The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-20

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arthur half blinded by the coming Of a
light shaI the world had never seen be
fore On a suddeu, ne had nothing ID say
10 her, so she spoke.
You are well, Mr. Lord I am glad to
see you"
Il came to ask you to forgive ne. il
you can. for the terrible bIoJch / made of
my part, last night God Knows where 1
was in that scene"
she looked up brightly, about TO say
something conventional when she read IN
his eyes something that made his simple
words suddenly assume weiEhty and com
pick meanings confessions of a past sin
gularly free from passions, lightning flash
es OF q new future, ineXtriCably eUtan-
gled with the mysterious Law Of Love,
the downfall and the uprising OF old and
new forces and in The midst CT IL
all. as a pivot OF life some woman, her
self OF another.
Where were yOu2 Try TO think" she
said on the impulse Of that instant'5 rev
elation- You must not 20 there again
Il was in some paraside-whether an
angels or a FOOLS, l can't say probably
a FOOLS"
Or just a mere human beiug's2 ] sup
pose We should die f we didn't sneak into
them sometimes. Most OF us haven't any
business there 1 dare say. Don't do IL
again. Il isn't good for you, 10 say moth
ing of the play
Yes. to say nothing Of the play Il
wasn't good for the play
NO. Il wasn't good for the play
Miss DelaGeId repeated.
Did she guess the riddle that had been
put suddenly TO him. He thought not, and
he was right she was asking herself
whether d was herself-OT another wOm-
am Her devotion TO her art had left her
little vanity She had not the exaggerated
sense Of self-impOrJance common TO
women whose misfortune IL is 20 have
nothing by which to measure
themselves. Yet. as she thought OF
the possible other woman. she felt d sense
of discomfort. of vague envy for her who
should have this man for a lover.
she turned her face away and looked
dow n. through nearby window, on the
hustle Of the street as If 20 recall herself
sharply from dallilnte with fantastic
emotion Stanton Lord saw the look and
misread IT,
Il viii not detajn you longer" be said.
with some stiffness. and in another min
ute he Was gone. Anne DeIafeid wen 10
her desk and began 20 write conventional
notes 20 this person and that. The tCna~Of
his voice al parting had hurt her. and she
wished 20 forget that she was hurt. since
the feeling held an element Of ab5Urdity-
That afternoon Stanton Lord sent her a
box of pansies and micn0uet-e. and the
next moment he regretted that he had
sent IT, That evening he was Stanton
lord Of the stock company Of the Ma-ss-
Tic Theatre she WAS Anne DelaGeld, an
English actress He pulled himself to-
ge,her for the part OF Armand DUvai
driving his heart out of his own body
that IL might lodge under the coat OF the
hero He acted indinoreutly we'll. but he
could not dwell long on the success or
failure Of his playing. Her face came be-
tween him and the house. on whose favor
he had staked SO much bur q week before
or The stage. he gave himself up 90 her
as he had given himself up 20 loving
Camille ON those first golden nights
This COU.N not last long The love o.
Stanton Lord for Anne DeIataII was
stronger Than that of DuvaI for Camille.
ART dropped from this naa in the clutch
Of nature. as an elabOrte raimeur from
one intolerant of ITS weight. Nature is
not for the stage He became more and
more awkward i'm Miss DeIaneIds pres
euce. tie was conscious Of her. not OF
Camille. az every turn. and in consequence
the audience soon became aware that he
was not Armand Duval. but someone else.
who threw the play out OF harmony TIE
newspapers. catching the spirit of he
house made mouths al ford in The ORA
matte columns He found himself de-
thrOned in a night. rs he had been set up
between TWO miduights- One amiabIs
critic begged the audiences az tHn Tafe-. i'd.
NOT 20 throw things al the Lending man.
he is probably dO.EE the best he can
Lord read this attempt AT humor with
out any feeling OF bitterness. He lid not
grasp its fuu significance until he re-
I later Il CURLY Informed him that
he must give Gp the part Of Ar
mand Duyal- the theatre could not az
ford 10 suffer. the IE..er went ON.
/ through his damnabIe acting which even
made a Iaughingst0ck Of Miss DeIadeId.
/ John Belmont would take The part that
/ evening.
Stanton Lord awOke as from a dream.
/ He did not call himself names this time.
{ but he went out into the clear winner
/ sunshine with the shrinking Of a man
{ disgracei for life. His first thought was
| not Of what this meant TO himself. 10 his
/ family his friends but OF what she would
/ think. How could he ever hope. now. that
/ she would grant him the supreme request
/ Of his sOulr Would she not turn away
{ from hiru as from one whose treachery
! TO his art stamped him traitor in all
/ other relations OF life That his love Tor
her hdd ruined MS ECIlng would never eX-
! CUsc him in her eyes
! Il shall never see her again-never. %
he said over and over 10 himself He
/ would never dare to face her. She lad
/ beea kind 20 him once but he could Tot
/ take aims from her. His bitter reverIe s
were sharply ended by his meeting John
/ Belu ont himself The young man was
/ flushed and excited. and il was with a vlsi-
! bic effort that he toned down his manner
/ on meeting his defeated rival
! "AWfully sorry Lord but its Jevilish
good luck for me us an I'll wind You
! know I've just been up 10 see Miss Della
| deld-nOt professionally A mutual friend
1 introduced US last week On. yes is
a great thing FOR me. Going to sue any
/ body. Lord"
NO. ! think ] shall study the law
| Lord answered drIly His first warm de-
/ sire TO Kill Belmont, then and there In
! the glare Of the avenue, changed sud
denly to a dreary sense Of the useless