The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-03
LrHEA srASDEN shu, IN. door
Of her nat with . little hang.

AT
and ran lightly downstairs
taxi was waiting outside. In
readiness to tAks her 10 the GALAXY
Thsatre. where che had been leading
actress for seven of the ten years that
she had played there
But on the second landing she
came 20 an abrupt standstili and
stared hard at child who was peep
ms wistfnliy through the haif-opened
door % the nat Immediately below
her own.
rs 90 an snseir' she asked. In a
stage whisper.
"oracious nor laughed Aithss.
what made you say thstf" she
asked. gently
"'causs, 10 I ask daddy when saii
see muvver. he always says. when an
angel tomes for co. and''--pressing
a eonhdinE iittle arm on Althea's knee
he said We angel would have pity
sold hair. 40 fort u must be 90
A mist rose before Ai,h.s's eyes
And what IL your namsr'
Betty" came the prompt response.
Betty Tsvor."
Althsa's face whitsnsd. and with a
sharp exclamation she bent down aud
looked more closely at the ehild's
winsome features Could Il be-wss
u possibls-that this was John IRE
Vor's ehiidr The child OF the man
whom. ten years ago. she had refused
because she considered that love and
marriage were nut hindrances and
stumbling blocks to art and ambition
She refused him whilst loving him
with all her heart.
That had been ave long weary years
ago. but Althea had never forgotten
she never could
For the moment Althea forgot
everything. IL was only subeonscious'
~ that she became aware of mans
quick step mounting the stone stair
OF the mansions. and 10 was not until
his voice was In her ear that she cam'
back to realities and found herself
looking once more ever the bridge o.
years on the face of the man she
loved.
john
"Althear'
The music OF his voice was in hei
ears again. turning her faint and
dizzy with Joy; she lifted shining eye'
to his
How good to see you again h
cried. enclosing her hands In a close
warm clasp before releasing them
was going to look you up Tomorrow
lis IL sim the same old addressT
Althea shook her head.
The mans face Swallowed: h'
pressed the curly head to his side an'
looked at Althea with cioudsd eyes
Her own were allied with a passion
OF sympathy.
-Its true. Them she murmured
"You have lost herr"
two years ago In india" was tn
brief reply.
The taxi driver from below ap
= peared at her elbow with n respectful
intimation that she had only JUS
time 10 reach the theatre.
What IL the play asked JON
over the banisters as she hurrie'
down the stairs.
THE Ladder of Fame" she said
with slow distinctness.
IL was only by "A lucky chance tina
John Trevor was able TO secure seal
From end to end the theatre wa
packed with an audience eager
witness a play that had been u
eyeryone's mouth for months and wa
proving a record success
No one was allowed to know that
comprised the story Of fve years o
the authors own life. beginning a
the bottom rung of the ladder an
ending at the top.
Had the audience been let Into IN
secret they would have known VIII
AIthea acknowledgements actres
that she was-rose TO such super
heights In her portrayal of IN
heroine.
after the rise OF the curtain. IN
first scene had not progressed nor
than Ave minutes before Trevor's In