The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-11
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son of 1856. 1t was brilliantly successful
Managers We'd with each other who should
produce the finest spectacle. and no one
OF them spared less expense than Mr..
Drummond. Of the "Ariep Thester. in Sill.
verpooL
He had secured one of the best pieces,
and engaged all the prettiest women he
could lay hold of. Silverpool. being an
important seaport town. full of visitors as
we'll as residents. bis house was crammed
night after night, and his pantomime,
"The Butterfy's Ball." was pronounced
Dy tho press to be one of the best ever pro-
duced.
The first time ! saw Cissie Stanley, md
heard her sing, i was not surprised at his
success. She was Just the very prettiest
girl had ever seen. She possessed q rich,
full voice. as sweet as a thrush singing in
the early morning. and her dancing was
one of the most wonderful things / had ever
witnessed. When she ran on the stage,
with " enormous transparent wings at
her back. dressed in a light costume made
TO initiate the body of . butterfly. and exc
cuted q pirouette which almost seemed to
keep her quiverrng in the air. she did not
otDCaE W uHuCo 50 muCu dc W n.y.
Well might she rave been chosen for a
butterfly IL was Der very nature to be
frivolous. and u~nthinkIng. and careless.
But she might have spared poor Edmund
Grey. She aud he and / Ived In the same
house. and soon grew TO know each other
we'll. We were mu ch on a par in the com-
psny: i filing the part OF the FAIRY Queen,
and Edmund that of the Butterfly Princes
nval-the ungainly Toad. Often have 1
pltied the poor young man in the arduous
task be had undertaken. He was not
strong. His limp. thin hair. pallid face
md sttenuated body all spoke of a weakly
constitution. / rave seen him ready to
faint in the course Of the performance as
he lifted the huge Toad read for q few mo-
ments. to breathe the air and wipe aw az
the perspiratIon that treamed down his
features. But be would never spare him.
self. He was very clever. and he liked ap-
plause. for Cissie's sake. if not for his own.
and neglected no means of gaming IL.
For he was deeply and ardently in love
with her from the very beginning. and she
encouraged his admiration. Sometimes i
demonstrated with her on the subject. l
saw how much IN earnest Edmund was.
and how little she cared for him. But she
always laughed AT me and my sermons-
WI. 0tOl uu0Cl6tOO4 nCI UCAACClAfs ~ a.
firmed. He was not such a simpleton as |
took him for. he knew It was a pleasant
acq-uaintanceship, aud nothing more. If
be really thought 1t would end in any,
thing with a shrug of her pretty shoul-
d%ers-well. be must be a goose. She had
had dozens of such affairs. All girls did.
and it would be a very dull time if she had
nc one TO walk to and from the theater
with her. and carry her bags and parcels,
and be at her every and call from morn
ing till night.
Meanwhile, the other artists, even down
to the supers. all spoke of Miss Stanley and
Mr.. Grey as engaged and no one who
had seen them together could have thought
otherwise. He became her very shadow
her slave. Whilst she went through her
performance, he used to stand ut the wings.
his pale f6ce uncovered from the TOad's
mask. his deep. earnest eyes fixed on Cis-
sizes graceful figure, az if his gaze were
glued there. When she suns he hung
breathless on her notes. When applause
succeeded her efforts his thin hands al ways
added 10 IL.
When he vas not on the stage with her he
stood and looked at her, and as soon as the
performance was over he hurried away TO
rid himself of bis cum brous attire In order
70 be IN readiness TO escort her home
Every available space behind the scenes
used TO be filed each evening by the young
Rentlemen of siiverpool. for Mr.. DrummoDd
regarded such things with n strictly busi-
ness eye. and permitted any license within
bound that brought "grist TO the mill"
The boards of the Ariel Theater was rather
q dangerous place therefore for young
women who were disposed to be careless,
and i often watched Cissie with anxious
eyes. but Edmund never seemed TO concern
himself in that way. He was too deeply
engrossed by his love for her and his belief
In her.
Naturally, everyone wanted to be intro
duced TO Clssle. The press had Landed her
talents and appearance TO the skies. She
bad become quite a notoriety In Silverpool.
and the visitors daily disgorged by the At
lantic steamers frequently spent their one
evening In the town in seeing the butter
Hy"-as Cassie was generally called.
No young lady could be more particular
with her admirers than she was at first
md as / believed she would continue to be.
Not that / thought that she was in earnest
nbout Edmund Grey. Truth to tell / never
thought her In earnest about anybody. and
no more she was until Lord Philip Free
land came upon the scene.
Why are women so fond Of a titlei Why
are they battered by attentions from a lord
which they would disdain from q COM
monerf What Is there in an empty handle
TO a mans name to make him any the bet
ter worth consideration And yet it is an
indisputable fact that O tito will gain con-
sideratIon. Lord Philip Freeland was an
empty-headed young fool. His father had
sent him out TO the United States. hoping
that a &c of the world might teach
HIM wisdom, but be returned much the
same as he went. To bet on a race-course,
To frequent mu5lc-naIlS. or TO lOlter DellD0
the scenes of q theater still seemed TO Lord
Philip 20 make mp the sum total CT exist
enee. and as he had an ample allowances he
generally contrived to do "a be liked.
When be had seen our pretty butterfly, and
found he could gain access TO the green
room, he stayed IN Silverpool for that very
purpose.
At first we-by we / mean Edmund and
my~self-looked upon Lord Philips atten-
lions 10 Cissle as We did on those Of Der
other admirers. We did not even know he
was q lord. He was q very ordinary and
neutrality-suspicious. individual. and did
not appear either brilliant or agreeable.
He came behind the scenes every evening
deliberately dressed IN the latest fashion,
with q diamond solitaire, a crush hat. q
faultless button-h hole ana his hair parted in
the middle. He spoke with a lisp and n
languid drawl. and was. in tact. like all
the other fools who frequent such places.
But when he appeared IN the sam place
every night and spent all his time talking
10 Cissie, when he began to bring her flow
ers and bonbons, We could not help observ-
ing him;a and one evening l put tie question
TO her:
Who is your friend, CissieiD
Lord Philip Freeiand." she replied.
'What q fool helooks.n I remarked.
Cissle drew herself up with an assump-
ton of dignity.
III Is the son of the Earl of Warden and
be has any amount of money. so / beg You
will speak of him with q little more re-
spcct-" she said as she moved AWAY. /
laughed Rt the airs she gave herself. Very
shortly Lord Philip became more bold and