New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-08

-. 49,, third paper from the bottom In the Ola
pie. ,, .o,. In ouite acct.
oor.oiIy and was turned; the door opened. ana
I followed my companion into the little ensrS
th, yvas not large enough to hold US wlthout
a great deal Of crowd,n Ing 10Y house, It stood
sha,tsrad from the wind and the sun hau peeh
shining on it all the afternoon. Ine .re was a.,
close smell, as OF heated hahhei' u''Au'eN "
the rooms , ~. amman
1T docs git close here' "eU '"S
you Sc down
| sat down, gaSplng. - s
ono snoon with a knife and fork set RICHLY on
n table drawn against the wall. me cover
was large blue and white squares. over which
n few flies walked invcstigatingly.
Rachel said she liked to have her table set;
II seemed more social like. To me 1t appeared
one Of the most desolate. unsocial sights mad
ever seen. $500 -.
Miss Cobb hung her bag on one OF row or
raiIs that ran along against the wall. She
hung her sunbonnet on another. patted her mar
a little. then went straight to closet the
door of which she flung open. She brought d
chair and climbed into it. l saw piles OF news
papers. . $3.50. $1,000,
" held out my hand and knew that my mana
trembled.
she had been right. She knew Just where to
find what she sought
There" she dropped the paper toward me.
you jest what you make OF It, Theres
several places where she's mentioned
I walked out of doors notwithstanding her
request that read where l was
There "A chopping- block standing by a
pile of trash wood" l sat down on this block.
The first thing my eye caught was a para
graph beginning:
perhaps Miss Runciman IS not MISS fuhci
man at all -
read rapidly. This famous-or shall we
say notorous-woman declined to state when
questioned whether her name Is really the name
by which she has become so we'll known she
said that her affair. which is very true
She has displayed a good deal OF shrewdness
and sagacity. Probably she Is genius. Al
any rate she Is as good. or as bad. genius
And now. more than ever. people are hooking
to hear her sing. And she sings better than
ever: with indescribabe fervor, passion
abandon. which sweep her audience along
stu. she never oversteps, there is always that
subtle restraint which. after all. Is the hall
mark of genius. Leonora Runcimans vogue
was never greater than now.
read this paragraph through twice. each
time as II with sweep of my eye.
Thcn | turned the sheet; I turned 1t about
and about. Presently | saw another para
graph: a.
"The crowd at the opera went wild over Miss
Runciman's Lucia last night. 1t was really
magnificent. 1t Is curious fact tina, that tne
women stand her friends as they do. They say
she Is the most malgned person In the world
Just now. But women, when they do take up
another woman are as unreasonable az mock
OF sheep. 1t Is likely to be all feeling with
them There is ore woman. however who VIII
not probably profess any love or admiration
for tn prlma donpa and that Is Mrs Drew
IIolauder"
What dill thes, insinuations mean? OF course
I did not know. But the keen bitterness. the
sneer. | did recognize
NJ heart sinking Ike lead. What IL
mother knew this? | was not aware that some
times too much weight need not he given 10
the innuendo of a newspaper; was ignorant
that some papers print paragraph one DAY
that tn may deny it.the next Anything In a
public print 81 mighty consequence to me
hurrIcdly scanned every bit OF the paper.
But | could find nothing more. save the adver-
tisemcnt Of the appearance Of Miss Runciman
In Hermann"
or course Rachel Cobb had found this She
found every thing. | wished To do some bodily
injury to her why was she noslng about
AMONG 'Melia Rllrs old things?
lung the paper from mo with an exclama-
ton | saw Rachel's face at the window over
the sink She was looking out at me.
Tire breeze carried the paper away. and |
heard II rustic az II hand had caught H. A
hand had caught 1t
Hiss Runcinan herself was coming along the
Path that led to the door she wac carrying
d small basket. She was probably coming FOR
mora eggs. This was my frivolous thought as
! first saw her
Well" she said what has the poor newspa-
per done? And do you thlnl, Miss Cobbs hens
have iaid any eggs today"
d.d not notice her words: only heard them
mechanically.
Jumped down from the choppng- block and
walked toward the laly. was foolishly ~
cited. n had had tim" TO thinl, ! should not
havn said what ala.
Miss Hunclman" asked 1ulckv why was
T. that IN" women stood Your friends?
She seemed 10 stlnen slightly as she stood,
lut did not notice that her face changed:
was not. however. very well acquainted with
i"r face. YET
What" she said.
ITO be contnued)