The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-30

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Percival. Go to bed and dream of your
goddess"
Now. there is a girl" said Percival
slowly. as he prepared for going to
bed, who hi: 1t make u man, in time,
believe that there may be. after all,
different kinds and degrees in god
d~ess-ships. May be: There a~re-yet-
oh. Virsinie.'
So
Nobody wanted a miss or a mistress
to place before that illustriouS name
OF Violet Loyelace. Other people crave
for titles. The more naked his name
the better pleased is the actor. He
knows the difference between real and
sham distinction. The young lady ar
rived at the highest honors Of her pro-
fession by a single leap, When she
began. when Guy Ferrier discovered
her. she was only intrusted with those
parts which require little speaking, but
a good deal Of standing about upon
the stage.
1t was Mr.. Paul Perigal who first
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interest Of the drama he kept an eye
upon beauty or promise among the
humber children Of Thespis. Emily
lived close to the theater. She went
on ut Christmas till she grew too big
to go on any longer. Her mother pro-
posed that she should follow her own
line, which is safe, if not lucrative,
and become a dresser. But Paul Peri
gal ordered otherwise. Hicks" he
said to the carpenter, you've got a
girl who may be a flyer. I've observed
her, Hicks. She will be, unless my
experience deceives me, a beautiful
Oma Your own experience of the
stage, Hicks, will warrant you in
agreeing with me that beauty is half
the battle, because a girl can always
be taught to stand and turn her eyes
about and smile, even if she can't open
her mouth to speak. But your girl is
as sharp as = needle and as cheeky as
a boy. Send her to me, Hicks, and l
will do what l can for her"
Paul Perigal took great pains with
her. She was such a sharp, intelli-
gent pupil that he began to conceive
the greatest hopes of her. She had a
voice Of the kind which is good for a
song on occasion, though not enough
to make her a singer. He had the
voice trained; then lie had her taught
to dance-perhaps she would become
a burlesque actress; then he taught
her to walk and to carry herself; then
he taught her to read aloud, to speak
without the use Of Drury lane COLO
quialisms; then he persuaded her ia
ther to let her live with him entirely,
with the view Of separating her from
those young friends whose acquaint-
ance in after life might not be de-
sirable. And when all was done and
the sharp faced, cheeky child Of
Dukes court had become in two or
three years transformed into an ex-
tremely beautiful girl Of seventeen,
thus trained and drilled. the worthy
old actor began to instruct her in the
real mystery of the dramatic art.
From such small beginnings sprang
the greatness of Violet Lovelace.
She was on the stage in that small
way already described for d few
months only. Then she left it to mar.
~ a maj who was madly in love with
her-a young man, a handsome man.
a man in the army, a man like a hero
Of romance for dark eyes and dark
hair, a man-oh, who was going some
day to have Il title! The last fact was
her own secret, never revealed to her
father or to Paul Perigal.
Paul heard Of the intended marriage
with a groan Of disappointment. lie
hoped for so much from this girl, who
was so clever.
What. however. Paul Perigal did not
f~oresee. and could not possibly foresee
was the return Of the dcserter (who
looked pale and worn. but resolute)
which took place within a year of hel
marriage, and her announcement thai