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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-17

Hours a%fterward, when she had re-
covered, he drove her down TO the tene-
ment house near the bridge. There be
found the neighborhood agog with thu
news that Ernest Radley had been
found dead in the shadows Of the lower
hall where he had fallen. NAuce's
slavery was over.
A few months later she wa crossing
the ocean TO her English home. her hus-
band beside her. The moon was max
ing a mirror OF the sea, and the white
face shirg from the ~cloudless blue was
repeated Ia every wave.
al always feel guilty when l look at
the moon" Nance said, a smile flicker
ing across her lovely little face. give
me your hand, Mark. / have n conies-
sion to mako"
This is q good place to ask forgive.
ness,n he laughed. my judgment Is
poor, my sentiment large under the
moon. so fire away"
"It's just this" and the soft voice
grew heavy with a touch OF the old sad
ness. III you hadn't me- mo that
Christmas v / would have killed both
| Teddy and myself. / was going 10 the
river. That moo seemed 20 know Just
what / was thinking OF. Now ] feel
better since / nave shared tho guilty So
cret with you"
Mark took her face between his
hands.
'SThev say the moon is heArtless, or
she would blush for all the crimes sho
nightly sees. So / disappointed her
when I saved you. I'd like to see you
snap your fingers At her, the white
witchl'
And she did.
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CHAPTER III.

Christmas eve In a tenement house.
II was far down in the city among the
crooked, narrow streets Of the older
portion Of the town, near the wharyes
where once the prosperous wives Of
Dutch burghers gossiped and knitted.
The day was bitterly cold. sunny,
dusty. Since morning clouds had trem-
bled across the suns face, and New
Workers looked for snow.
Just as 1t came fiuttering through
the dying light of day from a thickly
overcast sky, a young woman rushed
from the tall, sordidiy mean dwelling
house, her torn cloak half shading the
face OF the babe on her arm. On her
cheek there was a scarlet bruise as
from a blow, and her eyes held such
terror as comes 10 dumb animals in
stinctively seeming death.
She ran ID, 2 pitifui wreck OF young
w~omanhood, worn from poverty and the
fearful struggle for mere material sus-
%apc embittered and heart hardened
from i'll treatment.
After a long, breathless walk she
came TO Trinity church. Her strength
seemed suddenly TO ooze from her ting
ers. and she sank heavily against the
ratings, crushing the child %passionately
to her heart and laying her fevered
lips against the wan, blush cheeks.
.He will never hurt Us again. Teddy
dear. 1t was the last time, the last"
she muttered, with half insane exulta-
ton. cit went on long enough, did3't
it? Enough blows, enough starvation.
The prute-the brutel On, | seem Sill
10 see his red, sOddea face so near-his
surly curses ring and ring in my brain.
Baby, do you think they've found him
vet? Il wasn't our fault, was II, that
re stumbled and went over the stairs?
Six flights downright he Is lying
J there Ia the shadow a see him-I
can see him-still-so stilI-slOne. He
must be dead. Yes, be must be-"
She laughed and the sound was
strange mournful cooling that seemed
to rise from the ruins Of q soul.
Terrier enlarged her eyes ss through
the falling snow she saw . police officer
approach-a III she knew.
Hello. Nance. What are you dom
out in the storm, hey?' ne asked kindly.
Nance? Yes, II was she-three years
older, three years sadder.
ats Christmas eve" she faltered,
forcing a SMILE land l wanted - show
Teddy the shops. the crowds
sG0t a bruise on your face again2
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other existence since since he spoke those
words that seemed echoing still ln her
brain, 'You will touch pitch, Nance,
even though you shrink from It,"
Shrink from IL! She had lived In 1t!
The shafts Of destiny had been too
strong for her and had sent her hurting
down, down.
Mark All, she might think Of him
~to-day-thls last day. She had been
nothing TO him. IL was only the
thought OF what he had been to her
filed her heart.
The lobby was quite deserted, and
her eyes Travelled from one Insignificant
object TO another as she reconstruct
ed tho picture OF the past. But they
paused a long while on something at
the side, where the light shone full
upon IL. His name-"Mark Torrance"
there Il was upon a placardl Her
heart seemed luttering in her throat
as her eyes glanced down the lines that
told OF his short visit TO New York and
how be had volunteered 70 sing az the
| great concert that night 20 help swell q
relief fund for the families OF miners
who had been killed In q terrible OK
49,
plosion.
He was here. She might see him
from afar OIL She might hear him
sing againI The hot tears clouded her
eyes, but her heart grew determined.
She paid for q seattle poorest In the
house-high up in the gallery.
After getting ON milk for Teddy
and a mouthful OF food for herself, she
returned 10 the tbeatsr. She was pen
| nlless now. But there was no fear OF
the future. How peaceful the thought
Wasl
The theater filed slowly, FOR she was
very early, and Il was late 10 the even
ing before Mark appeared. He looked
lust the zane Now that winter night
did not seem so long ago. IL was but
yesterday, and she was No. 10 In the
chorus. Amid the applause that greet
ed the singer poor Nancy's sob was I'M
heard:
30 God-to go back-to go back to
that night"
Her hopeless eyes did not leave
Marks face once. and the notes that
rose %throbbiugly from bis lips she
drank In Ike nourishment for her soul.
After his last song Nance rose IN
steadily and made her way towards the
stairs. She wanted 20 hear no other
voice. That must be the music in her
! ears when she looked on Deaths face.
Poor Nance. She "a under the sky
again, just such SKY as she remember
| ed In that never % be forgotten walk.
biue and silver with mconllght-tust
| such 2 night, fresh pOv on tho streets.
2 hush and sparkle everywhere.
She turned he face toward the river,
snd a shsyering slgh broke from her
lfps. The noon seemed keeping
| pace with her. a cruel lesr on It's round
face.
al know" Il seemed to say. "Sone
| Of those passing you a read your
heart-bHt / can. Will 90 with you;
I will light the rivers hollo0s for you
and show you the deepest spot. The
secret Is ours, Nance"
She lowered her head from the
white hostility Of the heavenly watch
er, and Marks imagined face rose be-
fore her, seeming 10 mock her misery
vita IT. flashing strength and beauty,
Fro n this bitter dream world she va
/ aroused by q cIam0r Of voices and lie
I t0nchlol q hand on her arm
"Ydp needn't play inherent w:
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1t was very pretty, the locket with
the sapphire lying on It's bed OF tur-
ouoise blue velvet. One tear that fell
heavily from her eyes made an ephem-
eral diamond beside the other stone.
"You are very good-very kind. I'll
never forget you. / couldn't forget
YOU" she said, and the effort to hide
her tears made her voice sound cold.
But Torrance seemed quite contented.
Then we're friends. l care very
much for what your life is going 10 be.
care very much, Nance! wish you'd
leave the stage. This is your first expe-
rience In the chorus. You feel self.re-
liant, strong; all your impulses are to-
ward the good. But you are alone in
the world, Nance, are you not??"
She was almost awed by the white
ness and sternness Of his lips.
"All alone" she said with a touch Of
recklessness.
Then the self assurance in which
you wrap yourself may some day fail
you. You will be constantly misunder-
stood; you will touch pitch, even though
you shrink from It. Nance, l have
lived: 1 have been through the mire.
TIE wish to be strong, honorable, true,
is not enough. You are intelligent, and
there must be something else you could
do"
She made no answer. Every kind,
unimpassioned word he said seemed to
place them farther apart.
They had reached her home by this
time. II was a small red brick house
on the outskirts of the French quarter.
Nine. Forester lived here in the base
ment with a cat and n bird. All the
other rooms she rented to single lodg-
ers. Nance was one Of them. The
dormer window facing q snow-capped
spire and blinking like an eye in the
white rays lighted the small place she
called home.
The rest was like a chilling dream to
Nance. Her one thought was 10 hide
her secret still and say goOdby without
a tear. She heard Mark tell her where
TO write in London II she was ever In
n emergency; she felt the grip Of his
strong hand; she heard him say:
"Goodby, Nance-dear little Nance,
goodby," and then she knew she was
alone, his Christmas gift in her hand,
and that a measureless despair seemed
suddenly to seize her like a palpable
thing.
Let her grow to be an old woman, and
she felt she could never know more in
tensely the meaning Of life's saddest
truths than she did, standing there,
watching his retreating figure down the
moon-drenched street.
"Goodby, Nsnce-dear little Nance,
g%oodby."
The words were q requiem.
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away. Then an opportunity to take
her place on the regular dramatic stage
offered, and Mary took it.. The theat-
rical profession has gained what the
platform lost.
Miss Timberman is tall, graceful and
Of commanding presence. One Of her
most successful representations is the
character Of Queen Elizabeth. Nothing
In her professional experience is too
high or too low for her to learn from.
She has had thorough training
in physical culture, as well as in voice
and stage education. She is absolutely
ti-eless in her efforts to make the
best of every part, however small, that
comes within her repertory. A brilliant
future awaits her undoubtedly. In her
dealings with people in private life she
is singularly straightforward and bust
ness-like, and has a head packed full OF
common sense. She is also u OF the
most loyal, sunny tempered friends in
the world.
Miss Timberman's friends are nat
uraly ~sanguine as to her success on the
stage and predict a brilliant career for
her. LUCY LAWS.
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Rsdley's at his old tricks, Ell? It'd be
good for you If he died"
He did not guess what horror his
words had aroused. but she bent her
pinched, tremulous mouth down TO the
pale child's face, nodded and hurried
past him.
'See that grip" the officer asked ola
friend who strolled up TO him. i've
been watching her 90 down, step by
step. This New York's a queer place,
a terrible place. l sometimes stand on
my beat here and watch the people
pass. / know lots OF them, and more
about them than they think. Well,
that girl just gone by has made q bad
Job OF her life, q bad mess OF It,"
''She's pretty still, only q bit hungry
looking and scared. The baby hersp
asked the listener.
ayes, the poor kid. l heard her tell
her story once TO q police judge when
her scamp Of o husband was up Tor
street fighting and she tried to get him
of. 1t was like this: Three years ago
she was singing on the stage, and as
pretty as q rose her face gas. / remem-
Der seeing her in The Mikado.' Pretty?
Well, that isn't the word for 1t. She
had such q baby look In her eyes and
round her lips you'd never thought q
man had the heart to scold her, much
less beat her. Well, she fell sick and
lost her voice. She was all alone In
the world and poor into the bar
gain. When she was hard up and des-
perate. she somehow met that fellow
Radley, who was mixed up with so many
racing swindles q few years ago. he
was flush with money, initiated the
swell, lied to her, / guess, Inc persuad-
ed her to marry him. Luck was against
her. he lost every penny when Lady
Betty went under in the Suburban, and
then he became like a fiend, went from
bad 10 worse, and now he has hardly q
sober moment. They live in q terrible
hole down by the bridge. He beats that
poor little wife Of his. Some night he'll
kill her."
By the time this brief recital OF her
sad history was finished Nance had gone
some distance up Brcadway-a strange,
hopeless figure among the busy crowd.
In the shelter of a doorway she count
co ler lHSL COlne. 1ubIo WSAo JhSh ~
cents. When they were gone, what was
left? All, what? Nance knew. She
was taking her farewell OF life to-day,
and she would take it g%randly, lavishly,
spending all.
1t was this feeling OF reckless inality
that made her hail a car and sink into q
corner. At another time she would have
an fered much before spending the
none required for fare, but it seemed
a small consideration in view Of this be-
ing the last time.
The familiar streets were coming.
Soon they would pass the theater where
she san three years before. An I'M
comfortable magnetism TO the spot
made her alight and stand looking up
at the brilliant crystal lantern In the
lobby. How long ago the life there
seemed Was it only years since she
had seen Mark Torrance? Not centuries
since that white, winter night? Not an
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Miss Elliott says that she found IL no
easy matter to obtain her first engage
ment. She was a graduate of a school
of acting and had no Influential friends
TO help her along. She is a great student
and a ~voracious reader, her iavorite
authors being-besides Shakespeare
Dickens. Scott and Balzac. She lives
in New York, and out OF her earnings
supports q younger sister in college.
In appearance Miss Elliott is tall and
stately. She is s remarkably beautiful
brunette, with grand, lustrous eyes,
regular features, a bright, clear COM
plexion and q wealth of raven black
hair. She is an entertaining converse
zionist and, unlike most actresses, has
no fads and is not inclined to boast OF
her histriOnic achievements.
This season Miss Mary Timberman
has achieved worthy success as the
leading lady OF q travelling combination.
The New York papers have praised her
performance very highly.
Last year Miss Timberman was a
leading member OF Nine. JaDauschek's
company. She is a striking example OF
what persistent industry and clear grit
can accomplish when backed up by good
natural gifts. She was born 10 Keokuk,
Iowa. Her father was William Timber
man, a distinguished member Of the
Iowa Republican party in the days
when Grant was President. The
daughter displayed early a talent
for the stage. After her fathers
death it became necessary for her
to provide for herself. She first chose
the profession of elocutionist and pre-
pared herself to give platform read
ings. She was a favorite pupil OF the
great old actor, James e. Murdoch.
Mr.. Murdoch, assisted by his daughter,
| Mrs. Rose Murdoch H~ollingshead, gave
the brilliant, dark-eyed Iowa girl a no.
BILE training.
She improved her opportunities to the
utmost. Never was there a more con
scientious, hardworking student. When
her schooling was ended and she was
ready to recite, she looked about for
somebody to recite to. But an audi
ence was not so easy to get, even
though the reader was singuIarly
gifted and a pupil Of Muir
doch She waited while her
dollars and her patience dwindled
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THB MOONS TRAGEDY.
BY KATE JoRDAN.
rCopyriqht, 1898, by he american Press Asso-
cation

lCoDyright, 1898, By ne Ansriedn Press Asso-
~ela.iOn.l
II was Christmas eve, and Nance was
the last of the chorus in the dressing
room. The raw light from the I'M
shaded gas Jet iickered upon the bare,
white walls and on her as she stood
thoughtfully dropping the rouge, hare's
foot and powder into the small black
bag.
On the peg behind her hung the blue
and silver robe which, with a salaried
smile, she wore nightly in THE Mika-
do" 1t had a patient lackadaisical ex-
preston, as if, like a sentient thing, 1t
felt q certain degradation in being
strung up by the neck when not wanted.
Nance's dull, dark circled eyes rested
wistfully on it. She would never wear
it again. To leave it was like saying
good bye to a part Of herself, but the
engagement ended tonight, and the
robe was the property Of the manage
ment.
Taking some Of the soft, silky stuff in
her small hands, she laid her old cheek
against it, and q mist rose over her
burning eyes. The black butterflies and
the strange, long throated birds on 1t
were her only %confdants.
ut is all over. Il is over-over," she
said, a breathless catch making the
words tremulous.
She thought of one face, OF one voice
that after tonight would DO missing
from her life forever.
When she reached the empty stage,
she CHANGED upon a scene shifter who
was sitting on Ko-Ko's dais where 1t
lay with odd bits OF scenery in a corner.
"Rello, Thirteen" he said, oy way OF
greeting, pausing between bites OF q
huge sandwich. 49,,
"What are you waiting for, Sammy
asked Nance.
"The new scenery is going to be set
M for mex weeks production. This
time we're a-goin to have tragedy here
like this: Hold off, Macdutf! Marry,
come up, I trowr No more opera THIS
winter. I'm mighty glad OF 1t, too;
The plaguey tunes keep goin round
and round in me head night after night:
Fer he's goin' to marry Yum Yum, Yum Yum
Got another job yet, Thirteen?' he u
cluded, after a few light jig steps.
mo; but something will turn up, l
SUPPOSE" And Nance moved on. bis
nav+ uorde made her Dause.
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Nav York, December 13.-There IS
now no doubt ia the minds OF New
Hcrk's music lovers as 20 the shoulders
upon which Adelina PATHS mantle must
fan. Nine. Melba, the Australian prima
donna, has nOW been heard here several
times. and each appearance has but
served to confirm the impression that
the advance announcements Of her re-
markable powers contained nc eXagger-
ations. It is a question whether they
did her simple justice. After this il even
would seem superfuOus to speak Of
Melba's voice. 10 Is sensationally phe-
nomenal, and the s., 500 a night which
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p.,ar Mn Narer Be nn ORATOR.

Peter Phillips, a colOred man, lost the
power Of speech in McDade some ff-
teen years ago.. He says ne knows no
reason for it. The most curious part Of
it all is that he talks away from town
as plainly as any man BE runs his
farm in an intelligent way, always
making as good crops as his n~elgbbors
and even when unable TO talk his trades
with the merchants or others arc as
economically aud sensibly made as the
average man OF his race. For years
some people have doubted his state
ment and have thou BIT he could talk if
he would, but for more than twelve
years no man has ever heard him speak
q word in any town or at any public
gathering.-COT. Galveston NelCs.
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senslbIy d%eepened on Marks arm. the
MINDLESS frost stnng her cheek to 3
clear, faint ~rosiness. What words were
those be spoke?
81 couldn't let you go. Nance, with
out some sort Of ~goodby."
Goodby? The gayety fed, ~affrighted
by that word. She could not answer.
1t was as If her heart would burst.
81 want to know something more
abont you," the earnest voice continued.
why should you care at all? she
dared TO say.
The words that followed were IRE
sIstibly tender, bat Nance listened n
vain for something In them to echo the
riot Of feeling in her own heart:
because, Nance, you have that In
you that makes me care! l have not
wanted you for months for nothing. L
an your friend always. That sounds Ike
q stilted stock prhase, doesn't it?" he
asked, with sudden intensity. but L
mean it. 1t is maddening that as yet
there is nothing TO prove it. Except
for this little locket which !
bought to-day, you must take my friend
ship on faith. Will you wear this and
mo- quite forget me, Nance, after 1 am
gomez"
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was full OF such great promise that she
was speedily intrnsted with i'm.
portant characters in Judah,
1.-THE Mlddleman," John Need
hams Double" and 'Ths Professors
Love Story" Her best work was as
Beatrice Selwyn, the leading female
part in a "Fool's Paradise" Miss
Elliott was then engaged to imperson-
ate Violet, one Of the leading female
characters in 1.-THE Prodigal Daugh-
ter" This part she will give up In q
short time to create a role in THE
Voyage Of Suzetts." The tendency OF
Miss Elliott's work has always been
upward, and great things are predicted
for her by her friends.
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No AlexandrIan Oode1.

The ~''Alexandrian COdex," often re-
ferred 10 in Scriptural studies, is one Of
the most valuable and important manu-
scripts Of sacred writ known TO be in
existence. II Is written in Greek on
parchment in finely formed uncial let
ters and is without accents, marks OF
aspiration or spaces between the words.
It's probable date is the latter part of
the sixth century. As early as 1905 it
Is known to have been in the library Of
the patriarch Of Alexandris. Il was
sent TO England as a present to Charles
I. bv Cyrilbus Lyearis 10 1925 and is
now ia the British museums. Louis
ReDublic
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TALENTED BEAUTIES
How Maxine Elliott aud Mary Timberman
came 10 the Front.
OCTAvUs CoUEN.

How Maxine Elliott aud Mary Timberman
tame TO the Front.
Two Of the most beautiful Of the
Younger generation OF American act
resses are Miss Maxine Elliott and Miss
Mary Timberman, They have both
come TO the front lately 10 s amer that
has surprised even their warmeSt ad-
MIXERS.
Miss Maxine Elliott was born in Rock
land, Me-, Of respectable though not
wealthy parents. Three years ago, in
her early womsnhOod. at q time when
the world usually looks brightest TO TO-
mantle girls, an unexpected reverse
made il necessary that she should con-
tribute to the support Of her family.
She was equal to tho task, and after
having encountered pumerons re6uhs
she finally succeeded N getting 3 foot
hold upon the stage.
Her first eDgaRementW vas Win T. ).
willard, the English An Fho cast
he'd for a small part. Her N that
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