Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-23
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ence had noticed il and was ENJOYING
the wonder Of IT,
The girl i'm the proscenium box. filed
by gay dinner party. and the last
glrl IN the front row of the chorus
singers at that end OF tine stage looked
precisely alike; they were Identical
inc only difference was that the girl
IN the box was q Jrille languid and he>
head was frightened by a diminuuiye
7 Hover bonnet, while the girl on the
sJaSe was laughing and dancing In ID
/ very Oellrium OF miTth-mirlh at the
rate OF % cents highland there
was nothing on her shining hair, The
/ Don party Itself was DlisStully unaware
( OF the curious fact and the interest it
was exciting, the girl herself least Of
an as she sat in such a way as to pre-
vent her from seeing that end Of the
I chorus line without turning her head
for the purpose. As if she recognized
the fact OF their resemblance and
wished to emphasize it the girl on the
I stage kept az the same side, close to
the proscenium box.
In pause which did not require her
TO laugh, her face fell into the same
languid, reposeiul lines which marked
the face Of the girl in the box and the
portion of the audience still engaged in
watching the two was quite electrified.
When the chorus went off the stage
and the curtain fell the watchers in
the audience heaved a general sigh OF
relief and exclaimed TO each other over
the remarkable coincidence. The box
/ party was engaged in q general con-
versauOn and the pretty girl was smil-
4 ing at her escorts remarks; smiling
herself into q closer resemblance of
her double and smiling the audience
! into deeper pUzzlement.
OF course everyone has q double, but
I it is not every day that q beautifully
gOWued and rather naughty girl in
/ the best seat at a theatre discovers her
| double to be q chorus girl on the stage
| before her-or, rather. has it discoy-
cred for her by other people. The
other people as they talked during the
/ intermission. grow impatient and Won
I derCd if no one in the box had noticed
/ the curious occurrence. and if so why
J some one did not tell her so they could
see what she would DO. They COM
/ forted themselves with the idea that
her escort had been telling ner Of it the
time she looked mp so brightly and
laughed iucredUlOusly.
But when the chorus came dancing
/ back. much interested in q Naypole
/ which t0ppled, as all chorus MaypOles
/ invariably do, the box occupants show
[ Cj no unusual atJention-they were
still unaware of it and the watchers
/ frowuod and were distracted by the
play.
But the girl on the stage kept close
/ TO the box. and now her eyes never lett
/ it. She was evidently much interested
in her fair and unconscious double.
and mischeviOusly resolved to secure
her attcuIon-she seemed almost eager
To- DO so and danced closer yet to the
+ box.
The watchers in the audience held
their breath with @ tense sense OF
something to- come and the unhappy
hero and malicious villain in the
center of the stage might as we'll have
been playing TO a stone wall. Still
the girl i'm the box sat unaware of the
impending happening and of her dou-
BILE so near her. Her escort sat look
ing nc her and not at the stage, so he
could not save her. and the others in
the box were stupidity watching the
hero and villain and missing the
promise of exciting byplay which
might be worth the price Of admission
twice over.
The girl on the stage leaned against
the wall. beat over the edge of the
box I'm am entirely uuintenuOnal, un-
noticeable way and a carnati0n drop
ped from her dress into the lap Of
the girl i'm the box.
The watchers i'm the audience for a
/ second felt vaguely disappointed at the
. trivial ending of the evenings coin
cideuce. for they had expected some
I thing strange. dramatic. they knew not
. what. and this little housekeeping
/ erisCde was trying, as they were not
/ even sure that il had not been as ac-
/ cidental as it looked TO De. They were
/ entirely uuDrepared after the pretty
/ girl I'm the box had given q naturally
/ startled glance no the glowing caIna-
/ ton. had turned sharply and looked
uD at the girl on the stage, whose
/ face was smiling as it, was paid TO
| smile but whose eyes were SOmbre
/ and appealing. 20 see the girl i'm the
/ box turn suddenly white and make q
/ motion as if to rise and to see her
escort who had observed the episode,
/ Law a ouietening hand over hers, softly
/ gather mp her wraps and disappear
with her without a word to her
! friends
The watchers i'm the audience re
lapsed into a frenzy of curiosity: they
/ had not expected she would be so
I struck 10y the fact that She and q
chorus girl were c0uuterparJs Of one
another whole mystery minus the
key 10 the cipher was hard to bear.
Before the last act the escort of the
/ pretty girl came back quickly and the
watchers i'm the audience held to the
/ arms of their seats as the only manner
! of restraining themselves. 81 t0ok
/ Miss Smith home. ne explained to tnc
/ inGuiriug chaperOn. She was sud-
/ denly indisposed but it is nothing seri-
GUS
lie escaped to his seat and the next
| man 90 him leaned over. WAS it.
I me began hesiUyiuEiy.
Miss Smiths escort looked az him
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