Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-01-31

point his eXcellency sang her
- praises in charmingly infor-
NAL speech. which delighted and anus
ed the press men, actors and actresses
whom he had collected for the occasion.
Only the guest of honor looked a little
weary. and condescending. She had Il
sufficient experience of such entertain
ments in London, where the actors
were all London actors, the authors
and journalists men whose names one
knew Mere peers were no great treat
either. In a word, Hilda BOuyerie
was not a little spOilt. She had lost
the girls glad outlook on the world,
which some women keep until old age.
There We're stories about her which
would have accounted for a deeper
deterioration. Yet she was the Cover
nOr's guest and her behavior not un-
worthy of the honor. On him at least
she smiled, and her real smile, less eX-
pansive than the platform counterfeit.
had still it's genuine sweetness, its
winning flashes, and at it's worst 1t
was more sad than bitter.
ed artist-unnerved. unStrung, untitled
| for the. world. yet only showing it in
a languid appreciation which her host
and hostess were the first to under
stand Indeed. it was the great lady
who carried her off. bowling with her
platform bow and smiling that smile,
before the banquet was ut an end.
b,c1 Itnn
placed at the disposal of the PRIMO
donna. The boudoiy%Was like a hot
house with the floral offerings Of fhe
evening. #already taStefuIly arranged
by madan's own Swiss, maid. But the
weary lady. walked straight THROUGH to
her bedroom and sank with a sigh nto
i9the armchair heforevthe glass. W,
~ who brought thiS:" she asset,
| peevishly picking a#twisted note from
Iamid the golden furniture5ef herstolet
gable. Z 4
II never saw it until this minute.
madame" the Swiss maid answered in
dismay. IT was not there ten min
ntes ago, feaTn sure, madame:
"Whera have you been since?
"Down to the servants hall for one
minute. madame"
. Miss Rpuverie read the note and was
an animated being in three seconds.
STE looked in the glass. The flush be-
came her. and even as she looked all
horror lied in her dark b'ue eyes. IN
stead there came glitter that warned
the maid
Il am tired OF you. Lea cried
madam. "You let people bring notes
into raw room. and -Xon say you were
only ont of it Minute. Re good
enough to leave me for the night /
can look after myself for oncer'
The maid protested wept. but was
expelled. and a key turned between
them Then Hilda Bouverie read her
n, te again: 81
Escaped this afternoon, Came to your
concert. Hiding in boudoir. Give me five
minutes ior raise alarm, which you please.
81 STINGAREE.
So ran his words in pencil on her
own paper. and they were true She
| had hehrd at supper iof the escape.
Once more she looked in the glass, and
to rher own eyes in these minutes she
| looked years Younger There was Il
| new sensation left in life.
a touch to ner hair, a glance in the
pierglass, and all for a notorious con
Wet broken prison. SO into the bou-
dpir with her grandest al. But again
she locked the door behind her and
sweeping round, beheld a bald man
.boWing to her in immaculate evening
/ clothes. II -.>
care you the writer of.a note found
on my dressing table?f she demanded,
every syllable off the ice. {. 1ss5
Il am" I! 4 3@.
.''Then who are you besides being an
| impudent fOrger?" Il
You name the one crime | never
committed" said he II am Stingaree y
! And they gaZed in each others eyes
| But not vet were hers to be believed.
He only escaped this afternoonr'
81 am he.
with Il bald head?'
,'sfhanks toar razor c
| : "Andoin those ciothes?"
81 found them where found the
razor Look. they don't fit me as we'll
as they. might
And he drew nearer, fiinging out an
abbreviated sleeve, but she looked all
the harder in his face.
yes, begin to remember your face.
But it has changed"
1T has gazed on prison walls for
many years.
Il heard. was grieved, but, it was
| bound to come
1T may come again. ! care very
little. after this!' ~s.7
And his dark eyes, shone, his deep
voice vibrated then he glanced over Il
shrugged shoulder, toward the outer
door. and ffilda darted as if to turn
that key too, but, there was none to turn,
1t ought to happen at once" she
said. land through me-
/ But it will not"