The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-01-18
She Forgot
Her Wedding
BY ElINoR MARSH

er by one Of the downs when she wa
barely twenty years old A life OF lux
ury was then. by her fathers dyinl
lnsolvcnt turned TO poverty, He
mother, her younger brother aud sistel
were also left without cent
Walter Treadwell young man who
was working his way through college
by means OF various expedients. had
long been youthful admircr OF Es,
telle Ii bad been question as to
whether she would be won 10y suitor
who was able to support her In the
style TO which she had been accustom.
ed or by this young man who promised
TO achieve success by his own endeav-
ors. When the crash came In the ELL
son family Treadwel was In his sem
Tor year In college, laying plans for
raising funds to enable him to study a
profession. This eliminated him as a
probable winner OF Estele. Like may
at times cure like, but poverty cannot
cure poverty. Estelle had partly prom
Used to wait for Treadwell, but her IA
Tiers failure and her present necessi.
ties had changed oil that
Estelc at once set about considering
what she might do to earn money. At
that time the kinetoscope had been re.
Gently invented. and the picture play
was in embryo, Estelle had taken
part In private theatricals, and 1t oc.
CURED to her to apply for employment
as movie actress. She was pretty
and petite. One OF the managers to
whom she applied looked at her crit
ically He had accepted scenario,
the heroine Of which was In the earlier
parts IA child and the last act a WON
nm Estelle's size was In her favor,
He had engaged an actress for the
part, but took Estelles address. init.
mating that she might hear from him
This Is as near to an engagement as
Estelle came II certainly was not
money earned. Meanwhile the wolf
was proving about the door. Even
hunger visited the family. With hun
ger came wealthy man who had had
business relations with Estelle's ia
Their 1t was said that the man. lei.
bert Atwood. had been the cause OF
Mr. Elison's failure He was sixty
years old and unattractive Whether
he was anxious TO undo what he had
done to bring about the family mis-
fortune or wanted young wife is not
known, but he proposed to marry Es
telle and on the day of their marriage
settle upon her an amount that would
enable her TO support those dependent
upon her comfortably.
Here was temptation for Estellc TO
DO violence to her heart for the pur-
pose Of relieving the strain She held
ont tin the condition of the family be.
came unbearable, then consented,
Preparations we're made for the we'd
ding On the appointed day Mr. At
wood, who was 10 meet his bride at |
the church, went there TO be married |
L It ~ IhE was ldAN al ibillillN1. anu Tx /
waited Half an hour passed. and he |
sent to ask what had caused the de
lay The messenger was told by Mrs
Ellison that her daughter had gone out |
at O'Clock In the morning and bad
not returned
The groom eXpectant left the church
lie knew that Estelle was TO sacrifice /
herself to save her mother and her
brother and sister from want, and nat /
lrally inferred that at the last moment
she had been unable to carry out her
intention He made no effort to find
Ier and did not even inquire later II
she had returned to her home
On the morning OF the intended we'd
ding the postman had left letter for
Estelle from the manager OF the film
company which had taken her address.
Ii was simply request that she would
call upon him. She went at once and
he told her that the actress he had en-
gagged had failed to comprehend the
part she was TO enact and he would
give Estelle trial. Estele replied that
she must be given q trial and decl-
sion at once or she would not be open
for engagement.
The company was assembled and
Estelle was given the scenario OF her
part which she committed to memory
scene by scene. In the movies great
Zeal depends on the power OF facial \
expression. This turned out TO be a
gift with Estelle. and at the end OF the
Lhird act the manager offered Estelle
an enga cement at So week. SO abb
sorbed had she been in the play that
she had taken no account OF time.
When this offer was made to her she
iskel to be Informed OF the hour. What
was her establishment to learn that 1t
was II o'clock--the hour for her mar.
rage.
To appear at the church dressed as
she was was unthinkable. and II would
require half an hour to get there. The
manager. who was bent on securing her
FOR the part. wrote out contract nam (
ing $50 instead Of S25 a week salary (
and placed II before her. Tempted by
The pay. scarcely knowing what she
lid, she signed and was launched as a
movie actress.
That evening when her mother was