Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-27

strangers to me. Nethcr did I notice at
first what they were talking about, but rs
| was looking around to see who among
my friends was present caught her name
in n most lnlscrably llippant sentence
The speaker was big. HANDSOME fellow,
dressed i'm tho height of fashion, whom |
had never seen before fop, but by no
means n gentleman in appearance.
II spoke Instantly, for | was furious
we do not call it good form here | said,
ito discuss lady S name in u clubroOm,
and | shall insist that you make no further
remarks about that particular lady
'Ic stared at me IA moment, and then,
with an insocut laugh, replied: You are
greatly mistaken. | was not speaking of
lady. | mentioned u little actress at the
Halcyon thcator.
81 nfterWnrd learned that he was one of
n class of men, moro numerous 40 years
ago than they arc now, who were proud
of thor reputation as fighters and who
lost no opportunity for Il brawl But if
had known il 1t the time ii would have
made no IL rrrhcc, for | was mad with
r'c". | made IL hot answer and stepped
toward him, but he was quicker than l
and struck me across the face with
loaded cane.
81 tell itstu~ible and marked for life,
as You see lao row. OF course that ended
my career a. an actor W. did not know as
nu, about unkct, trrn as tho actors do
no" ,tt ht. ., VrrId Try to fix vi such
l"' "S l"'. ~ lA' ''aFo even now.
vac WORST OF IL. was
'''' caro- ut Nv MY
J., ''' rec wee rs hrlore was
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"itHt Auh hau
was missed
"hh''u
'il a.
r'i1NollS.
e" paulN
want n'r
wanted
'"-' ."4""' was
o'' avon me
W. ana
II S'' ,''''i" ~" SAY yes
II ! "'U 1t I" f.. &c anu was SUN
aI".H TO 90 ~ l'H' SCUM icelt'd
ovrtalnlF' put I'D sure wa t'-"t, ana
sue 'oIu me ZOE all'rWaru lhl' was.
9ho Wuul" hl MAJ Ieu lhe II u "a aekcu
p'Iurc was Ill'''lno''' 'n,l Nv To th"hk
90" 'hat uluh |, though that was years
laler.
'" men lirSu came out uluh | 1eel that
way Ior my loNe Tor her was strohg ch"ugh
10 conquer every lhlhg else, ana Sought
her eagerly mo hau gone from the thea
Ter ana could learn nothing OF her at
n'r IouS!ngS' nut IL uluh take mo long TO
Hhu out tEaI She had run away with the
very man VINO had struck me down. She
WAS poor ana ne had tempted her with
money when l ada that he had wife
/
IL you had known me at any time in
the next hve years suppose would not
nave called you wrong in speaking of my
nara ia'e' lor IL certainly appeared hard to
me theil' 1 had no ties ana no ambition.
IL was nara Tor me even TO make living,
'houSh uiu alle tllle get "a JoD as stage
carpenter ana nave done iairly well at
thau ever since
but the salt was all gone out OF my
me 'rlou 10 forget Aha, ana alter
tlHle L tlOuEiu Iau succeedeu' uhougn
hau VITA notions now ana again OF follow
ing MN ana her ana Killing them both.
IL seemed To- me- though mat by DONG
NAV Woulu wrong lhYsell more IMAM
ei'her Oh thelh had wrohged me- ana
cohqurr" me temptation III tilhc. am
very glau oi 'ha'' ana am Slau' too' that
never nau serious th"ught Oh any othcr
woman IN an 'hal lllne III would nave
pceh io"Hs.. Il had' Tor my lace would
nave paFr'u 'he way nut am glad be
cause IL proves /" me lhat l ana not really
aucc'." III klIHhE my l"Nr'
hearu Oh hor from tlihe TO ilme. III
lac'' ih"u' II my business to, hu' | never
trlcu TO see h'r or Srhu hcr any word even
aiter heard that sue hau lelt the lie SIN"
was le"ul ing ana hai ohlereI ii nome Ana
even al'er thht' Wheh learned that sh"
hau joined Slsl'rh"uu' ana was deNotihg
her me To works Oh charlt! ana pltty, L
hlaue no Nlghi lor remembered what u
loNe OF beauty she always mad ana could
not forget my lace MY trouble seemed
greater imam ever theh' hut Knew still
loNeu hcr because was SO happy III thlhh-
ing ot her new NE
Iheh one night one o1 the sisters came
To the stage door ana t"lG me that she was
dying or th'y feared she was, ana that
bv an accident and brought tn this very
hospital.
Il cannot tell you much about our
meeting. There was an almost divine sor-
row in her beautiful eyes as she looked at