Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03


not admit her, and said roughly in bad
English that the barnlaid was not
there Tilly did not believe him She
staggered away, back to her bench
in the park, and lapsed into a sort OF
stupor from cold and discouragement.
1t was almost midnight when a po-
liceman reused her and made her
move on. She was acutely wretched.
Her foot was increasingly painful.
Long before she had unfastened the
buttons, but the torture of the swollen
toe persisted. She was not starv ng,
but she was weak with hunger and
numb with cold.s Still, her determine
ton did not give way. All that was
gone was her perspective: she could
see only two ways out of her wretch
edness, and one was unthinkable. The
other?
She turned toward the Prater Lake
and made her way there slowly along
a snow covered path. She was shalz-
ing with fright, but her determination
held. There were only two ways out.
This was one. the other being un-
thinkable She said over and over
mechanically: 'I'll die first" She
even heard herself saying 1t.
And SO, limping and shivering. she
reached the bank of the Prater Lake.
She would not look at the water.
She put her muff on the ground and
tried with her stiff fingers to take
out her hatplns. She was past think
ing; certainly there was no reason for
saving the hat. And then. suddenly
her eyes fell on the lake, and she
broke INTO choking historical laughter.
This way was closed. Tho lake was
frozen, solid.
Having seen his sister and her hus-
i ,ff f...s 4 ~ Gfr.llf land
! his evening free He went to a the
atre, and found his Ineager knowledge
of German, complicated by the afro
cious Wiener dialect, inadequate
Had he been quite frank with himself
/ he would have acknowledged that he
was only passing the time until the
Bal Tabarin opened after the opera.
Sullivan had thought. at frequent
/ intervals during the day, Of Tilly
her Tilly Reilly. He had thought
mostly of her eyes, eyes that did not
belong to the Bal Tabarin, eyes that
had smiled frankly into his. eyes that
had dropped demurely as she danced.
! Sullivan went to the Bal Tabarin
very early. Instead of q loge, he took
a table near the centre of the room.
and sat back, smoking cigarette and
watching the place fill up.
He watched with more eagerness
than he would have cared to admit
for lilly. With the informally of
the cabaret, the performers lounged
around the doorways or mixed with
the crowd.
The Apache dancers did their turn,
with much pulling and twisting,
much flying of skirts and revealing of
| hideous lingerie and thick cotton
stockings. a colored boy, fresh from
| Georgia, sang ragtime to the mad en-
thusiasm of the crowd. but Tilly did
not appear Sullivan ordered tobacco,
another pint of white wine The at
! mosphere was reeking; the incessant
uproar of the orchestra got on his
nerves. When it became clear that
tho program had reached it's end, and
was about to repeat. Sullivan got up
and sauntsred to the bar He had
seen Tilly talking to the barmaid the
night before
But the barmaid was q different
one, black-haired French girl She
| said with Il shrug of her shoulders
that the Fraulein was lzrank, ana
was not there tonight She knew
nothing OF lilly, and made poor work
Of understanding him. In sort of
rage of disappointment he got his hat
and overcoat and eft the building.
lie refused a cab. y fine white
snow was falling in the narrow
streets. At the corner. a woman was
standing, head bent to the storm,
looking in the wind, like some gray
night bird, waiting and ominous.
With a sludder of disgust Sullivan
buttoned up his coat and turned to
start.
when a slim inquire stepped ont from
Tho shadow of the biIiidinr. ana mt
n tin1jd hand on his arm sullivan
stopped Sharply and shook ofg the
hand Tho lirht from a street ian,n
at that moment, by some caprice Of
Inc v,;nd cieo,.el ~ er,nr., eli ~, ~
sIr" face Il Wae TIL Ti" Till aI o d,, ile
erinc. as white M chalk
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as SHE when she saw hin, ~. yaar
Ions befora abo san, him tbo ho p
of What she was doine came over. tba
rrirl like n cIotId - ''''
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turning ran wifi Ill he enee6 'r ~
her coid iin,bs .nd anbinet Ell 80, -,
tba street viii Suiiivnn affer b Nv
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cauebt her Nv tbn ebo,,ider -
xhee'ed her about to foca bin1 r7 80
in fhat instant bis orocy l,ad +nTy<,a
10 nitv 1''- an
I'm nor going tn htfri x-pt1 child
he said st am onlvNIn,t,o4 re ~,
doing orr hero i, tbs etnr,, %, you
rriI1v so,o1.eG so,9t liU "'oi ~ ,z H., !
her ewes Desnera+e &C sbe NO s'o &C.
ell ~, s,,,-,,i, .iS.i 90 81 We, one
voice.
II am going To take Vo,, HON. ,, ,
Tilly stirred nj THAI -ie'
''fIone." The word bro,,stt bi+
teruess with it. She ier.a3 bor or,
free. You LET me Soi'' sl,a oriad
shrflly. ar want ia % IN tha da ,'
it's my business, isn'f ito So,'.
want nitv, 7 onIv r..rt IA he -