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French nerela aad French actrettesl Ap parently the regard them all a e many un known horrors tending in the way of the purification of dramatle art by a beauti ful young person with a high standard of duty. .It is very odd! Eridently tee is the Bcetch Presbyterian' daughter etill, for all her profession and her success and her easy ways with the Sabbath I Her remark pro duced a geed deal of unregenerate irritation In me. If the were ft first rate artUt te begin with, I was inclined te reflect, this moral en thusiasm would touch and charm one a geed deal mere; as it is, considering her position, it Is rather putting the cart before the horse. But, of course, one can understand that it is Just these traits in her that help her te make the impression the does en Londen society and the orthodox publie In general "Wallace and I went off after the nut hatches, enjoying a private laugh by the way ever Mrs. Stuart's little leek of amate ment and discomfort as Miss Bretherton de livered herself. When we came back we found Ferbes sketching her ehe sitting rather flushed and silent under the tree, and he drawiup;away and working himself at every etroke into a greater and greater enthusiasm. And certainly she was as beautiful as a dream, sitting against that tree, with the brown heather about her and the young oak leivcs ever bead. But 1 returned in an antagonistic frame of mind, a little out of pitience with her and her beauty, and won dering why nature always blunders some seme whcrel "However, en the way home she had another and a pleasanter surprise for nie. A carriage was waiting for us en the main read and no strolled towards It through the gorbe and the trees and the rich level even ing lights. I dropped behind for some prim roses stUl lingering in bloom beside a little brook; she strayed, tee, and we were to gether, out of car shot of the rest. " 'Mr. Kendal the said, looking' ttraight at me, as I handed the flowers te her, 'you may have misunderstood something Just new. I don't want te pretend te what I haven't get. I don't knew French, and I can't read French novels If I wished te ever se much.' "What was I te sayl She steed looking nt me seriously, a llttle proudly, having eased her conscience, as It seemed te me, at seme cost te herself. I felt at first inclined te turn the thing off with a Jest, but suddenly I thought te myself that 1 tee could speak my mind. " 'Well,' I said, deliberately, walking en beside her, 'you leso a geed deal. Thore ere hosts of French novels which I would rather net sce a woman touch with the tips of her fingers; but thcre are ethers which take one into a bigger world thau we English people, with our parochial ways of writing and see ing, have any notion of. Geerge Band car ries you full Inte the mid European stream you feel it flowing, you nre brought into contact with all the great ideas, all the big interests; she Is an education in herself. And then Balzacl he has such a range and breadth, he teaches one se much of human nature, and with such conscience, such force of representation! It's the same with their novels as with their theatre. Whatever ether faults he may have, a first rate French man of the artistic tort takes mero pains ever his work than anybody else in the world. They don't shirk, they threw their life bleed into it, whether it's acting, or painting, or writing. You've nevcr seen Desferets, I think (no, of ceurse net, and you will be gene before she comes again. What a pity I' "Hiss Bretherton picked one of my prim roses ruthlessly te pieces and flung it away from her with one of her nervous gestures. 'I nra net sorry,' she said. 'Nothing would have Induced me te go and see her.' " 'Indeed:' I soft, waiting a llttle curiously for what she Would say next. " 'It's net that I am Jealous of her,' she exclaimed, with a quick, proud leek at me; 'net that I don't belie e she's a great actress; but I can't separate her acting from what she Is herself. It is wemen llke that who bring discredit en the whole profession It Is women like that who make people think that no geed woman can be an actress. I resent It, and I mean te take the ether line. I want te prove, if I can, that a woman may be en actress and still be a lady, still be treated just as you treat the women you knew and respect I I mean te prove that thcre need never be a word breathed against her, that she Is anybody's equal, and that her private life is her own and net the public's. It makes my bleed bell te hear the way peeple espe cially men talk about llme. Desferets; thcre is net ene of jeu who would let your wlfe or your sister shake hands with bcr, and yet you rave about her; hew you talk ns if thcre were nothing in the world but genius and French genius 1' "It struck me that I had get tosemclhlog very much below the surface in Miss Breth erton. It was a curious outburst; I remem ber hew often her critics had compared her te Desferete, greatly te her disadvantage. Was this championship of virtue quite genu ine or was it merely the best means of de fending herself against a rival by the help of British respectability? " 'Mme. Desferets,' I said, perhaps a little dryly, 'is a riddle te her best friends, and probably te herself; she docs a thousand mid, imprudent, bad things if jeu will, but she is the greatest actres3 the modern world has seen, and that's something te have dene for your generation. Te have moved the feelings and widened the knewledge of thou sands by such delicate, such marvelous, such conscientious work as hers that is an achievement se great, se masterly that I for oue will threw no stones at herl' "It seemed te me all through as though I were speaking perversely; I could have ar gued en the ether side as passionately as Isabel Bretherton herself, but I was thinking of her dialogue with tbe Prince, cf that feeble, hysterical death scene, and it irritated me that she, with her beauty, and wjth British Phlllstluism and British virtue te back ber, should be trampling en Desferets and genius. But I was conscious of my audacity. If n certain number of critics have been plain spoken, Isabel Breth erton has nene the les been turrounded for months past with people who have impressed upon her that the modern thcatre is a very doubtful business, that her acting is as geed as anybody's, and that her special mission is te regenerate the manners of the stage. Te bave the naked, nrtistle view thrust upon her that It (s the actress' business te act, and that If she does that well, whatever may be ber personal shortcom ings, her generation his Cause te be grateful te Jjtr must I re pugnaqt te her. She, tee, talks about art, but it is (Ike a child who learns a string of long words withoutjjder witheutjjder standing them. She walked en besldejjn'e while I cooled down and thought what a feel I bad been te endanger a friendship which had opened se well her wonderful lips open ing ence or twice as though te speak, and her quick breath coming and going as she scat tered the yellow petals of the flowers far and wide with a sort of mute passion which sent a thrill through me. It was as though the could net trust herself te speak, arid I waited awkwardly en Providence, wishing the ethers were net se far off. But suddenljbe tension of her mood seemed te give way. Her smile flashed out, and she turned upon me with a , swept, eager gracjeusness, quite Indescribable. 'Nerwe won't threw stones at herl She is great, I knew, but that ether feeling Is se strong In me. I care for my art; it seems te me grand, magnificent! but I think I care still mere for making peeple feel It is work a geed woman can de, for holding my own In it, and asserting myself against the people who behave as If all actreLc had done the tlilnss tbatJUmc. OsutavtsJiaijloue. Don't AMMktatesM-te coo,! hlmml .ItaaM aim flit tatadey. OM HMMrrtasMMngBMv. 1 1 wta N m the mist aad id be mtiw MfctM mm ft aright all ceBM atfttal X rfLse4enaMthetbettbe- thfttfcBMMef Oh. tar ulsMBsatl Whet wretch I ami le lest them nearly eH. Loek, Jet that tmach ever there, Mr. XeaaaJ, before we lean the common.' "I sprung e get them for ber, and brought WkfteMftUty. BiMtoekUmmlnbtrhaBd -bow unlike ether women the k. after alL la pHe of her hatred of Bohemia l-ed, rate lag them te her Dps, the waved ft farewell through them te the great cosasaea lying be hind ut In the evening sua. 'Hew beautiful I hew beautlfull This Kaglteh country Is te klad. te friendly I It has gene te my heart. Geed aJght yea wonderful placer "She bad conquered me altogether. It was deae te warmly, with such a winning, spontaneous charm. I cannot say what pleasure I get out of these primrose lying ia her teft, ungleved hand all the way home. Henceforward, I feel tbe may make what Judgments and draw what line she pleases, she won't change me, and I have some hopes of modifying her, but I am net very likely te feet annoyance towards ber again. 8be is like tome frank, beautiful, high spirited child playing a game the only half under stand. I wish the understood It better. I should like te help her te understand it, but I went quarrel with her, even in my thoughts, any mere. "On looking ever this letter it teems te me thaif you were net you, and I were net I, you might with tome plausibility accuse me of being whatl In leve with Miss Brother Brether tout But you knew me tee well Ten knew I am one of the old fashioned peeple who belleve la community of Interests in belonging te the tame world, When I come coolly te think about it, I can hardly imagine two worlds, whether outwardly or Inwardly, mera wide apart than mine and Miss Breth Breth ertenV . CHAPTER V. During the three weeks which elapsed be tween the two expeditions of the "Sunday League" Kendal taw Miss Bretherton two or three times under varying circumstances. One night he took It Inte his head te go te the pit of the Calllope, and came away mero persuaded than before that as an actress there was small prospect for her. Had she been an ordinary mortal, he thought, the original stuff in ber might have been disciplined into something really valuable by the common give and take, the normal rubs and difficul ties of her profession. But as it was she had been lifted at ence by the ferce of ene natural endowment into a position which, from the artistic point of view, seemed te him hopeless. Her instantaneous success dependent at it was en considerations wholly outside these of dramatle art had denied ber all the advantages which are te be wen from struggle and from laborious and grad ual conquest. And mere than this, It had deprived her of an ideal; it had tended te make her take ber own performance as the measure of the geed and possible. Fer, naturally, it was tee much te expect that die herself should analyze truly the sources and reasons of her popularity. Shoraustinevita Sheraustinevita bly believe that some, at least, of It was due te her dromatie talent in itself. "It Is very possible that I am net qulte fair te her. She has all the faults which repel me most. I could get ever anything but this impression of bare blank ignorance which she makes upon me. And as things are at present, it is Impossible that she should learn. It might be interesting te have the teaching of herl But it could only be dene by some ene with whom she came naturally into frequent contact, noneay ceuia wrast nimseir in upon her. And the eeems te knew very few peeple who could be of any use te her." On another occasion he came across her in tbe afternoon at Mrs. Stuart's. The conver sation -turned upon his sister, Mme. de Cha teauvlcux, for whom Mrs. Stuart had a warm but very respectful admiration. They had met two or three timet In Londen, and Mme. de Chateau vleux's personal distinction, her refinement, her Information, her sweet urbanity of manner, had made .a great im pression upon the lively little woman, who, from the lower level of her own mere com monplace and conventional success In society, felt en awe struck sympathy for anything se rare, se unlike the ordinary type. Her inti macy with Miss Bretherton had net goue far befere the subject of "Mr. Kendal's interest ing sister" had been introduced, and en this particular afternoon, as Kendal entered her drawing room, his ear was caught at ence by the sound of Marie's name. Miss Bretherton drew him impulsively into the conversation, and he found himself describing his sister's mode of life, ber Interests, her world, her be bo be lengings, with a readiness such as be was net very apt te show in the publie discussion of any subject connected with himself. But Isabel Bretherton's frank curiosity, her kind ling eyes and sweet parted lips, and that strain of romance In her which made her se quickly responsive te anything which touched her lmaginatlon,lwere net easy te resist She was delightful te hlseye and sense, and he was as conscious as he had ever been of her delicate personal charm. Be sides, It wepleasant te him te talk of that Parisian world, in which he was himself vitally interested, te any one ee naive and fresh. Her ignorance, which en the stage had annoyed him, in private life had its par ticular attractiveness. And, with regard te this special subject, be was conscious of breaking down a prejudice; he felt the Eleasure of conquering a great reluctance in cr. Evidently en starting in Londen she bad set herself against everything that she identified with the great French actress who had absorbed the theatre going publie during the previous season; net from pergenal Jeal ousy, as Kendal became ultimately con vinced, but from a sense "of teen moral re volt against Mme. Desferets' notorious posi tion and the stories of her private Iife which were current in all circles. She had decided in her own mind that French art meant u tainted art, and she had shown herself very restive Kindal bad seen something of it en their Surrey expedition under any attempts te make her share the interest which certain sections of the English cultivated publie feel in foreign thought, and especially in the foreign theatre. Kendal took particular pains, when they glided oft from the tople of his sister te mero general .matters, te make her realize seme of the finer aspects of the French wgrld, of which she knew se little and which she Judged se harshly; the laborious technical training te which the dwellers en the ether sida of tbe chancel sub mit themselves se much mero readily than the English in any matter of art; the intel lectual conscientiousness and refinement due te the preesure of an organized and continu ous tradition, and se en. He realized that a geed deal of what he said or suggested must naturally be lest upon ber. But It was do de llgbtful te feel her mind yielding te his, while It stimulated her sympathy and per haps reused ber surprise te find in him, every new and then, a grave and unpretending re re re sponse te these moral enthusiasms in herself which wcre tee real and deep for much di rect expression. "Whenever I am next In Paris," the said te him, when she perforce rese te go with that pretty hesitation of manner which was be attractive in her, "would ygu mind would Mme. deChatcauvieux if tasked you te introduce me te your sKterl It would be a great pleasure te me." Kendal made a very cordial reply, and they parted knowing mero of each ether than they had jet done. Net that his lead ing impression of her was in any way modi medi fled. Incompetent and unpromising as an artist, delightful as a woman, had been his earliest verdict upon her, and his conviction of its reasonableness had been only deepened by subsequent experience; but perhaps tlu cense of dcllgbtfulncss was gaining upon the sense of incompetencel After all, beauty and charm and sex have in all ages been tee much for the clever people who try te reckon without them. Kendal was far tee shrewd net te recognize the very natural and reason able character of the proceeding and net te smile at the first sign of it In bis own person. Still, he meant te try, If he could, te keep the two estimates distinct, and neither te confuse himself uer ether people by con founding them. It seemed te him an Intel lectual point of honor te keep his head per fectly cool en the subject of Miss Brether ton's artistic- claims, but he was conscious that it was net always very easy te de a consciousness that made blm sometimes all the mere recalcitrant -under the pressure of her celebrity, Fer It seemed te blm that lu society he heard, of nethins but her-rber beauts her SSHC .tdMaaeeesa. It everr diaieV tafetetwlNard Mark of her, tome of then itnitBt tareswieBt, mm au teadiftg la the tatM tUftttBB that I te say, lUttttratlag tltfttr the girlB proud Independeaee and ber BstatiulaaMeB te be patrenised by nobody, at wan by royalty itself, or her lavish kind htarttdnstt aad aentresity toward the peer aadtB Marlen of ber ewa pref estteu. She wa for the moment the great Interest of Tioadea, and people talked of ber popularity and teattl prestige as a sign of the times and a proof of the changed position of the thea tre aad of these belonging te It. Kendal thought it proved no mere than that au ex tremely beautiful girl of Irreproachable character, brought prominently before the publie In any capacity whatever, is sure te ttir the susceptible English heart, and that babel Bretherton's popularity was net one which would la the long run affect the stage at all. But be kept his reflections te himself, aad In general talked about her no mera than he was forced te de. Uehadatnrtnf chivalrous feeling that these whom the girl bad made in any degree her personal friends ought, as far as possible, te stand between her and this Inquisitive, excited public. And It was plain tetim that the enormous social success was net of her seeking, but of her relations. One afternoon, between 0 and 7, Kendal was working alone in his room with the un usual prospect of a clear evening before him. He had finished a piece of writing and was standing before the fire deep in thought ever the first paragraphs of his next chapter when he heard a knock; the deer opened and Wal lace steed en tbe threshold. "May I come in! It's a shame te disturb you, but I've really get something Important "Km a thama te disturb you." te talk te you about I want your advice badly." "Ob, come in, by all means. Here's some cold tea. Will you have tome, or will you stay and dlnet I must dine early te-night for my work. I'll ring and tell Masen." "Ne, don't; I can't stay. I must be in Ken sington at 8." He threw himself into Ken dal's deep reading choir, and looked up at bis friend, standing silent and expectant en the hearth rug. "De you remember that play of mine I showed you in the springr Kendal took tlme te think. "Perfectly. Yeu mean that play by that young Italian fellow which you altered and translated I 1 remember it qulte well. I have meant te ask you about It once or twice lately." "Yeu thought well of it, I knew. Well, my sister has get me into the most uncom fortable hebble about jt Yeu knew I hadn't taken it te any manager. I've bean keeping it by me, working it up here and thore. I am In no want of money Just new, and I had set my heart en the thing' being really fgoed well written and well acted. Well, Agues, in a rash moment two or three days age, and without consulting me, told Miss Bretherton the whole story of the play, and said that she supposed I should seen want somebody te bring it out ferme. Miss Bretherton was enormously struck with the plot, as Agnes told it te bcr, and the next tlme I saw her she insisted that I should read some scenes from it te her" "Qoed heavens! and new she has offered te produce it and play tbe principal part In it herself," Interrupted Kendal. Wallace nodded. "Just se; you see, my relations with her are se friendly that it was Impossible for me te say no. But 1 never was in a greater fix; She was enthusiastic. She walked up and down the room after I'd dene reading, repeating some of the passages, going through some of the situations, and wound up by saying, 'Give it me, Mr. Wal lace! It shall be the first thing I bring out in my October season It you will let me have it Well, of course, I suppose most people would jump at such an offer. Her popularity just new is something extraordi nary, and I see no signs of Its lessening. Any piece she plays In is bound te be a suc cess, and I suppese I should make a geed deal of money out of it; but then, you see, I don't want the money, and" "Yes, yes, I see," said Kendal, thought fully; "you don't want the money, and you feel that ehe will ruin the play. It's a great bore certainly." "Well, you knew, hew could she help min ing Itl She couldn't play the part of Kh Ira you remember the plot I even decently. It's an extremely difficult part. It would be superb I think se, at least n the hands of an actress who really understood her busi ness, but Miss Bretherton will make It one long stagey scream, without any modula tion, any shades, any delicacy. It drives ene wild te think of It And j ct hew, in the name of fortune, am I te get out of ItP "Yeu bed thought," said Kendal, "I re member, of Mrs. Pcarjen for the heroine." "Yes; I should have tried her. She is net first rate, but at least she is Intelligent; she understands something of what you went in a, part llke thet But for peer Isabel Brether ton, and theso about her, the great points In the play will be that sbe will have long speeches and be able te wear 'mediaeval' dresses! I don't suppese she overheard of Aragon in her Ufa Just imagine ber play ing a highborn Spanish woman of the Fif teenth century I Can't you sce herl" "Well, after nil," said Kendal, with n little laugh, "I Eheuld see what the publie gees for mostly that Is le soy, Isabel Bretherton In cfTectlve costume. Ne, It would be n grent fallure net a failure, of course, In the ordi nary sense. Her beauty, in the medisval get up, and the romantic plot of the piece n euld carry it through, and, as j ou say, ) ou would probably make a great deal by It But, artistically, tt would be a ghastly failure. And Hawcsl Hawcs, I suppose, would piny Maciast Geed heavens!" "Yes," sold Wallace, leaning his head en his bands and looking gloomily out of the window at the spire of St Bride's church. "Pleasant, isn't Itl But what en earth nm I te del I never w as In a gieater hole. I'm net the least in love with that girl, Kendal, but thcre Isn't anything' she'd ask me te de for her that I wouldn't de if I could. She's the warmest hearted creature ene of the kind est, frankest, siucerest women that ever stepped. I feel at times that I'd rather cut my hand off than hurt her feelings by throw ing her offer In her face, and j ct that play has been the apple of my oye te mu for menths: the thought of seeing It rpetled by ciumsy nanuiing u intolerable te me." lieve it would wound her extremely. Yeu see, in spite cf all ber success, she Is begin ning te be conscious that thcre nre two publics in Londen. There Is the small, fistulous publie of peeple who take the theatre seriously, and there is the large, easy going public who get the only sensation they want out of her beauty and her per sonal prestige, The enthusiasts have no difficulty, as yet, In holding their own against the scoffers, and for a long tlme Miss Bretherton knew and cared nothing for what the critical peeple said, but of late I have noticed at tiinea that she knows mero and cares mere than she did. It txmste me that tbere Is a little grewfug soreness in her mind, and just new if 1 refuse te let her have that play it will destroy her confidence in her friends, as It were. She won't re proach me, she won't quarrel with me, but 'it will go te her heart. De, for heaven's sake, Kendal, help me te seme plausible fic tion or ether!'' "Irish I could," said Kendal, pacing up and down, fcis, gray har Jalllaz feruard te Kendal wafted eawgeticatty upie his frieadaudWdWshatrfoahlAeulder. "Youeughtottolet her hare that play, Wallace; I'm quite dear en that Yeu knew hew much I Ilk her. She' alt yen say, aad mere; bat art I art, aad acting is acting. I, at any rate, take thee thiagt seriously, and yen de, tee. We rejoice In It for ber take; but, after all, when one comet te think of It, this popularity of hen tt enough te make one despair. Seuietlmes-I think It wilt threw back the popular dramatle taste for years. At any rate, am clear that If a man ha get held of a fine work of art, at you have In that play, he hat a duty te It and te the pub lic. Yeu ara bound te tee It brought out under the best possible conditions, and wa all knew that Mi Bretherton's acting, capped with Hawe', would kill It from the arUstle point of view." "Pcrfeetlr trw, perfectly tru," said Wal lace. "Well, would you have me Ull her ter "Youmuttgeteut of It toaehew. Tell her that the part fa oue you feel won't suit her wn1J d hJ!?1f,, "Much steed that would dot She think ihn part Just made for her, costume and alk" "Well, then, ay you havent finished your revision, and you must have time for mera work at it; that will postpone the thing, and the will bear of something else which will put It out of her head." "There are alt sort of reasons against that," eald Wallace; "if hardly worth while going through them. In the first place, the wouldn't believe me; tn the second, the went forget it, whatever happens, and it would only put the difficulty oft a few week at most I feel se stupid about the whole thing. I llke ber tee much. I'm se afraid of saying anything te hurt her, that I cant finesse. All my wit desert me. I say, Kendal f "Weill" Wallace hesitated, and glanced up at his friend with bis most winning expression. "De you think you could earn my eternal gratitude and man the thing for met Yeu knew we're going te Oxford next Sunday, and I suppese we shall go te Nuneham, and thcre will be opportunities for walks, and te en. Could you possibly take it in hand I She has en lmmense respect for you intellectually. It you tell her that you're cure the part won't suit her; that she won't de herself Justice in It; if you could lead the conversation en te it and try te put her out of love for the schema without seeming te have a commission from me In tiny way, I should be Indeed everlast ingly obliged I Yeu wouldn't make a mess of It, as I should be sura te da Yeu keep your bead cool." "Weill" said Kendal, laughing, balancing himself en tbe table, facing Wallace, That' a tempting prospect I But if I don't help you out you'll give In, I knew. YeuVa the soft est of men, and I don't want you te glve in." "Yes, of oeurto I shall give in," said Wal lace, with smiling decision. "If you don't want me te, suppose you take the responsi bility. I've known you de difficult things before you manage somehow te get your own way without offending people." "H'm," said Kendal; "I don't knew whether that's flattering or net" He began te walk up end down the room again cegitat? Ing. "I don't mind trying." b laid nt last,' In a very gingerly way. "I can't of course,' undertake te be brutal It would be lmpcu tlbls for any ene te treat her roughly. But there might be ways et doing It There's time te think ever the best way et doing it Supposing, however, she took offense I Sup posing, after Sunday next, she never speaks le either of us neeinr1 "Ohl" said Wallace, wincing, "I should glve up tbe play at ence If she really took it te heart She attaches ene te her. I feel towards her as though she ncre n sister only meie interesting, because there's the charm of nevelty." Kendal smiled. "Miss Bretherton hasn't get te that yet with me. Sisters, te my mind, are as Interesting as anybody, and inoreso. But hew nn earth, Wallace. hn a you escaped falling In love w ith her all this timer' "Oh, I had enough of that last year," said Wallace, abruptly rising and looking for his overcoat, while bis foce darkened; "It's en experience I don't take lightly." Kendal was puzzled; then liii thoughts quickly put two and two tegetlipr. Ilu re membered a young Canadian liia n !i had been a geed deal at Mrs. Stuart'n heuse the year before; he recalled certain suspicions of his own about her and his friend her do de do narture from Londen and Wallace's lone absence in the country. But he said nothing, unless there was sympathy In the cordial grip of his hand as he accompanied the ether te the deer. On the threshold Wallace turned Irreso lutely. "It will be a risk next Sunday." he said; "I'm determined it shan't be anything mero. Sbe Is net the woman, I think, te make a quarrel out of a thing llke that" "Oh, no," said Kendal; "keep your courage up. I think it may be managed. Yeu glve me leave te bandle 'Elvira' as I like." "Ob, heavens, yesl" said Wallace; "get me out of the scrape any way you can, and I'll bless you forever. What a brute I am never te bave asked after your werkl Dees It get ent" "As much as any work can in Londen Just new. I must take It away with me some where Inte the country next month. It doesn't llke dinner jpartlcs." "Like me," said Wallace, with a shrug. "Nonsense!" said Kendal; "you're made for them. Goodnight" "Goodnight It's awfully geed of you." "Whatl Walt till it's well evcrl" Wallace ran down the etaln and was gene. Kendal walked back slowly into his room nnd steed meditating. It seemed te him that Wallace did net quite rcalize the magnifi cence of his self devotion. "Fer, after all it's an awkward business," be eald te himself; shaking his head ever bis eun temerity. "Hew I am te ceme around a girl as frank, ns direct, as unconventional as that, I don't qulte knew. But she ought net te ba e that play; It is ene et the geed things that have been dene for tbe English stage for a long time past It's well put together, the plot geed, three or four strongly marked charac ters, and seme fine Victer Hugelsh dialogue, especially in the last act But there is ex travagance In it, as thcre is in all ths work of that time, and In Isabel Bretherton's hands n great deal of It would be gretesque; noth ing could save It but her reputation and the Ret up, aud that would be tee great a shame. Ne, no; it will net de te have the real thing swamped by all sorts of Irrelevant consider ations In this way. I llke Miss Bretherton heartily, but I llke geed work, and It I can save the play from ber I shall save her, tee, from what everybody with eyes In his head would eco te be a failure." It was a rash determination. Most men would haveprudently left the matter te these whom It Immediately concerned, but Kendal bad n Quixotic side te blm, and at this tlme In his life n whele hearted dovetloii te certain Intellectual Interests, which decided his action en n point like this. In tpltaef his life In society, books nnd ideas were at this moment much mero real te him than men and women. He judged life from the stand point of the student and the man cf letters, In whose eyes considerations, which would hnve seemed abstract and unreal te ether people, bad become magnified and all Im portant In this matter of Wallace and Miss Bretherton he saw the struggle between an ideal interest, se te speak, and a personal In terest, and be was heart and soul for the Ideal. Face te face with tbe living human creature concerned, his principles, aa we have seen, wcre apt te glve way a little, for the Eclf underneath was warm hearted and Im pressionable, but in his own room and by himself they were strong and vigorous, and would allow et no compromise. He ruminated ever the matter during his relitary meal, planning his line of action. "It all depends," he said te himself, "en that; If what Wallace says about ber is true, If my opinion bes really any weight with her, I shall be able te manage it without offending her. It's geed et her te speak et me as kindly as she cecms te de; I was anything but amiable en that Surrey Sunday. However, I felt then that she liked me all tbe better for plain speaking; ene may be tolerably safe with her that sbe won't take offense unreasonably. What a picture she mode as the pulled the primroses te pieces it ecemed all up with ene! And then her srolle flashing out her eagerness te make amends te sweep awsy a harsh impression her pretty gratefulness enchanting!" i On Saturday, at lunch time, Wallace rushed in for a few minutes te say that be himself had avoided Miss Bretherton all the week, but that things wcre coming te a crisis. "I've just get this note from fcer,"( be sold despairingly, spreading it out before Kendal, Who was making a scrappy bachelor meal, jrlth a boob oe ca,ch side et hjm. at a i " ii. i mmmiKmmmmtmmmmdimmgmttmttmtimmmmmmmmmimmmmmmmimt ttflBQirBttxBS wita papers. i "CoeM anything be mero pntttly done! If you don't succeed te-morrow, Kendal, I thalt have signed the agreement befere three day are overt It was indeed a charming note. She asked htra te fix any time he chose for an appoint ment with her and her business manager, aad spoke with enthusiasm of the play. "It cannot help being n great success," the wrote; 'I feel that I am net worthy et It, but I will de my very best The part teems te me, in many respects, as though It had been written for me. Yeu have never, In deed, I remember, consented in se many word te let me have 'Elvira.' I thought I should meet you at Mr. Btuart' yesterday, and was disappointed. But I am sure you will net say me nay, and you will see hew grateful I thalt be for the chance your work will give me," "Yea, that's denu with real delicacy ," said Kendal. "Net a word et the pecunlaryad vantage of her offer, though she must knew that almett any author would clve his eye just new for such a proposal. Well, we thalt tee. If I cant make the thing leek less atlractlve te her without reusing her ausplciens, and If yeu'eant screw up your ceurage te refuse why, you mutt sign the agreement, my dear fellow, and make the best of it; you will find something else te Inspire you before long." "If most awkward," sighed Wallace, a though making up his perplexed mind with difficulty. "The great chance is that by Agnes account she Is very much Inclined te regard your opinion as n sort of Intellectual tandardt she has two or three times talked of remark of yours as If they had struck her. Don't quote me at all, of court?. De It a impersonally as you can." 1 ''It you give me tee many Instructions," aid Kendal, returning the letter with a mile, "I shall bungle It Don't make me nervous. leant promlse you tosueceed, and Teu must'nt bear me a grudge if I fall." I "A grudge) Ne. I should think net By the way, have you beard from Agues about the trains te-morrow I" , "Yet, Paddlngten, 10 o'clock, nnd there is an 8:18 train back from Culham. Mrs. Stuart ays we're te lunch In Balllel, run down te Nuneham afterward, and leave the beats there, te be brought btck." "Yes, we lunch with that friend of ours I think you knew him Herbert BorterK He has been a Balllel den for about a year. I only trust the weather will be what It Li te day." The weather was all that the heart of man could desire, and the party met en the Pad Pad dlngten platform with every prospect of an other successful day. Ferbes turned up punctual te the moment, and radiant under the combined Influence et the snAhlne aud of Miss Bretherton's presence; Wallace had made all the arrangement perfectly, and the ttx friends found themselves presently Journeying along te Oxford at that moder ated speed which Is all that a Sunday express can reach. The talk flowed with rest and gayety; the Surrey Sunday was n pleasant memory In the background, nnd all were glad te find themselves in tbe same company again. It seemed te Kendal that Miss Breth- rn wm looking rather thin and pole, but would net admit it, and chattered from her corner te Forbe and himself with the mirth and abandon of a child en its holiday. At last the "dreaming spires'' of Oxford rce from the green, river threaded plain, and they were at their journey' end. A few mero minutes saw them alighting nt the gate et the new Balllel, where steed Herbert Barterls looking out for them. He was a young den with a classical edition en hand which kept him up working after term, within reach et the libraries, and he led the way te some pleasant rooms overlooking the Inner quadrangle of Balllel, showing In his well bred leek and manner an abundant con sciousness of the enormous geed fertune which had sent him Isabel Bretherton for a guest Fer at that tlme it was almost as difficult te obtain th presence et Miss Breth erton at any social festivity as it was te ob tain that of royalty, Her Sundays were the object et conspiracies for weeks beforehand en the part of these person In Londen soci ety who were least accustomed te have their Invitations refused, and te hare and te held tbe famous beauty for mero than an hour In his own rooms, and then te enjoy the privi lege et spending Ave or six long hours en the river with her, were dellghts whleh, as the happy young man felt, would render him the ebject et envy te all at least of his fellow dens below forty. In streamed the party, filling up the book lined rooms and starting the two old scouts In attendance Inte an unwonted rapidity et action. Miss Brotberten wandered round, surveyed the familiar Oxford luncheon table, groaning under the tlme honored fare; the books, the engravings and the sunny, Irregu lar quadrangle outside, with Its rich adorn adern ings cf green, and threw herself down nt last en te the low window scat with a sigh of satis faction. "new quiet you.arel hew pcaccfull hew delightful it must be te live here I It seems as if ene were In another world from Londen. Tell me what that building is ever thcre. It's tee new; It ought te be old and gray llke the colleges we saw coming up here. Is every body geno away 'gene down,' you 6ay? I should like te see nil the learned people walk ing about for once." , "I could show you a geed many If thcre were time," said young Barterls, hardly knowing, hewever, what he was saying, se lest wax be In admiration of that marvelous changing face. "The vacation In the time they show themselves; it's llke owls com ing out nt night Yeu see, Miss Bretherton, we don't keep many et them; they're in tbe way in term lime. But in vacation they have the colleges and tbe parks and tbe Bedleian te themselves, nnd jeu may study their ways, aud their spectacles, and their umbrel las, under the most favorable conditions." "Oh, yes," said Miss Bretherton, with a little toern, "poeplo always make fun of what they are proud of. But I mean te bo be bo liev 0 that you ere all learned, nnd thet every body here works himself te death, and that Oxford Is quite, qulte perfect!" "Did you hear w het Miss Bretherton wns saying, Mrs. Stuart!" said Ferlxa, when they were seated at luncheon. "Oxford Is perfect, she declares already; I don't think I qulte like It; It's tee het te last"- "Am I such changeable creature, then!" 'said Miss Bretherton, smiling at him, "De you generally find my enthusiasms cool dewnP "Yeu are as constant as jeu are kind," said Ferbes, bowing te her. "I em only llke a child who sighs te see a pleasure Hearing its highest point, lest thcre should be nothing se geed afterwerds." "Nothing se geed I" she said, "and I hae only bed ene little driv e through the streets. Mr. Wallace, are you and Mrs. Stuart really going te forbid me sight eeelngn "Of course!" said Wallace, emphatically. "Tliat's ene of the fundamental rules of the society. Our charter would l n dead letter If we let you enter a slngle college en jour way te the river today." "The only art, my dear Isabel," said Mrs. Stuart, "that jeu will be allowed te study today will be the art of conversation." "And a most fatlgulug en, tool' ex claimed Ferbes; "It beats sight seeing hollow. But, my dear Miss Bretherton, Kendal and I will make It up te jeu. We'll glve jeu an illustrated history of Oxford en the way te Nunebam. I'll de the pictures, and he shall de the letter press. Ohl the geed times I've bad up there much better than he ever hail," nodding across te Kendal, who was listening. "He was tee proper behaved te enjoy himself; he get all the right things, all tbe proper first classes and prizes, peer fellewj But, as for me, I used te scribble ever my note books all lecture time, and amuse myself tbe rest of tbe day. And there, jeu sen, I was up twenty years earlier than be was, and the world was net as virtuous then as It Is new by a long way." Kendal was interrupting when rorbc3,whe was in ene of his maddest moods, turned round ujen his chair te watch n figure pass ing along the quadrangle in front of tbe by window. "I say, Barterls, isn't that Camden, the tutor who was turned out of Mugdalen a year or two age for that atheistical book of his, and whom you took in, as j ou de all tbe disreputables) Ab, I knew It By the ricking of my thumbs Bomethle witked tah way comes. That's net mine, ray dear Miss Bretherton; it's Shakespeare's first, Charles Lamb's after w ards. But leek nt blm well he's a heretic, a real, genuine heretic. Twenty j cars age it would have been a thrilling sight; bat new, alas! it's se common that It's net the victim but the !rscutnr who are tLe curi osity." "I don't knew that," said jeung Sartoris. "We liberals are by no means the cocks of IBtnMtn Ma, bow wa have get bethtftg te pull agaraat, . a It were. 80 lepg a w had two or tana geed grievances we could keep the party to te gather and attract all th young men. Wa were Irat going up gamst the Philistines, wneBaau in UMirgrip. cut new wing an changed; we'v get our own way all round, and IV th church party who have the grievance aad the cry. It It we who are the Philistine and the oppressors in our tarn, nad, of count, th young men a they grew up are going Inte opposition." "And a very geed thing, tool" wild Forbe. "It's the only thing that prevents Oxford be coming as dull a the rest of the world. All your pleturctquenes, te e speak, has been struck out of the struggle between the two force. The church ferce It the ene that ha given you all your building! and your btauty, while, as for you liberals, who will knew such n let et things that you're nene the happier for knowing well, I suppose you keep the place habitable for the plain man who deesnt want te be bullied. But It's n very geed thing the ether side ara strong enough te keep you in order." The conversation flowed en vigorously Ferbes guiding it, new here, new then, while Kendal presently turned away te talk In an undertone te Mr. Stuart, who sat next te him, at the further corner et the table from Miss Bretherton. "Edward hat told you of my escapade,1 said Mrs. Stuart "Ye, I have put my feet In It dreadfully. I don't knew hew it will turn out, I nm sure. Shet te set upon it, and Edward it te worried. I don't knew hew I came te tell her. Yeu tee, I've teen te much et her lately, it slipped out when we were talking." "It wa very natural," said Kendal, glad te notice from Mrs. Btuart' way et attack ing the subject that the knew nothing of hit own share In the matter. It would have em barrassed him te be conscious of another ob server. "Oh, a hundred thing my turn up; there are way out of them things If ene Is determined te find tbem." Mrs. Stuarfshoek her head. "She Is te curiously bent upon It She Is possessed with the Idea that the play will suit her better thnn any she ha had yet. Don't you think her looking very tired 1 1 bave come te knew her much better these last few weeks, and It teems absurd, but I get anxious about hen Of course, she Is an enormous success, but I fancy the theatrical part et It has net been quite te great as it w as at first" "Se I bear," tee," said Kendal, "the thcatre is qulte ns full, but the temper of the nudience a geed deal flatter." "Yes," said Mm. Btuart; "and then there Is that curious llttle titter et hers, whom you haven't seen, and who counts for a geed deal. I belleve that in reality she It very fend et Isabel, and very proud of her, but the's very jealous et ber, ted, and she takes ber re venge upon her sister for her leauty and tier celebrity by collecting tbe hostile things peo pee pee peo say about her acting, and pricking hem Inte ber every new aud then, like te mauy pins. At first Isabel was se sun of herself nnd the publie that she took no notice It seemed te her only what every actress mutt expect But new It is different She is net se strong as the was when she came ever, nor se happy, I think, and the criticisms tell mere. Bhe is heartily sick of the 'Whlte Lady,' and Is bent upon a change, and I be lieve she thinks this play et Edward's is just what she want te enable her te strengthen her held upon the public" "Then never was a greater delusion," Mid Kendal; "it's the last part In the world she ought te attempt Treperly speaking, unless the put It In, there's no posing lu it, nene of tlmt graceful attitudinizing she does se well. It's a long, trngle part a tremendous strain, nnd would take all the powers of the most accomplished art te glve It variety aud charm." "Oh, I knew," sighed Mrs. Btuart. "I knew. But what Is te be donel" Kendal shrugged his shoulder with a smile, feeling as bopeleea as she did. Tbe palencss of tbe beautiful faoe opposite Indeed had touched bin sympathies very keenly, and be was beginning te think the safety et Wallace' play net such a desperately important mat ter after nil, Hewever, tbere wa hi premise, and hs mutt go en with It "But I'll be hanged," he said te himself, "if I ceme within a thousand miles of hurting her feeling. Wallace must de that for himself if he want te." It had been arranged that Miss Bretherton should be allowed two breaches, andjtwe only, of the law against tight seeing a walk through the schools' quadrangle and a drlve down High street Mr. Sartoris, who bad eeen en examiner curing tee summer term, and had se crept into tbe geed graces of the clerk of the schools, was sent off te suborn that functionary for tbe keys of the Iren gate which ou Sunday shut out the Oxford world from the sleepy precinct of the Bod Bed leian, The old clerk was In a lax vacation meet, and the envoy returned key in hand. Mrs. Btuart and Ferbes undertook the guid ance et Miss Bretherton, wbile the ethers started te prcpan the beats. It was a het June day, nnd the gray buildings, with their cool shadows, steed out delicately against a pale blue sky, dappled with whlte cloud. Her two guides led Miss Brotberton through the quadrangle of the schools, which, fresh a it was from the hands of the restorer, rese Inte the air llke seme dainty whlte ploceof old world confectionery. Fer the window are set se lightly In the stoue work and are te nearly level with the wall that tbe whele great building ha an unsubstantial card beard air, as If a touch might dint It "Then doctrinaires call It a fault," said Forties indignantly, pointing out the feature te his companions. "I'd like te see them build anything nowadays with half se much Imagination and charm." The looked enviously at the closed deer of ihe Bodleiau, they nad the Latin names of the schools just freshly painted at Interval round the quadrangle, and then Ferbes lead them out upon the steps lu front of the Rod Red Rod cllffe and St Mary'0, and let them take their time a little, "Hew strange thet there should be any. thlugin the world," cried Miss Bretherton, "se beautiful all through, se all of a plcce as thlsl I hed no Idea It would be half se geed. Don't, don't laugh at me. Mr. Ferbes. I have net scen all the beautiful things you ether peeple have seen. Just let me rave." "I laugh at you I" said Ferbes, standing back in the shadow of the archway, his flne Hped face, aglow with pleasure, turned towards her. "I who have get Oxford in my bones and marrow, te te' speak I Why, every stone In the (place Is sa cred te mol Poetry lives hen, If sbebas fled from all the world beside. Ne, no; say what you like. it cannot be tee strong for me." Mrs. Stuart, meanwhile, kept her head cool, admiral all that the was expected te admire, and did it well, and never forget that the carriage was waiting for them, and that Miss Bretherton was net te be tired, it was she who took charge et tbe ether two, piloted them tartly Inte the fly, carried them down the High street, sternly refused te make a step at Magdalen, and finally landed them In tri umph te the mlnute at tbe great gote of Christ church. Then they strolled Inte the quiet cathedral, deligbted themselves with Its irregular blzarre beauty, its unexpected turns cud corners, which gave it a capricious fanciful air for all the solidity and business like strength et Its Nerman framework, and as they ramble! eat again Ferbes made them pause ever a window in the northern nisle n window by seme Flemish artist of the Fif teenth century, who seems te have embodied in Hat once all bis knowledge and nil his dream. Itl front sat Jenah under his geldm tinted gourd an ill tempered Flemish peasant whlle behind him the indented rexjfs of the Flemish town climbed the whele height of the background. It was preliably tbe artist's' Dative town; seme reef among these carefully outline-! gables sheltered bis own household Lares. But the hill en which the town steed, and tbe mountainous back ground and the purple sea, were the hills and the sea net of Belgium, but of a dream coun try of Italy, perhaps, the medhcval artist' paradise. "Hapny man!" said Kerbcs, turning te Miss Bretherton; "leek, he put it together four centuries age, all be knew and all he dreamed of. And theioltistethis day, and beyond the spirit et that window tbere b no getting. Fer all our work, If we de it boneetly, is a compound of what we knew and what we dream." Miss Bretherton looked at blm curiously. It was as though for the first time she con nected the man himself with his reputation and his pictures, that the great artist in him was mero thuun name te her. She listened te him syniathetlcally, and looked at tbe window closely, as though trying te fellow' all ha bad been savins. But it struck. Mr. WIW HM BB WWa-sW War . I.aBBBBTatjftYfBBMtBM-BtBMHt a4Btr Mfc sMaf aWR treat wiUa4 way KtBtal.lMtl vI66d 111 Mtf WtftHW fYMMIMk feSSJi!!.1 kagtBtJMt half WtodfeM pene trrtag ta flft4 har .way 1 Btegg ttraag read. tf , h - y jt. et th cfciurs, aad through mjmJ&J$? , Ine. and tnM Muv were ia tha amlwdk'y'.. trees a etd a the cobhbeB' ttwaMt , bbbbbbT :' overhead, aad la front the feaakfltg mmm ? ; MinJiina RMxtnw. the riftntaar'riTar iBB '"P dlstanca, arid the tweeBBfeteui Mat arching in the who!. Sfri The ffwitlemea were waltfaa. for taftlnV' metamorphosed In beating cleuMMMsaV lookers en watched the MnbarkatkB, eejm Sunday tbe river tt terttJUB, MB ttty,WBB the only adventurer ea it Mis !.' Qat they pushed, Ml Bntbertea, Kl Stuart and Forbe la ana beat, the' uicuiucrs ui lire vi in un uiuw 3 d&W a t.. aA Im Im - " iiretnerten bad thrown en ta w the always carried with her, Bad had gathered round her in' the cat! it lay about her In green fur-edged bringing ber White tire into shapely fall of the shoulder ftftd round tumness or ner form, the stroke ear, after hs had thins for her comfort, ha 33 J MT.'HB ftsn Oxford was what the had expected. iVsV1 "A thousand time better," iteJ.mMK " $ eagerly. "'"fcj"1 '..$ "Yeu have a wonderful power ec eaMTvr VS meat One would think your uobbeb hmk would have spoiled it a little." .&' "I don't think anything ever could. IB aiBveiVBi ttitivt f fn 111 ai m. li(M f aB4aaf iv1 everything." ,t f & 3jj "Including tuch a dav as von had YsaWfr ' day I Hew can you play the 'Whlte lAdjVfr twice in ene day! It's enough te wear StM'r out" " ?iaf "Oh, everybody doe It I wa hesMfct.lis i' glve a matinee te the profession, tern HJaV' and yesterday hadbeen fixed forUferatm But I have only given three matlBeai' site-y,'' ' gmucr, nnu intuit givn nneHKTimvntSSv T "Th.'a mwt liMrlmr t taM tTaautal lift '"I," you iret tired of the 'White Ladvf" . Sn JHM "Yes," she said emphatically; "I emtJefcM 'U ether. But," the added, bending-for WBB f with her haud clasped en her knee, e Btftt . what the said could be heard by.TjjiaIr only, "have you heard, I wonder.'what Ifii nave tn my neaa ter tne autumn! ub. vNaVfiV we must net talk of It new; I hare be riaM A V te make It publie yet But I should Mhe t nil ..,.. I.AM MM. M . NHH.I..U tM Ik.. l" v . an opportunity." , SSw', ' "We will make one." said Keadal. wish assess 71 Inward qualm. And she fell bafdc again wHfc S' ' a nod and a smile. .ll (L, On they pasted, in the biasing ttwMMkT through lflfey lock and under the grata htv. crowned with Iffley village and It it Het-ewav eMaVS lnMdyltja cuurcu. Tbe hay was out In tn the air was full of it Children li day frocks ran alone the towing oath te at them; a reflected heaven smiled upmtBMnt' from the river depths; wild rose butts bung the water, nnd here and there tktf t poplar rote llke landmarks Inte the sky,' la - neat, alter a time, aeaaenea con' Ferbes every new and then would witn tome comment en the moving laaaVy w-rj cape, which showed the delicacy aad traaB 3 of his painter's sense, or set the beat with laughter by seme story of the4 generate Oxford of hi own undtigfJaatt ' days; but then wen long ttretcbetef iketafV when, except te the rowers, the world Bi asleep, and the regular fall of tbeeanUhs the pulsing et a het dream. " S" It wa past n before they st eared twaalt , shadow of the Nuneham weed. TheBtataV ews Just ahead wen a golden blaae e(,MgtV but ben the thade lay deep and great 0StBf till water, spanned by a rustle brlag. sjssj broken every new and then by the MBttl A j Viti.uiAaa Ituawan. TOIaI. I.m1w mH ; weeds shut in the left band bank.aedMlatjE ' grass and wild flowers teemed widdat,h bave sprung Inte a fuller luxurUMe'laaB elsewhere, - j$ ' "If tee early for t,n said Mr. Bart clear little veire en the bank ; "at taut M w . hare It directly, It will leave nek ftjtagv time before tbe train (tart. WebMbI, troll be pleasant first!" S; Isabel Bretherton and Kendal e4y witat' for th general assent before they wajtfBfBl J oft ahead of the ethers. "1 Should Mat rW' mueh te have a word with you," the had MM '. te him a be handed her out of the beat. Abj ;t critical moment was come. t $' "I only wanted te tell you, the atiaV'aa they paused in the heart of the wead, a Mat JKl v out et breath after a bit et steep ascent "aattv I bave get held et a play f or riext October r.'' that I think en mn inllin nm lillr lulu ""' -i csted in-at least, Mr. Wallace told me jBtKi Jj had beard It all, and gl reu blm advice abeat .m it while be was writing It 1 want te BMMh., te beat your Idea about it. It always tast ;- te me that you bave thought mero abeat the fe ttage and seen mera acting than any eae ) Wf I knew, and I can for your opinion TrJ? ' much indeed-de tellj me, if you will, whatl? you thought of 'Elvira V " -Jks "Weu," said Kendal quietly, a he 1 her give up ber wrap te blm te carry. 1 i a great deal that's flue in it Theerii,- nal afcmhiti. m f Iia ffjittAti anthn t I geed, and Wallace hat enormously laiprerei'f' " nnnii ni., . Jul. 1 "Isn't it most dramaticl" hevMmi,4r, interrupting blm; "tberoanternjytrJtl; l" th subject a little uupleesantlf one eat,'.w ' beard it described, yet there is nothing la taaV' , - ircauneut nut wnar isnobie aaatrfie.I have very seldom felt se stirred by ajrythiag. TS I find myself planning tbe ir. thlftMag'"' ever them this wav and that Inr ntli " . i'?;.. "It is vqry geed and friendly of yeB,"akt "Jc 'v KendaL war ml v. "te wlshm teHn.TMV. '. arlvlrat ahntitlt Tn mn raall aulakl "ft speak my full mladl" &. 1 ceurse I de. I think there an one or ",-, "Si points In it that might be changed."' I thalt press Mr. Wallace te make a few alUiatlem , I I wonder wbst wen tbe change that eV'-Ti curred te your lit u tt. .t-ii-t m t ..-. l i i. truu t imnxing; ei cnangei," saia'tuav ra. r, dal. net ventnrintr te leek at har u afcm iA walked beside him, her white dreMteOKaffV ever the mets grown path, and her Jargehat ' falllmr back from the brilliant flnahed -- 'SK and auecnly threat "I was thinking efjaa , i k$ ? ijwt iiahii: hi nuw ma ntn wenia i vm 1 1 - v tultyeu." "Ob, I have no doubt at all about that," the said, but with a quick leek af blm; "I alway feel at once when a part will auM nt, and 1 have fallen In leve with thl one. ItV iwtn miA m1a..I. III. l. lltTVI.. rlal but it it qulte a different phase cf patdea. I em tired of scolding and declaiifflng. 'ElvuV 4 Trill (rIVA mil nn nnnnrtiinltvAf hnwffu.wmaa . . I can de with something soft and pathetic. I A5iJ wmimuw .uvu uiuumun lu uwuuttg Byw JftL i play te begin my October season with, a4'. J:i new this teem te me exactly what I want, "-. People prefer me always in something peett- . cai ami romantic, ana tats u new, ana t ,. mounting of it might be quite original." . rH "And yet I doubt," said Kendal; "I think me pert or mvira wants variety, ana weuiti.w-'t it net be well for you te have mere of mh $'$:' eViantrAt MnnrfMMnn- with mrtiw m1Ia (ml tt ..-vr something which would gire your lighter,, JW ' Vnln wM.tli jvm. In uti.ll lnlVitWkUW .MV Lady,' men chance 1" ?! She frowned a little and shook her . is?- "My turn Is net that way. I can pkyftt( comedy part, of course every actor ought ;j, te ee ewe te out i eien't reel at beat la it, and it never give me pleasure te act" "Ident mean a pun light comedy part, ' naturally, but something which would be let of a continuous tragle strain than tfck. Why, almost all the modern tragle play have their passages et relief , but the texture of 'Elvira1 Is te much the tame throughout I cannot conceive a greater demand ea any one. And then you must consider your com pany. Frankly, I cannot imagine a part Um suited te Mr. Hawcs than Macias; and BH U ftlMaXLXtOja UfaOt iLft. BWtBtavLt.lBaMVJ Continued nxtBatBtqay. A Utaakaa aWa'a BMe, A man who nfueed te give hieaaaM nrtwtfkl nn tha tnink at a Lthlah Vattav ptitenger train at Blatlngten ea TMBBy ,f"P night, lay face downward, aad raBMla)) Up- &; suns puaiuea uaui use waia wiina st-v, ; fitthlebeas, whan hs era dtaaeraMI by UM , tw engineer, reaaertd. alateMBBUTBMBlraB ' V - rail, anil tmkan te tha mill atsMnai tn IBaftT ' nut Hn aalrl ha nvadaaawaral anaaaata la .' crawl out at rtatteaa ateag thBreaJ, hat i'v wa unable te move. Ha wMtttraakwkam . 1 ha hoarded tha truek. aeber WBBB IBMnTBti and again drank wheat taawftd eat. marnlna ha aav Kdmttndr, aad wm Beat te Jail for bf &: i&-i i-?- 'n li&A tj-ii ) m j&n Q r& -i "r : ..: JirS.1 -yci t v- i.-r f ir " .. lKhV&.&miLj4 v & y ' - ,, 4itej4yi-, -j.? - &!$&t-r.- - -"cateiana-v -t .--x T-M ra
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