The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-11-13


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IAN her motley. she WIS liberal 20 2
4 fanlt 81 her exne1 a lures and RECKLESS
IN the tnnfter 6f dps 70 her eaQolles-
indeed to small boys generally. 1Fleen-
er or no they had rendered. her q
service.
AIthea's special friends were delayed;
! therefore she Ia turn delayed her re-
I turn TO the choir she had NO doubt
/ Vhataver thar Benson would Take her
notW landing she admitted that she
and Isabella had been foolish But
how could we dream things would turn
out so7's AIthea asked Of IsabeIlGs who
in turn queried:
t'SVVl1o would have thought henson
could do without your And does he
think het can keep on doing without
you when they have the service or
thanlzs91
cor course he can't A1thea said, al
most fearfnIiy. because the thanks are
mostly for Cousin Rob, and everybody
KNOW. he won't care for anything ex-
cept to hear me sing
Cousin Rob was. understand, leu
tenant in the navy for whose escape
from typhoon and other perils East
wood felt called upon to give especial
thanIls I,here were other Eastwood
men, btlt they had not been mentioned
In DISPATCHES Tor cool and reckless
bravery. Moreover, they had not been
promoted. SO. although they were M
cIuded In the roster, It was well under
stood that Lieutenant Robert Startling
was, the beginning ana the end OF
things
Althea thrilled to think OF herself
singing to him, with the mult tulle
hanging breathlessiy upon her voice,
there in the church, all bedIght with
hags and oaIzen bopghs- Flowers were
held out Of place for these hearts OF
oak. she knew she should do her best.
She must, with such inspiration.
So It was thunderbolt to have Ben
son say grimly:
Miss Evans, there IS no place for
you, am sorry to say. Besides. Miss
Archer sings, oh, much, much better!
Her notes are gold, where yours are
scarcely silver. Tommy Bell has the
only voice hers does not make thin and
tin.panny. He shall sing with her in the
special opening anthem. I have myself
arranged #. You might be in chorus
later on. but you do not know enough.
You would try to drown the rest with
your big notes. There is the difference.
Put Miss Archer In chorus, and she
would sing exactly in key"
you are an old bearw said Althea
and ran home to tell her mother.
Before It came to telling. her plan
was all upset, and by no less person
than Miss Archer, who came swiftly
to ner and said a lot, but not In many
words. The result was when the seT-v-
ice OF thanks came on there were sew
eral surprises, but, IL truth must be,
told, some severe disappointment, for
AIthea sang the solo and In the anthem.
and Miss Archer was no more than a
chorister. She subdued her voice adj
mirably and kept in the background as
much as she might yet her name ran
all about from lip to lip so 1t was not
perhaps through occuiC 0NInAuonf IuAI
Lieutenant Robert Startling waited out
side the choir loft stair, with Mt least
fifty of his enthusiastic townsmen
hanging behind, to see the reason Of his
lettering.
Verify, they had their reward, for the
lieutenant caught both Miss Archer's
hands and wrung them as though he
would never let go. He spoke to her
Familiarity, almost entreatingly, and
went away with her without by your
leave. When they were safe. in the
Wray House he said, masterfully,. ELI
nor, darling, tell me what Is behind this
masquerade?" f go ~
'.oh, nothing much" Miss Ellnor
Archer wesley. actress and gentlewO-
man. said. with little laugh. 7
wanted to rest, and people wouldn't
let me alone; so determined to play
Princess Charming again for just my
self. An the costumes were perfectly
fresh and perfectly beautiful IL the
public dIdn't1Ike them nor me in them,
50. I'VE had the play-the play that fall
ed I'VE years agovon again all summer.
You can't think. how interesting It's
been, and It has helped mech, such a
lot! without 1t I never could have |
seen just what your people were" !
lIAs IL that matteted, as e anything |
rnattered, except that we love each /
other" Iqeutenaht Startling said. taYou
do love me, Nora, darling r. p i%r1