The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-14

/ Copyright. 1906. by the Newspaper
Enterprise Aanociation)
A woman sat IN a stage box. one
white hand resting on the plush par
apt. her eyes scanning tho Rdudy
aetsdfop "A little liHileanly. She had
mot besn in theater for 10 years.
Ahe sat In the pit hen. a young
lover By her Hlde-a lover with the
tire Of genius la his eyes and the
flush Of ambition on his forehead
She glanced down az her rich black
lik. and sighed as che saw herself
across the decade. a little. hharpely-
featured gifl Ia a shabby froch. with
a faded blue handkerchief M her
throat IIsigho, what a long timo
ago It was. and shat q lot had hap
pened IN e. She had parted from
her lover. had shat up into an Eager
capable woman. had earned her own
living with hef pen. written half a
dozen successful novels. and stepped
into a foremost position ia a great
modern movement
The band WA playing "A medley
1T familiar airs. aud a bar Of An
ME Laurie" fell on hrr ears She
wondered what had berumo OF her
lover. and memory struck Ia with n
hard. metallic echo like d voice In a
uhunagmnh We should not under
stand each other. dear want
Hamuune with-with sou know -'
That Was what he had said 10 her
and nhg had known. or thought she
had so they bad parted
Aa the cuffalu rose something
flashed across her brain. a pictur,
II the play they had seen together
that uiKht - years ago A poor ~.
lie play Il had been. Virtue had
been fiEhfed a. the last and the vi.
lain had been hiHaed 90 the SCAT.
faid she had hiaasd. too. with he's
teeth sci tight and anger ia heI
heart a. the cruel hrtrhyer hlaua
across In front of the curtain. and
tha hal waved her handkerchief and
EheeFei tnvuiunfariiy when the tive
lovers came handsin-hRnd behind
The Klafins fuotilghih. nut her lover
had lifted his youne shoulders and
laughed nj Il eYnlcally That war
not life. he bad said
A the rnrps d. ballet trippcd
down the stage and sank into the
ToluptuoHs pose % an eastern dance
Naomi Clifford remembered the OBJ
leat Of her Welt She was 10 80
through and crltieiHe q hurleaqne BY
writer whose work. while enor-
uonsly popular. had yet been dc.
aefibNst 70 her N corrupt aud De.
grading Ia = degree almost Satanic
She was the editor ~ a w0man'a
Journal. and ahn had come. dlapAB-
aionatrlY euough. 20 see " thcac
fhiuga we're 80
whsu the action OF the buriesque
began 70 develop. Naomi turned her
Inrugfnm 10 the light and looked AZ
the name of the hhfegtlAt Adolf
Gafr+mA mixture of French and
English she set him down. with a
bias II patriotism. a. the former Tor
the PLAY 80 Tar AZ there was play
wa thoroughly morbid n waA ar.
neuif % put her finger on a SEN
taaee OF situation that was gross
enough 20 ahock the innguid Eng
ltsh pnbiie. pet the atmosphere Of
the thing Was noisumo - the nos
lffiia uf a good woman. The men In
i NeHe coarse and sensual. yet Wit
luiy wicked a. a stnaft courtior. the
Kumm NeFn ioatkaume 20 her. yet
quick % repartca and singing iibe
Gaod women were held up 60 meek
err good men distorted into hypo-
IeFifes
In the bax opposite sat n man
utth a keen. gaturnlno fare--a face
that had In u all the lines % wis
dom and Insight and physical beau
Is. though each delicate curve and
angle VAS thrust nskew into evil
by 8 restless aelfahncss that had
lafamped itself upon BIN from head
- finger tips lie lay back Ia bis
chair aud stared at Naomi through
I bis giasnem. while the tremora ~
some subtle emotion fllckcred across
his face.
When the curtain fell he went
round 60 the door behind her and
tapped Eently
/ Naomi started from her roverie
Come in. she 6aid
Tie stepped into the tiny room, a
graceful. ariatocratic figure enough
ia his evening dress.
Pardon me" be began slowly.
hut { thought I recognized"
She looked gravoly into his face
for a second and then held out her
hand
He took Il and she felt his fingers
CULVER as they touched hers
You have altered greatly" nhe
/ remarked. speaking as lowly rs he
had done
Life has not been too sweet In
/ my mouth" he replied
An hour before he had fanclcd
himself a favorite OF fortune. now
all bla pleasure had turned 10 Bit
teruesa At the sight Of her
Then You have not been success
fuI. after ALL" she said
She could not for her life have
helped the virtual tauut
No" he conceded somberly. Il
have not been successful after all.
You have been happy7" lils eye
fell on her dress and travelled mean
5uEly 20 the plush walls around
them.