The Helena independent., 1892-01-24

sE "Auy Of them
burnt mp ~
"Oh, NO; they escaped; they always do;
but there's never one Of them that knows
enough to fetch ont her jewelry with her,
'"Ihat's strange"
"Strange-it's tha most unaccountable
thing in the world. Experience teaches
them nothing; they can't seem to learn
anything except out Of book. In some
cages there's manifestly fatality about it.
For instance, take whats-her-nnme, that
plays those sensational thunder-and-liRht-
ming parts. She's got perfectly immense
rsputation-draw like dog fght-and it
all came from getting burnt out in hotels"
"Why, how could that give her reputa-
tion az an actress r.
1T didn't; il only made her name famil-
lar. People want to see her play because
her name il familiar, but they don't know
what made it familiar, because they Cont
remember. First, she was at the bottom of
the ladder and absolutely obsoure-wages
S13 a week and find her own pads.''
~ ''Pada?"
''Yes, things to fat up her spindles with
so as to be plump and attractive. Well.
she got burnt out in hotel and lost $780,
600 worth of diamonds-"
''She? Where'd she get them?"
Goodness knows-given to her, no doubt,
by spooney young flats and sappy old bald
heads in the front row. All the papers
were full of III. She struck for higher pay
and got it. Well, she got burnt out again
and lost all her diamonds, and it gave her
such lift that she went starring"
"Well, if hotel fres are all she's got to
depend on to keep up her name, it'a pretty
precarious kind Of a reputation I should
think.
''Not with her. No. anything but that.
Because she's 50 lucky; born lucky, ]
reckon. Every time there's hotel fra
she's in it, Eha's always thers-and il she
can't bo there herself, her diamonds are.
Now you can't make anything out of that
but just sheer luck"
II never heard of such thing. She
must have lost quarts of diamonds"
"Quarts? she lost bushels of them. It's
got 30 that the hotels are esuperstitiousa about
her. Thoy won't let her in. They think
there will be fire; and besides, if she's
there it cancels the insurance. She's been
waning little lately, but this Ere will set
her up. She lost $50, 900 worth last night"
II think she's fool. If | had $50, 900
worth OF diamonds wouldn't trust them in
hotel.'
II wouldn't either: but you can't teach
an actress that. This ones been burnt out
thirty five times. And yet if there's hotel
IRE in San Francisco tonight she's got to
bleed again, you mark my words. Perfect
ass; they say she's got diamonds in every
hotel in the country
When they arrived at tho scene of the
bn old ri fpNls OIinorNA a
the melancholy morgue and turned away
his face overcome by the spectacle. He
said:
1T is too true. Hawkins-recognition is
impossible, not one of the five could be
identified by its nearest friend. You make
the selection, I can't benr it,"
(which one had better"
'Oh, take any Of them. Pick out the best
one.''
However, the officers assured the earl
ton knew him-that the position in which
these bodies wsro found made it impossible
that any Of them could be that Of his noble
kinsman. They pointed out thesp whore.
il the newspaper account was correct ne
smust have sunk down to destruction; and
ut q wide distance from this spot they
showed him where the young man must
have gone down in case he was sutfocated in
his room; and they showed him still third
place, quite remote where he might possi-
bly, have found his death If, perohance, he
tried to escape by the side exit toward the
rear. The old colonel brushed away tear
and said to Hawkins
.As it turns out, there was something
prophetic in my fears. Yes, it's matter OF
ashes. Will you kindly etep to q grocery
and fetch couple moro baskstsF'
Rsverently they got basket OF ashes
from each of those now hsllowod spots and
carried them home to consult as to tho best
manner of forwarding them to England.
and also to give them an opportunity to lie
in state''-a mark OF respect which the col
onel deemed obligatory. considering tho
high rank of the deceased.
They set the baskets on the table in what
was formerly the library. drawing-room and
workshop-now the hall of audience-and
went upstairs to the lumber room to see II
they could find q British flag TO use as q
state, moment later Lady Rossmore
came in from the street and caught sight of
the baskets just as old jimmy crossed her
field of vision. She quite lost her patience,
and said: "A
"Well, what will you do next? What In
the world possessed you to clutter up the
parlor table with these baskets of ashssr'
'Ashes2" And she came to look. She
put up her hands in pathetic astonishment.
'Well, never see do likew
Didn't you do it?"
"Who. me2 Clah to goodness it's de fust
time I'vo sot eyes on 'om, Miss Polly. OATS
Dan'l. Dat ole moke il losin' his mine"
But it wasn't Dan'l, for he was called and
denied 1t.
"Dey amt no way to 'splain dat wen
i.it's one or desc yer common currences, a
body kin reckon maybe de cat"
"Oh!' and II shudder shook Lady, Ross
moro to her foundations, II see it all. Keep
away from thom--they're his"
"His, m'lady?"
"Yss--your young Marse Sellers from
England that's burnt up"
She was alone with the Rshes-alone be-
fore she could take half II breath. Then
she went after Mulberry Sellers, purposing
to make short work with his programme,
whatever it might be-; "for," said she,
when his scntimentnls arc up. he's numb
skull, and there's no knowing what OK
travagnnce he'll contrive, IL you let him
alone" She found him. He had found the
ting. and WAS bringing II. When she heard
that his iden was to have the remains "lie
in state. and invite tho government and the
public" she broke it up. She said: