Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-06-11
NO THIRD PERSON.

monplace bit of action-a loyers' nna,
rel and the discomfting of the ma,
Inc often repeated situation. It wa
the actress laugh which was mint;
bic. 1T sounded like bushel Of see
pearls split on the floor" IL critic ha
written up her special laugh In tina
way, and it was deemed capital bit q
description, when it was really notl
ing more than vocal gymnastic, whic,
trick can be acquired at cost of no
much more than few days practice.
| The actor was, perhaps, trife clum
sy and clustering; followed his owl
nature, and to carry out the role al
the better for that.
The occupants of side box SCENE,
to appreciate the scenic conditions. ant
joined merrily in the laughter. Their,
was one handsome young woman 70,
might think was enjoying the play i'm
mensely. Certainly fan, put up as {
screen, permits of restrained laugh
ter, for you cannot, if you are woman
in full toilet, laugh at your ease where
seated bolt upright. tits painful and
constrained position. A Greek woman
could have laughed SO much more com.
fortably in her flowing draperies.
II you had tried to listen for laughter
behind that screen or sought for a
change of pose, you would have neither
heard nor seen one or the other. Quite
to the contrary, the mouth was drawn
down hard and would have been rigid.
Maybe a lip would have borne the in
tlentation of tooth had it not been for
the quivering of her face. An inclina-
ton to cry? That was absurd, but as
in all emotional conflicts there is the
climax of nervous energy, which must
be dispersed in some way or other, SO it
was that the fan had suffered, and when
the owner of it heard one of the ivory
Stats crack the crisis had passed, and
then she came to herself again. Her
chaperon, who was in the front of the
box, turned and raid to her:
Julia, your fan, please. An old lady
must be ugly when she laughs. 1t is
of mature age, and then
the exertion OF side splitting has mile
me warm"
"You look bored, dear" said the
chaperon. 81 know / am. The rest of
the play must be commonplace. The
inevitable, hackneyed conclusion.
They make it up, and there is kissing
and hugging all around. Let us go
home. We will chat then for half an
hour" :.
Oh! if only the chaperon, the aunt
who lived with her, had not offered to
do that! She had longed so much to be
alone. The old lady and the young one
left the theater. AS they passed into
the corridor Julia happened to cast her
eyes just where there was human OBJ
struction. A gentleman bowed to the
two women. Disengaging himself
from the crowd he neared Julia and
said: Il hear you are going abroad,
Miss Royal. / shall be sure to look
you up somewhere in Paris or London"
'Why," said the chaperon, "this is
news to me-"
1T is nonsense" said Julia, incisively. |
'J'y suis. J'y reste." Then she looked |
1t the man for an instant with steady |
yaze. There was something of inten-
sity in her eyes. What did he know?
She would die before she would ask
aim. He prattled about the play. "The
actress! so delightful! There was SO
much fun in the thing, and he had
noticed how much Miss Royal had en-
Dyed it. She ought to have waited for
he wind-up."
When Miss Royal was alone she in
lulged in very hearty and, may it be
aid. wholesome cry. And between Il
inal sob you might have made out
omething like this: "If that Robert
)ryant had pleased, he might have told
ne where he was" and n despise my
sf for giving up in this way. Suppose
le has gone to South America. Suppose
here is yellow fever or revolution there.
md | am the most wretched girl that
ras ever born, and fool with bad
is worse" Then, the
Maid came in. AS this is truthful
tory, am bound to state that after 4
ew losses and turns Miss Julia went
ound asleep, and when she woke up in
he morning she was quite incensed
18th herself for not having counted u
ingle one of the chimes of her clock
uring the hours of the night. for she
ad-made up her mind that she would,