The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-03-01

side took the senseless woman in hit
arms
"Susan, Susan, speak to me. dearest
'Tis |. Rupert. Speak. speak,
He chafed her hands and bathed he,
forehead from a bottle snatched from m
adjacent table.
Her eyelids slowly unclosed, and 81,
smil ID wanly.
W hat is the matter. dear heart? Yo,
tax your strength too much in rising
Why
"Oh, Rupert. l am but little weak
am recovered now. | know | am. \
few more quiet days and | shall move II
the world again. This confinement i,
killing me. | must breathe the fresh air
see the faces of the crowd and-and heaI
the clamor of the audience again.
Nay, nay, Susan. you are too weak
and you know there is no need to pla,
again So long as you grant me the honor
OF accepting my help. Become my wife
dearest, and we will go away into the
country and see if the meadows and tho
woods will give you strength"
Il leave. not London" size answered
till tread old Drury's boards. wonlG
mo Ioovn =, 'ao+ o.',,-i." '''i' iie 'HlS' 'cl
marry Won ~, th, pay '',' .n'it' anu / Will
ave uhotba,. - y. '',I'l"T VI 'hat uay-
or takns mo ~ ~. @ om'' i-oI,''oii .eFl1e'
n.rt dnorr 10 ~. ',lS i., - 'iiS' Nu
"Rut Sns,r ,a,, ,,,,, r'"E
i Will Succor my strength then. Be
sides, am better. Nh, yea. | feel se
much better. You know not how very
"Wrll Won Ln i 81 ~, ~.
mark me. Won ,ro FOO III ~. ed1" 10 YET
"God bInss thoo p'n,.5, '''i N.
ness makes mo volI con,,,l,.o1,. - 70oU
He folded her in III, .t,,,,,,, ,,,..
as She told him oU ovor a,,oi,, - Li,
dreams he soothod bnr ina i"n+Io sI,,,,,
ber Gum
And nv ana h, ,,.ho,, a., ,....,.-
of her Lrcotbin% fol nno, -; '''''a %
crrnt from ,l,, rno,,, a,,l ,,.,,, ~
Not many d,vs intorronaJ ~, Eoc," ""S
rumnr snnd ,rlnad tL,,,,,,,l, an .I' 4"
A new actress v,s to ,,,,,... ~ ~.
Lane in tho cborartor or n,,LaIi, i,aI 'I' !,
was whiSpprpd that ot l,.t \unn OIdf,lt
would have q worthy e,,cco,.,,,. -, tl,..'..
famous hoarls Su.,n I,o,d ,,.a. L,.,
name and wild talns wont rr,,,,, ,,,.,,,,i,
to mouth of where she coro From, ,,,l
who She was.
The old publican who had spokon IN
such great thougb un,n,v.in,, ,,,,.,,...o
beneath Susan's window becamn in bis
particular circle n man of rncooniznd
wisdom His preyiors assertions rnn.
corning "tbc little provincial buss,', v.,,o
locked unon as Insured ard ovriv foolish
thing he now uttered was borl,nn.d tc
with open mouthed attention and won.
dcrmcut
Susan. though still troublod with occ,.
sional its of faintuoss. stuficd brr n,rt
with astonishing apnlication orion .bo
awolp in the mid,lln of rho MIN ,nJ
arose and rchearscd her scenes. untl rar.
ried away hevopd rcmombrauca of srr.
roundiurS She forgot to suldrn nor voire
any LONGER and snnLo tho lin.. With all
the feeling they really demanded
But as the night of her dehut drnv
nearer She became ouiotpr ana annno,el
less high strung. Only tn Ernert 1,ripg
the long hours they Ind togrtber Womb
she keen SAVING with doom and soulful
enthusiasm: Il Shall be q grcat success
Rupert know it, fcrl ~
At last the cvcntfrI pirbt arrivcd and
pruly Lane was hacked in ovnrv nvoiI.
able corner. The beaus hand taken nm
hour longer oyer thcir toilets tb, d.ni.
zens of the nit sportcd ribbons in tboir
hats and the whole atmosphere bcspole
anxious eypectancv. The onIv rrgrrt
was thai the part Of Opbeia had mon
chosen for the debut. and nor q character
Of moro prominence and pos.ion
The earlier narts of "uamInt'' were
hardly listened TO- and ever and anon
cries of .'TIastcn." "Ophelia, Ophelia." !"