CHOICE OF AN ACTEESS.
Being at foundation a womanly wo-
u, she always expected to marrv. I
T expected, instead of hoped, because
Ab bad constantly too many admirers
to doabt her opportunities to her mind
it was simply a question of meeting the
sunt one.
She felt sure that when the rieht man
came she would he willing to give up
vvjxj thing for him; indeed, she contem-
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jwMtnu wiuin uwuuii senjoe BaLisiacnon
and amhitions' and fame and freedom
would be exchanged for the proud servi
tude of wifehood.
Still she wasn't in a hurry to meet the
ngni man. tie would come when he
did come and when he did come it
couldn't be helped, and she would be
clad. . Upon, various .occasions she had
woognc mm come. -, ) , I : , ; -,
' Unon these ocaijni nha ia amri
eneed a distinct sensation of frntfnlnaoii
She had conscientiously given the ad
aairer a fair chance to prove frimiif the
-light man, but had always been down
xight glad when he had failed to do so.
'The admirer always made some mistake
- -fatal to his interests.
Perhaps he lost his head, and went
down on his knees; that always immedi
ately settled it. She was much too proud
and too humble a woman to be willing
to marry a - man who went down on his
noon about it
Or he lost his head, and threatened to
auoot mmseit, or drank himself to death,
or jump in the bay.
Now and then she was moved with re-
gtet at the storm which she had raised,
nd expostulated in a kindly fashion
with her victim, but more often she
-hrasrcred her white nhnnlrfAra uivinop it
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aot to the man, at least to herself, that
b man who was foolish enough to want
10 shoot himself because a woman did
sot love him, had better shoot himself.
Some men were doggedly meek of
these she was a bit afraid yet so far
these meek, dogged wooers had presently
developed into bores, which, she felt.
lessened the danger. I say danger, be--eanse
she regarded the nomihiliHr f
marrying any man but the right man a
tMMagtsr.
sooner or later, in the course of every
mmirers attention she made a stanch
effort to dismiss or escape him. -
She argued to herself that escape from
the right man would be immoRihln ta
that escape from any other was to be re-
Xaruea as wisdom, ana bailed as good
tfortune.". f,-. ; j
She never went but of her way to at
tract men in the first place she had no
awed to, and besides she really, did not
eare to increase the chances of coming
across this more or less to be dreaded
Tight man.
She kept pretty closely to hex work,
-enjoyed the footlights, spent her money
freely, rejoiced in her independence, and
thought herself a lucky girl f :
Of course she had admirers. She oon
aadered that a natural result of iter posi
tion, profession, sex and attractions.
She permitted men. who loved her cer
tain privileges they might kiss hef
tand, come to the theatre and see her
play, and give her flowers and feel mis
erable about her.
Any one of them, she realized, might
develop into the right man, bo she treat
ed them all conscientiously. She never
misled them or led them on, and since
she was frank with them and never dis
courteous, she felt she had a right to be
ending about their manners, and she
always was. -
Upon the three or four occasions when
a man's devotion had stirred in her a
certain degree of interest she had rigidly
-demanded time to find out and to make
vp her mind.
To find out meant to satisfy herself
that the man in question and the "right
man" were of one "identity. " To make
up her mind meant to decide whether,
Yight man or not, she would have him!
The candidate having always failed to
stand this test, she had, directly she was
o assured, dismissed him promptly and
gently.
By what subtle sign of authority she
would recognize the right man she did
not know.. He would be big, she was
-ure of that, and very gentle; he would
meet her mentally, "understand" her,
atisfy her morally and tenderly, master
her physically.
He would be above all her little "arts"
and caprices, but he would admire them;
lie would be too dignified to go down on
Ms knees from not being able to help it,
yet quite fond enough of her to do it
For her part, she would never wish it,
and she would be very meek and gentle
and obedient, and glad to be bo; but
but, meanwhile she was free, and of that
ahe was glad, too.
Really, her life was delightful;' she
lifted her white arms into her pretty
lace wrapper and laughed to herself as
ahe settled for her little rest ' before re
tiring. Her parlor was warm, and -the
light softened by colored shades; a bit of
-sandalwood among the logs sent a spicy
fragrance out with the heat, she rubbed
Iter head among the cushions and laughed
-again to herself. - ; : . j, j ; .
It was a notion of her own, this half
hour rest before retiring. , For the sake
of it she usually came home at once from
the theatre. : ,, . . .. .
Going out to suppers and1 sitting iap
and drinking wine was stupid, besides
anch a course would soon spoil her good
looks. - A warm, aH-by-herself half hour
in her own pretty room, with the crack
ling of her fire for company and her milk
pouch and biscuit for refreshment, were
much nicer. , -! .. y. -.. ,
It was nice to feel that the 1 comfort
around her was all of her own making,
and to know herself in the midst of it
to be very pretty and very sweet, and
. alone, in spite of the ones . she could
check off on her pink fingers as at that
-very moment who were miserable for
sight of her.
As a rule, men had sought her out and
anade themselves as charming as they,
found possible and permitted; but Crag
Demmon attracted her. .
He was big, undeniably a gentleman,
and by nature apparently a savage. He
fell promptly in love with ' her, and hia
personality riveted her attention in an
insistent way which she made no effort
w oppose, h ot the . nrst time a man s
passion for her seemed to invest the man
With strength.
To face his savagery and do as she
pleased in spite of his fierce jealousy she
found an exhilaration; to command a
creature bo much bigger than herself,
and to feel his strength and not his
weakness obeyed, was an excitement.
To look into his savage, somber eyes
and melt them with the smile in her own
was worth doing, and intoxicating.. .
One day he asked her to be his wife,
adding that unless she gave him some
definite answer he would see her no
more. She was much interested.
"Could you leave me and not see me
again she asked.
"Yes." ;
, "Would you shoot yourself?"
"No." -
. She felt aggrieved. After a pause she
asfcea,. "JJo you love me?"
"Yes." His teeth were set, his face
pale, and he looked at her as if he hated
her. .. .
Her breath quickened. "Why do you
hurry me sor
"Because I will be made a fool by no
woman.
A throb of fear' went through her.
She flung her head back and made an
swer, "You may go at once." and then.
because his eyes frightened her, she be
gan to cry and "How- do you expect
one to decide -at once like that, if she
loves you? I can't, and I won't you
can go."
"How much time do you want?"
"I don't know."
... "I will wait a while."
"Much better go. I won't be put on
time. I don't think I shall care for you.
any now, ana even it 1 did you are so
ugly maybe I would not marry. Go
away and let me alone." She spoke in a
mgntened rush.
"Don't be foolish," he answered; I will
wait a while."
During the "while" he saw a -eat
deal of her; he curbed his temper, was
always gentle, always devoted, made no
effort to kiss her, half strangled a man
at the club who suggested that all act
resses were alike, and looked at her half
the tune as if he hated her.
She grew frightened and meek, and
made an exhaustive study of his tastes.
One day he spoke harshly to her: she
cried out that he must not that she
loved him.
Thereat he took her in his arms, kissed
her and said, "Will you be my wife?" A
month from that time she married him.
Her manager protested, and a crood
deal of money was paid over. To the
wife the manager said, "You are a fool;
if you ever want to come back to the
stage let me know." '
Demmon carried her off to Eurone.
He was strong and gentle and devoted.
There was . little trace of his savagery,
except in a fiercely jealous iruardianshia
over her. ' . "
Now and then he ordered her
Once - ' she - protested vehemently: h
looked at her and answered. "Yon for
get you belong to me."
He gave her all the money she wanted,
boucrht her anvthinir . (the fanroeA anil
insisted upon her dressing richly and in-
uiuging extravagances, but once, when
she received a check for a story she had
written, . he tore the bit of . paper in
pieces, savins: "I will trivn vnn all th
money you want! Don't forget!"
, She was happy oh, yes. Her one
thought was, to please him, and to please
him made her happy. ' She gave up all
her own fancies, and endeavored only to
meet his moods. She kept' up all of the
pretty Detulance and canrice tha YiA
pleased him originally, because some
times it amnaed Mm ta uea )ur .lii'Mii)i
and exacting she knew when to be si-
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ieut, vaougn, ana now to extace herself .
She read the papers faithfully, and, by
dint of study and close attention to a
few political arguments within earshot
of which she came, aha. got a fair grasp
of the orincinles of the nartv nnnnaita
her husband's, and argued with him very
weu.
To such men as he nreeented ahA msa
herself charming he liked to have other
ueu Huouie ner; . nerseu. sue toolc no
interest in attractinir them, mul niw u
always a bit afraid of being too success-
1 , , .
im ana bo annoying ner - hu&band. Be
sides, attention from other men made
her heart ache; her husband loved her
dearly, but he did not tell her so very
often, and 'sometimes when she made
mistakes he called her stupid.
Uf course she did make mistakes same-
times. Being very anxious to please
him, her instinct was not always true.
There were times when he lifcWl tn W
her creep to the side of , his chair and
push her soft hair against his face, say
ine no thine meanwhile. nnlai (Ha liM.
caressing breath from her lips could be
n s . , i . ...
www ihi; iras uien again niM an
noyed him, and he had . to be let alone.
Being very fond of him, it was hard to
come near or pass him without reachinir
out. a , hand .to touch . hia. shoulder or
cheek, and' this fretted' him dreadfnll'v
when, he was not in the mood. Also
there were times when she wanted him
to take her in hia1 arms and . f
her, and find out. how she felt, or when
sue wantea to cry ana oe miMnUe and
be petted, and coaxed out of it; all this
was childish ; and foolish- hntoh.
how her heart ached sometimes.
He loved her of course she knew that
-so there was no need that he cihnnii
tell her so all the time; besideshe did
tell her what an unfailingly attractive
companion he found her, and he praised
her tact and sense and th bV, trat-
her pretty looks.
fahe was nappy when she was with
him. onlv hanrv when nh nlnuai
and she used to cry her pillow wet very
often. 1 r
At the enminff ckt 43m ' MiTM v.- i..
. o - - - uki . lArr
band was distinctly dianleanml ) it
died the mother grew sullen.
-L hey got back to America; a letter
from her . old nununr ItwJnacul a
tract for the coming season. She signed,
left all her jewels, and with her maid
started for New Orleans. Kn -m a V
Sheridan.
An Italian has just arrived in London
with an "instantaneous, self expanding,
life saving belt," by which he expects to
enrich himself from the pockets of the
people who are nervous at sea. It has
already been adopted by the, principal
steamship companies ( of Italy. ' ; ; The
unique feature of this new . life saving
belt is that it may be worn around the
body while promenading about the decks
during the day, and is not even taken
off in .bed. It weighs ' about twice as
much as one of the . ordinary' .canvas or
leather belts sold' for general use.'' r
.; In its finished, state it is about the last
thing in the 'world that a prudent man
would place 'confidence in if he was to
attempt to jutnp for ids life fromt t&e
deck of a. sinking vessel 'into'.' the . sea.
But .the moment, the belt touches the
water two chemical substances contained
in it are instantly united, and it begins
to ' inflate with gas. What these sub
stances are is the inventor's secret11' He
claims that one belt will keep the most
heavily clothed person afloat for forty
eight hours.. For ladies the' belts are
made of silk, for men of , canvas. Bos
ton Transcript. J '
'.,,."'.',.. 'A Bare Piece of Wood.
. ..A singularly beautiful oak plank in
tended as a jamb of a clothes closet
came to the Pulitzer.. building recently.
Its rare markings evidently escaped the
eye of the sawmill . man. It is about 8
feet long and 14 inches wide. Near the
outer edge the longitudinal grain of the
wood, resembles ridges of , sand on the
, seashore. . The middle is a combination
of ."bird's eyes" that at a distance ap
pear to stand out in relief, and elliptical
lines delicately . shaded from a deep
brown to a white. The gradation of the
coloring is exquisite, and looks to be the
result of art. rather than of nature. ".. The
"eyes" are- perfect and resemble inlaid
mosaics, . There is, not a split nor a flaw
in the entire plank. , Its beauty lies in
the fact that the markings are finer than
those found in maple, and it has. all the
satin like appearance of that beautiful
wood. . . Instead of adorning the mantel
of a broad throated fireplace its prosaic
place will be as the guardian of over
coats and 71 hats. New York .World.
i - --y " .. ' i
r. , "John Orai"- and II U Mother.'. c.
; ,The Grand Duchess of Thar-amr riaa
not gone into mourning for her missing
son -jonn urtn, or. Archduke . John,
and at the Austrian ennrt tTinm ut'n. ana.
picion that this eccentric prince is mere
ly in hidincr.. ' He did not wnim tn him
self all the obscurity he wished when he
aesumea tne name ox John Orth, for by
that name he was known to the whole
world, and evervbodv nersiatnd in treat
ing him like an archduke traveling in
cognito. John Orth a friends Bay. that
this worried him considerahlv. and thnv
think it highly probable that he has now
nsKuuiea another name and ib iimnr in
South America.. Some- also think. that
his mother is aware of this miul has rxim.
municated the fact privately to the em
peror, out that theecret will be kept so
far as the public is concerned. Pall
Mall Gazette. . .
TTatrathfulnesa In Courts of Justice.
The judge of Birmingham ' county
courtis driven to - despair' bv the . un
truthfulness of the narties who r-im no.
fore him. - In commenting on a case the
other day he declared that this was the
fifth infitanre a f. momino. fn vrT.jyT.
more or Jess respectable persons had, been
guilty m me witness box or . the most
deliberate lvine ." To snrh nma ham
things now come that he described him-
ocu., no gumg uuu hick at nean, aay, oy
day, from hearing people give each otjher
the. lie direct in matters about which
there could be no possible mistake.1 ' Hap
pily the state of things at the local quar
ter sessions is not quite so pad, though
according to Mr.'.Ne,, the recorder, it
is bad enough. JJondon. Tit-Bits. '.
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j..''.'1 ,.!,r"'A;K'mrUns;1Joir.'lf'7rf
The' only connection betwwn tenSi.ru
City and Cheboyiran twn Miz-Vii
towns during the six months exa of
.,u wuou navigation closes,
is bv a sta?e ' linA sirtvivA Tnila lm
and the " grizzled old man' who ' drives
saves sixteen miles . by a whizzing ride
across Black lake, six miloM rmr Tii
ride is as thoroughly dangerous as exhil-
araung, ana six people nearly lost their
lives there Jhe other day. , The horses
dashed, into an airhole near the middle
of the , lake, and the stage went to the
bottom. , x ortunately it struck a sand
bar, and the rjassenmrft rnmnvl tam.
selves and .the horses. Exchange. "; . .'
A. new. flashUcht . Sm kl arm kica'
cently appeared in Copenhagen.. '. It con
sists, oi i smau cartriage nuea wrthlien
sral.lieht comnoeition and rmwiriosi wifk
a fuse which .carries a .small capsule of
strong sulphuric acid. When the tem-
Deratura of - the - room rtam nKrtva
melting point of paraffine the sulphuric
IX I't i .. ., .
muu . ut . jiperaiea ana .jgmtea .the. fuse
which in tarn sets, fire .to the .Bengal
light x The device can be supplemented
by a piece of fusible metal which in
meltinsr will establish an dMtriMiniii
and ring a bell, : V av .
At the last meetincr nt fVio VmAi
ciety ,in England an electric lamp was
exhibited which lighted itself when dark
nesa came., on.and : extinsniaho i.oi
when daylight .or another strong Jight
was brought into the field. This lamp is
worked by the selenium cell on the prin
ciple that the strength of the current
varies with the intensity of light falling
on the selenium. - . .
John W llh'imi (rrHnreA lf Vu.
Vicksburg, Miss.; last week, in a singu
lar mAnwr. TTn.vi ti tr uti -i. -,..t
. O -e W.li,
which nained him tutviwlTr )fnnV
nicotine from an old pipe and applied it
to the cavity. Ten minutes later he fell
from his bunk dead. ' y
Prince Hersvasawo is the Moi of th
day in Berlin. His uncle, the Mikado
of Japan, has sent hinj to that city, ac
comnanied bv three searetarWw imA oi-r
young Japanese noblemen, for the pur
pose oi awpmomg w nMntw and other
studies.
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