The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-09
fully designed to touch Lady seaton's

fully designed to touch Lady Seaton's
motherly heart.
That lady was overjoyed TO find that her
boy was no. too much attracted by the re-
ported Vaccinations of the Red Lion bar
maid TO be enthusiastic about a lady. Truth
to tell. the young baronets Irritation in
that quarter was very harmless one; but
there was nothing to do in Oidford. and the
least incident was productive of gossip.
Odford went quite mad about Miss Mary
Monk. In rags as Elspeth. with her spien-
did hair waving to her knees. the young
girl looked so lovely that Lady Seaton shed
tears, and her son completely lost his head
and yelled Bravo until he was hoarse,
when Mary was led on by William Wor-
maid to take her call.
Her acting had been dainty and delight
full. although from strictly critical point
of view it could not be compared with the
admirably ripe and humorous performance
by Miss Rosie Heather of a kind-hearted
coster-woman. But in the second piece,
when that excellent woman bounded heav-
lily on TO the stage, literally bursting from
a tight riding habit. with q am-colored
wig accentuating the size of her head. and
proceeded TO address the lovely Dresden
china looking creature in powdered hair
who played Lady Plantagenet as my dear
old great aunt" litter ran through the
house, which gradually rose TO shout of
laughter as the play proceeded.
Miss Rosie Heather was furious. She was
rot only rude and unkind to poor Mary.
who. she said, had ruined the piece by
her silly vanity and ridiculous makeup
but she went so far as to insinuate that
Miss Monk had only taken the engagement
u 'scrape an acquaintance with Sir John
Seaton," and made herself so insolent and
offensive that poor Mary went TO bed in
tears, but little comforted by an affection
etc letter sent to the stagedoor by Lady
Seaton, insisting in carrying her off to
lunch on the following day.
Pale and red-eyed little Mary looked In
the morning when she slipped away 20
Seaton Place. afraid to mention her des-
tination lest she should provoke another
cutburst of vulgar spite from Miss Heather.
But when, an hour and half before the
curtain rose, Sir John Seaton drove Mary
hack to her lodgings in his dogcart and
carefully helped her down, under the
room window, William Wormald who had
the entire afternoon. waylaid her as she
was entering the house.
Excuse me, please, but 1 wouldn't ad-
wise you to go up just now he said. Miss
Gathers that angry with you there's no
Gliding 'er. You see, in a quiet place like
this. people talk, and you're so young and
so beautiful, and of course you don't know
what gossip there will be about Sir John
Seaton's attentions
please say no more, Mr.. Wormald I
think 1 may be allowed to choose my own
friends."
DO you think l think the worse of you.
miss?" the young man cried. ITO show
the opinion l have for you, l ask you to
do me the honor to marry me. And you
may take that upstairs 10 Miss Father,
and say William Wormald said it and keeps
to it.''
"Oh, / won't say that" Mary exclaimed,
touched, amused and angry all at once,
because, you see, / have another piece
OF news for her. Lady Seaton is a very old
friend of my family, and this afternoon at
her house I promised to marry her son.'