Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 12, 1893, Page 16

THE PLAIN AXD PRETTY WOMA PART 11 What Felice had told had made clear to me many things in her character that had puzzled and troubled me. She was only a passionate undisciplined child, yet wonderfully kind and considerate of others, and gen erous to a fault. Among her pupils were some dull, ill-favored girls for whom nobody seemed to care, and these Felice singled out for rial attention. She had not a particle of the Parisienne's taste in dress, and bought the cheapest and flimsiest things for he If. but gpent her money freely upon any one who geemed in need of if. She had no kill with needle or se yet 1 have often found ner pleased as a child over gome gueer-shaped but comfortable ment she had made with much pair some poor black child on the plac Poor Felice! What she had betrayed in her excitement @ spoke of Flem ipg troubled me a good deal, and We had wnized ary club for the study French classics under Mlle. supervision. She hevsell read w purity of accent power of expres which mas [ o travestic of cour nd beautiful, low-pitehed voices which onc never tires of listening to. But we were all amazed when one evening she threw aside the volume of Racine from which we had been reading, and rising, beg recit in the most wonderful, impas sioned ma some passage from “Adri- enne Lecoy ur.” 1 cannot vecall t words, but it was where Advienne is fir made to believe in Ler lover's treachery We were spellbound. Fleming, who w half reclining on a low seat in one of his Hamlet attitude: looked first amused and then bewildered, and fixed his eloguent eyes upon Felice to the very last word. “I would not have bhelieved he began, as if to himself, and then added warmly, “Ma'amselle, that was superb Felice fixed upon him one of her in- tense side gl s—a bitter smile camc to her face. *You would have said you did not be- lieve it was in me, he said in her guaint, rapid way. ‘“You are right, Mr. Fleming. Ther nothing in me. That was mere imitation. 1 have heard Rachel and other great artists many time: Fleming colored slightly but made no attempt to apologize for lis rudencss, 1 saw, however, that he followed lice with hi for the rest of that even ing, and always with that look of won der, or bewilderment., After this, under one pretext an- other, he began to seck her socie He 1z very well, and suddenly discovered that he sang X accom- paniment. to converse n Frc always selfish motive, never scemed able of me of herself every gave wn e he possessed one of those or some Felice She seemed in ing his influence in anything, or of using any request he might make, xcept th after that one evening, no one, not even Fleming, could persuade her to recite for us again A wonderful change began to come over Feli As she eame to me some- times atter a walk or a ride with Flem- ing, and pv d her cool, soft against mine, [ wondered if this sm girl, with the pink flush on her face, the light in her pathetic could be the plain, impassive-looking, elderly goung ~womun wo had led Mlle, felice. Her very step, and voice, and carriage had altered, Matters continued 50 for some wecks. One evening Felice came to my room, and throw herself downat my side, bu ing her glowing face in my lap. 1 was sure from her manner that something more than usnal had happened. “Helen!” she said at last, raising her face and flinging her arms about me, *“Helen, I am so happy! If happiness could kill, [ should die!" Ah, ma cherie, you will not believe it! You cannot! 1 can scarcely believe it myself, but it is true! My God, it is true! He loves me!” A sharp pang went through me at her words. 1 suppose you mean Caryl Fleming," 1 said, with an unresponsiveness she had not expected. She looked at me an_in- stant, then laughed a laugh thrilled through and through with cestacy. “Certainly I mean Caryl Fleming,” she said. “Did he tell 1 persisted. Felice rose to her feet, and looked at me with a puzzled, pitying smile. “Did he tell me she repeated, soft “In words? D [ believe not. But in a thousand other ways, yes—and tonight, tonight, Helen, he took me in his arms and kissed me again and again For an Ameriean or E sh girl such frankaess would be impossible. In Felice it seemed only natural and fitting. The forvor and naivete of her manner robbed her speech of all unwomanliness or strangeness, but in my heart of hearts [ trembled for Felice. However, for a time Fleming's devo- tion seemed absolute. Outside of their recitation rooms they were always to- gether, riding, walking or singing. The brief southern winter, during which nature merely turns a cold shoulder wpon us for a time, was over, and again she was smiling with all the glow and tenderness of spring, 1 kept up my solitary walks and rides, some times coming upon Felice and her lover, she looking absorbed and radiant, he languid, and, I fancied at last, more than a trifle bored. Appavently his latest ¢ periment was losing 1ts piquancy. not surprised, theref when e began at last dropping into my room evenings in the old way. One evening she had been lying for a long time upon the lounge,” her eyes fixed upon the ceiling, where the lamp threw a huge shadow like a dark, hover- ing wing, when I broke the silence my- self. “You do not play for Mr. Fleming this ing?" ev she answered. has a cold and headache oWrite.” She spoke the with long pauses, as if answering some doubt or questioning within herself, rather than my own. Iasked no further questions. 1 would foree no confidence, Fleming withdrew himself more and more. He had no time for music. He was writing for novthern magazines now —he was o clever fellow, with & happy turn for writing—and, like the rest of the teachers, the approacking close of the school year gave him much extra work. Iudeed, we were all ab- gorbed in additional duties, both teacher and pupils—the former forced to supe buman exertions by Dr. Bellax nine watchfulness and persistence, latter nervous and apprehensive, sulky and impertinent, as the case might be. In a word, we were all wrought up to the artificial and unwholesome state common to such crises, and I am afraid that under the stress brought to bear “Mr. Fleming and letters to words slowly, upon me [ was even unmindful for a | time of the change that was again com- ing over Felice or that she had ceased almost entirely to come to my room, even avoiding me, as 1 at last perc ved But as I was one day standing in the hall with Fleming, discussing some point concerning the arrvange- roaching ex- Efl. }f{ the approac amination, Felice passed by us, her head held ve high, her long black dress trailing, her hands clonched against her side. The whiteness of her struck me “Ma'amselle lice is looking badly I said to Flemir “She misses her ac customed rides and walks.,” Fleming anguidly regarded a rose in his button- hol “Why dees she not ride, or walk, then?" he inquired in the most indiffer- ent of voices “She is perhaps v pany of her fiane ing, I do not doubt, a go Flemi aised his ey and looked at me with mild surprise. Ah, indeed!” he said, I that Ma'amselle may the fortunate ms ove more and ba thought!" I said, turning away y. Fleming laug softly. “Why do young women become hy terical on the slightest provocation?” | heard him remark. I found Felice stand my's door, which w my own engaced inearnest e mversation with t gentleman, both evidently in great excite- ment, although he w ing his most glittering and unpleasant smile. SN0l Felice w ing rapidly, with Say what you her one morc the betr 1 deal of hed from the an affectation of piting for aws 1S erue an | indignantly e at De. Bells s opposite S S as s give gestures I will not mselle?” 1 closed my been im- “But heard Dr door, pertinent “lmpertinent!” your reason, Ma' Bellamy say as | Miss Triplett has cried Felice ‘‘No, » would not dare. But I give her no lessons, tout meme. Imperti- nent! Mon Dieu, her very existence is an impertinence to me ~to me!™ And she swept away contemptuously. I'elice had her way here, and Miss Triplett was excused from her music lessons for the remainder of the term This oc med some gossip among the girls, spoke unveservedly before me. Perhaps, because I was myself young, and they felt safe with me. There was some girlish chafling of Miss Trip- lett, in which Fleming's name was men- tioned. She made no retort, but a pink erept over her creamy skin, she kept her long, soft eyes downe slowly turning a ring on one of her fine, dimpled fingers. She smiled faintly,too. She had a smile that would have won St. Anthony from his cell. All through the following days of toil and wor and excitement Felice avoided me. Often I stole to her door when the house was quiet for the nig and tapped softly, calling her nan but did nov, or uld not, hear me. One warm night along in June, find- ing it impossible to sleep, I rose and sat by the window. All at once I heard my nar ispered softly through the key- hole Felice's voic [ rose and let he She wore a long white wrap- and her haiv about her shoulders. lice,” T said, “you look as if you might be the ghost that haunts the ve andas.” me who she she repeated. *What do you An? = )h.” T laughed, ‘‘the vants swear that a ghost haunts the verandas and not one of them will budge from the door after night fall.” Felice stood still a aht, I'hat interests me, that ghost,” she presently, with a shrug of her 3 1 ‘would like to meet it. Do Y when [am dead I will be a host, too. It must be a great consola- tion, that.” She laughed bitterly under her breath and began walking about the room. She wentto my table and bent over the flowers upon it. YOl too sweet,” she said. “Tt not good for you, my d there is poison in too much sweetnes: I noticed that her hand wandered among my s for & moment, and then went quickly to her bosom. Ater- rds 1 remembered this, he came to the window and looked out into the warm, fragrant, starlit darkness. It is near the hour for ghosts to wallk,” she said, after a moment or two; “what if we might see one.” The ignorant gossip of the black ser- vants scemed to have impressed hev curiously: she lingered a short time, and then went away. I watched her little ling down the corridor feclings of pain and un- easiness, and though 1 went again to bed I could not sleep. Iroseand put the flowers out on the window led and as 1 did so I faneied I saw a whit rure slip into the dark- ness of the long veranda t long the back building. 1 thought as a nervous fancy, could not lie down. I opened my doc noisclessly—long practice had rend us all adepts at this—and looked and lis- tened intently. It seemed to me that [ could hear a faint sound of opening and closing doors or windows below, and to my wrought up senses the dark passages seemed full of flitting shapes and aivy whispers. [ ereptalong to Felice's door. It was open and the room was empty. But as I stood there wondering she came swiftly through the corridor and into her room. She did not start at seeing me, but seized my wrist in her cold fin- nd began laughing softly and ally. [ touched her dress. It was wet with dew, as was her loose dark hair. “Where have you hastily. I liave been ghost-hunting,” she said. “It is great fun, ma che “Then it was you I veranda,” I impulsively started “On the v the veranda. It was n moment as if in th said shoulder you know been?” T asked on the Felice BAW said. and 0, T was not on What have you seen?” hing, 1 I wer weied 1 saw somothing Very good,” said I , this night. It is yuement will be suppose. ice. ““It is like the third act. very fine, that 1 laughing again, like her voice or her manner, but I left her, after inducing her to go to bed. The next day was the first of the pub- lic exercises which were to close the school year. The little town was over- flowing with guests, and eve spare room at the hall was filled with parents or relatives of the graduating eclass. 1 had feared that Felice would be unable to fulfil her arduous duties: out she ap- peared at breakfast looking no paler than usual, and was if anything rather more voluble and witty. A few moments before 9 o'clock T stood on the veranda surrounded by the girls of my ¢ in their white gala dresses, waiting for tho sound of the organ whi to he the signal for our en- trance. Fleming and Dr. Bellamy were alr assigned to the than filled lett, calm agitated, was dr I did not spectators were more rme stood Miss i and unconcerned amid expectant schoolmates. ed in the finest white mull, and her throat and ba arms were wreathed in the feathery foliage and yellow blossoms of the jessamine, which also shone starlike in her soft, dark hair. She held in her hand a huge bouquet of yellow roses. She was the dullest girl in theclass,and the least popular,butno one could have denied that she was one of the most beasutiful creatures under the sun, All at once Felice came along veranda ou her way to the organ, her The the She face | sady upon the platform, and the seats | THE | started OMAHA ot sight of Miss Triplett, and | stopping before her looked at her with a | | strange, uncanny smile wall, hag- gard, hadly drossed, she was a sorry cons | trast to that tall and lovely daughter ¢ the south, in her exquisite flowe | wreathed attive. 1 saw a kind of shiv | pass through her as she looked, and suddenly she put one of her hands on the | proud beauty's spotless arm. ‘Bon jour, Ma'amselle Triplett!” she said, speaking readily in French. *I hope you have slept” well! No bad n%, no phantoms, eh?" She had king in her suavest ton she finished he! voice had a harsh, almost fierce, sound The girl withdrew her arm haughtily, and answered coldly in the same lan- age: Merci, Ma'amselle, and I never dream.” Felice gave a short laugh on. A moment afterwards the notes of the “Wedding March from the organ, and th I'h days of ment absorbing unid on the third in the house and a thrown open to vis When the crowd was greatest, [ in stealing away, with the intention of en- joying the Tuxury of an houwr's rest | when in ¢ f the corridors 1 met Dr | Bellar I} ooking for Ma'amselle T wd with evident impatience, *There rs who wish to hear her.” ‘Have you been to her room?” I asked ‘ertainly, She is not there. Per- haps,” he added, is on the lawn with—with Fleming. I said I would look for her. Tt was a velief to find myself in the open air, and I walked about the grounds for some time, meeting many youthful couples foron this oceasion diseipline was and the young ladies could for once in the privilege of tion—but I nowhere saw l'elice remote part of the lawn I cd Fleming and Miss Triplett, veetly up to him, and saic am looking for Ma'amselle ¢ you, perhaps, seen her? have not, indeed,” he I have slept well, and passed stirvin peale exercises began, incossant excite- nd work st ever nds werc and | tors. succeeded he © stran indulg e upon I went di- Felice Ha answered cooll I returned to the house and went to Felice's room. She was there, now. She had thrown herself upon her bed. A sorrowful, piteous figure she made in her soiled evening dress of blue silk, wreathed with torn and rumpled arti- ficial roses. The long trail was wet and soiled from contact with the gi of the lawn, her white «d through and through. “Felice,” T said, “De. Bellamy is lo for you.” She made no” answe face was buried upon her arms. ‘ome,” T said, trying to raise he ‘You must not give way to this. Where is your pride, Fe /ill you let that man see your misery? He is unworthy of your fove—wholly unworthy Still no answer. Dr. Bellamy came to the door, but 1 sent him away. Then I removed Felice tawdry evening dress, and prepared her for retiring. She gave herself i hands without 1 1ce or a tired child. Poor Felice were her slender limbs, how and trembling her small, like hands. 1 went room for my dressing-gown, back to her, for I dared not leave her alone. I turned the gas very low and lay down by her side, and thére we lay, while the laughter and music came up to us from below. Felice lay as if asleep, or dead, except once when Fler ing’s voice, singing ‘O ma charmante,” came floating up alone, 80 sweet, so tender, so impassioned. Then a long, shuddering breath escaped her and her cold fingers closed tightly upon my hand. At last W the guests depart- Carriage after e rolled The inmates hall dis- ed to their rooms with much talk and laughter. Doors and windows were closed and silence fell. After an interval, Dr. Bellamy's slippered tread was heard, and then followed per- fect silence. Worn out physically and mentally, T fell into a deop sleep from which I started all at once with a sudden sharp sense of fe I turned to Felic She was not beside me, nor in the room. I rose and went out into the hall, and listened intently. T was sure at last that I heard slight rasping sound from below. 1 groped my way through the hall to the stairs and down them into the abysmal da kness of the lower pas- At the footof the stairs I listened and this time I heard a faint from the direction of of the recitation roor room was for Fleming sive use. It was situated directly oppe- site his apartments, and gave also upon the veranda. Toward this room I made my way, with no other object than to find Felice and save her from evil—I did net know what. I reached the door, and pushed it gently, It opened without nc At the same instant there came the sound of a match struck against the wall, and in the brief illumination which followed I distinetly saw three figures—that of Fleming, holding in his arms a tall, givlish figure in a white dress, and that of Felice, wrapped in a long black cloak, advancing swiftly toward then came utter darkness again; a a succession of piercing se struggle, a wild laugh, and Fleming's voice ecalling T must have answered him for moment he said: “Is that you, Miss Charle: sake bring a hight—something terrible has happened!” But there was shoes s ing cold child- to my and came ca of the sages. ain, sound a for help. the next no need. Already steps and voices were in ‘the hall, and Dr. Bellamy appeared upon the thresh- old with a candle in his hand. “Whatin heaven's name—"hebegun, but stopped suddenly, stricken with amazement, horror and anger. Triplett iay in his nephew’s arms in- sensible, with blood flowing over her white gown. Fleming was bend- ing over her uttering wild words of tenderness. In a dark corner crouched Felice, gesticulating and muttering in- coherently. “What 'does this mean, Ca his uncle, but Fleming paid no atten- tion. He carried the insensible girl across into his own room, and laid her upon a couch. “Let some one go for a doctor, quick he said to the group of teachers, pupils, and gu which had gathered about the door. The girl’'s mother had already appeared, and was moaning and wring- ing her hands helplessly, while Fleming had turned back the loose slee and bound his handkerchief ove the wounded arm I aloue went to Felice, still cowerlng and muttering in the corner, and I saw that her fingers still clasped a sm dagger which [ recognized as mine. She made no resistance as I attempted to raise her, but as I led her into the hall, and Fleming, bending over the still motionless form of Miss lett, became visible, she uttered & cry more dreadful than any sound 1 ever heard, and fell to the floor as if dead. What followed I recall only as some- thing [ have dreamed or read of. [ re- member seeing Felice carried up to her room, and that some one brought me to my own, and laid me upon my bed. The next day I was required to tell what [ had witnessed. I was not allowed to see Felice at first, but as ] vegged so ur- 1 geutly Dr, Bellamy took me himself to y12" eried DAILY BEE: followed, Miss | | the I WEDNHESDAY, APRIL 1 fount her in charge of two women, and two_or three physicians were present. Felice sat upon_the side her bed, her bound togeth her slender fingers twining and untwining themselves with a terrible restlossness, Her face was utterly colorless, and rigid. and blank a death mask. 1 spoke to her, but she would not notive me She continned to mutter to herself in_her own tongue. | caught some words I had heard her re- peat 50 often Quandion a tout perdu, Quand on n'a plus d'espoir. Tout perdu-«plus d'espoir Folice was hopelessly mad. There was nee in my room. Blanche's face was hidden in my lap, and I think she was sobbing a litt Rachel sat gazing at the five, her heavy brows drawn togcther, her mouth sternly set o looking altogether like girlish Ne s with the little daggoer gleaming amid the folds of her davk dress, Fanny, however, sat calmly strok her bron brown hair, whose splendid length wn forward over h rm, and out to catch the fivelight. at last. her room strong black of 11 us the re indig b ith what Fanny want to know at horrid givl And | fierce ur t “And smothe ' said added Blanche in a ed voice he ‘horrid wounded mother the call her horrid? being beautiful know.' I hate her all the same, “Go on, there's a dear.” “Fleming followed her soon. and they d in a short time. He be- in a southern college s an officer in the confed- and w I believe, killed in slice never recover [ went to sce her years afterwards at the asy- lum to which she was carried. She w sitting upon the edge of her be ing he inand out and mniteri to her in itly. Her hair was quite white, and her had the same dead, blank look. She showed no sign of recognition, and [ had to leave her as I found her.” Again there was silence Al at once the clock beg midnight hour. The old One by one the girls rose and bade me “Good night and a Happy New Y and I was left alone by my dying five. only slightly with her why do you uld not help and fascinating, you said Fanny. in the room an striking the wr was dead. THE EAGLE REPLACED. An International In April, 1863, says the N Sun, Dr. James McBride of L Ore., was appointed as United minister to the Hawailan islands by President Lincoln. Soon after going there he had the American coat of arms placed over the entrance to the Ameri- i an English man-of-war stopped at Honolulu, having on board two cadets in the English navy, both sons of pec One of them, Lord Charles Beresford, now high in the servic: This was du ing the war of the rebellion, when land was States, and many Englishmen we clined to think that the Unsted government was of no_special quence and was practically d One night Lord Charles Ber his friend, in order to show tempt for the United S went to the Ame down De. MeBride conse- sford and their con- the bay where v ship was anchored. On learning next morning that the coat of ar was missing, the American minister instituted search, and soon found the native who had taken it to the ship. A scavch warrant was pro- cured and the coat of arms brought back by an officer. The commandant of the man-of-war and the English minister at Honolulu immedi alled on the American minister ed an apol- ogy in the name of their govern- ment for the insult which had been offered. After having made their apol- ogy, they stated that they supposed this was satisfactory, and that they had atoned for the offense. The American minister informed them that this was not_sutis| ry, that these two young lords, who we officers of the British government, had not only committed a theft, but had by their act insulted the government represented by him. He further said that, having taken down the coat of arms with their own hands, he would not be satisfied until they them- selves put it back where they got it. At this the English minister and command- ant vehemently protested, saying th such a demand was humiliating and dis- graceful and could not be complied with. The American minister, however, in- sisted on a compliance with his demand, saying that the disgrace consisted in the act of stealing the coat of arms, and that nothing short of this would be considered repar- ation for their offense. After consider- able diplomatic corvespondence and some delay the English minister agreed to comply with the demand of D, Me- Bride, and the mentioned the next noon as the time when the coat of arms should be replaced. It was noised ahout Honolulu that the two young men were to replace the coatof arms the next day at 12 o'clock. When the time came thou- sands of people from the city and sur- rounding country were there to witness the ceremony. A sketch was made of the two young men while in the act of nailing the coat of arms to the archw over the entrance to the American legation. On the left hand side of the picture, as the red s it, are stand- ing from right to 1 lish min- ister facing the gate, and the American minister, with a silk hat on, facing from the gate and talking to the commandant of the English man-of-war beside him. After the ecoat of arms had been re placed the two young men came to the American minister and apologized for their conduct, saying that they did not stop to think what an insult they were offering to the Ame an government, This ended the matter in the islands The American minister then reported all the faces to Secretary Seward. The latter demanded an apology from the English government, which was made. The two young men were called home and were dismissed from the English navy for five years. Lord Charles Beresford has since won distinetion in wzlish navy. He commanded the force at Alexandria in 1882 incident relating to this affair may be worth mentioning: The king of the Sandwich islands at the time was Kamehameha V. He was very favorable to English influences in the islands and let it be known that he was personally displeased because the rican minis ter compelled the ishmen to restore his coat of arm £ few weeks after this, when the American minister went to the pal to make his usual official visit, the king evidently with the design of insulting him, sent word that he was engaged. The American minister returned word that he was there in official capacity and desired an interview. The king sent word again that he was engaged and could not sce him, The minister again s00n landin, Anotl hands | 12, 1893-SIXTEEN PAGE sent word that he was there as & repre sentative of his government and in tended to stay until he did seo him. The king then appeared, but in a very nery ous and excited state: but no referen was made toany differences, and the in terview passed off pleasantly, and their relations continued thercafior agree abl Dr. James MeBride, patriotic minister, was went to Oregon from aud in the early history a prominent part Wisc He died in 1 this firm o physician Missouri in 1846 of Oregon took lifically and othex and who - INDIA'S INFINITZ VARIETY. cenery Complex and ed to w1 difficulty of talking to an | Englishmman vs form: mind, be about | a picture the London accurate or inaceurate, but it s a pictu He thinks ot it either rreen delta, or a series of sunbaked plains, or a wild vegion with jungle and and river and farms all intermixed, or vast out by nature fo sport sping somehow at the A plains dia is that he al- uce in his ator, 1t suys Spe st ed men, and edges toward highly cultiva It never oceurs to him that as ve, external — aspect ther no that the peninsular, o calle large as Europe west of th rePresents as many va Bast Anglia is not Italy as the hwest provine Bengal, nor are 1l Landes Normandy as the Punjab is hunting districts of Madras every scene in India, from snow of the Himalayas, as much Mount Blane as nt e Geneva, to the swamps of Bengal, all buried in frait trees: from the won- derful valleys of the Vindhya, where beauty and fertility scem to strugyg consciously for the favor of man, to the God-forgoiten salt marshes by the Runn of Cutch. 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