The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-05-06

the cockney dialect was simply killing
Wasn't 1t gratifying to find your audi
ence so appreciativeT'
Very gratifying" l murmured,
wishing that l had known something
about it at the time. but did 1 look
all right My shoes for instance
Il didn't notice your shoes. The only
criticism | could make was regarding
your veil. You claim that they are in
furious to the sight and l never have
seen you wear one. l was surprised
that you wore one yesterday when you
read in public" l, too, was surprised.
L did not own a veil, l must have
bought one, or. not being responsible
for my acts, l may have stolen it. The
thought was anything but pleasant.
l began to cherish a sentiment of
bitter resentment against Mrs. Her
bert. She must have known the eff
fects OF the wonderful Indian drug
which she had so often urged me to
take. Why did she not tell me what II
would do, why did she not give me
the option Of remaining In pain or of
wandering forth in state of resem-
bling somnambulism? Thus ex-
pressed myself to her in long letter
relating the events of that wonderful
day. l will quote from her reply:
Il have been too busy to write SOON
er, but l supposed you would know
that it was / who read your essay. 1
rarely mention the fact that 1 once
studied for the stage, for it Is sore
subject with me. l had obtained an
| engagement where my rendering of
even the insignificant part assigned
me as beginner was warmly praised
| by the critics, when my uncle lied,
| leaving will in which he made me
his heir upon condition that / should
give up the stage forever. Never was
fortune so reluctantly accepted, and
you must have noticed that the plays
the thing with me. That morning
when L saw your manuscript lying for.
gotten on the hall table l was seized
with a longing to impersonate you,
and to render that excellent produc-
ton as it ought to be given. I have a
genius for makeup, but in this case
1t was not so great a task as you may
suppose. We are of about the same
height and figure. Your eyebrows are
darker and more arched, your eyes are
darker and your nose is shorter, diff
culties not hard to surmount, with a
4 Inc 10 hn1 hA
and of course it was easy enough to
reproduce your perfectly white POM
padour. l borrowed your hat and
gown because my own things are not
like you, and also wore the quaint
jeweled chain so often seen about
your neck l initiated your gait in
walking, and l fiatter myself that my
Introductory explanation was accom-
panied by your voice and manner to
the life. l let my voice drop at the
end of the sentences as you do, and
one or two calls of louder, pleased!
showed me what you would have been
obliged to contend with had you been
In my place. 1t was not necessary t.
retain your voice when l began tC
read, and l will venture to say thai
for once at least your club listened en-
thralled. I had arrived late, and left
as soon as / had finished, 30 1 man
aged to speak at close range to no one
You cannot imagine how much I en-
joyed that little three-quarters of ar
hour when l was once more an &C
tress; remember this and forgive ms
for having taken your place"
The man of the house declares tina
there is not a word Of truth in Mrs
Herbert's statement. Says he: "Sh'
was frightened at the harm she nigh
have done in giving you the medicine
and she wanted to smooth your rufflet
feathers. She couldn't have fooled al
Of those club women every moment o
the time. No, you were there yourself
and very much under the influence o
the Indian drug"
1t may be that he is right, but
have not yet solved the riddle to IN,
own satisfaction.-Ch Record
. Herald.
Driving the Grizzly West.
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