The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19

| the Scduudl ~ WHICH she HdQ fedu ulIt
references in the seAndalous newspaper
"A mere play actress. A mink! 4
hussyn" cried Kath. There IS M
room for jealousy OF such a thing a!
that; there is room only for pity ant
contempt A princess can only ig
more such creatures. gan only behave
as though she did not know that they
existed"
The actress, VINO was no early riser
| lay upon her sofa. in a demi-toilette
of soft nuns yeiling;-a faint odor OF
heliotrope perfumed the room.
The bell rang ard the servant an
nounced that lady desired to see
Madame.
Her name?" the actress asked. i'm
periously.
The lady declined to give her
name, but babe me say that her bush,
ness with Madame was of impot'
lance"
The actress thrust the letter she
had been reading into her bosom.
you NAV admit her. she said; and
then soliloquized complacently:
Some stage-struck fool, no doubt
who wants me to help her with the
managers. All. well Wen see, What
thing it Is to be goodnatured!
And then the door opened again,
and the Princess entered.
Pray be seated, madam" said the
actress, pointing with queenly cour-
tesy to a chair and the Princess per-
ceived that she had not yet been rec
ognized.
She sat down as she was bidden--
albeit she felt that it was a strange
thing for her to be doing-and looked
her rival up and down with searching
eyes.
Not a beautiful woman, she reflect.
ed, nor yet a young woman Not
woman whose natural charms could
fearessly face the daylight without
the support of art. Her complexion
certainly owed much 10 the powder.
pun. and possibly something to the
1t might even be suspected
that her hair was dyed. Yet she had
eyes that were eloquent and fascinat.
ing: character declared itself In her
mobile mouth: the grace of her move
ments had a charm that was none
the less sure because il was indefin
able. Though her features might not |
follow the classic rules of beauty |
this woman was emphatically a rival |
TO be afraid of.
There was music in her voice, too,
sven when she merely said:
Il understood, madam. that you had |
important business with me-"
The Princess rose to her feet again /
before replying.
you do not know who | ann" she
asked: and as she spoke she flung back /
the shabby cape and removed the old
fashioned hat that formed her slight
disguise.
Then the actress saw who was her
yisitor. and sprang 70 her feet In her
and the two rivals
aced each other. The fire Of jeal-
'usy flashed IN both their eyes; but,
or awhile. both OF them were too EN-.
to find words.
Il was the actress who spoke first
Your royal highness does me an
Unexpected honor" she said. bitterly,
md in tones that foreshadowed a
whole avalanche OF angry words to
ollow.
As she spoke. she moved towards
he piano and stationed herself in
ront OF a soldiers photograph, as
hough there were need for her to
uard IT, The Princess was visibly
erturbed. She felt that she was iu
be presence of woman OF stronger
hsracter and stronger passions than
erself. and that her birth was but a
oOr substitute for these things In
his hour OF battle
Il don't know" she stammered. Il
oppose ! did wrong TO come"
Wrong" came the scornful an
wer. accompanied by a magnificent
GESTURE Of contempt. Nothing that
princess NAV 10 Is wrong. Your
ighness thought that she would Ike
D gioat over the unhappy rival whose
1ver she means to take from her ,
she can. Your nighBess wished to
e for herself what charm there could I
e ia a poor play actress TO attract a I
rince. II did not occur 10 your high :
ess that play actresses as vel az I
rincesses might have hearts. SO