The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-20


be refunded to Mr.. woolsey out of her
first earnings.
So behold our heroine again at her sing
ing lessons. this time under the tuition
of Baroski's great rival, Sir George
Thrum. Sir George FINISHED her on and
Sir George launched her, and the Raw
enswng became the great operate star
of many seasons. s&F
But this was not accomplished without
difficulty. for when Capt. Howard Walker
heard that his wife was about to go on
the stage, when he heard that the best
critics had declared that she was bound
to make success, he was Mortified. My
wife go on the stage Never, sir.v And
he sterny forbade Morgiana to even
mention such thing again. The captain
was still enjoying life in the prison of the
Fleet and Sir George rushed to him in
alarm. mo, no, Sir George, until you
have made arrangements satisfactory
to me, You are to get one-half, under
stand. of her earnings for teaching her
and bringing her out. Well, that is too
much for you. Make some arrange
ment with my creditors: they will take
shilling on the pound now. for, as you
know. ] have eoncocted and had pub
lished paragraphs in the papers stating
that my wife has lost her voice and will
positively mot sing. Get me out of here
and you take third of her earnings and
we are agreed-otherwise, not note will
she sing" Sir George stormed and en-
treated, but the captain was firm and so
it was arranged.
AS had been said, Morglana was .
great success and made any amount or
money. Her husband, released from his
duranee vile, travelled about with her
and managed her finances to his own
satisfaction. He allowed Morgiana
enough to dress and live upon modestly
and spent the rest with a right royal
open-handedness. like the true GENTLE
man he was. Only once did Morgiana
arise in wrath against him, and that
was when she accused him of spend
ing her money upon that odious
French fgurante' And In this she was
quite wrong--for the little house In ST.
Johns Wood of which the captain paid
the expenses had been vacated by the
fgurante long ago and Nine. Dolores
there. In course of time Walker drank
himself to death while he was accom-
panying his wife upon her American
tour, and was mourned by her as the
kindest and best of husbands. That did
not prevent her, some years later, from
marrying the faithful Woolsey, now
grown rich and retired from business.
She left the stage and lived happy
ever after as the wife of the former
tailor. Time, of course, modifying her
grief for that splendid saint, poor
dear Howard" Byzantine had to give
up his business In London and was last
heard of as a proprietor of little shop
in Tunbridge Wells.
Look around the world and see IL
that sort of faith which Morgiana had
In that brutal scamp Walker Is not
very common among women. They will
believe in their husbands whatever the
latter may do. / want to know how 1t
Is that women do not find out their
husbands to be humbugs? Nature has
so provided 1t. and thanks to her. Ev-
erywhere are Titanias hugging Bot
TOMS big, long ears, and mercy ii Is
that no wicked Puck is in the way to
open their eyes and point out their
folly. Cui bono? Let them live on In
their deceit. Many lovely ladies who
read this will say that 1t Is very like
ly true and not suspect in the least that
1t applies to them"
Next weeks one-page classic will be
The Moor's Legacy" by Washington
Irving.