Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-01-09

| Her features were matchless. Sne
had q wealth of dark-brown hair.
which was tightly drawn into . knot
no that It would not interfere with her
In her performances ON tho bar. Her
face was perfect In Its contour. and
every feature was . poem. And yet
It seemed to me that she looked sad
-woefully sad-not like one who en-
joyed the triumph Of succeesful ap'
pearance. but like one who was
ashamed. or who loathed the part sho
played. or to whom some great sor-
row or bitterness had come that had
driven all the brightness from her
life.
The trapeze queen drew herself onto
one of the bars and hung lightly in
mid-air. head downwards. with NO sup
port bus her toes. Then she swung to
and fro. and letting go from the bar.
she seemed to soar through the air
and chung to the flying or swinging
trapeze. On this she gave q marvel
GUS exhibition Of her fearlessness and
wonderful skill. In all Of which her
writhing white muscles shone and
every beauty Of her form seemed to
display to advantage.
The audience watched her in breath.
less silence. and when at last she had
finished. there arose an uproar tho
like OF which was never heard before
In Madison Square Garden.
There werc two men In that
audience VINO were evidently much In.
terested In the queen OF tho nying
trapcze. had seen MaubIkeck. tho
IN oil ev. I'M
dress. looking like handsome pow.
crful man Of the world. standing near
the ropcs. watching tho beautiful aero
bat narrowly. There YVES . smile Of
encouragement ON his face. and he
was amonE the nrst In the applause.
Then. as Nita reached tho ground. q
tall. biack.beardcd. mean.lookinG Ital-
Ian forced himself through tho group
OF attendants. and taking the girl =
hand In his. led her away from our
sight.
And noticed that. although her
countcnancc was dead to us-dcad to
tho tremendous applause and greeting
shc had won from tho peoplc-whcn
skc' passed MaubIkcck Il Was to him
that her beautiful head was bowed.
and ono bright, ncc,ipg smile showed
Itself on her lips when her eyes looked
Into his.
The ncxt act fell flat. and rs neither
Mnubikcck nor Bariotti was billed to
appear = second time. wc soon lost
interest. and before tho. crowd began
to get rcstiers. We loft tho Garden and
went home.
"Don't forget Graviscows's stag to-
r:orTow evening" said the major. rs
! was leaving him. You will be there.
suppose
Hang Graviscourt!- I replied. ayes.
I will bc there. II for no other reason
than TO show the fellow am s;ill aiiv.
and in the arena
Good" said the major. "And good.
night
-'GravIseoart's genius for entertain.
lns ia indinputabic.' said tho major.
on the following cycainE. as he. Dill.
k.ns and sat together. among a scor,
of more kindred spiri,s. all forming IN
sparuesaiivc audience a; Craviscourt's
stag" entertainment.
True ! replied. with q tinrr Of
malice. One almost forE-is who his
host Ia. with so much to amusc.'.
The program was . sort Of vandc-
viiic. There were songs. skirt dances.
comic sketches by more or icss IA.
nous artists In their iinc. and the time
vas 80 well fiilcd and passed 30 pleas
nntty that the hours siidcd by almos;
impcrccptibiy.
Diikins. with his usual curiosity and
push. vas rummaxiak around In some
cabinets he had succeeded In opening.
and hc suddenly electrified US all by
cxriaiminr: y
ny Jove' Dick! Major. Look as
this:-
The major. Craviscourt and I
reached him al the same moment.
by Hcavcn' That facet he cried.
thrustins a photograph into the ma
ior's hand.
That IL q likeness Of Alice Cravis-
court. my brothers wife. taken som.
four years before she died. said our
host. calmly.
is ity'- almost shouted Diikins. ''tf
IL isn't the Queen Of tho Flying Trap
crc. I'm a Dutchmani-
What do you mcan7'' asked Cravis.
court.
Ard the major told him about Ni,a
and Maiisni's circus.
Probably more fancied rc-
scmblancc than true one" he said
calmly. as he took the photograph and
replaced u in the cabinet from which
Diikins had removed Il.
Nothing more was said that night
about the occurrence. but II had pro-
duced in my mind an impression tina:
could not be shaken on.
On the following day. when I awoke.
the frst thoughts that came to me
were of Graviscourt's picture of the
dead woman. With some wild fancy
that I was furthcrinE my own affairs
and helping myself by seeking to over
throw Graviscourt. was led by th.
cxtravagant phantom of my brain TO
Trinity cemetery. Having arrived
there. sought and found the family
riot of the Graviscourts. In which
marble monument reared its head over
three graves.
Three sides Of the monument were
carved ON one I read
Sacred to the Memory of
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