Metamorphosed
By DOROTHEA HALE
Copyright, 1910, by American Press
Association.
The manager of burlesque opera sat
at his desk. He had given out tliiit be
seeded oue who could take a woman's
part to act, dance uud sing. - A girl
About twenty years old, comely, wllh a
good figure aud a bright face, entered.
"Dance?" asked the manager.
The girl replied by pirouetting about
In good style.
"Sing?"
She rnu the scale. Her voice was n
full, round soprano- and very sweet.
The range was remarkable.
"Act?"
She recited a .passage In a well
known play.
"You are engaged."
Miss Fredrlca Harrow proved a suc
cess. She bad iu bcr a certain spirit
of delivery that wos especially appro
priate to the parts she took. One role
she played was that of a female Meph
lstopheles. When the audience left
the theater after the performance they
felt that they had been under the in
fluence of a deliciously bad girl.
One Sunday morning the manager
went to church. It Is possible for a
manager of a burlesque troop to go to
church and with religious motives.
But this manager did not go with such
motives. He went because he had
heard that in the choir was a remark
ably fine tenor. The services opened
with a tenor solo. The manager was
astonished. There was Miss Harrow
In man's clothes. He not only recog
nized her by her face, but through her
voice, which was Miss Harrow's lower
notes.
But there was one difference between
Miss Harrow soprano and Miss Har
row tenor. The latter was as heavenly
as the former was develish. She sang
an "Ave Maria," and It seemed that
an angel rather than a mortal was
praying to the Virgin. The manager
did not wonder that l lie tenor was ex
citing attention.. But he had no use
for him In burlesque opera. He ex
pressed the good, and with that the
manager was not concerned.
"Where were you last night?" asked
the manager the next day when Miss
.. narrow came to rehearsal.
"At home."
The manager said no more. He had
- elept over the tenor's Identity and had
- come to the conclusion that he could
not be Miss Harrow.
Not long after that a man In bis
troupe fell sick, and there was no one
- to take his part.
"How low are his lowest notes?"
asked Fredrlca.
The manager told her, and she said
..that she thought she could take the
part He also asked her to sing the
lower notes, but she said she couldn't
; jump right Into them; she must get it
ty practice. She left him, agreeing
to be ready for the part when required.
Miss Harrow In man's clothes was a
very different person from Miss Har-
- row In woman's clothes. In the first
- place, Instead of singing the part In a
low soprano voice, she sang It as a
tenor. In the second, she made a fail
ure In her action. Instead of being
adapted to burlesque, she sang as if
she were In oratorio,
"What the dickens Is the matter
with you?" said the manager after the
TSt act. "Your singing is all right
""Indeed, it's a wonder for a woman
but you act as if you were preaching
sermon."
Miss Harrow hung her bead and
looked hurt. However, she finished
the performance, and before the man
ager could catch her to find any more
fault with her she had gone home.
But the next day when she went into
the theater he tackled ber.
"There was something funny' about
your work last night. How did you
get down to a real baritone, and what
made you act like a clergyman?"
"I told you that with a little prac
tice I could do the low notes, and, as
for my acting, the part is different
from those I've been playing. It is
not a rollicking role."
"And It wasn't taken out of a hymn
Book, either." . -
"I'm sorry. I thought I could take
baritone parts sometimes."
"So yon can, but not where there's
any deviltry In them."
In a few weeks the regular baritone
was down again.
1 think," sold Fredrlca, "I can tnke
that role. It's more serious."
"Who'll tnke your part?"
"I think I can take them both."
"Nonsense!" -
"I'll show you how it can be done to
morrow at rehearsal." And she trip
led awny.
When the rehearsal came and the
Manager went on to the stage to con
luct it he wns more bewildered than
ever. There were two Fredrlcn nar
rows, fine and superfine.
"How's this?" asked the manager,
staring from one to the other.
"Permit me," said Fredrlcn. "to in
troduce my twin brother, Frederick
Harrow. He hns a tenor voice."
" Then she admitted that she had sub
stituted him for herself in the man's
pnrt; that while she was nil frolic he
. was religiously emotional
"Well," said the manager, "I want
yon two. I have a scheme for an
opera involving a transformation
scene, man metamorphosed to woman
and woman metamorphosed back to
man. You two will do It to perfw--ifon."
And so it was that the twins appear
ella a part prepared for them ;:rt'!
leaped a harvest. The opera was c:;li-
- uV'The Devil and the Saint." '
FUNERAL COSTUMES.
Their Extravagance Curbed by Law at
One Time In England, . .
Sumptuary mourning laws were for
merly. ' found necessary In England
to restrict the extravagance of the no
bility and their imitators In the mat
ter of funeral costume. ' At the end of
the fifteenth century It was laid down
that dukes, marquises and archbishops
should be allowed sixteen yards of
cloth for their gowns, "sloppes"
(mourning cassocksi and mantles; Arls
fourteen, viscounts twelve, barons
eight, knights six aud all persons of In
ferior degree only two. Hoods were
forbidden to all except those above the
rank of esquire of the king's house
hold. -
In the following century Margaret,
countess of Richmond, mother of Hen
ry TIL, Issued an ordinance for the
"reformation of apparel for great es
tates of women In tyme of mourn
ings." So it seems that men and wom
en have met In the extravagance of
sorrow.
Even 200 years ago London trades
men found that court mourning seri
ously affected their business. Addison
relates that at a tavern be often met a
man whom he took for an ardent and
eccentric royalist Every time tills
man looked through the Gazette he ex
claimed, "Thank God, all the reigning
families of Europe are well." Occa
sionally he would vary this formula
by making reassuring remarks respect
ing the health of British royalists. Aft
er some time Addison discovered that
this universal royalist was a colored
silk merchant, who never made a bar
gain without , inserting in the agree
ment, "All this will take place as long
as no royal personage dies In the In
terval" London Chronicle.
MENTAL INFLUENCES.
The State of the Mind Hat a Direct
Effect Upon the Body.
A good 'deal is said In these days
about the effect of mind on matter In
the way of the cure of disease, but
less is heard about mental Influences
as a cause of bodily Ills, yet it Is an
old truth that the state of mind has a
direct effect on the body. The gloom
and depression caused by worry and
anxiety create a morbid condition of
tho physical system. It Is Impossible
to feel well physically when the mind
and spirits are downcast The blood
does not circulate properly, appetite
falls, the head aches, and if these mor
bid conditions continue more deep
seated ailments are likely to arise, and
cancer may be one of them.
With many persons a fit of anger is
followed by an attack of Indigestion.
Excitement destroys the appetite, bad
news creates nausea, fright causes
falntness, and so on. Violent or de
pressing emotions always disturb the
equilibrium of body and mind alike.
This being the case, It is inevitable
that when these emotions often recur
or become continuous serious physical
results will follow. The obvious les
son is, then, that mental serenity tends
to health is, In fact, an essential
element of health and that Instead of
resorting to mind "cures" after the
health is broken it is wise to preserve
the serenity as a preventive and safe
guard against disease. Indianapolis
Star.
Lordly Disraeli.
Disraeli once told a lady that two
possessions which were Indispensable
to other people he bad always done
without "I made," she said, "every
kind of conjecture, but without suc
cess, and on my asking him to en
lighten me be solemnly answered that
they were a watch and an umbrella.
'But how do you manage,' I asked, 'If
there happens to be no clock In the
room and yon want to know the time?'
'I ring for a servant,' was the magnilo
quent reply. 'Well, I continued, 'and
what about the umbrella? What do
yon do, for instance, If you are in tbe
park and are canght in a sudden show
er? 1 take refuge,' be replied, with
a smile of excessive gallantry, 'under
tbe umbrella of the first pretty woman
I meet"
Easier to Write It.
In 1871 Edward Lear was staying
with the governor of Bombay at Ma
habaleshwar, the hill station of the
Bombay presidency. I was there and
took a walk . with him one day. He
asked me tbe name of some trees. I
told him thy were called "Jambul"
trees in India. He immediately pro
duced his sketch book and in his in
imitable style drew a bnll looking into
a jam pot He said it would help him
to remember the name. London Spec
tator. Pleasant Prospect
To' isn't stopped at de Palace hotel
befo', Is yo', boss?" Inquired tho col
ored man who was piloting a just
arrived traveler from tbe railway sta
tion to the hostelry.
"No. But what makes you sure of
it?"
"TJbkase yo' gwlne dar now, sab."
Pnck.
Amiability Rules.
Don't flutter yourself that friendship
authorizes you to say disagreeable
things to your intimates. On the con
trary, the nearer you come into rela
tion with a person the more necessary
do fact and courtesy become. Holmes.
Admitted.
She Oh, I have no doubt you love
me, but your love lacks tbe supreme
touch -unselfishness.
"What makes you say that?"
"You admit it Yon want me for
yourself alone, you say,"
The Utopia of today Is tbe reality of.
tomorrow. Passy.
DECAY OF TIN.
Remarkable Alteration Which Takes
, Place In the Metal.
Anything made of tin. It seems. Is
doomed to a brief, existence. This
metal Is subject to n remarkable kind
of alteration, a species of disease to
which it is liable. When exposed to
the air tin . undergoes no chemical
change, as do Iron and copper, which,
ef course, chemically combine with the
oxygen or with water. The tin, how
ever, still remains metallic tin, but
gradually becomes gray and dull and
falls to fine powder. 1
The disease is "catching." It Infects
or induces the same change in other
masses of tin In tbe Immediate neigh
borhood. We are told that In a Rus
sian Imperial magazine, In place of tin
uniform buttons, little heaps of powder
were found. A consignment of Banka
tin sent from Rotterdam to Moscow
in 1877 arrived at the latter place In
the form of powder. This alteration Is
due to a change In the internal crys
talline structure of tbe metal and is
analogous to the slow transformation
of monocllnlc sulphur to rhombic sul
phur. As a result, objects of tin of
archaeological Interest are rare. Those
that have been found have been In the
form of earthenware vessels, knobs,
etc., which have been found in the
Bwlss lake dwellings coated with tin
foil, Casslterlte or tinstone is tbe Bin
gle ore from which the tin has been
obtained in any quantity. Knowledge
and Scientific News, London.
A PLACID MERCHANT.
He Had Some Regard For the 8oclal
8ide of Trade.
The summer visitor in a small sea
port town was amazed and amused at
the assortment of merchandise display
ed in the little store at the head of the
wharf. The showcase was devoted to
an assortment of candy at one end and
a lot of cigars and tobacco at the oth
er end and no barrier between. Next
to tbe showcase stood a motor engine
valued at several hundred dollars.
Thinking to Dlease the nrnnrletnr.
the visitor remarked that even the
large department stores in Boston
could not boast of such a collection.
'Well." he said. "I ain't anlnir them
stores, 1 can tell you. I aim to keep
wnnt my roiks want When a man
wants an engine for his bo't he wants
it, and if tbe fish are running he can't
wait to send way to Portland or Bos
ton for it. He wants it when he does,
then and there."
After a little pause he continued:
"I don't like tbe way they do business
In them big stores, anyway. Why,
when you go into a store up to Bos
ton the first thing you know some
body asks you what you want
"Now, I never do anything like that
If a man comes into my place I pass
tbe time o' day and ask htm to set,
and after he's set and talked a while
If be wants anything he'll tell me.
"I never pester a man to buy. May
be be ain't come to buy; maybe he's'
come to talk." Youth's Companion. '
The First Universities.
To fix precisely the date of the rise
of the first universities is Impossible
for the reason that they were not
founded, but grew. They were started
by a few able men who had something
they wished to teacb and youths
wished to learn. Gradually the free,
voluntary center of learning became
the organized affair we know as the
university. Among the earliest of
these centers of learning were Saler
no, Naples and Bologna, Italy being
the first land to experience tbe literary
revival. We may say that Salerno
university was fairly established by
the year 10G0, the University of Bo
logna by 1160 and the University of
Naples by the year 1200. The Uni
versity of Paris, which owes its ex
istence to the genius of Abclard, was
founded about the same time. New
York American.
Handed It Back.
A clergyman in the neighborhood of
Nottingham was complimenting a tai
lor In bis parish on repairs which be
had done for him. In the course of
conversation he, however, incautiously
observed: "When I wnnt a good coat
I go to London. They make them
there." Before leaving tbe shop be
Inquired, "By the bye, do you attend
my church?"
"No," was the reply. "When I want
to hear a good sermon I go to Lon
don. They make them there." Lon
don Tit-Bits.
- Tea In the Time of Buddha.
At tbe time of Buddha China was en
joying a large foreign commerce In tea.
It was carried by ber junks to Japan,
Korea, Tonquln, Anam, Cochin, Bur
ma, Slam, India. Ceylon, Persia and
Arabia. ' According to one record, It
wns sent to a great black river country
west of Arabia, from which It was sep
arated by a long and very torrid sea,
which mnst have been Egypt It was
carried by caravans to Manchuria.
Mongolia, Kuldja, Tartary, Tibet, Per
sia and northern India.
Couldn't Tell.
"Has your pocket ever been picked?"
"Really, I don't know. It never was
before I got married. If It has been
since I. of course, would have no way
of finding out about It" Chicago Record-Herald.
I Not Always.
The Inspiration. i Teacher (of night schooll-What do
"This Is a pretty good poem. You you understand by the term "life seu
must nave had some stcong inspire- tence?" Give an example of oue.
tion
"I had. The editor promised me
10." Louisville Courier-Journal.
The heart of a loving woman is a
golden sanctuary where often there
reigns an Idol of clay". Limarae. I
DEATHWATCH BEETLES.
Their Tapping 8tands For Courtship
and Not For Warning.,
-Much mental anguish could have
teen saved to past generations aud
some not so very far past If people
bad known that the mysterious tap
ping of the "death watch" stood for
courtship and not denth. A writer In
tbe Scientific American explains that
tbe various species of tbe beetle anohl
nm and .their bigger relatives of the
genus xestoblum not ouly attack furni
ture, but so completely riddle the
whole woodwork of old bouses by their
borings as to render the structures un
safe. Indeed, a beam that has been
tenanted by these Insects for a num
ber of years is little better than nn
outer shell containing a mass of wood
dust The xestoblum is the common
deathwatcb, while the anoblum also
Is In the habit of making a tapping
sound.
The nocturnal tappings of these In
sects, distinctly audible In a room
where there is an otherwise complete
absence of noise, bos for many centu
ries been regarded by the supersti
tious as a warning of tbe approach of
death. Tbts uncanny interpretation of
a mysterious sound Is scarcely surpris
ing when it is remembered that only
in recent years have naturalists dis
covered its true cause.
The little beetle has been found in
some secluded spot Jerking Its bard
bead at regular intervals upon tbe sur
face of the wood beneath it So far
as can be told. Its rapplngs constitute
a kind of courtship ritual. Obviously
they have no connection with the lat
ter end of mankind.
A RAIN OF FIRE.
The Great Meteorlo Shower That
Scared Folks In 1833.
In Scharf s "Chronicles of Baltimore"
there is a vivid description of the star
ry hailstorm, the fiery meteoric show
er, of 1833, and old files of newspapers
are made luminous at that date witb
the impressions of editors aud contrib
utors. One writer said It was tbe
grandest and most charming sight ever
presented to the vision ot man. Awak
ened from sleep, he sprang to the win
dow, thinking the house was on fire,
but when be looked out he beheld
stars, or fiery bodies, descending like
"torrents." The shed "in the adjoin
ing yard to my own," be wrote, "was
covered with stars, as I supposed, dur
ing the whole time." Professor Olm
stead of Yale college thought that the
exhibition was the finest display of
celestial fireworks that bad been wit
nessed since tbe creation of the world,
although be, too, while knowing Its
character, was sufficiently Imbued
with the theological spirit of tbe time
to believe that it was a solemn portent
that carried a divine warning.
One editor whose comment upon this
phenomenon was probably more quoted
than any other be ever made said:
"We pronounce tbe raining fire which
we saw on Wednesday morning an
awful type, a forerunner, a merciful
sign, of that great and dreadful day
which tbe inhabitants of the earth will
witness when the sixth seal will be
opened. Many things occurring In tbe
earth tend to convince us that we are
now in tbe latter days."
Dreams of Genius.
An Interesting book might be written
on the subject of the dreams of genius.
Stevenson maintained that much of bis
work was only partially original. His
collaborators were the brownies who
ran riot through bis brnln during the
bours of sleep. He Instances the case
of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "I bad
long been trying to write a story on
this subject," he writes, "to find a
body, a vehicle for tbut strong sense
of man's double being which must at
times come In upon and overwhelm the
mind of every thinking creature. For
two days I went about racking my
brains for a plot of any sort, and on
the second night I dreamed the scene
at the window and a scene afterward
split In two, in which Hyde, pursued
for some crime, took the powder and
underwent the change In tbe presence
of bis pursuers. All the rest was
made awake and consciously, although
I think I can trace In much of It the
manner of my brownies." London
Chronicle.
Opportunities and Limitations.
Tbe world is full of opportunities
Tbe world has it place for all kinds of
people. If a man look no higher than
pickax or bod, but be Industrious, the
world can use him. The opportunities
for the man who has spent tbe least
time in school, getting only the prac
tical studies, are better and higher
than come to him of the hod, but such
a man soon reaches his limit. He Is
on a short ladder. . Tbe one Who bus
laid the foundntlon of a broad general
education as well as a technical one
has, given Intelligence, Industry and
loyalty, practically no limit to bis ca
reer. K. U. Graduate Magazine.
A Hard Problem,
A certain debating society is discuss
ing tbe question as to which is tbe an
grier, the husband who goes home nni
finds that the dinner Is not ready or
the wife who has dinner ready and
whose husband does not come home.
It is believed tbut the debate will end
In a draw.
Shnggy Haired Pupil "I pronounce
you husband and wife." Chicago
Tribune.
We can do nothing well without joy
and a good conscience, which is the
ground of joy. Dlbbes.
SOWING HIS WILD OATS.
Nlghte of Wasteful Debauchery That
Wore Him Out.
"Yes, I'm dissipating too much," said
the red faced rnsilc us he rubbed his
bead despoudently.
"Dissipating?" gasped his friend.
"That's the word I used. You've
heard that expression about 'burning
lues candle at both endsr Well.
that's my case exactly. To tell the
truth-. I have been having too cay a
time. Last night 1 weut down to tbe
Blue Moon and drank a soda. Then
some traveling man offered me a cigar.
Of course I had to take it"
"You don't mean It?"
"I mean Just what I say. Then I
bought a ham sandwich. 1 ate it and
actually forgot myself nod took an
other. On my way home I dropped
into the church social for a few mln
ntes. Some of the young Indies made
me try the 'penny dip,' and I drew a
blank."
"Such extravagance!"
'That's exactly It Extravagance
and dissipation will kill me. It was 9
o'clock before I reached home."
"Nine o'clock!"
"Yes. I must be sowing my wild
oats. Well, I've finished now. Night
before Inst I called on my girl. She
wouldn't let me leave until I had taken
her out and bought chocolate creams.
Talk about pleasure bunting! I'm
simply worn out after these nights
of wasteful debauchery." Pearson's
Weekly.
BLINDING A SHARK.
A Pearl Diver's Ruse by Which H
Made Good His Escape.
A successful diver must possess
great courage and nerves of steel.
Such a man connected witb a large
wrecking company was visiting some
years ago the pearl fisheries in the
gulf of California, where sharks
abounded. On one of his trips in quest
of the pearl oyster be bnd a narrow
escape from a fearful death.
He bad been Instructed never to stir
from the bottom until be bad looked
up and around. Fortunately he heeded
the advice. Having filled bis bag, he
glanced quickly about and caught sight
of a huge shovel nosed shark watch
ing him.
In an emergency men think fast.
Near the diver was a large rock. Ho
moved quickly to the other side of It,
hoping to dodge the ferocious monster,
but the maneuver did not work. The
shark watched every movement chang
ing his position by a slight motion of
his powerful tall.
Time was precious, and the diver
conceived the Idea of blinding tbe
i shark by stirring up the mud. Under
cover of that be might escape. He
worked for dear life and had the wa
ter thick with mud in less than half a
minute.
Slipping around the rock again, be
rose to the surface, having barely
strength enough to reach the side of
the boat and was hauled on board
just as the voracious man eater made
a rush for him.
Romeo Not Taken Seriously.
Juliet was only fifteen years old, but
she thought she was quite grown up.
One evening, says Mrs. R. A. Pryor in
"My Day," she was receiving on tbe
moonlit veranda a young man caller.
He, too, It seemed, considered himself
grown up. Tbe anxious youth was
moved to seize tbe propitious hour and
declare himself. Juliet wished to an
swer correctly and dismiss him with
out wounding him.
She nssured him mamma would nev
er consent
A voice from within they were sit
ting beneath ber mother's window
settled the matter:
"Accept tbe young man, Juliet, if
you want to. I've not the least ob
jection. And let him run ulong home
now. De sure to bolt tbe door when
you come In."
Evidently tbe mother bnd small re
spect for boy lovers nod wished to go
to sleep.
A Prince Edward Island Legend.
There Is a delightful legend among
the people of Point Prim to tbe effect
that when tbe English attacked the
French fort at that place a chain bnll
from one of the attacking vessels cut
the steeple from tbe old church located
on the very point In falling It toppled
over the promontory aud carried the
bell which It contained Into tbe sea.
Dwellers along" the poiut affirm that
from time to time tbe sound of that
bell comes over tbe waters at eventide
and that its phantom tone Is ever a
warning of a fierce storm or some im
minent danger to those who make
their living by the spoils of the ocean
An Office Engagement.
One of Washington's gilded young
men came rapidly down the steps of
his house half an hour after noon the
other day.
"What's the rush?" asked a friend.
"Oh, I've got to hurry down to the
office or I won't get there in time to go
out for lunch." Saturday Evening
Post
Her Excuse.
Her Horrified Mother Maude, 1
should like to know why you allowed
that presumptuous fellow to kiss you.
Tho Daughter 1-1-1 thought,
mother, no one was looking.
Real Reform,
Knlckcr-Whnt Is your Idea of mu
nicipal government? Bocker First
provide an auto and then create an
office to fill it New York Suu.
Safe Ground.
"Every big millionaire likes to tell
how he got bis first thousand dollars."
"Yes; he's usually on safe ground
there." Pittsburg Post
ft
IN A SPIRIT OF
MISCHIEF
By SHIELA ESTHER DUNN
Copyright, 1910, by American Press
Aesoclatlon.
"My child, what's the matter be
tween you and George?" ,
"Oh, aunty, I'm vexing him!"
"Don't do it."
A young girl sat at the feet of a wo-
man of ninety. The tender curves inl
the face of the one contrasted strongly
with the wrinkles of the other, who
wns her great-great-grahdnunt The
one was of the early twentieth cen
tury, the other of the early nineteenth.
"When I was your age," the old wo
man continued after a pause, "General
Jackson wns presldeut. He was a
great fighting man, and since he not
only fought the enemies of bis coun
try, but his own enemies, his examplo
affected every one. He fought a duel
with uud killed a young married man
who said something disagreeable about
his wife. I always thought she was
no saint, but the romance of it fired a
young friend of mine, Albert Steven
son, and he wns constantly looking for."
some girl on whom to practice Jack
son's knight errantry.
"I wns accepting the attention of a
young Arirglnlnn, Fits Hugh Fairfax.
He was a remarkably handsome man
and full of real chivalry, not the spurl
ous kind affected by many others. He
was devoted to me, and I loved him
desperately.
"But our southern girls had the samo
romantic Ideas as tbe young man. Wo
thought it a fine thing to flirt with
two or three men and at last give our
selves to some suitor who was ready
to play Don Quixote In our defense.
I was at the time playing a game with
both Albert Stevenson and Fits Hugh
Fairfax. I had one other string to my
bow, but I have forgotten his name.
And yet at one time I thought I should
murry him. Oh, dear, how one's mem
ory falls after so many years!
"One day I was walking in the gar
den with Fairfax. We sat down on
a bench under a tree. Stevenson called,
and they told him I wns in the gar
den. I saw him leave the house and
come townrd us. Fairfax was turned
away from him. I am sure Fairfax
was about to propose to me. He was
bending over me with his face near to
mine. - Suddenly I jumped up, assum
ing nn offended appearance. At the
same time Stevenson joined us.
"He asked Fltz Hugh what it all
meant Very red in the face, he told
Stevenson to ask me. Stevenson turn
ed to me, and I, acting under the guid
ance of the spirit of deviltry that was
In me, said never a word, but walked
to the house.
"I was no sooner on the gallery than
it occurred to me that some real trou
ble might come out of my freak, and,
returning to the young men, I told
them that there was nothing of mo
ment between Mr. Fairfax and mo
ana they were to Consider the matter
as not having happened. Then when :
Fairfax gave mo that cold, contemptu
ous look, which I can see at this very
moment, my blood ran cold. 1 knew
he had loved tue, that I loved him and
that I had lost bim.
"Neither of the young men spoke. A
I had nothing more to say and Influ
enced by the look Fltz Hugh had given
me, I went away, leaving them togeth
er. I made a second mistake in doing
this, but I couldn't remain where Fltz
Hugh was after that look. I wished
to go to my room and weep. There
was more to weep for than the loss of
bis respect, and no man can really love
a woman without that. It did not oc
cur to me that after I had exonerated
him there would be any trouble be
tween hlin and Stcvcr.son.
"I lay awake that night till dawn and
then fell asleep. I awoke late in the
morning and went downstnirs Into the
dlnlng room.
" 'La's a massy. Missy Imogen,' said
our table servant, 'have yo' heerd de
news?'
" 'No,' I said. 'What Is It?'
" 'Mars' Stevenson and Mara' Fltz
Hugh fought a duel dts mawnln' befo'
sunup, an' Mars' Fltz Hugh killed
Mars' Steveusou.'
"I sank on the floor In a swoon.
"It wns a long time before I recover
ed from an attack of brain fever. I re
covered from the fever, but thafs all
I have recovered from to this day.
"Fltz Hugh never camu to see me oi,
as far as 1 could lenrn, asked for me.
I knew thnt in my heedless act and?
Its result I bad fixed a great gulf be
tween him and me. ne went back to
Virginia. He never married, nor did
I. But we never met again.
"A friend of both parties told roe
what had happened after I left tffo
two young men. Stevenson assumes!
that I had exonerated Fltz nugh be
cause I wns mngnnnimous and did, not
wish to make trouble. He posed as
my defender und sent a challenge to
the man who had Insulted me. In
cited me! In another moment he
would have asked me to be his wife.
They fought with pistols, and nt the
first shot Fltz Hugh had fired In the
nlr. Stevenson then made some Irri
tating remark, whereupon Fltz Hugh
on tho second shot had sought to wing
his opponent. By this shot he unin
tentionally killed his antagonist.
"By that one ifct I lost the only man
I over loved, mndo hlin a murderer
with a sting upon his conscience, caus
ed tho premature death of one whq
loved me and have lived for three
quarters of a century under a blight.
"No, no, donr, don't vex your lover.
Many a pair of young lovers have been
separated and tbch jives turned uwry,
by a spirit of nile'-Ln the pnrt oi
the girl. But mine Is the worst of aL'.