The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-09

looked shabby and eyed with hungry looks the remnants of the wine and food, she bade him eat and drink and then dismissed him.
 Sir Charles stole into the banquet room and completed the work of poor, we'll l meaning Triplet He told her all. She pretended to think him liar and ordered him from the house. Never enter a house where I am mistress again. cried she-the little country girl was asserting herself-"my husbands honor is above islander. Leave the house, sir" Sir Charles left, crestfalen. "Egad,' thought he, lis it possible that I do not know women?" Mabel heard the other guests coming into the room and hid herself m a large chair turned toward the wall. The guests were taking their departure doubt As MT. Vane outside in the square was handing Peg Wellington into her chair Mabel, in the banquet room fell to the floor with a cry.
 | Old James Burdock with his white hair | streaming, rushed to her assistance.
 
 motionless on the floor and saw James | supporting her head and weeping. "On, Mabel! Mabel. What have done? What have I done?" he cried Perhaps I 1t is the fatigue. No screamed 1 James; you villain, it is you who have killed her with your Jezebels, you scoun- I drel!' That was pretty way, truly, l for servant to speak to his master, bur Ernest was beyond needing it. They took the unfortunate lady to her room, sent for a doctor, and she gradually re- vived. MT. vane was ordered by James to keep out of the sight of his abused wife.
 l When Mrs. Woffington left Vane s ! house she ordered her chairman to carry her to the apartments of Triplet, 10 whom, out of charity, she was to give sitting for her portrait. Peggy sat in chair, and strange for her, "igited. Triplet painted on. but could catch notli- ing of the actresss expression, even had he been real artist At last he declare | that such miserable daub as he was making should never go out as the pie | ture of his benefactress, and, taking a knife, slashed the painted face to tat l ters Pegs. friends of the theatre had promised to come and see how the DOT trait was progressing. She heard them approaching.
 Quickly she took the painters knife, I cut out the shredded face and placed her own in the aperture Then she bade Triplet paint around the edges so as to I orf to the real and blow out one of the can dies. Place a drapery over the canvas so as to form a sort of hood" said she,
 and make the critics stand back-tell tbem that they must stand away to get 1 tbe focus-whatever that is." The work was done, the party entered, the party criticized and when they had done criti- ciz,np Peg laughed and withdrew her | ,oce from the canvas. Some laughed, some were angry at the joke, but soon they all went away to the theatre. Peg gv declared she would not accompany tbem-she would go alone. She was out of sorts.
 when they had gone she began to rave to Triplet of the manner in which yane had deceived her. "Oh, Triplet.' she cried, q could have loved this man: I thought he sought me not as other men have sought me-but, aIasl if was the same. An, I will he avep- ged I will defeat that country girl" "Oh. madam, she Is a dove" cried Triplet. You are a fool" retortcd Peg. What do you know about wom en? You were with her five minutes and she turned you inside out; you are . fool, Triplet." knock came at the door and sloyenly girl. one of