The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-03-16
ROMANCE OF A PLAY.
A Plot From Real Life and the
Results.

head?" asked the leading man of the
1ramatist, as they stood together dur
.ng the rehearsal of the new play.
The dramatist was lady. n tall,
slight woman of perhaps thirty. with
striking face. lighted by pair OF
dark blue eyes. The beauty of those
eyes made people sometimes fancy
Mrs. Clavering was beautiful. but she
was not. she was intellectual. she was
charming and sympathetic. and she
had suffered Won could see that i'm her
face. Perhaps. then. she was. in a
sense. beautiful. The leading man was
Inclined to think SO. and he liked very
much TO talk To her As for her. she
thought him "a nice fellow" and adj
mirei his acting but that was all. She
smiled at his question.
"Oh. hardly know" she said. with
an absent look in her blue eyes. Don't
you ike it?'
like il? Yes. of curse do; it's
telling, very telling; a bit romantic,
you know"
oh, yes. not like real life; but real
lie is sometimes too prosaic for the
stage. often think these pcssimists
one hears so much o. now have known
very little trouble. They are too fond
2. dabbling in the miseries Of exist
snce-
The leading man gave the speaker q
quick look; but his cue came just then
in fact. he had missed it-and he had
to run forward to take his place.
Mrs Clavering was a novelist who
had not been very long in London. hav-
Ing spent most of her life abroad. She
had written two or three one-act
Pieces, which had been well received;
and now she had launched into three
ac' piece and was going to produce it
az matinee. 1t was clever play.
well put together and well written, but
not calculated to set all the town talk
ing though superior 10 a good many
plays that do set the town talk
n.y. What the leading man alluded to
vas as it were. the motif Of the piece
The hero. in the first act, cast of his
wife and left her. declaring he would
i've as he chose. she hampered him.
and 50 on. The wife. still loving the
nan who was so cruel to her. declared
ne could not shake her of Il shall be
with you.' she cries. whether you
viii or no. You shall hear me call to
Jon when the darkest hour Of life
comes; and il cannot win you back to
i0ve will, at least, keep you from
crime
In the second act the hero is about To
marry rich girl; the wedding guests
arrive. all is ready. when suddenly
re starts; he hears his wife's
'olce calling 10 him: he is appalled,.
Recommendations: he coDfesses his
Intended crime In the third act mat
'ers have reached climax: the hero,
ruined socially and in purse, Is about
y commit suicide; once more the warn
'ng voice arrests him. he filings the pis-
'ol away, and as he does SO his wife en-
ers and the two are completely recon-
|cied.
"A charming idea," said the leading
.aay to the author. but don't you
make Margaret too forgiving?"
4 don't know-Graham il her hus-
Band
That makes IL harder"
oh no; think 1t makes it easier. I"
y. DO you?" aloud--but to herself:
her husband was one Of tine good
sort or she wouldn't talk so. It's all
nsht TO forgive like that in a play;
q real life the husba would 60 the
'u way again in no time at ALL"
les" said Mrs. Clavering. "Have
~ ever read Browning's Amy Wife 10
any Husbandr"
me leading lady raised her browA
40 indeed!" she said. Drowning
" 700 deep for me-"
!. anyone can understand that Read
"e stage manager came UP TO ask
su' proposed cut" and the lead
;nss .ady turned away to ask the lead
-, ~ man whether Mrs. Clavering was a
NY, divorced or separated.
IN sure don't know" was the an.
Il ~ and nobody else did. She lived
O. .pa' tments near ono Of the West
eo,ral squares and was always vel
4 r :, ~ the literary and artistic circles
e.r. "cn she moved, and, though Il was
..elaliy Presumed that her husband
~ uead It could not be recalled that
80 ever oaid a: and aorn~xir,~a Il