. Its sure death to go near that
side."
"Then I'll stay and die with him, said
Alice, firmly.
Then, with presence of mind that
was wonderful, she ran to the dressing
room, seized long woolen cloak, on
which she emptied the contents of the
silver ice pitcher, and wrapping herself
in it, she plunged straight through the
wall of fire.
Mr.. Hale was not where she thought.
She ran about through the sitting smoke,
but could not find him. The man who
tried to hold her back stood in the center
of the stage, dazed.
Some one ran up and seized him by the
shoulders, asking in a frightened voice;
"Where is shep Where is Alice?'
1t was Professor Hale He had escaped
from the other side
Dumb with astonishment and terror,
the man pointed toward the flies, which
were now a mass of flame.
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"She thought you were there and she
went to save you," was the answer.
The professor, before the other could
prevent him, sprang in after her
An instant later he dragged her out on
the stage. Streams of water began to
play over the flames, and soon the two
men were able to make their way out to
the street, carrying Alice between them.
In spite of the long cloak the fire had
dealt cruelty with her. For several min
utes she showed no sign of life. Then
she opened her eyes and made an effort
to lift her head
Tho professor raised her tenderly up
in his arms. She locked into his eyes
pleadingly for moment and then mist
seemed To gather. She lifted her right
hand with pathetic little gesture and
family, tremulously, but sweet and plain
tive as ever came the strain:
And she lives down in our alley"
That was all.
Two ancient aqueducts have just been dis
covered at Athens, one large and fit for use,