Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-05-04
Lord Lynne'S Choice
BERTHA M. CLAY.
BERTHA Nj. CLAY.
Continued.

The tableaux was long and warmly
orn1auded. Lord Lynne made very
Tsndsome cavalier; but no painter
ever drew face so perfect as that of
tbe Young girl who stood by him. The
rant love. the coy, pretty, coquettish
sttftude.-there was but one voice in
its praise.
Then the curtain rose upon another
and far different scene. Half hiding
In a kind OF grove or artificial bower
there stood a pale, lovely, fair-haired
GIRL. Her sweet face told its own
tale of terror and hope. Her fair
hair had fallen around her like a soft,
shining veil and her white hands
we're raised and clasped in supplica-
tion. 1t was Agatha Lynne as Amy
Robsart. Standing near her, looking
with naughty eyes and cold, disdain-
fnl face. was the royal lady who would
.sl;n have crushed the, gentle life Of
the fair girl who stood between her
and her love. A terrible moment was
that in which the royal lady looked
upon the gentle girl and knew who
There was something almost sublime
In the concentrated passion Of lnez
LYNNE. Little mercy would she feel
or show to one who stood in the way
of her love. There was something,
too. in the pathetic entreaty of the
Young face that looked into hers.
There was a hush when the curtain
fell upon that picture. Those who
looked felt its force and passion.
Then came a pretty balcony scene,
the lovely love-lit face ot Inez
Lynne shining like a star in the depth
of night, and Lord Lynne as Romeo,
looking as he supposed Romeo to have
looked after the words
O, that / were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!
1t was perfect as a picture; as a
piece of acting it was wonderful.
But there was neither semblance nor
acting in the passionate heart of the
beautiful Juliet; and when the curtain
fell. and the sounds of applause reach
ed her ear, IneZ raised her eyes once
more to the face Of Lord Lynne. This
imte the love did not die out of it; but
he stopped CALAMITY, and kissed the
little white jeWelled hand. He meant
nothing by It; but it was not in hui
man nature to be blind to the love
that glowed in that beautiful face.
There were other tableauX, taken
from some of the most exquisite of
the worlds poems. One of Enid and
Geraiut. where Agatha and Allan
Leigh acquitted themselves with great
credit; another of Guineyere and King
Arthur; and the last of all taken from
a French picture where Inez, as
Marie Antoinette, sat the center of a
group The most brilliant and beauti-
ful of all Then the music sounded
again the curtain fell, and the
tabieauX were ended.
Wonderful" "the greatest treat"
"the greatest surprised" so charm
ing" and such like murmurs filed
the ROOM They discussed Agatha and
Evelyn, Lord Lynne, BERTHE, and
Allan, but few named Inez, and when
they did so it was with lowered
voices. They recognized the genius,
the passion, the grandeur Of her ma
tgre She was a new revelation to
them, was that beautiful Southern
girl
The tableaux were ended, but the
consequences of them never ended for
lHez Lynne Now that Philip had
l0oEd on her with such love in his
face even Though If we're but acting,
never could she bear to see that same
look bent upon another There was
a Wild dizzy JOY that filled her whole
soul and she murmured to herself,
u love him so dearly and so deeply,
NJ must love me in return"