Telegram-herald., 1890-11-22
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cide whioh els.etloA ta.Ass preoeaeaoe-
pass for nyself 81 EAse II hsr. Bs ''izrr-
! laeSn nv wife. ] hAxe uaae Il VII
t,s ~sAs" Sna '-Asg* bstWoon us now an6
foreseranoge uutl oAn loSrn shs lesson
Il forgiveness. II / sn sllShtly snoc-
hereng p2rae1 II A n.za sho h4s h2a
his Very soai sAhapspeTed
kFleRd. were you ever Inv1sod - de-
liver = leetares Dad y0x prepare II IN
"a uplifted stsse amounting x lasEara-
uon Dsa yea roana i1s periods VITA
laughter and with te4nss II - you VIII
understand
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town Hitherto have teou highly re-
spected M wife Is considered = nioe
littie woman, and have SHARED IN thls
popular oplnloa-unsl now. She 10 net
nioe and. furtherrnoTe, she does not De
long q the aFlstoorscy q brSins
was invited sesk since ~ lecture
10 night on "MAterlAhsn ! had newer
been invited 70 lecture before ] had
ny ideas on lectures and leoturers.
always hAve had them. As a rule l had
concluded that they lack dehbaraiaoh.
Their flow II words Is not regulated
properly 70 produce the desired ecfeci.
Their gosticulstions are TOO violent and
generally III suited 70 the ideas Intended
10 be illustrated by them
mused ON al these things. i wrote
my essay; meuorzed IL.
As rnan himself wesVes the web winch
hides from ham the stars. 50 ] myself
planned my own undOing.
The night came. The audience came.
/ placed Her, Ms IN hand. upon a
three legged stool in the wings-as nv
pror1ptcr. Ny instructions Were -
closely follow me IL ali my remarks. and
at any appreciable pause to prompt me
in several whispered words How oould
dream in what manner those instruc-
tions should be abuseds j then walked
forth upon the stage OF our town opera
house. Thus unsuspectingly walk men
ever TO their doom.
Alasi Ny lecture intended for solo
deliberate quickly merged into duet
a duet llegretto-stacotto.
After coughing deliberately looked
my audience firmly In the eye and told
this lie:
Owing 10 short notice as regards my
subject have only been enabled % AZ
range a few main points-pegs-on
which 10 hang the drapery Of few ram
bling ideas"
AS this little overture was not IN the
Ms. had the pleasure OF hearing three
times from the wings during its recital
the whispered words ''nateri.-lism is"-
which were, | hasten 70 state. the two
first words Of my lecture proper.
Immensely amused and thinking Whist
a good laugh we should enjoy over it
later, hastened TO begin
"Materialism is a good sauce, bat a
poor meatl"
had fattered myself that my opening
| sentence was impressive and wished 70
accentuate it by thrilling pause, but
/ was not allowed that pause.
From the wings issued quickly the
first words Of my next sentence;
Above the
above the lights Of cur city ejacu-
lated hastily, with a withering glance
at the wings, ''lies the
Darkness" from the wingsl-
Darkness" repeated l, stamping vio-
I lently 10 catch her eve and attempting
miserable mani another pause. It was
not to be. A warning voice distinctly
/ enunciated:
Yet
yet" added IN piteous despair and
perforce in louder accents, above and
beyond that darkness lie the
Stars from the wings(-
~Stars," roared / in rage. Let us
hope the gods helped me TO preserve the
emotions Of that moment a dead secret
as far as the audience was concerned
The world" from the wingsl-
''The world is a strange salad" No
pause, no hope, in a breathless race We
enunciated another strangely spoken
sentence.
''Fhe sleeping child in each nsture-
once awakenea-may never be lulled Il
sleep again" we ratified at breskDecl
speed.
This whole sentence cast. as II were
It's shadow before in a weirdly shriI
whisper from the wings Drenched in
perspirstion, glazing wildly even ~ a
mailman. stood. Placidly. serenely sh,
sat upon her stool. dimly discernible Il
my distracted vision. A boy in the front
seat Uttered hysteTic2lly. An epideznis
Of titteriDg followed.
And 60 on unto the very end. No rest
no hope. Ever urged AZ q gallop By ths
admoSishing voice. Ny lecture resolved
itself into race. in which I finally re
sorted to believing IN order to cheat my
self into the belief that my audience wa
stone deaf to any other tones than ms
own.
recall with tear nv closing sen
tence. intended to be uttered ia rcfecf
i've whisper. II last despairing esTor
struggled 70 give = fhat efect Tn
result vss thiE.
and so-we do not un5ers4zod- w
CRY aloud ---
(Voice-I,et there be light
let bor SAY II. II was al over. ~
had repeated Il The audience would bsv
beard nothing The din wa terrible
ed by the boy IL the front rOW. II
ever nsst that boy. A ] wake.
home throash the rsin sftsr 5syositin.
ber II o'ur osrTiage rf8scts5- Il s,eerrls-
% ID that there w0ula hs strange an
urear3 oozRess sbout c1ED-s coli