Middletown transcript., 1896-12-05

siSv asGgSElt Jn9sniY .IoIiaa9i9h Z III
made her dnst essay How unreal y y
seemed; dream she kept telling her
| self, q dream fromEswhich sheuwouid
wakeniin a1moment, ;i=nd sili 40 HniiasT
| siShen kept her glacsi straight before
her. trying toishut out the crudity Of
her sdfroundings The ,ssssts', all awry
| tie glimpses Of busy carpenters and
scene, shfftefs, the fashiIy dressed men q '!ln,
and women waiting for rehearsal and
famiiiarizing inda way that gave her
Iamental Nausea. A. row of raw girls
| in soiled dancing shoes and iesbings,
their upper halves clothed in ordinary
Ib6dicss, went awkWardIy through their
mrtutinal drill. The odor Of dust and
IIoil and paint began to oyerpower her,
land she was on the verge of losing her
seif4posession when the kind voice Of
the emanager, close behind her said: ell
"Your turn, Madame will youstell
me what music you desireP'' The or
|cbestra, composssi oof one violin Oh the
stage, began, the swinging, accompani-i
Iment 'pf ia Palema, and at the end,
and while the blood beat and surged in
dsafsning tl,obs in her heavy head,
again, she heard the voice of the imaria-l
ger, seemingly d great dist Inee off: l'.''sd
-atsAccspt my compliments. Madanae,,I
u shall be glad To offer you salary Of
ten pounds a week. i am sure you will
have q SUCCESS, 4 t.Un sacesal fou."n be- n
said So turning to- the. orchestra, who
gracefully waved his fiddle, bowed low
and ireplied@ aSans idouten Poor rwo-l
man, SHE looked aiAtotileif eyes to see
ifthey wsfe mocking herr then con-A
WINGED IF their good faith, she mustered
all her strength, and with the strange
surg ing still in her ears. smiled, said s:aliidd
IT thank you, = !, turned quickly and left
the itheatres How she got home was all
ways mystery to her. Martha heard
! faint pull at the bell, nhasteneds TO tie
door, and found her mistress pale as
death. But with 'hsr eyes wide open aid
> set smile on her lips. she put her to
BED, held her qpiveringo body till by BY de-
gress the tortured soul began to still
itself and the oVerwrought brain found
relief in such healingtears as haddnot
come before In those strained days Of
trial. Aid now there was practising
and preparation Of costumes, then TIP tthhp
FIRST appearance and the many succeed
ing. all justifying the acumen OF her
friend, the iiimpressario. III Gradually all
pressing need, the Indebtedness the
grinding care disappeared. and she
could have BEEN comparatively happy.
All day, day., save say lfo5r the morning. hour
of rehearsal she kept Maizie beside
her. 1t was Maizie who made daily
holocaust sof, unopened billet-doux and
adorned her nursery with the flowers
hatinrariably accompanied them.2 It
was Maizie who first enjoyed, almost
inspired, Che dances She invented, and
who first praised her .Sweet Mumsien
In, her artistic costumes. Every even
ing she left the child with a new pang.
though sheIc could not butfeel her safe
mithigood Martha, and flew on the
wings'of love to her bedside ION her fe-t
turn qResofutely she shat her eyes to
an that idispleased her iii her new sur.
rdnndtings,, and soon her dancing be.
came to her an infatuation, For the
time she was on the stage all else, was
forgotten Her grief fell from her like
ailismal garment, and she stood the
personifeation q Of laughing youth, Z
grace and ioy..d Always garbed M white
and with d gadzy wing like scarf4"L La
PaIomaa they called her after her first
dance she floated. in an atmosphere
chaste and poetic, too delicate. to be
misunderstood and, as before, even
thenathe' women. were charmed. Yes,
She might have become content, but
daily Maizie grew weaker and more
fragile, and her heartfailed within her.
She would take the child in her de-
spairing arms and hold her so close
that the little one would cry out, yet
was happy twithal in the embrace; for
she loved .herdt Munsie'' 'with a. deep
devotion. and seemed with a strange
presciencei to understand much. eqs ~
One night-lt was about three months
after her debut-lshe left home "a little
lighter of heart THAN usual. Maizie
had been feverish all day, but had
grown 'quietef toward evening, and
they had mad a royal game Of romps
and ''big, big hug and kiss'' when
she left Toward the close Of the even
Ing she began to grow i'll at ease. and
throwing her fpr-lined mantle about
her,, without changing her costume,
she left the theatre hurriedly, and
jumping into a hanson. was driven
home in AL haste, The front door was
|
open, From the hall came the voice Of
her physician:i isssiie essd f.ssl ssiias ..
tsGo quickly. or she will not know 4
her. stil,saal 7,isl s,is..srs ,z e,s.gi stsii II
!. WHO will not know whomPp she
said to herself. who, viii not know
whomap she reiterated to the pbysician
as she walked quickly intorthe house.
He took her in his strong arms, car
tied her to the nursery, and placed her
IN a chair beside 'hef child. The dear
little face already famed BY the wings
of the angels flushed softly.s
81 was waiting, Mamsie," she whis-
pered; .you will dance fer me now,
IiHrvoiss nhtpsy. 7io icI slst ~ SD
She fell on her 4 nees beside the Couch |
sndto0k tRs'littis one ii her arms. Y
sssweet, lovely Munsie. u said the
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