Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-14

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know. Karloff is brilliant. handsome
| man, gentleman his sense of honor,
| such as it is, would do credit to many
| another man: but behind all this
/ there is a power which makes him
| helpless, makes him puppet, and
robs him of certain worthy impulses.
/ I have read somewhere that corpora
| tons have no souls; neither have gov
arnments. Ask me nothing more,
Betty, for shall answer no more
| questions.
The Girl: l don't think you are
| treating me fairly.
| The Woman: At this moment
would willingly share with you half
| If all / possess in the world.
| The Girl: But all this mystery!
The Woman: AS | have said, sC:ne
| day you will understand. Treat kar-
| loft as you have always treated him
politely and pleasantly. And leg Oh
you never to repeat our conversation.
The Girl Ito whom illumination sud
denly comes; rises quickly and goes
over to the woman: takes her by the
shoulders, and the two stare into each
| others eyes, the one searchingly. the
other fearfully): Grace!
The Woman: l am a poor. foolish
woman, Betty, for all my worldliness
| and wisdom; but love you (softly).
and that is why ! appear weak before
you. The blind envy those who see,
| the deaf those who hear; what one
does not want another can not have.
Karloff loves you. but you do not
love him.
(The girl kisses the woman gravely
| on the cheek, and without a word.
makes her departure)
The Woman (as she hears the car
riage roll away: Poor girl! Poor,
happy, unconscious, motherless child!
If only l had the power to stay the
| blow! y. Who can 1t be, then,
that she loves?
The Girl lin her carriage): Poor
thing! She adores Karloff, and never
suspected it! l shall begin to hate
him.
How well women read each other!
James had never parted with his
rose and his handkerchief. They were
always with him, no matter what liv-
cry he wore. After luncheon, Will
liam said that Miss Annesley desired
to see him in the study. So James
spruced up and duly presented himself
at the study door.
"You sent for me, Miss? "- his hat
in his hand, his attitude deferential
and attentive. # 1855
work, the name of which no man
knows, and If he were told. could not
possibly remember for longer than ten
| minutes. She laid this on the read
| ing-table, stood up and brushed the
threads from her little two-by-four
cambria apron.
James, on Monday night | dropped
| rose on the lawn. (Finds thread on
| her sleeve) In the morning when
looked for it (brushes the apron
AGAIN., it was gone. Did you find it?''
She made a little ball of the strag-
| Cling threads and dropped it into the
waste basket. A woman who has the
support of beauty can always force a
man to lower his gaze. James looked
at his boots. His heart gave one great
bound toward his throat. then sank
what seemed to be fathoms deep in
his breast. This was a thunderbolt
out Of heaven itself. Had she seen
him, then? For a space he was tempted
to utter a falsehood; but there was
that in her eyes which warned him
of the uselessness of such an eXpedient
Yet, to give up that rose would be like
! giving up some part of his being. She
repeated the question: Il ask you ii
you found it."
Eyes, Miss Annesley." "A
do you still possess it?''
Eyes, Miss"
"And why did you pick it up?"
at was fresh and beautiful: and
believed that some lady at the dinner
had worn it,"
And SO you picked it up? Where
did you find it?"
Outside the window, Miss"
"When?"
He thought for a moment "In tn,
morning. Miss"
Take care. James; it was not We
IL o'clock at night"
81 admit what l said was not true
Miss. AS you say, 1t was not yet II.
James was pale. So she had throw
1t away, confident that this momen
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