Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-01-05
A SEHILE TRAGEDY.
4 Story Of Unrslenting Jealousy
which Age Coald Not EGhce'

hrnllp,hf relief only no the peDDleS u.
,he Iva ,hor.side which hissed as the
,ide came smoothly ND to cover them,
md to the Ettle green crabs. who
had lain tornid under the sand. aud
who now sta'guered nm in rapture to
greet the cool ripple overhead. But
no breeze came in with the tide, and
the quay and the tall, white houses
s,ill re,l in the sunset, were bakin.
in The afterplow and throwing of
Sitting waves of the heat gathered in
the long hours of blazing sunshine.
Passing the end Of the quay went
,,,, nhesrf,l ratanlan Of the band
l,ri,ni,u hack the one hundred and
saan''I nmont of the line Women
~ hrno lists and white cans sat on
tha ,t,orstars KNITTING long. black
,s,oo,.;rrs rho museum on,e had
o,osaI en,;,rst rho naw,ing Americas
4amily and outside MS bars the eldest
,ao,,rStsrrr,dnatn of Vassar-stood
.;oL;rn off in ber mride. hook the oh
;an,s ~ interest Mat dav visited Hel
t,thar stnnsfed with sunshine and
si,aht. saain~ Park King in exile
was snitti@p SADLY on the hot flag.
stones
rho oafos and estamirets were
u,a,..;nu " u,ith mas Thn brightest
Sn,,oa, ,l,na stroamod across tbe
$500 80 80. So" 49, pa1n;s do pOriant /,
i vaa .o Wv nnon at ON. srd 70 Inc
lause aoJ a y. J r., ,,,'a a. r;r - ~, cb n
So. "An rL Nv ~ ,,..,. ,,ano IN cor.
49,. .ho fan on1 i.rnjinr an accom-,
nanimar', to thn cars,worn artist in
q hl,ck drpSs.eoa, vhn supported his
hat Mt tba and Of his cane which he
oorr;od an his sbon,der at the stone
Nba SONG WAS of a certain Leocadje
md directad attention to the vjyacjty
rather t,ban to tbe domestic qualities
~ tbat vouno nerson The blue and
black COTTON bIouses seated around
~ uoon AMI Tho sons- ofyiciars stand
~ h. tba door ioina1 in The .fna,
nhor,s os Il n vera a ritual response
Tha tweed-claa Enulishmon seated
o,lone .nd rStnnino n,tientIv at 8
marhle-tonned toble in fine middle
had recognized phrase in the pre-
ceding verse. and applauded his lin
puistic success by stamping with his
feet. but at fine chorus which sound
ed in HRS ears as "Et 81 ling enfir
halabonne tara" he sank back il
his chair with an air of disappoint
ment and defeat
The singer resumed his chair OF
the dais. placing his hat and stcl
carefully beside him. and the youn!
lady in the Swiss dress. who sat nea.
him, rose and trpped forward to tn,
front of the platform. She smiled II
the Englishman, even when her eye
showed her anger at the scanty audi
ence, vino. pigs that they were, hat
no appreciation of art IN Their pro
vlnclal souls. she stood forward u
The glare OF the gas, singing OF In
mountains ana the cows ana 'h
cralets Where love ives
Two men, alone at corner table
watched the Engllshman absorbed
as. he received tine change Tor Ma
Poreoh. lhey were SUING IN shaot
%na on l y, '" ti ,1 an ill.," a' "Ih ne
h au ' ,i r ms 'r p''' tapo" ".
e $50 "'s grass y, ''V'"' ',.o I'Vl III
a h"sei ""'0"s "'' 'e'''e''U s'"
a '','
ilie'e was a '1'''e' nv S''u, SUI
uelfy, "ipno'i 'ooN''O1 ro"nu, "he
use" 10 era &c " sO.u Pleee ,ro'll III
poche' "'ne'' l pau '"' NY o''uh'
HIS companion an old man. too
surveyed the tourist enVlously fror
the SOFT gray cap to the stout, Eng
i'sn-l'raNe "alN'iS-ooo'S'
An monsieur, he sad, tina
young mans STUPID, fresh face IT
MINDS me that /, 100, II you WI
credit me, was once an Englishman.
The other turned his sunken eye
from the contemplation of the strar
ger to regard the man beside hr
with a polite elevation of the eye
brows.
"Vraiment, monsieur?" he said.
But. yes-I who speak to YOU
was English, | tell YOU. English Orc
prietor, with fifty thousand francs q
rentes, and now'-he pulled blac
card-case from his pocket and select
ed a very shiny card. engraved vii
many Observation-Disclosures,
sentomt of fine housp Vpuve p'cnt q
fills fabricators at Grosse. Of ,he =,
nownsd Oronye Flower Soan'-a noo
commercial Traveller. Won spe. who ha
almost forgotten his own tongue"
"uonsie,r has nv svmn,tbies III