The morning times., 1897-02-28

Lord! When | took you flom il, rever
thought Things would reach such a pass
with us, that you'd ever have to even
think of it cSain, Besides you know what
a disapI ointMg struggle you had with
having TO come on for five years, and
never getting beyond simply appearing
in a cap and apIon to drop a curtsey, or
best with three OF four-word part, and all
that because your fool of Il mana ger couldn't
see that you were equal to any part, and
brighter and prettier than any leading
lady he ever { OF his grasping old clutches
on. Damn himr'
tAh, Charlie! You know I've told you
that when ever you swear IN swear, too,
and you kEow damn doesn't sound pretty
from rour wife's lips. AS You say, l never
had an opportunity to show what really
could do, but somehow il seems to me,
since I've been married, ! have sort of
bIoadened OUT and with my deeper eXpe-
rience have really gained an added depth
myself l believe if l were to try l
could make a success as an actress now -
''Cecelia, l simply will not permit it. 1t
does seem as if q fellow with plenty of
brains and thorough training in his pro-
fession, such as L have had. particularly
that hospital work in London, ought to
succeed; but here I've had my shingle out
these six months, and absolutely not a
patient, except the washerwoman and one
of her friends, who, as you know. would
simply lift up their hands in holy horror if
l should venture to o,suggest such a thing
as a fee. The plain state of the case is
that we have exhausted the small legacy
my aunt left me. and have simply $50 be-
tween US and bankruptcy. Now, in
heavens name, what are we to do with
the handsome sum OF $T52 1t will Just
about pay our way for another month, and
then
''oh, there surely must be some way; it
will never do to use the last penny in this
dreary waiting for patients that won't
come No, my dear, we must invest this
last seventy-five, for it's our only chance;
for goodness me! when it comes to selling
trinkets and things-but [ Won speak of
that. / knew what that W as before had
to try the stage as last resort, when
papa failed; and, now that he is gone
neither of US have, any one at all to fall
back ON. We VIII Iust have to find path
out of the muddle. Why, Charlie, look
here! l do believe that my experience
as a fourth-rate actress may stand us in
good stead after ALL for il | don't return
to the stage of d bona fide theater. can
at least play uppnthe oredulity of some of
the people in a fashionable neighborhood,
with the side walk sand front doorsteps of
your office as my stage, Not your present
office. my dear, hidden down town, among g
a hundred like it, bnt fashionable office
in fashionable neighborhood--'
But, Cissy, +"
.Come, don't say a word until 1 have
unfolded my scheme. Now, in the first
place, you and must give up these rooms,
which, simple as they are, are too eXpen-
sive for US in our present financial de-
pression.' You, insteadof that office down
town, shall find two handsome parlors at,
say seventy y-five or one hundred dollars
per month, take them, get up a handsome
specialists sign, and possess your soul
in patience until a practice is yours
But, Cissy, think of the money it will
take"
But me no butts, my boy; haven't
my diamond necklace and bracelets that
you, foolish fellow, purchased in the days
of your youthful ardor for your little
actress when the wind-fall of your aunt s
legacy seemed mine Of affIuence to Us
both? Now, shall take a cheap room
on the next street back of your new office
and, with the aid OF my makeup box, q
few wigs, which / still possess, and my
still handsome wardrobe, believe 1 car
represent a constant il not very large
practice. Now, can, with the aid of wells,