Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-02
PLOT FOR A PLAY.

~ ,..r were talking IN the smoking
i-' .5,.- dinner. The jew, Pereira, the
gu NJ manager. so well known by his
nj shirt collars and his triumphant
...-. stood before the fireplace, hold
N. hand % small glass of curacao.
I'm ~ .,ra,.l1te." said he, "the anecdote
thing depends on that. A play is
f,rrg II one Gun recount the plot in
as,r.a, When IN author comes to
N. ,5r. OF q comedy ut my breakfast
~. stop him Immediately. Can you
N ~. r,ur business before 1 finish this
~ Mild erg. II he c:.nEot. the play is
Nc value
Ir5 p.relrl swallowed his glass of cura-
u am NOT % dramatic author" said the
m Maurice. the urtache of embassy, from
.faB-As OF the large armchair, where he
-s half bid. but still. if you wish it,
p.-airi Twill tell an anecdote from which,
.a.m, 10 me. man in that trade could
y An idea. But the time it takes to eat
n egg is very short"
We'll. grant you an omelet," said the
lew. with q loud laugh. But the ideas
M plots OF people of the world-I mis-
INST it. as said the man who was about
20 b, guiliotined. But go ahead"
Very well! The story made the rounds
n the drawing rooms at Vienna when |
rqs there There was then in Vienna
rbrsiciau renowned for his success with
tsart disease He was named-I change
The name naturally, for the thing was
t1-ic-he was named DR. Arnold. Scarce
forty years old, he had already a mag
rhctnt practice. He was a handsome
man; very elegant with regular features,
,lr-e blond whiskers in the Austrian Style,
but pair Of eyes like an American-blue
and cold rs steel, which flashed in the
light A Russian family which resided in
yenna-lrt US name them, If you will, the
SiebelOils-cailed the doctor in consulta-
ton on the case OF the daughter of the
house in whom the specialist recognized
after the first examination the commence
lnt Of aneUriSm. II must have been
delicate thing 20 au,cuitatc Miss Macha.
/ Jus, think of it, To apply his ear to the
4 ,la,t Of u beautiful brunette of nineteen
YEAR and knock upon her heart as if to
+ ~ Can ! come i'm"
/ Maurice interrupted the master of
the house, no vaudeville pleasantly. You
promised Us "a drama"
You will have it, rest assured. Al
though they were received in good society,
these SkehrIoi]s were a little suspected.
They lived at the hotel. The father Skcb-
a5t bad too many cords, knots and frogs
on ll, iured cloak. They had quite "A
number OF servants, and the mothers dia-
nClis pissed for false. With all this two
daughters 10 place, too beautiful to be of
NY n>r-in fact. doubtful characters. But
ileto-ior fell IN love lie demanded Miss
Aaghl 10 marriage, was allowed to make
lls court, WIS married at the end of three
mouths. and the Skebeiotf family, sud
Denly Disguised with Vienna, fitted away
wnew tables d'hote
Ile doctors wife. frau dOctorin, as they
'E there, was well received in Vienna
''e.t. The newly married couple were
's'! interesting. The doctor loved Macha
'2,u d, his wife and rs his patient. lie
"''t' Ter and he nursed her. This little
romance enchanted the sentimental. Al
ready Mrs. Arnold, whose health was to
temperatures rc-cstablished, showed her
's@ often To the world. and even waltzed
iuetc sometimes
heart" u 'ho
d. ing Fptl- VIC seemed so en-
"'e'! cured that her husband permitted
urn o. waltz, rs "A physician: but believe
Le would willingly have forbidden it as a
.st,Vu' husband. For the handsome Cap
,a'u ue hlaAewitZ-an Apollo in white
-A"oFm-wa' always the first to write his
.-Hs on Mrs. Aruold's ball programme
a-' pressed her tenderly against his aig-
,.s ohae more the old fable Of Mars and
Good -gid Prreira. 1T is clear enouob
'-hl your good uaturcd Droule nosed -
Perhaps One day the doctor discovered
package Of IeJtcrs"-
That old-thc package of Iettcrsrv
FeFeiu you are insI1pnortabler You
may Sheer if You wish, but in my onacdote
'-8.. Hre some letters"
Which furnish to the husband the Ger.
A'a.y of his dishonor-is that NOT sou
Certainly"
And which make him co,c.i,.a tl,, ,,rc,
.ea,0, ver-rapcao, '''' ''''''''' '''e P'o-
DO SOL. know tho story poroiros 1r.o
'e" IT,
No WY friend. I'm, o,,. ,,.,.-., ....
term of our rr, rad '1'o eg1 uoWI' 10 use
Then the husband 49,, u -, 'iiSS - Ill
"I.~ ~-,', ', 80 ~ avenged himseif'--
remain .udfsroysro,r,, u" III" al ways
linen how do you know itsr
Because The doc+nr ILL " a..
guilty one bimseIf ILL. -, - e'ie
'lstibe that fot,I read ~ i.,,,, - u