Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-02-03

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11Sad q politely ,lilte e ernaps you'll have az:
other:'s II & : 5. 81 Ia s.e . ; IS s
+ & 'tllh.a,akst ! don mind if do, = he
{ {: coolly replied. and then selected one
t with grea { care and proceeded to light.it.
I! *ss: haa not intended my suggestion to
!. be followed, So. with particular en-
, .rhasis Oh my ACTIONS, got up, closed
! the box, placed it in a drawer and
! turned the: key: ~ ~. s.: -.
~ suppose YOU got Ito be pretty
careful. in a hotel, captain?" my com
! panion went on after watching my pro-
ceeding with considerable interest.
! lone cannot be too much so," re-
joined; "otherwise somebody is sure to
! take advantage of your negligence.
MyAvisitor did not seem to consider
himself referred to by my speech, or at
any rate be did not deign to notice it.
"Wel], captain, he went on. IT sup
! pose you don't kn ow whom you are ad-
dressing'''
II have not that pleasure, I replied
grayely
=: IT am Fnnecure vandeleur.
, T bowed
"Finnec;we vandeleur, captain, be
: repeated.
$50 you sail before
"And SO l say again, sir. There is
only ono Finnecure Vandeleur''
"Thank heaven for that" l said to
myself.
(which piece have you seen me in
captain?:'
; '':I'm afraid / don't remember to have
seen you at all, Mr.. Vandeleur,' I re-
/ joined "But perhaps you will tell me
| why you have favored me with this
! CALL
"Not seen Finnecure Vandeleur he
murmured p]aintive)y. ,"Sure]y you are
| mistaken? You remember Fontiboy in
Lost In the Great Sahara, surely, and
Desmond in
"My dear SIR" I interrupted, with
some acidity, "will you or will you not
kindly inform me Of your business?
Your professional career lis no doubt
highly creditable, but cannot discuss
the matter with you"
Mr.. Vandeleur sighed. IF these CT
CARS were not really good, Captain
Brett, think should go now, but as
they are excellent will tell you my err
rand. thiuk you are interesting your
self in the South Audley street muir
der?"
Ny Tagging attention was at once
aroused
| "Th@@ss is so,'' l replied.
well, / think can give you some
! information. This Lady Florence Mos
/ tyn had the honor of appearing for a
| fortnight with me in the leading parts
of the play which you just now dis
missed SO contemptuously. I played Des-
mond and she played Maude in Hearts
Are Trumps' some two years ago, and
| played them, sir, to crowded houses"
Are yon quite certain of this, Mr..
:! Vandeleur?' asked, for the informa-
tion considerably surprised me. -.
! '"Quite, captain. When Finnecure
| Vandeleur makes an assertion, the COS.
! pei isn't in it for accuracy"
! 81 presume the lady had stage
nape?''
EXACTLY. She called herself Mary
: Western, and l only knew her real
name when saw the photograph which
is now in every shop window. -
, but surely you may be mistaken.
! lIr. Vandeleur 1t may be very like
Lady Florence, and yet Miss-what did
! you Southwestern may be quite anoth-
| er person altogether.
- think NOT corfc;,, nri,o A. to., m
+; !ncide 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 she was photographed
in, and the absolute resemblance strikes
one at once. Mind you, was not the
first to notice it, Bill Haynes-you
/ have seen Bill Haynes, captain, surely
the low comedy man who made such
a 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
I Va S~H1 OA" coAA pnhy WIZ law AutJGSu
it. It's dead certainty. captain; take
my word for it, =.
"Then Twill take your word for it,
Mr. Vandeleur, since you are SO certain,
| and ], am very much obliged to you for
the information. You will still further
increase the debt if You will tell me all
you know of her Have another cigar?''
:: = Thanks, awfully. They really are
/ good ones II ga long time since cam
I pied such q 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 yon.: Well. let me
see. 1t was some money torsaken
Scotch hole she joined Us, but. which
| particular accursed spot I can t reinem:
Der now. I only know we were. all pref.
q we'll stumped We played to s2 / Be-.
| houses, captain, and 1T you've. never
done that you don't know what it
I means. Fact was, we were ruined BY the
leading lady We were playing The
Lady.of Lyons there, and her Pauline
! was just about sickening Even the