The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-14
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The interval between this night and
the one on which H. hi last been here
enabled him To draw comparison BE-
tween the Gretchen OF the debut ana
this of the farewell There was scnti-
mental feeling percep IDLE among the
audience The American people are fond
Of sentiment, when malaged dranati
cally; and this, no douhs. In | its cffcct
on the singer. and warmed and sweet.
ened the mu,ic Of her voice But, such
accidents aside, it was e,ilcnt that
she had improved, though precisely in
what respect Bellingham would have
found it difficult to say. Her III luaef
was less cyuberant, more concise and
true. She hal learned he: power and
her resources. am usel them with full
confidence rld ar
In her singing, moreover. could he dia.
cerned nos the music merely. but tn
human character which the poet ppr-
trayed. When size was on the stage il
was difficult to realize the separate eS.
istence Of anything else; wherever she
stood She WIS the center and reason OF
the scene. Every gesture and move.
mplt WAS AN enlightenment and graft.
tcation. She was always where she bc-
longed. Each thing she did so nicely
fitted the occasion that the spectator
fancicd he had known beforehand that
it would SO be done. This IL wiz. she
was born for" said Bcllingham TO him
self with gloomy iranlncss. Il shoall
only have been in the way. I'm glad
came here, If only to have made sure oi
that. Such woman should no more br
monopolized and Gagged in donestci'y
than a waterfall or n strain oY music
The mischief of it is that did not rccog.
nize the fact before"
As he sat absorbed in her, ana happy
in spite of his unhappiness, he noticed
that she carried in her girdle II bunch of
margueriteS. The discovery gave him
gradual start, so to say: he became only
slowly aware how much it surprised and
affected him. He had always provided
her with bunch of them, whenever sh,
sang in Faust" from the first day on
ward; often not without difficulty, for
daisies do not grow in northern meadows
all the year round. Had she, during his
absence. been procuring them for her.
self, or was this the first occasion of her
Wthiih~ tutin SlllCt Ht WtHl AWAY. lnt
former was much the more likely. Ac-
tresses become accustomed to little par
ticulars of the toilet, and are not at ease
without them. Nevertheless Belling.
ham could not Danish the notion that
the latter alternative might be the true
one. Dad he believe it because he
wished itp Why should he wish it: 1t
was useless to torment himself with suct,
questions.
In matters appertaining to Miss Ran
dolph he seemed to be swayed by an in
huence. a fate, IN attraction, almost in
dependent of his own will and reason
| What could be more unreasonable than
to suppose that this bunch of marguerites
was secret signal to him to come t,s
her, to speak with her. to be once more
all that he had been to her-and more:
Had not that interview in last evenings
snow storm put IN end to all such an
ticipations: But. again. was this the
same woman who had vanished from
him in the bus on that occasion? Wits
so much difference in her surround
| ings was there none in her! Well, she
had betrayed no consciousness of his
presence tonight. They had exchanged
no glance, as sometimes in the former
days. After it was said and done, how
ever, Bellingham knew that he should
find himself behind the scenes, face ia
face with her. before the night was
over.
lingo, by what he considered bold
stroke of statesmanship, had placed one
of the stage boxes at the disposal of
Nile. Mariana. known as Mrs. Peters.
"If she means TO make "A row." he ar
gued, treating her gentlelnanly won't
make it worse, and it may just tone her
down little" But, whatever the lady
may have thought of the compliment,
she omitted to avail herself OF the box.
When the curtain rose she had not ar
rived, and the box remained empty all
the evening. This was of evil omen to
the peace and friendly feeling which
Gen. lingo was so solicitous to insure.
He resorted frequently to the bar,
though with no good effect on his anx-
iety.
"NOw, what the blazes can she be up
to, ehY' he frequently asked himself and
the elder Randolph, as the hours passed
away He seemed to think she was
quite capable of coming into the house
with a Nihilist bomb, by way of ex-
pressing her dissatisfaction. AS for Ed
he knew rs little about her as any one
else, though he had learned, before com
ing down to the theatre, that she was
not in her rooms at the hotel. She had
gone out, but had not left word where
she was going.
The audience seemed determined ON
this night to surpass all previous demon
strations OF enthusiasm. A cynic might
| hnYe snil thnt tlnX had set their learts