Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-03
MADAME SAVARRA.


ropes was Struggling line OF white
and crimson substitutes looking like
great squatting ducks. At the mo-
men, when my story begins every
one in the tiers OF seats had risen
hastily to his feet and was vigorously
capping and stamping as he strained
his eyes to follow the Harvard back
that sprinted with the ball through
the dusty glare. Even the substitutes
had got up and were running along
a. ong the edge OF the field half
doubled up. The bottom row forgot
to cry down IN front" the crimson
reporters wrote all crooked. and in
the excitement an invasive small boy
escaped from the pursuit OF desul-
tory policeman.
While the interest was thus at its
height a sudden lull came in the APP
plause of one section OF seats. Some
people deliberately stopped cheering,
Others aused to see what could be
destracting attention from such foot
ball; all felt repaid for their momen-
tary abstraction. The two women
that had caused this stir OF silence
walked slowly before the spectators.
One OF them was such a person as we
read about and sometimes see. Tall
largely and well-formed. and grace
fully dignified. she wore a well fit
ting. fashionable gown which was
striking in cut and color while it es-
capped being loud. All the correct
appendages OF hat gloves and wrap
she had in the latest style. Her face
was pleasant and intelligent and If
there was touch OF rouge aud of
powder it was applied with so prac-
| ticed hand as to escape notice
She did not look her 10 years. The
other woman was dressed with equal
taste and more plainly. and looked
older than the first one Evidently
she was maid or companion.
by the time the two had found seats
| the touchdown was made. Every
body was sitting. and as the goal was
kicked the flame OF applause went out
in a quick blaze OF sound. Then
every one was leaning forward to look
at the strange arrivals. where they
sat apparently unconscious of the ef-
feet OF their appearance
Henri Sherwood. a freshman. who
sat behind them. spoke timidly to a
sophomore that he d not know:
will you please tell me who she
tsp"
TIE sophomore half turned his
head and said in a low. supercilious
tone why! Madame avarra'
The freshman knew the name. He
had read 1t in the papers on the
| fences and had heard it everywhere.
1t was popular name OF a successful
day that had enough mind and soul
to play Shakespeare. He looked at
her keenly and decided 10 see her act
that night
Soon after this the first half was
over People got up and went down
on the ground and walked about
Henri Sherwood stepped down from
his place and stood for a moment
looking about him. Some one touched
him on the shoulder and said:
Hello Henry Sherwood
| The two fellows moved of together
and Sherwood did not see the quick
wondering glance that Madame Saw
ARA gave him as he mived with the
crowd, although he had been staring
at her a minute before. She spoke
in low tone to her corapan on. and
the two women walked little way
among the people but they soon re-
seated themselves and waited for the
Eserond half Sherwood did not see
4 them again during the game
4 There is however no doubt tina,
they saw him. for at about six thai
evening Dick Roberts went into
henri's room and began
Say do you know. Henri tina
Savarra was talking about you9
heard her say 10 the other one %her.
wood; yes I'm sure it was Henri
Sherwood She talks with d kind oil
an accent. And then she caughl
sight OF you and pointed you out and
got as excited as the devil. Do any
OF your olks know herp'
'.Dick," said Henri striving hard
to be calm but trembling Il should
tuink there is something up That
woman is my mother"
Mother! Savarrap"
i i believe. that for a minute Dick
thought that Henri was out of his
senses for he could see that there
was no joke. but Henri soon convinced
him OF the truth OF what he said. He
showed HIM note from Madame
Savarra that he had found in his
room after the game. and he told him
the story OF his parents. 1t is toe
common story to be romantic that
OF the married pair that cannot love.
cannot even endure each other longer.
so that some plea Is found and the
bond is dissolved. In this case there
were unique points; the wife had
been young French woman. beauti
full aud accomplished. but inc peri.
enced her only child had been taken
from her. she had departed from ar
inhespitable land but where she had
gone no one had cared to know.
Henri could not remember his mother
but he had chung superstitiously ID
I the name she had given him. and
would never English its spelling.
which was all he could do to show at
nborn love for an unknown parent
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