The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-12-05

Shhh " Il nn-
with him about that a~llusion ,a"nsry
quarrel with Amory. ner
Nor with mild surprise .Xv.,
won't then. The truth, | know ~
ways hateful. But l thought Won 's d.
II Of the woman-righters, or 7 Sh were
not have spoken" uu
There's n woman you know
the theater, at all events" saws s,a
resentfully. Miss Burgess. | SEQ he,,
over there in the second box" "'
ID you know. / never can sea ,ho.
girl said Dicky, promptly. oHas
teeth are too much for me. Tbov,..
lot bigger than she is; they're tnsls'
hey hide her from ne. If she wonI,
Il laugh there would be "A chanca To-
me; but she laughs all day and on
night, I'm told heavy and seyera AM
phasis on this.
Il don't wish to discuss her" sa,s
Miss Sylvester. Il merely mean -
say that she, ut all events" witberina
| ly, has not gone out for a drink -
you very rudely said a ONE AGO"
she couldn't" says Dicky. Done
you Know, shes been fOrbiddenl Tho
bar wouldn't stand it. Shed bite hits
ont Of all the tumblers, and that
wouldn't pay
or this, Miss Sylvester refuses. very
i rrOpcriy, to take LBy notice, Sho
| tIInS aside he head ard looks con.
temptuOus. This comes easily to her
rs b has arranged her expression IA
meet Amory's implGring look.
The latter catches it and is instaptIv
reduced 10 despair. '.
Whats the matter with YOU. powT
asks Dicky, who is pining for active
service, and reScntS her refusal 70
take TO the field. who has vexed
you-Amory? You look warm. Have
au ice?"
NO, thank you"
Coffee. then? Some old idiot has
given it as his opinion that hot SCUM
cools the fevered brow. Therefore,
why not hot coffee? Try it,
mo Notwithstanding" says Mary.
who is rather irritable today. DO be
quiet, Dicky; there's the curtain going
Up. If you don't care about the play,
| do"
The curtain has descended and risen
again for the third time. and once
more silence falls upon the audience
and a very t~lattering attention is
turned to the stage. 4 woodland
scene, very eXquisitely painted, serves
as a background for the heroine of the
piece. who is met by chance in a
Charmingly arranged glade. by the
herO-the man to whom, in her earlier
days, she had been engaged. 1t would
take too long To give a full history Of
the play here, but IL is necessary 10
explain one or two things. The hero
inc had once been q famous musician.
Had suffered many things at many
hands. Had been parted by the mach.
nations of evil people from the man
she loved In her first youth CIeroD
Had been taught to believe him false.
Had married, most %unhappily, was
now a widow; still believing the old
tale against her first love, she had
come to meet him in society. Struggle
between her heart and her doubts Of
him. Here In this glade he pleads
with her once more: for the last
timei Proves to her that her suspl-
cions have been unjust, and still, 50
old, so long has been the misunder-
standing between them, that even al
this supreme moment she shrlnks
from him, as though In disbelief or
her own feeling for him. She turns
from him. her face wrung with pam
and uncertainty, and as II despair has
seized him, he stands mOtionleSs. III
is the final appeal! After this hope
will be at an end. Already she mas
crossed the stage, she Is nearly gone
when suddenly the sound OF music
the music OF a yiolin-cOming-com-
ing, but slowly, strikes the ear. II u
q sound that stirs both his heart ana
her own. What memories arise WIN
1t? What angel has stirred them
Did ever human creature play that
sweet old air with so divine a neal
ing? A silence falls upon the heroine
and hero, a silence, too, falls on the
entire theater.
At last the renderer Of those uh-
equalled strains steps into view. a
young girl with her violin! An Ell
tirely secondary person SO far ~ tT
play Is concerned, yet necessary as u
means Of reducing the heroine 10 q
gentler frame OF mind. Quite seeoho-
airy. Yet Barbour, who is a very epr
cur" in stage arrangements, and VINO
will always have the very best, wen
In minor matters, had judged rigntl!
that this exquisite interlude (as II
might be called will be a distinct az
traction and add yet one more ms'el
to the brilliancy Of the play.
The girl advances slowly, violin Oh
shoulder. She had been referred !"
casually, In the earlier movements W
the play, as a rising young musician
staying In the country house, ana nov
at this instant-so fraught with W.
tense interest, she presents hersen.
She is q very, very young CIR.
child, one might almost s~ay-gownes
in a little, pretty white morn.hs
frock, from which the Lace at u.