San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-02-11

is so attractive; she is such a frank I'M
spoiled, good hearted creature. Her audience
falls in love with her, and that goes long
way. But | wish she had a trife more edu-
cation anG something worth calling train
ing. Her manager, Robinson, talks Of her
attempting all the great parts, but it's alb
surd. She talks very naively and prettily
about her arr but really she knows no more
about it than baby, aud it is perhaps part
of her charm that she is so unconscious of
her ignorance"
at is strange how lutte critical English
audiences are" said Kendall Il believe we
are the simplest people in the world All
that VIC ask is that our feelings should be
touched a little, but whether 10y the art or
the artist doesn't matter. She has not been
long playing in London, has she:'
Only Il few WycGS It's only about two
months since she landed from jamaica She
las curious history if you care to hea" it.
| don't think lvcSee you at all since made
| friends with her."
NO." said Kendall Il was beginning to
suspect that something absorbing had got
| hold OF you. I've looked for you two or
| three times at the club and could not find
you"
"Oh, its not Miss Bretherton that has
| taken up my time. Shes so busy that no.
body can see much of her. But have taken
her and her people out two or three times,
sight seeing, since they came-W estminSter
abbey, the National gallery, and SO forth.
| She is very keen about everything, and the
Worralls-her uncle and aunt-stick to her
pretty closely"
where does Shc come from"
"Well, her father was the Scotch overscer
| of a sugar plantation not far from Kingston,
aud he married an Italian, one of your fair
| Venetian type-a strange race combination;
| | suppose lis the secret Of the brilliancy and
| out-Of-thc- wayuc>S OF the girls beauty. Her
| mother Gcl when she was small, and the
| child grew up alone. Her father, however,
| seems to have been Il good sort of man, and
| to have looked after her Presently she
| drew the attention Of an uncle, Il shoplecpcr
| in Kingston, and a Shrewd, hard, money
| making fellow, who saw there was some
| thing to be made out OF her She had
| already shown a turn for recting, and
| had performed at various places - in
| the schoolroom belonging 10 the estate,
and so on. The father didn't encourage her
| fancy for it, naturallf-, being Scotch and
| Presbyterian. However, he died Of fever
| and then the child Of sixteen fell into he"
| uncle's charge lie seems to have seen ut
| once exactly what line to take. To put it
cy1ically, | imagine lie argued something
like this; Beauty extraordinary-char
everything; that coull be desircd-taleHt not
much. So That the things to stake on are the
beauty and the character. and let the talent
take care Of itself anyhow, he got her on
to the kiH. ton thra're-a poor little place
enoUgh-and he ana Tue aunt that sour
looking cred:uTr CnU SAYS with her looked
after her like Gr,.c.2,. Naturally, she was
soon the talk OF Eingston-what with her
looks and her grace, and the difficulty of
C"mi1sc .-tr her, the whole European society
the garrison, government house and all were
at her feet Then the uncle played his cards
for an European engagement You rcmem-
Der that Governor Rutherford they had a
little time a"0?-the writer Of that little set
of drawing room plays Nineteenth Century
lntcrludeS,' think he called them' 1t was
his last year. and he started for home while
Isabel BrcthertOn was acting at Kingston.
He came home full of her, and, knowing all
the theatrical people here, he was able to
place her at once. Robinson decided to
speculate in her, tclegraphed out for her, and
here she is, uncle aunt and invalid sister into
the bargain
''Oh, she has a sister,
YES; a little, white, crippled thing, peev-
iSh-crippleS generally are-but full of a
curious force of some hidden kind. Isabel is
very good to her, and rather afraid of her.
1t seems to me that she is afraid Of all her be-
longings | believe they put upon her, and
she has Us much capacity as anybody | ever
knew for letting her>eI. be trampled upon.
'What, that splendid, vivacious crea5ureT'
said Kendall increduIous,v II think I'd back
her for holding her OWL"
"Ah, well. YOU See" said the American,
with the quiet superiority of three weeks
acquaintance, Il know something of her bv
now, and she's not quite what you might
think her at first sight. However, whether
she is afraid of them or not, it's to be hoped
they will take care of her Naturally she
has a splendid physique, but it seems to me
that London tries her The piece they have
chosen for her is heavy one and then of
course society Is down upon her, and in a
few weeks she'll tie the rage"
Il haven't seon her at ALL" said Kendall,
beginning perhaps, TO be little bored with
the subject OF Miss BretLerton, and turning,
eye glass in hand toward the sculpture.
Como and take me some evening"
by all means. But you must come and
meet the Girl herself at my sisters next Fri
day She will be there at afternoon tea. |
told Agnes | should ask anybody liked. |
warned hCr-you know her little weaknesses
that she had better DO first in the field; a
month hence IL will be impossible to get hold
of Miss Bretherton at all"
Then I'll certainly come and do NV
worshiping before the crowd collects" said |
Kendall, adding, as ne half curiously shifted |