The Atlanta constitution., 1900-01-01

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| had darted that look into hers; those
long heavy-lidded. surly eyes that had al
ways seemed to despise her. and that once
had been the sole light Of her life.
His face was not To be readily mis-
| taken. for its squareness. dark complexion
and strongly marked features gave II
| distinct character. on the other hand, IL
had been seen only for second through
! a haze of smoke. amidst a crowd OF others
and with the footlights between.
She began to persuade herself IL was
some fancied resemblance that had struck
her She had arranged her plans WITH
out reckoning on Trentham. her hopes
and his long absence leading her TO be-
/ lieve him dead.
Now. or at any future time. he was
/ the last man of all others she wished To
/ see. He had taken her money. deceived
her. beaten and deserted her. and she
hated him. scorned him No. IL could
moi he's Trentham come back to cross her
4 life at the moment Of its triumph: even
4 II il were. It was not possible he would
| recognize Jane Simmons in George Gugu.
/, the Light of the Night and the greatest
music hall artist ON earth.
For an that she was disturbed. The
F sight of that face had stirred bitter
/ memories: her mood shifted. and she de-
cided not to attead the midnight supper
.
i she had promised 10 grace with her pres
ence-
I'll have my title and be as good rs
himself or any Of his friends one of
these DAYS" she reflected And | must
begin to shunt all those women he viii
have around him. for II VIII never 40
to have them boast Of their friendship
with tn. countess of Wondford But
once I'm in my proper place. I'll ieach
them and others lesson. Trust me Tor
that"
When on reaching the Nat her maid told
her she had LAID out her dress Tor the
supper party. George Gugu answered ihat
she had changed her mind about H. AS
I'm tired. will sup at home and have
a auiet night for once" she said.
So The gorgeous dress bought for the
occasion was set aside. and some cold
chicken and tongue taken from the lar
der. together with small bottle of cham-
pagne She sat down 20 the table above
which hung q great lamp. whose shad"
Of crimson satin was founced and iringed,
and whose light threw reflections Of the
rcd and green wine glasses on the table
cloth and shone steadily down on a huge
epergne of silver gilt cupids. UNFOLDING
a tawdry bunch Of artificial flowers
She discarded the champagne i'm favor
onion "a favor.te article Of dit in the
o,,len DAYS. when together with bread
ana cheese and q pint Of bitter il served
for her supper six evenings IN the week.
IT,. seventh having additional iuXuries
Of pork and pickles.
Thes. were the times when for a year
Is salary not amounting Ia as much aS
she now earned in. a single night. sh"
had stood for twelve hours daily behind
a bar inhal.ng mixed odors of whisky.
beer and tobacco smoke. when she nift"d
with UNDERGRADUATES and met the coarse
Jokes and rough wit of any Chance Gus
toners who chose to offer them. with
ready cive-and-take cheerfulness that
made her extremely popular.
Amongst the crowd Of undergraduates
that had locked around her. was that
grave. bashfm young lordiing. who be-
EaVed aS IL he had never spoken To
, woman in his life. who looked at her
with ShE admiration. and who spoke To
her with "a respect she had never re-
ceived from any other man. which led
her to think him a bit of fool. a dupe
whom she might be able To inveigle into
"a marriage.
The idea Of marrying him had first
been put into her head by Tr-ntham.
A. she thought of him she brought her
-
table with an angry bang. asking her
self why she should De plagued with rec
elections of the wretch whose existence
she had forgotten for years until this
night when he seemed to haunt her.
Pushing her chair away petulantly from
the supper table. she went into her SIT
ting room. swiShed ON the electric light.
took a cigarette from her case. and
hung herself "a full length In lazy com
fort on a sofa.
This apartment was furnished by it's
occupant with "A taste and luxury ot
which she felt proud. Everything posi-
bl.. was g.lt-the hurid frames of the mum
erous mirrors. the chairs. the wi.ker-
work baskets with trailing silk flowers,
, th, poles from which they hung above
tn windows the fire screen. the mold
ines of the ceiling and paneling of the
doors
The bright blue carpe; screamed at the
vivid yellow table cloth and rich erin
son OF the upholstery. And on chimney
piece and brackets and tables and walls
were photographs of George Gagu ana he,
music hall friends in every conceivable
attitude and costume.
As she Law smoking on the sofa. she
picked up society paper whose pages
she turned earnestly Until a certain para
graph caught her eye. announcing that
the NiSCoant"sS Iiayestpr had been "a
i.rta.ning q select party Ak Hayeston
csurt. amongst whom was the bishop of
Manchester.
With a shirim. derIsivc laugh. George
Gusu Hung the paper To the other side
Of the room.
Well. I'm blcSt. IL this isn't the best
Joke I've read FOR a month of sundays.
she said bitterly. ''ro think of Maggie
Mayion rubbing shoulders with bsh-
on, wordcr what his lordshp would
say il he knew that kanston. the mil
lionaire. gave her a black eye that night
he was jealous of her and check for
four figures Ghc next morning To prevent
her from bringing him before the mag
/ istratc2 Shed take many "A black eye
| for such a consideration. When she
threw Kanston over To marry a title, her
mother-.n-law had a fit. and the county
wouldn't know her: but woman with a
check like that wasn't to bc beaten.
What with her visits TO the poor. that