Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-04
Lord Lynne'S Choice
BERTHA NJ CLAY.
Continued.

The tableauX was long and warmly
applauded. Lord Lynne made very
handsome cavalier; but no painter
ever drew a face so perfect as that of
the young girl who stood by him. The
attitude,-there was but one voice in
it's 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 it's own
tale of terror and hope. Her fair
hair had fallen around her like soft,
shining veil, and her white hands
were raised and clasped in supplica-
ton. 1t was Agatha Lynne as Amy
Robsart. Standing near her, looking
with naughty eyes and cold, disdain-
full face, was the royal lady who would
fain 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
she was. It was faithfully rendered.
There was something almost sublime
in the concentrated passion of Inez
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 hush when the curtain
fell upon that picture. Those who
looked felt it's force and passion.
Then came pretty balcony scene,
the lovely love-lit face Of 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 l were glove upon that hand,
That | might touch that cheek!
1t was perfect as 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
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
Geraint, where Agatha and Allan
I oil oh mi
credit; another of Guinevere 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-
full of all. Then the music sounded
again the curtain fell, and the
tableauX were ended.
Wonderful" 1.-THE greatest treat"
"the greatest surprised" $50 charm
ing!" and such like murmurs filled
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
ture. She was a new revelation to
them, was that beautiful Southern
girl.
The tableauX were ended, but the
consequences of them never ended for
Inez Lynne. Now that Philip had
lookd on her with such love in his
face, even though it were but acting,
never could she bear to see that same
look bent upon another. There was
wild dizzy JOY that filed her whole
soul, and she murmured to herself,
Il love him so dearly and so deeply,
he must love me in return"