Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-06-18

saw heT, lmpuiSlVe, Changeful, swift for
anger, and even more swift tc relent.
/ eaprlcious, kind. generous in all things,
ana fascinating by reason of no practiced
tones and glances, but simply because
she was, apparently, perfectly natural.
ohiy the principal actors and actresses
mad been with her in Australia. so that
WIS learned very little from her com
pamons respecting Miss Winchester.
OFTEN an elderly lady, for whom Auriol
showed the tenderest consideration, came
down to rehearsal, and Daisy told Ivis
That she was Mrs. Winchester, though
between her and her tall. distinguished
looking daughter, slight resemblance
could be traced.
That Auriol Winchester was good
woman, who had won success by her
| great gifts. and by hard work and per
severance, Iyis also beard.
! The night of the final dress rehearsal
came. Daisy, experienced in such mat
| tiers, had secured comfortable corner
OF the large dressing room, where she and
WIS might dress together, and had mi
tlated her into the mysteries of making
up. Daisy was a bewitching little page,
and Ivis had just donned the graceful
| robes OF an attendant To the princess.
Another girl came up to borrow from
Daisy's makeup box.
| I've just seen Miss Winchester 90
down." she remarked; "she does look
! beautiful"
Ma says the people went simply wild
over her in Melbourne and Sydney" said
Daisy; 1T will be just the same here, l
expect"
"She was going to leave the stage a
few months ago, too; did you know
that"
Going to leave the stage?" repeated
Daisy, increduiously. why was that
Laura"
she was going to be married." re-
| turned Laura, proud of her superior
knowledge. My sister Kate was playing
in sydney at the time, so | know"
lvis pretended TO be busy with her
sandals, but her heart was beating wild
| ly VITA emotion.
We'll, go on, Laura" urged Daisy
Who was she going to marry, and why
di1n't she marry after all?"
L don't know why it was broken off ,
said Laura "IIe was quite a young
man. awfully good-looking, Kate says
Ills name was Cmew. Isn't this frock
| Il sight, Dalsy!'
NO, it's sweet! And it does suit you
so"
Were they going to chatter nonsense
instead of revealing more:" Wis won
dered impatiently. She dared not trust
| herself to utter a question, lest her voice
should betray her agitation. The satin
and spangles, the little vanities and
rivalries around her, were in strange con
tTast to the undercTrent of tragedy
that ran for her beneath.
80 his name was Carew," remarked
! Daisy, retlectively. nursing an ankle after
a boyish fashion, in accord with her boy.
Ish dress, while Laura monopolized the
looking glass; "and he was young and
| handsome. What was his other name?'
Wis hung breathlessly on the next
words the girl admiring herself at tho
glass should utter
Il never heard" answered Laura
"Stay though, | think Kate told me;
yes, ii was eelyn-Jocelyn Carew. Are
you ready, girls? Come along!"
Wis followed them down the stairs and
through the side scenes to the stage
now brilliantly lit. The girls were in the
first tableau. OF all the picturesque fig
ures already there Jocclyn Carew's bride
saw only onc--the radiant Princess Por.
phyrria, in all the bravery of her SHIN
mering drapcrics and flashing jewels
! beautiful as poets dream.
And she had once been Jocelyn's prom.
ised wife! Was it possible, Wis won
Gered, bitterly, that she could ever have
been regarded with such love as must
! have been given to this exquisite, gilted
LADY,
What did Auriol Winchester know OF
,Iocelyn since their parting in Australia
TO the eyes of Ivis, She appeared to have
no thought or care that night, beyond
the play.
The mockery Of it all! wis took The
place. allotted to her, went ON and of
with her companions, While Il very TEN.
pest of wretchcdness was in her breast
! Would the rehearsal never come to an
end and She be free to fling off her gilt.
teline dress, and wipe the paint from
the face, and go to the lonely room
which was her only home, where, al
least. she would be free to give way tc
the misery that was tearing her very
| heartstrings.
The stage managers THAT viii do fol
tonight. ladies' had never sounded sc
welcome before.
She and Daisy happened to leave the
theater just as MiS Winchester was en-
tcring her carriage, to which she was at.
tended by three or four admirers. re
Daisy. she appeared one OF the most tc
be enyied people in the world.
Neither Daisy nor wis noticed mar
who stood watching the brougham as il
drove away. lie was tall, haggardly
handsome man, with an indcfnably dis
reputable air though he was dressed
quietly and respectfully enough. Auriol
looking out, saw the gaslight fall on lis
face. saw his sinister smile. as their eye.
met. She did not shrink before his look
but, as she was driven rapidly past hin
and onWards, her face was the lace of 4
woman who has seen a ghost from the
past.
So, in truth, she had.