Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-18

STRUCK NEW ioIA III years.
Dorcas laughed. She felt fooiishly
happy.
Il am SO glad" she said.
It's up to me TO 40 the Dest can
W 1t to you. there was grim oe-
termination IN Merrys voice. 70 you
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retrieving more 'han YOU masine
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yes anu hooue
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inelr eyes maze d conpaoe 'noueA
no Woro was spoken
Iney fingered over strange oisnes
that came n went fooo seemed
merely a circumstance, an excuse Ior
being alone n togetner. Iney ieit
cur1ousiy Isolated, for the NOISE maze
a retreat for them as silence does. "A
sudden lull fell on the babel OF sound.
me orchestra. which nae rested LOT a
lew began agaln-not d o.
its long overtures, put a preluoe TO the
horid music in an Italian opera
Through the murky atmosphere a
woman's voice shrilled u with rare
sweetness.
'DOrcas rose to her feet for a Sec
ond, searching for the singer; then
table. The crash OF dishes, the rattle
of silver, and the popping OF corks con-
tinued, but tongues were stilled except
for one voice. 1t was singing the
tremendous aria from "Ernani Inc
girl drew a long breath as the fast
note died away into silence then n
turned eagerly to Merry.
Who is she?"
III tell you in a minute.
She turned again to look at the
singer, who stood crushed into a ma.
row balcony which was crowded to
| discomfort by a piano and four mu-
sicians. The woman was absurdly fat
and absurdly gowned. Years ago. in
the palmy days of a concert tour, she
had swept upon the platform in a robe
of burnt orange velvet splashed gor-
geously with silver lace and scintillat-
ing embroidery. It had seen years OF
service, then grown tawdry, unfashion-
able. soiled, and grotesouely queer. 1t
reminded Dorcas Of the stately door in
its last stage of sh~abbfness. The
woman's ~straw-colored hair vas gain
cred into a ridiculous pompadour-
Across the dining room, through muir
ky waves of tobacco smoke. the girl
could see careworn wrinkles bou the
woman's eyes. The vivid scarlet OF
her cheeks was pitifully false, false as
the Wilderness of he vast, bare shout
ders. Again she began to sing, some
thing which came thrilling from the
wonderful throat with perfect colora-
tufa- She threw back her head and
tilted her ace TILL Dorcas saw oniy
the profile For ? momen1 me gross
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me MUSICIANS nuuui.u nA'
n tneir Instruments cioSel toseeuei
ln~olnerentiy as Il ~ meie palto esefy
nights ploslan ap,,an ~ =
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= musical eonieu', -
gan 70 sway ner luse 10Y lneie
was NO space lol nel lee. mose'
the pnysicai fnofl NN7
me orcnes.ra uasneu 4pp ns
chorus, anu .ne
guests Waxea nign, oneels wele
minsied VIII usiee Anu =
uerlsion.
On" cried Dorcas on! the sname
# IT.
The singer sank IN a cnalr exnaus
ed, tnen sne rose q pusned her Wa,
down from ne balcony. Dorcas
watched ner win 9 pltilui gaze. Fer
splratlon was Washing white slreaA'
through the patches Oh rouge on ne'
cneeKs.
Who is the woman! o ked
twenty-five years 9 ner name
was famous from 4 a OF leaiy Z
ne otner- When q went ueno'
TO Ill an engagement n Wnole tow
turned out 70 les ner, the snop'
closed, n II was q puDlc holiday
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