Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-25

vaguely ttlat M MIS- Interested. h
supposed that his interest lay in the,
fact THAT Seton's faNne made even tho
casual hearers interested in any an,
ecdote relating To him, and the fact
that the grief caused by his wife's
death WAS known TO many persons to
whom he was n stranger. She WON
dercd II a similar grief made this u
sympatheticaly Interested: and She
said. reverting almost to the Begin
Minis OF the conversation:
III Is no wonder that her death was,
such u shock to him and that 1t mad','
him reckless. l suppose he has been,
trying To forget his SORROW. l suppose
people do try, until they can believe.
that what they want Is. not to learn.
to forget but to learn to be strong
enough to remember. Don't you think
so?" she appealed to him..
"Yes-oh, yes, 1 do" he said. He had
thought she looked almost too young
to be ST strangely wise.
HAS your husband been on the stage.
long?" he asked abruptly.
Lon? On. yes: very long. He hasn't
lone very much yet-not SO much as
we hope he may. ! am constantly an
%ticipating seeing him do something
really large and fine. He Is young. OF
course, and may get opportunities h
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.
Isn't there?" the girl said. And in
hoping. 1 remember Mrs. Seton said.
she cared ever more about her hus-l
bands success and his profession than
he did himself; and i think ! do. Ono
must care tremendously to care that
much.
Yes" said Seton. as ne regarded her
beautifully sensitive face. Again he bit
his lips; he was older than his UNDER,
Sti1V lint he WaN VnnnY enough tn Sea
his life. stretched before him, long and
brilliant and solitary. This girl had
said Oc the play he was seeing that It
was clever and worldly wise and hard.
as many people had said of him.. Ho
did not forget that she also chad said
of 1T that he might have produced 1t.
Still with u singular keenness h had
seen that the strongest force in his
life had been the tender. exalted girl
who would have turned her eyes from
this play.
Following his reflection, he asked:
do you like this play?"
No. don't" she said quickly. But
L admire it: 1t 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! l like Seton best
in Shakespearean plays. though" she
added. u have a copy of the one no
pTcuuccu tnal year Itlat l met Mrs. Sc
ton, She sent ii to me-"
She did," Seton asked. He knew
now that his wife must nave thought
we'll OF the girl.
Yes. she did: with her card. thank
ing me--for the opera glasses, you
know. Wasn't it beautiful in her? I
shall always remember her. she re-
peated. She was so uplifted. / saw
her just that little while, in that UNI
conventional way, but there was some
thing about her that made what ia
finest and highest seem naturally most
desirable. She gave one patience, too;
I'm even a little more willing to wait
for my husband's-'
Opportunities" Seton concluded for
her.
Yes. The wife OF a famous and
successful man doesn't always have
that effect" the girl said.
Isn't it an effect almost as valuable
as an an opportunity?" Seton OBJ.
served.
Almost said the girl. Perhaps
the next She smiled at him
frankly. Sometimes Patience gets
tired of her monument"
AS she gave expression to his opin-
ION the last act OF the play began. AS
1T ended. and before the crowd had be-
gun 70 rush as precipitately from the
balcony us it d rushed to 1T, Seton.
turned 10 the girl and smiled. Don't.
get tired of your monument" he said.
Then he lost sight CT her in he crowd.
she smiled at his parting advice. AS
she made her way down the long
nights or stairs, and hen she sighed.
III Try mott" she thought. Poor
man. he looked so unhappy, as though
some awful thing had happened 10
him! He ought to kl..aw how to give
advice.'
oeton, meanwhile, went TO his hotel.
more cheered than he had supposed he
could ever be again. He had dAscour-
aged his friends when they Wound have
spoken to him of his wife, but the wife
or ms understudy had touched the sub
oect SO happily. Sh had taken his
Wlfe as simply and as swectly as She
mad been wont to give herself. His
pleasure In this made him remember
the less impatiently the girls specula-
tlons as TO himself. Her relation to his
understudy awoke In him a new inter-
est IN the man, whom he had long
known so very slightly.
Wneh, somewhat later, he went 70
the theater. he more than once lookeL
critically at the husband Of the girl
who had beer on his right in the sec.
ond balcony OF the neighboring thea
yer. sPerhaps opportunities may be
ms chief requirements" he rehected:
usually they are not. though"
~ the end of his play, ne observed
70 the stage manager that he was more
than ordinarily fatigued.
Think you'll be all right tomorrow? %
SAID M stage a%nxiously.
"Yes-oh. yes. certainly" Seton said.
cheerfully; but the next afternoon he
~telephoned to the theater that he would
not be equal to his performance that
night.
What shall we do?" calculated tho
stage manager.
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