The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-20
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speaker-will be full and compressed. 1t
is to her an hour Of destiny. Will she or
will she not be admitted? 1t is time
when her fate is to be decided by word
and if she has natural talent she will show
this intense strain. If refused there will
be burst Of agitation.
IT once refused one of the cleverest pu-
pills that ever applied to me to see what
She would do oh, no, no, no. no, she
begged. Sinking upon the floor by the
side of my chair, and grasping the arm Of
the chair, she cried out in tones of mortal
agony: oh no, don't refuse me! Don't
send me back home to tell them that l
have no talent. No, no, anything but
thatr The last ended in wall so awful
that my office boy, accustomed as he is
to mock tragedy came in TO see what was
the matter
VERY WE'LL" 1 said, appearing to yield,
you may come in and try. But l don't
want YOU to ask to go out in a company
before next spring. That was in the fall,
but l knew her talent would show itself
in less than six months tine. And it did.
on the night of her debut as star, l told
her of my little trick of long ago.
"In our Christmas holiday examinations
the pupils are to say no in six different
WAYS. The first is the sad mo- of rejec-
tion. It comes in the twice-told-tale of
the guardian who falls in love with his
beautiful ward The word reveres him
as a father, but cannot love his as hus-
band One evening the man draws his
ward to his knees and insists upon an an
swer. The girl hesitates, struggles be-
tween maternal devotion and her own love
for some one else, and says sorrowful
mo- The girl who can show feeling In
her voice will say the no in sweet cod
ding sort of way, with a sorrow in II
that is positively delicious.
Then there is the no for the sultor
who tries to marry her for her money.
This Is a quick scornful no. as though
she were ordering a dog. 1t is utterly
beneath the luxury Of an infection. and
is short and sharp The sutton has been
discovered In his intrigues to find out the
extent of the girls fortune, and her no
Is short and convincing.
There is the mo- OF the girl who loves
the man and supposes he loves her. He
Is rich and she is poor. He finally ex-
plains to her that he loves her. but must
marry another woman for the sake Of
family pride. But VIII she continue to
love him-just the same? Here there is
a chance for a heroic no. Mary Ander-
son in Evadne had such a thrilling pitch
that even the deaf got the high vibra-
lions, which caused the very cobwebs TO
swing.
"a soft. sweet no Is for the girl who
loves a poor lad, but cannot marry him
on account Of the pulr aud folk at home
whom she must support This Is tear
fu and soulful no, cheered only by the
fact that both Will 'blde a wee for each
other.
"The mo- Of the girl who commits per-
Jury for her lover Is a steely mo- that could
be cut With knife: Did you see Basil
enter the room where the dead body was
afterwards foundY' There Is dead silence.
UnnlnchiDgly the girl looks at the court
and says nor Basil II cleared by the law.
but the girl believes him guilty Of murder,
and when he comes 20 claim her she says
no 20 him. This no o. 80 fun Of tears
that there II not a dry eye IA the house,