The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-08

CHAPTER v-contlnue1.
Nora, - she stood In the full morn
hg sunlight, was like 70 gladden. the
oyes Of al mankind. She was beauti.
ful, and all adjectives applicable would
but serve to confuse rather than to
emoellish her physical excellence. She
Vas q beautiful % . garden rose II.
Aooding NO defense, no ramparts Of
aloying phrases. The day Of poets ID
gons. otherwise she would hsve been
sung IN cantos. She was tall. shapely,
despbosomed, nne-skinned. Critics.
N pFaising her charms, delved into
mythology and folklore for compari-
sons. until there wasn't Z goddess left
On Olympus or On Northland's Icy
Capes: and when these images became
= little shop-worn, referred to certain
masterpieces OF the old fellows who
had LETT nothing more to be said In
oils. Nora enjoyed Il al.
She had not been happy IN the selec-
ton Of her stage name; but she had
chosen Eleanofa q Toscana because
che believed thsre was good luck In
&C. Once, long before the world knew
0f her, che had returned home from
Italy unexpectedly. Molly. here's
Nora, from Tuscany" her delighted
father had cried: who at that time
had Z nebulous idea that Tuscany was
somewhere In Ireland because It had .
Celtic ring to Il. Being filled with love
Of Italy. its tongue. IT. history, it,
physical beauty, she naively trans
lated Mora from Tuscany into Ital.
ian. and declared that when she went
upon the stage she would be known
by that name. There had been some
smiling over the pseudonym: bat
Nora vas Irish enough to cling to It
BY and By the great music-loving pub
lie ceased 70 concern itself about her
name: It was her fresh beauty and
her wonderful voice they craved to see
and hear. Kings and queens. em.
'perors and empresses. princes and
;pfincosses-what b called royalty and
mobility n the newspapers freely gave
her homage. Quite : rise In the world
for ; little girl who had ones lived In
= shabby apartment II New York and
run ~baretooted On tho vet asphalts,
summer nights!
2 hut Nora was not recalling the
happy scenes Of nor childhood; In
decd. no; she VA still threatening
Paris. Once there, she would not lack
tor reprisals. 10 have played on her
pity! 10 have made ! lure Of her
.tender concern for the unfortunate!
Never would she forgive such baee
ness. And only . little while ago she
had been - happy - the nightingale
. which they compared her. Never
had she wronged anyone; she had bean
kindness and tAoushttulnese 70 III
with whom shs had come. IA contact
but from now on! ~ Her IN
gers tightened roaind the. .hars. she
might have posed - Dido. when sho
learned that tia noble Aeneas VA
dead. War, war; Voc to the moths who
nutteFed shout her head hereaftsrl
An, but had she been happy Her
hands cid down the bars. Her ex-
No1ston changed. The mouth drooped,
To eaglelight In her eyes dimmed.
Prom ont the bright morning. some
where, had colne Yeariness,. and with
this came weakness. and Analfy, tears.
She heard the 10y turn IN tho lock.
Thoy had come - early before.
Dho wa1 astOnlshed % see that her
1ni1er did not close tho door - usual.
~ PIT down the breakfast tray on the
table. Thsro - tea ana toast ana
nru1t
s1rademoiselle. there has been ! ter
x1ble. mistake" said tho man humbly.
AM % you have found that out?s
- cEted.
You ars not the person for
w. hin room Was intended" Which
&C., ! truth and porfoctly true,
- 4 may sssm. nat your
peace. You : free,
|As l1|SsT 1on Nt1l not hinder - X I
Sa a1Ta1f11 w 1cor3'
,HeRy ~. ana - will