Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-31
alllUD'S VENGEANCE.

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-. my advice, Morris. Leave
.D scps alone or you'll get into a
Nc I once did," he added re-
~, Max Deuchars, the well-known
,'Ds who had spoken, and the
rstantly OWNED that an adVen-
lay beneath, ,,
T. story, Let's have the story
Id with one accord, and some
With delicate forethought, filled
il glass.
1sj, | suppose there is one, if you
call it SUCH" he said, $50 here
/ Most of you remember my en-
!, thp professiOn''-there was only
mofpssion in Deucharss eyes
MI probably did not know that it
mre accident that gave me my
pbsnce. But so It was. l was
FOR very minor part, indeed, but
4 always ambitious, and even then
mderstudied Barraud, the prin-
baritone, so thoroughly that l
| practically word-perfect in his
4 Ee was a good actor and the clev-
1 have ever known at makeup,
aTeless and Indifferent and en-
nd with a temper the reverse of
II, which caused him to fly Off
tangent on the slightest provoca-
] One night he failed to show up
be proper time. Dickinson, the
Tiger, was at his wits end. The
! lar understudy was taking a holt
The audience could not be paci-
! much longer, and he was at a loss
10 do. Then | stepped in and
|leered to play the part. He eyed
|1bOuSly for a second or two, but
9OSe | looked pretty confident,
h said
4 I'll right; try-and for goodness
be quick.
tied, and-Well, l made a hit.
" weeks later, when Barraud's
cement required renewing, Dick
offered me the part as a per-
'lV Naturally, | accepted. This
the chagrined baritone's resent
against NE, though his dismissal
|@urely the result of his own neS-
r. and he went away uttering
Of vengeance against what lie
" MY sneaking ways.
much for Barraud. l did not see
gain for nearly two years, during
\ played the hero nightly with
EsSly torbids me to say more than
\ amount of success. And now,
got rid Of what a novelist would
We prologue, let me commence in
N with the story.
aa been asked to sing at a morn
~acert somewhere in the suburbs
VI charity. Immediately / as
\ The platform | became colt
VI the surprising beauty OF one
|lOng the row after row in front
The girl did not look more
" Or 20. The exquisite contour
cheeks, the shapely mouth and
40 above all, her eyes, fringAd
Shes that seemed to droop in
FFy to conceal their depths oil
u went to make up a face that
|FI night perfect in it's lowell
Fl a hazy idea of having seer
Fore somewhere, but could no
/ it into anything definite. Eaci
lew bars rest gave me the op
Fly | looked down upon her
\ to say she was generally gaz
ne at the same moment, and
Eaaees met. Once 1 could swear
se even smiled at the circum-
sAd lowered her eyes purposely
+ The same during my second
subtle kind of magnetism
10 play between us.
Is encored, and this time I re-
~ gong no further from the
~ 'han just out of sight of the
s When l reascended it, the
mad occupied was empty.
Nppclnted, and racked my brain
mink where | had seen her.
returned to the artists
VI Use awaited me. A tiny
'n my bundle of songs, with
y On the envelope. Instantly
u the conclusion that it was
y, ~ With the owner of the lovely
~ Tore ii open IN a little futter
w ,Isht. Inside was just a plain
d J. - Traced in pencil, in a dainty
= hand, this:
~t and see me. l have some
tell YOU
D., ~ ohce elated and disappoint-
~ a. because I felt that my
Is - correct; disappointed that
ss sven 10 name, nothing where
81 Identify her. She gave an