The Washington times., 1894-07-29

| see him SO engrossed in Cissie Stanley tina
| he neglected everything to remain in he
sight. But he never took my advice. Wher
| he was not on the stage with her he sioo,
| aud looked ut her. and as soon us the per
| formance was over he hurried away to rio
| himself OF his cumbrous attire in order to b,
| waiting in readiness to escort her home.
| You may suppose there were plenty OF othe
| young men who would have been only too
| pleased to do that. but Cissie. though selfist
and fond of admiration, was n good girl a
| heart. and always walked hack quietly to he
| lodging with Mr.. Grey and me. knew tha
was only because she was respectable girl
| and valued her character and her name bu
Edmund ascribei it TO preference for himself
| and would enter the little lighted parlor win
| his face flushed with pleasure aud excite
ment.
Every available space behind the scene.
| used to be filled each evening oy the Young
gentlemen of Silverpool. for Mr.. DrummonC
regarded such things With strictly business
| eye, and permitted any license within bounds
| that brought ''grist to the MILL The board.
OF the ARIEL theatsr were rather dangerous
place. therefore for young women who were
| disposed TO be careless, and l often watched
Clssie with anxious eyes (for l mad grown tc
love the girl). but Edmund never seemed to
concern himself in that way. He was toe
deeply engrossed by his love for her and his
belief in her.
Naturally. every one wanted to be intro
duced to Cissie. The press had lauded her
talents and appearance to the Skies she
had become quite notorietv since appearing
in Silverpool, and the visitors daily disgurged
by the Atlantic steamers invariably spent
their one evening in tue town in coming to
see "Butterfiy"-as Cissie was generally
called. never saw anything bold or forward
in her behavior to her numerous admirers
but she certainly liked their admiration.
/ can see her now in her brilliant costume.
made TO initiate that beautiful insect-a
painted lady''-her brown nar piled in a
pyramid above her shapely little head. and
crowned with 'antennR." her lovely face
flushed with exertion and with listening to
nattery, and. her eyes downcast as she mod
estly talked with her acquaintance. Nov Young
lady in 4 ballroom could be more particular
than she was at first, and as l believed she
would continue to be. Not that l thought
she was in earnest about Edmund Grry
Truth to tell. l never thought her in earnest
about anybody. and no more She was until
Lord Philip Free!and came upon the scene
Why are We women SC fond OF title? WHY
are we ilattered by attentions from lord
which we would disdain from a commoner2
What is there in an empty handle TO mans
name to make him any the better worth con-
sideration? And yet II is an indisputaple fact
that it will gain it. Lord Philip Freeland
had sent him out to the United States in hopes
that knowledge of the world might teach
him some wisdom, but he returned much the
same as ne went.
To bet on race course-to frequent the
music halls. or to loiter behind the scenes of
n theater-still seemed to Lord Philip to
make up the sum-total OF existence, and ms
he had an ample allowance he generally con-
trived to do as he liked. When he had seen
our pretty Butterfly. and found he could gain
access the green-room he stayed in Silver
pool for that purpose. He thought Cissie
beautiful, as every one else did, and ho placed
her in imagination on a par with sundry
ballet girls and music hall singers that he
might have known. Men like Lord Philip
Freeiand never make any distinction between
women. They place them all in the same
category.
At first we-by We I mean Edmund and
myself-looked upon Lord Philips attentions
to Cissie as we did on those of her other ad-
mirers. We did not even know that he was n
lord. He was very ordinary and insignifl-
cant-looking Individual and did not appear
either brilliant or agreeable. He came be-
hind the scenes In an evening, deliberately
dressed in the latest fashion. with diamond
solitaire and crush hat, and a faultless but
ton -hole, and his hair parted in tho middle.
and was In fact like all the other fools who
frequent such places, and think that every
one must fancy them as much as they fancy
themselves. But when he appeared in the
same place every night and spent all his time
talking to Cissie. and commenced to bring
her flowers and bonbons, we could not help
observing him, and one evening as she passed
me on her way to the dressing-room, put
10 question to her;