The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-05
Told in
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D. nasIIIIA II nurrIERE,
BY ol'ILLIA F. PFEIFFER
Observation-Disclosures
1919. by tho western News
paper Union.)


tcopyrish,, 1919. by tho western News.
paper Union)
"1hey say ii is fine picture. Flor.
epce. Won't yon lake the children and
ge?"
II don't care much for the movies,
Eta, but suppose the little ones will
be pleased answered Florence Trude,
I'resighedly.
There vas no nffectation IN words or
manner, Florence looked and acted
ineSprcssibly wearied and dull. She
was visiting with relatives and her
cousin, Mrs Wilson, married and hav-
! Ing three children. had been disap.
pointed from the first In interesting
her guest in any enlivenlng pleasure,
She could scarcely connect the sad
/ eyed Florence Of the present with the
lively, intensely human Florence OF
their schooldays. She realized OF
course, that there must be cause for
| The startling change. hut Florence had
not seen ft to confidc in her and she
had not penetrated the cold calm that
w0s ever present with her relative and
| guest
Pictures Alone by herself. Flor.
ence's lips tremored and her eyes nc.
CURED a pathetic, faraway expression.
Alas there vas one picture framed
ever in her mind involving the tragedy
of slain love. trust and hope. 4 glen
silvered BY he white moonlight her
| trysting place with the only man she
had ever loyed, ever would love- her
| joyful henrtbeais as he advanced, and
then his sudden conformation by a.
woman young and beautiful like her
self. That llashingoycd beauty had nc,
costed Eldon Ware Familiarity. For
moment he seemed dazed Utmost
stunned-the woman came stIlI nearer
and threw her arms about his neck,
| He did not repel her She kissed him
| fondly and then slowly. arm in arm.
those two disappeared. amid tho mists
and shadows of the glen and appar-
entity out ofthe broken life OF Florence
! Trude.
She had crept home q blighted soul,
incapable Of even thought beyonc the
| fact that the man with whom phe had
| pllghte1 iroth was base deee!ver,
4 Circumstances Immediately ensuing
seemed 10 enforce this fact Florence
heard next day that Ware had left the
town ON night train with her appsr.
! cnt rival In bis affections. A week went
By Ware did NOT return and when a
letter, mailed from the city. arrived,
Florence placed 1t unopened in another
envelope and returned it to his adj
dress with the words written across It:
"lhope never to see you again"
Then II WIS long battle aga,ns,
heart break and threatened Illness.
Ware had come to her home, but the
servnnts had strict orders to refuse
! him adnittance. Other letters had
come. Florence returned the first un-
opened and burned the rest Withhold
seeking to know their contents. Whit
could the same be but some specous
I explanation OF his base treachery?
Florence had heard incidentally that
Edon Ware was leading a lonely, un.
eventful life at the home of a married
sister. Ele was reputed to have been
left quite a fortune and engaged in 10
special business activity. There seemed
TO be no attachment or complication In
his life, but Tie memory of that meet
Ing with another woman than herself.
their llrazcn,saced departure together.
was il source OF bitterness and re-
proach that Florence could not dismiss
from her mind or forgive.
Florence accompanied the three chill.
dren TO the moving picture theater,
noting only casually that the theme OF
the scenic presentation was Mis-.
judged" She anticipated the usual
plotful drama and had no interest in
It's development When. however, the
story OF the play began TO unfold a
strange insistent attraction to its de
tails began From casual notice to
strict attention, and then TO absorbing
interest, Florence followed the first
film OF the photoplay and sat consumed
With wonderment.
No character on the screen resem-
Died herself or Eldon Ware, yet the
prologue was nothing more nor less
than prototype presentation of the
nrst few months of her engagement to
Ware. So faithfully were their Incl
dents depicted that Florence could
scarcely believe that she saw Alright
There came perfect reproduction of
that memory scene where Eldon Ware
and his mysterious woman companion
passed out of sight.
And there the story explained that
devastating event. II seemed that the
lover OF the picture had cousin who
resenbled him greatly. This cousin
had paid some attention to a girl who /
turned out at heart TO be frivolous
adventures and who finally went IN.
sane and was sent to an asylum. That
night Of the glen scene she came upon
the lover of the screen story and mis-
took him for his cousin. She raved
wildly of murder If she was not taken
back to his love and care. The cousin.
to save his relative. accepted the iden.
tity thrust upon him by the mad crea-
ture, whom he INDUCED until he once /
more got her into custody.
With no other way Of explaining all, I
Eldon Ware had arranged To have The