Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-18

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Joined. "But perhaps you will tell me
why you have favored me with this
CALL"
"Not seen Finnecure Vandeleur!" be
murmured plaintively. "Surely you are
mistaken? You remember Fontiboy in
Lost In the Great Sahara, surely, and
Desmond in"-
"My dear SIR" interrupted, with
some acidity, "will you or will you not
kindly inform me of your businessi
Your professional career is no doubt
highly oreditable, but cannot discuss
the matter with you"
Mr.. Vandeleur sighed. IF these ci.
gars were not really good, Captain
Brett, 1 think I should go now, but as
they are excellent will tell you my er-
rand. l think you are interesting your
self in the South Audley street muir
der?"
|. My tagging attention was at onoe
aroused.
"That is co." replied.
"Well, ! think can give you some
information. This Lady Florence Mos.
tyn had the honor of appearing for q
fortnight with me in the leading parts
of the play which you just now dis.
missed 30 contemptuously. played Des'
mond and she played Maude in Hearts
Are Trumps' some two years ago, and
played them, sir, to crowded houses. "
care you quite certain Of this, Mr..
Vandeleur?" I asked, for the informa'
tion considerably surprised me.
"Quite, captain. When Finnecure
vandeleur makes an assertion, the gos'
pei isn't in it for accuracy.
81 presume the lady had a stage
name?"
Exactly. She called herself Mary
Western, and only knew her real
name when saw the photograph which
is now in every shop window"
"But surely you may be mistaken,
Mr.. Vandeleur. It may be very like
Lady Florence, and yet Miss-what did
you Western may be quite anoth'
er person altogether. y
II think not, captain. The dates CO.
incide pretty we'll. She joined our COM
pany about year after the Duke OF
Lundy's daughter was announced. as
having disappeared, and she certainly
appeared to be in trouble. But it is the
picture rely upon. It's her down to
the ground. She used to wear dress
very like the one che was photographed
in, and the absolute resem blance strikes
one at once Mind you, l was not the
first to notice it. Bill Haynes-you
have seen Bill Haynes, captain. surely
the low comedy man who made such
hit as the count in The Bally Rag
ger?' No? Well, really But to return.
/ say it was Bill Haynes who first drew
my attention to it, and there are others
of our old company who have noticed
it. It's dead certainty. captain; take
my word for it,"
"Then l will take your word for it,
Mr.. Vandeleur, since you are SO certain,
and l am very much obliged to you for
the information You will still further
increase the debt il you will tell me all
you know of her. Have another cigar?''
"Thanks, awfully. They really are
good ones. It's a long time since l sam
pied such box. Oh, I'll tell you all
know, although you never did see Lost
In the Great Sahara. Believe me, there
is treat in store for you. Well, let me
see. 1t was in some money forsaken
Scotch hole she joined Us, but which
particular accursed spot can't remem.
ber now. only know we were all pref
ty we'll stumped We played to 60 los.
houses. captain, and if you've never
done that you don't know what it
means. Fact was, we were ruined by the
leading lady. We were playing The
Lady of Lyons there, and her Pauline
was just about siokening. Even the
Scotch recognized that, and they didn I
much care to see her foundering about
the stage under the influence of their
own particular still. If there Is any
sampling to be done. they prefer to do it
themselves
"Well, there we were when Mary
Western joined US as super Dick
Lambert introduced her, remember, to
Flannery, our manager, and he, being
susceptible, took her on straight off the
reel Dick grew rather sick as time went
on, and once he told Flannery he'd kick
him either up stairs or down-he did
not much mind which-if he pestered
the lady So Dick left the company
had to leave-got the chuck-a fort
night from that day, but he followed us
about from town to town, for every
where that Mary went old Dick was
sure to 60.
"They were curious pair, captain
as curious as ever saw. He seemed
deuced fond Of her in way, and she
fond of him, also in way, but they
never spooned, as you would have ex-
pected. However, that was their con-
Germ, and not mine. AS said before,
Miss Western joined as super, and q
remarkably good one she made, SO much
80 that when an understudy for Pauline
became increasingly necessary che was
singled out for the job.
Zone night her chance came. Pau
line was blind drunk and could not pos
sibly be allowed on the boards. Miss