New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14

We'll what of it3 | aggressively demanded Of the
man who looked like me Thin hair isn't a sign Of
age and everybody knows that man IS only as old as
he feels Didn't beat all those young college sprouts
at hop skip. and jump today What do you know
about that:
looked at me from his frame with plying expression
which said all TOO plainly You re fool You are well
preserved and YOU can run and Jump with the bows;
but YOU are d boy You are thIrty-nlne; she nine
teen In ten wears she'll still be less than thirty and
MI be pushing the fifty mark. Then If you were
married to her you'd have 70 paint those gray bows
brown and toupee to keep people from aging to
Won What lovely daughter YOU have. You'd bet
ter 90 to bed; you re getting mushy-
IHAD rected lines from some Of the classic PLAYS 70
the Princess at various times and she had ezacred
rrornsc from me that would read The Lady Of
. I,ions" TO her. a. she had been charmed with The
rbvrbnl Of the passages / had quoted So out
on q certain dav find spot where could feel free
to read without fear Of alarming the lnhabItan the
summer visitors
In the center Of q pine grove came across an Old
sbantv the doors and Windows Of which had long since
forsaken their hinges 70 E1ndie blaze Tor some sag-
Looks ike some Of the Opera House. h. e PLAYED
on the tank circuit l remarked What is D, Of vas
That IS the remains Of the acader-v where Nh.
wonderful education, She laughingIr -,Id me-
A hallowed cdifce, | a~severa--I- II shall e.
create and rechristen It. And taking nv stand
in the doorway. | waved my hands dranaticaI--
and proclaimed ~Clemnly, chTi~re1 thee Primes
Theateri Come, Princes We u emulate Queen Eliza
beth and Master VIII Shakespeare; only / am sue
that Win's Queen could not compare with ny Pm
cess and | haven't the nerve % lnftct my Own COM
positions upon YOU he did upon The sweet tempered
Lizzie.
She sat down On a dilapidated bench, and I walked
I'D and down and read the FIRST act 20 her. When
reached the second act dropped The book and repeated
the lines from memory. found difficulty IN throw
ing myself the part Pauline could not have been
more inspiring 70 poor Melnotte than this mountain
flower 10 | painted the lrnagnary palace 1E -le
Lake OF Como with all the fervor Of Claude himself:
and found myself standing IN front Of her -o"scg
into her eyes though She Was the Beauty OF Lyons
in reality
Sh, drank in every word and sat as if ~pelboun5.
dropped on one knee before her and propoundet The
last line OF the speech directly 70 her Dost thou Ike
the picture:
She did not reply; but turned from me and looked
out Of the window. and continued 70 read.
what less teengly until | reached The cottage scene
where Pauline learns Of The deception and reve- Mel
notte Tor his pertldv When came 20 NelnOcte- de-
tense Of himself again under her spell and threw
my whole soul into the last lines
For thee soush. 70 borcoE ron each grace.
Ideal charms 20 love. though Of thee.
And passion -aughc me poesy-o; :hee.
And The painter canvas grew the life
on BEAUTY. Ar became shadow
Or the dear starlight OF Thy haunting eyes
Nier!C called vaIr-sOTne mad needed not.
But still roileG CHOPPED on-for i svee-.
Il 20 prove more worthy thee
She sat for sometime looking straight ahead Of her
after had finished: then she turned 70 and asked,
e. Do YOU think any ever loved Ike that.
or if he did could She inspire him 20 do great things,
greater than ne could DO alone
The trite old adage that Truth Is stranger than 10
ton might be changed to There Is no fiction that Is
not founded upon truth. | replied. Many men have
done what Nelnotre did gone away when they found
that they unoved. and many woman has found,
Pauline did that She really loved man and ---
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