Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-01-05
{ HAPPIER VIII.


~ OLA NELEZ was the rage for
E ~oason She sprang into
&R fame in single night and
thHnecforih held an undisput.
ed position $ the fayorite OF the Lon
don publ She was not EXCEPTIONAL
~ handsoH nor was her dancing dis
tnguisheG any special grace. but
about her t.crc was something weird
and origin which appealed to her
audience. orse Brendon had been
Instrumental introducing her to the
public, and e owed her position us
much to lis blindness as to her own
genius.
II was snon winters night when
Brendon founa 'r. He had Just or
,err'l Pen hroi; ulre. where he had
lodgings. wien uo heard moan Turn
ing aside into hadow OF wall he
found a wOma wing there exhausted
with cold ana l.l-cr. Always anxious
10 do good. M brought the poor creu-
ture to his Rooms Under the influence
of food and VINO and warmth she re
vived sufficient % tell her story
Her name. slr stated was Lola
Nelez. She VIZ Danish by birth, but
had lived NJ years in Italy.
Ira ined, rs daa.r she had appeared
at several of o best thcatcrs with
more or less 81 S, but owing to her
vioirnt temper ,Nc had lost all chance
OF gaining a - ulnent position. ST.
had danced he SO Y 70 Paris throue a
various small GOWNS, but here, as else
where, her tci ,c~ proved her ruin.
Then she had ossed the channel
only 10 find that lie market was over
stocked with j ncrrs. Unable to OBJ
tain employment and having very lit
lie money. tie unfortunate woman had
fallen lower and lower until she was
reduced TO beg ~ in the streets. Fl
aally she was rrncd out OF her poor
lodgings and lad expended her last
sixpence on fool | was shortly after
this that Brend0u found her.
lie acted the part Of a good Samagq-
tan Giving hcr sovereign, he sent
her away. restored in a measure to
her right mind The next day he saw
the proprietor OF Il music hail with
whom hc was acquainted and pro
cured her an cn-asr cement
Her success was immediate. She en-.
acted her part with reckless abandon
and wild frenzy which thrilled the
house For the moment Lola was not
herself, hut wild Ibeban queen rag
ing in the orgic- of the wine god. All
London came 10 see the frantic revels
, over which Lola presided, and night
after night the title music hall WAS
filled TO Overlooking. Lola made good
use Of her fame She insisted that her
salary should be raised, took modest
lodgings in Bloomsbury and for Il
time saved her money as "A provision
against old age and poverty. on the
stage she was dancing demon, hut
ut home no one could have been more
modest. There was not breath OF
scandal against her, in spite of Mrs.
Wards hint to Brendon.
This change in the formerly reckless
woman WAS caused by love and graft
tude TO George. He had saved her
from starvation. from death; he had
procured her the engagement which
had led 10 her success ana present
ease. She desired him TO marry her
and. hguratively speaking, cast her
self and all she had ut his feet. Bren'
don found this excessive gratitude
rather trying. Even then he was III
love with Dorothy, whom he had met
twice or thrice, and he was not dis
posed to accept the wild passion which
Lola SO freely offered to him.
Lola could not understand his cold
ness. She was accustomed to see mel
at her feet and to spurn them. Now
that she was willing to surrender her
liberty and to give her love- IL eA
asperated her 10 think tilat the ont
man she had chosen would have nope