The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-16

vaguely tn"t he was Interested, h
supposed tnat his interest t'y in the
laSt mat Seton'S fame madt even mo
casua! Nearer Interested in any am
ccdote relating 10 him. ana The fart
mat the grief caused by In. wilo's
deASh WAS knp%n 10 many l,etsuns to
whom he was u stranger. size W"il-
dered ii IL similar grief made mis- man
syhlpaihet!cally Interested; aud she
said, reVerting almost to the begin
nlng Of The conversation:
II Is no wonder that her death was
such u shock To him and that IL made
him reckless. | suppose he has been
trying to forget his sorrow. | suppose
that What they Want is, not To learn
To forget, but to learn TO be strong
enough TO remember. Don You think
500" She appealed to him.
"Yes-oh, yes, | do ne said. He had
thought she looked almost LOO young
to be SO strangely wise.
Has our husband been on the stage
long," he asked abruptly.
Lon? Oh, yes; very long. He hasn't
done Very much yet-not so much as
we hope he may. l ann constantly an
ticipating seeing him do something
course, and may get opportunities" She
smiled Wistfully. He will be all ready
for them when he does-and SO
shall L.
Seton smiled. There is a great deal
in that" he said.
hoping. l remember Mrs. Seton said
she cared even more about her hus-5
bands success and his profession THAI
he did himself. and l think L do. one
must care tremendously to care that
much"
Yes said Seton, as he regarded her
beautifully sensitive face. Again he bit
his Inns hg. WA : ,1l1Hl.. Than his pn1ac-
study, but he was young enough to see
his life, stretched before him, long and
brilliant and solitary. This girl had
said of the play he was seeing that it
was clever and wo~rldly-wise and hard,
as many people had said of him. He
did not forget that she also had said
of it h a he might have produced it.
Still with a singular she had
seen that the strongest force in his
life had been the tender, exalted girl
who would have turned her eyes from
this play.
DO You like this play?"
No, | don't she said quickly. but
l admire it; it is so clever, one must
admire it; and all plays interest me
but I'm glad my husband isn't UNDER
studying it,
You prefer Seton's play?"
"Oh, yes, indeed. k Seton best
in shakespearean plays, though" she
added. Il have q copy of the one he
produced that ear that l met Mrs. Sc
she sent it to me-"
She did," Seton asked. He knew
now that his wife must have thought
we'll of the girl.
Yes. She did; with her card, hank
me-for the opera glasses, YOU
know. Wasn't it beautiful in her?
shall always remember her. she re-
peated. she was so uplifted. saw
her just that little while, in tina I'M
conventional a but there was some !
and highest seem naturally most
deslrable. She gave one patience, too;
! m even a little more willing to wal,
for my husband's-'
Opportunities % Seton concluded for
her.
Yes. The wife of a lannon's and
successful man doesn't always have
effect the girl said.
isn't 1t an effect almost as valuable
as an an o~pportunity?" Seton OBJ
Almost" said the girl. Perhaps
next valuable" SHE smiled at him
frankly. Sometimes Patience gets
of her monument"
AS she gave expression to this opin-
on the last act of the play began. AS
ended, and before the crowd had be-
gun to rush as precipitately from the
balcony as 1T had rushed. to it, Seton
to the girl and srailed. "Don't
get tired of Your monument" ha p said
Ihen he lost sight of her in the crowd.
9he smiled at his parting advice. as
sne made her way down the long
llghts OF stairs, and then she sighed.
In 3fy not, she thought. Poor
NAN, ne ooked SO unhappy, as though
Gne IMlul thllaS had happened to
N ~ give
Seton, meanwhile, went to his hotel
more clleered than he had supposed he
'ould ever be again. He had discour-
e ms friends when they would have
,! ! 70 MN OF his wife, but the wife
" ms understudy had touched The sub
Get so happily. She had taken his
wife as simply and as swcetlv as she
lad been wont to give herself. His
lleasure in this mad him remc,nbcr
ne Tess lmpatlenily the girls specula-
IONS as TO himself. Her relation to his
awoke in him a new inter
st IN the man, whom he had long
.noWl so very slightly.
Wheh, somewhat later, he went TO
lheater. he more than once looked
fl1lcally at the husband of the girl
Vho mad been on his right in the sec
,lu D a1o : OF the nelghboring thea
us chief requirements" he reflected.
usually they are not, though
At the end of his play. he observed
o the stage manager that he was more
han ordinarily fatigued.
mink you'll be all right tomorrow"
aid the stage manager, ~anxiously.
"4es-oh, yes, certainly" Seton said.
~heerfully; but the next afternoon he
to the theater that he would
lot be equal to his performance thar
light. e"a
What shall we dog" calculated the.
tage manager.
Why, I've got an understudy, have
II" Seton said, impatiently. "Ha
do it; he'll be all right in it."
We'll. it is the best we can do,n
greed the stage manager, dolefully.
Yes, it is-this season." said Seton ,
0 himself, as he left the telephone
He smiled slowly. Then, suddenly,
e turned to the telephone and called
p a dramatic reporter who was one of
is particular friends. Say. Philsoni
DON'T be alarmed if you hear about NV ,
udden illness. It's nothing serious:
be able to appear again tomorrow
light, 1 think"
Great Scott" came from the othe,
nd Of the telephone, aren't Won on
You're sure it's nothing seri-
us?" @
Perfectly; it's this beastly weather"
who substitutes?"
My understudy, of course"
rs he any good?"