The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-03-20
Continued from las, week

On lie following afternoon L hAc tAo |
r,..,s,,ra NJ hearing Miss Lee again. !
The ease With which sound taFei'n
through those black doors anu hei'F
curtains was amazing and proved %
mo ,v;st n mouse for stiffness my iait1-
Ioav must have been. was home rafh-
er g rlier than usual that dny' ana ior
a full hour ] heard most distressiu1
outrry. When / first came IN, Miss Lee
seemed to he pleading that somebody
shouldn't be told of something
"Don't tell Lionel, Don't tell Lio-
nelv she reiterated. md Wilton was
nj, the time insisting that she didh
take II hard enough.
hen they went back to e hEster1ca'
scene. and IL ended in case OF S''ile-
sne hvster. with Miss Lee eeph's
uoon our landlady's bosom and aeciaf-
ms, TINT she would never, never, never
amount TO anything; that she mlgh' as
we'll give up and marry Mr.. Wilton II
no couId still care for her. ABd c'uiu
besr Mrs. McAndrew soothing her ana
telling her that she spoke her lines
..nerfectly lovely" while Wilton paeso
| the lloor with Il heavy tread ahe fe-
morselessly called upon the poor Sifi 10
brace up and try 1t : 5ain
For my own part this and subsequent
/ rebearsais convinced me that Miss Lee
did not possess what the late Nh. NC
Andrew had called "the spark by
nv way of thinking she was strained
ard unnatural, and Wilton was all the
1 time trying II make her more So lie
would say constantly: Build II up
Hold 1t up! Work. You've got 10 SUI
fer in this part. That's what it's Tor.
That's what genius is for-to voice TIE
CRY of the human soul. want te
hear your soul sobbing in agony, anu
then I'll be satisfied"
This seemed unkind from man VINO
loved her. but tender hearted Mrs. Nc
Andrew approved the sentiment
One day | yentured 10 say to our
llandlady that l thought Miss Lee had
mistaken her vocation. The eject was
remarkable and unexpected. Mrs. NC
Andrew looked ct me with sort or
pitiful distrust with patned sur
prise. and from that time she never
mentioned Miss Lees efforts ana aspi-
rations.
A few days later. the agony in the
front parlor seemed to culminate. and |
heard no more OF it. | judged that
Miss Lee had had her reading aud hac
been found wanting. She appeared al
the table always with a look Of de
spa.r, and there We're dark lines under
. | her pretty eyes Mrs. -McAndrew
never passed her chair without laying
caresstng hand upon her shoulder
| and II was only at such moments ina
the poor girl would sclne.
AS for Wilton, lie was darser, INN
: ner. more supco edge" AZ the phras
n Is. than ever before. Sometimes l wa
!, upon the point OF getting him into M
room for a good long talk. but his maj
DER was forbidding.
1 And then got O considerable shocl
q II came frcm morning newspape'
wherein / heheld q Two column pictur
!, Of Miss Lee with some lines henear
@ II to the effect that ON the folloSV1n
q Monday she would replace certa!
well known actress IN certain newl
6 ran,ons role. recognized that role.
had heard 1t through the black doors
-. great many times.
took the earliest opportunity to CO.
II gratulate Miss Lee Mrs McAndre
n and Mr.. Wilton. but they were all In
,f trance.
. 1t Will be guessed that had SCI
"a IN n certain theater on Monday eve
ID ing. and there sat Mrs. McAndrew al
Wilton tust ahead OF me. ! could s.
our landludy lay her hand upon b
O arm in a motheriy fashion now 81
then before the curtain went no. III
caught the Infection and was prays
fully nervous. had very little Id
what was said on the stage until Nj
Lee appeared, and then ! came to m
d. self. She looked very charming. l b
had nc idea that her beauty wou
carry" so well. and the surprise W
Z. welcome.
When she began 10 speak, saw tn
she had greatly improved: she seem
more like real actress. Ard when s
wen her first applause l glanced i
of ally at Wilton. He seemed to be siI
ing slowly down into his seat ]
ne head was drawing itself slowly 10, Il
ey a turtles. and 1t had nearly disappear
-, by the end of the first act. II came
again during the second and then slo
M ~ subsidized.
rat In the following interInission fou
him Ia the smoking room. He Y
walking back ard forth, and he seen
lis. TO be eating cigar. / took him By
cir hand. and he stared. Mt me.
IL Miss Lee is great" said l.,
- He shook his bead.
Sif> SHE is making a hit" tnFis'
he. They're spplauding her all the time
..Blast them" be said with fer
- "I1oy'Yc switched her clean Of
&C track. That first burt Of applau'
she confound it, She is thinking Of
success. and 1t IS spelling her. XII
1se her"
Tho But surely the encouragement
.eir There are two kinds OF encouri
n nent." he intercepted. "0ne Is
-. 1xFt Ia @ta a