The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-25

10 me. One ne handed me, saying, What
do YOU think Of that2' 1t said: I know
what you and she waut-a divorce; but
YOU shall never have il. Not while I
live shall that woman be your wife All
those letters ! tore up because ] did
not think We should have them about
ION the morning that we drove to the
pier together he was more wretche1
than I had ever seen him. His hands
shook as though he was in a palsy. I
believe that during the night he mad
planned 10 kill me and himself The
unsteadiness Of mis- hand from drinking
was what saved my life"
Planning for Future.
The girl. confident Of her acquittal.
light-heartedly. yet with the tinge of a
woman's sombcrness. Is planning her fu-
ture.
Il have written my mother that with
in month I shall come home and
make her a visit" she said. Il will
stay for "a month or more until am
quite myself again. and then : want
to go back to the stage and do my best
to succeed in the profession. I want to
begin at the bottom OF the ladder,
stud hard and see what 1 can do l
am going 20 work sincerely, not TO take
advantage Of this hideOus notoriety and
make = cheap sensation for a few
weeks. l love the work and think
have some little talent for il, and I
want To commence Obscurely in some
dramatic not musical comedy, company
and give my life TO my work and to my
family. This has been a bitter lesson,
but ! nave learned IL well, and when /
leave this place''-she looked patheti-
cally around at the gray-stOne Walls-''I
mean 20 put II all behind me and try
/ 20 feel that ! have been born again. I
am only LWeDty-Gne.' she added with
"a. sHL.HF rrI
Will be twenty-five IN September, and
she is praying that she will not have
70 spened her birthday In the gray light
or the IOmbs.
Life on the Stage.
Speaking Of her life on the stage the
woman said.
I joined the : company Of 'Floro-
dora in the fan Of 1901 and finished the
season with the sextet. Then Mr. Fisher
sent me to Chicago to join the sextet
of the original company for six weeks.
In the summer OF 1903 / was with Har-
rinston Reynolds stock company at Los
Angeles. l made up as a pickauinny
with a very black face and very red
dress and sunDOnnet, and sang Emmy
LOU ! was rehearsing a little part IN
The Chinese Honeymoon in New York
but q chance came 70 go 10 California
and had always wanted 50 much TO see
f. California.
Il cannot read any racing news" she
said The lump had come back 20 Len
throat Il always turn over quickly
| LhaJ page Of the newspapers. 1t brings
back my happiest and unhappiest days
We were happy and lucky In California
l always won on the tracks, because Mr.
| Young ran his own horses there. and, u
course, I knew all about them. But
here il was all different FOR both Of Us
I I brought back $3.50 winnings on tht
track, but il didn't last long after ;his
trouble came"
The girl knows that in the direction OF
broOLiug lies madness; that the step:
that have been taken cannot be re
traced, and is resOlutely setting her fac,
! toward the future.
For the dead gambler there is 10 bit
| terucss in her heart.
81 fOTgave him everything" she said
! FOR when he was drinking he did no
know what he did"
So ends the story told by the only wit
ness 10 the tragedy which created NOR,
/ excitement and comment than any Othel
/ happening iu this city in a dozen years.