Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-11-29

--Un, people connected with the proIes
sion never get up before II at least, = turn
ing over for another nap.
Finally, when he did not get up, she re
marked, George. want my breakfast. ?
This appeal to his consideration brought
out the man in him "Of course you do,
dear" he answered. "Ring the bell for
the boy"
"Bring up breakfast for two and all the
morning papers," Mr. Bright ordered
when the boy arrived.
WHAT do you want with all the morn
ing papersf' demanded his wife. Isn't
one enough'''
''Ordinarily it is, my dear, but 1 read
them all SO won't miss any notices about
the company"
"OhI" observed Mrs. Bright tersely
The tolling of church bells reminded her
| it was Sunday. "I don't suppose you ever
go to church now2' she observed
mot very often"
After breakfast she gathered up the pa
pers. st lF
Gertrude, would you like to do some
thing for me while am outi'' Mr. Bright
asked Mrs. Bright expected to be told Of
missing buttons or torn buttonholes.
Hunt through those papers, he con
timed, "and cut out everything you find
about the Gaiety company. You will find
scrapbook in my trunk to paste them
| in. a. tsas-
vsfyveii she replied quietly = Z
lS When he had gone, she sat down on the
floor. She scanned column after column
! Then she cut and pasted.
mice, elevating way to spend Sunday
| morning" I" she thought.
In the afternoon they went to drive
They returned early because of the thea
ter During dinner he asked her if she
would come to the performance
1T is Sunday" she merely observed
"What time do you want that bottle and
bird tonight" Her face was suspiciously
amiable. Will s4#Ht
He kissed her contritely as he answered,
ELEVEN on the minute, and it shan t
waltz
After he had gone she put on her things
and went to church.
The next day and every day was much
like the first. In the morning Mrs. Bright
cut and pasted, in the afternoon she idled,
and at night she went to the performance
The trivial things she did to kill time
would be difficult to tell She never wrote
SO many letters before. Then she would
telegraph tot Mildred and her sister, who
had charge ofrthe boarding house. She de-
! veloped fondness for Turkish baths,
.manicured her nails every day and curled
her hair for the first time. She had tried
to mend her husbands clothes, but it was
not the atmosphere for practical employ
ment. She tried to read, but gave it up
When She had nothing else to do, she
bought things she didn't want.
/ Finally the month drew to a close Mr..
Bright was to leave Chicago the next Sun
day morning. and Mrs. Bright was to start
/ east the same afternoon. When Mrs.
| Bright saw the last of the train that bore
away her husband and his ulstered com.
| panions, she was sick at heart. She stared
| after the train five minutes after it was
| out of sight. Then she walked back to
the hotel. There was a sense Of great lone
| illness as, with sob, she threw herself,
hat, jacket and all, ON the bed.
The day after her arrival home Mrs
Bright put this advertisement in The Her
add
"wanted-To sell out Immediately for
cash first class boarding house, fully
furnished, on Thirty eighth street, near
Fifth avenue; full of boarders Apply tc
/ G. B., Herald Office 1l 1a ~
Within week she notified the boarders
she had sold out. She confided her plan.
TO mo one when she moved away will
enough furniture to furnish an apartment
Mrs Bright now took up an unusual
mode Of life People passing her doors
heard her declaiming. She went every
day to q school Of dramatic instruction
1t soon became known that the pretty
i young woman with big blue eyes ant
black hair in the top apartment wa!
studying for the stage. E
A new play was to be put on at one o.
the theaters when an actress who was tt
play an important part was taken ILL., Ths
manager was distracted. In his perplexity
he applied to dramatic school for sub
stitute There was matinee by the pu