The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1899, Page 11

THE SUNDAY CALL. 11 Love Story of Julia Marlowe and Robert Taber story of the player r Syrive iy ,'::lm‘,,‘;‘o"m"f'* i Bo, s coaxing and argument wrought the management found box office receipts 1 she told of the lon, hr 22 Sl hes Do change, the ardent young lover was growing less, and the devoted wifa found Yoy S s hours of each sunny compelled to accept the terms she made. her devotion proving futile ! gir -Fumrf‘.&r day when the minnows These were that he was to leave her for state of dissatisfaction enst the river just below begged bait in one year and at the end of that time he Something like three years ago and the red cherries dropped with & night return if he would. Meanwhile, bers played their last engagement ipon the earth for lack of an in- she would think the matter over. Francisco. It was at the old Ba apron. All because the small Robert Taber went to London, which Theater, and they made thelr tempora in the houss in the midst of was the nearest place of banishment that home at the adjacent Baldw stralght-lacedness, study- would satisfy his lady love. He played Franciscans who wers with arc under the guldance of minor parts in Sir Henry Irving's com- rem thinking that th "o ever lived outside \ pany, and played them with success. Irv. tly so,many hours ing was pleased and the young actor was Ay she was kept at work, until she pleased. The taste of London life e rst understood learned by heart, strengthened his ambition, and he plan- play after play. She learned more than ned for a great artistic future side by e s. she learned verily to hate the we - side with the lovellest creature in all the g 3 atist who was forced down her world. st thir at roic doses. But the aunt For his love did not change. It stood 8 that 4 Julla obeyed. the test of that year of stern discipline, he hated ard of the school girl { and when the last day of the twelfth have more ) preparations for the ! month came it found him in America, which, being translated, meant Paradise. Julla was the same, Robert was the same, a love for Bhakespears < | JULLA, TARLOWE TABER - | - JULLA TMARLOWE TABI [ i ] and there was nothing left but to be mar § ; ried and live hap; & ! her very : at “own The first part 3 o : J o A . him, v nister were e b x of . P y part, well— r As soon as the marriage S t p tther . « place Julla Marlowe yunc Y, A athed a g 43 g was thereafter to be known 5 ' . ” boards and programmes as I end : Friends and ar prote e sea ition " name in print oney K erned,” they sal were ng : or fon as Julla M Wella = raber or hi that is, who of ponding to ‘ e, and . o e : ngness that is part of arent and beyond - i affair as In all the A r % sk ‘ was 1 his w 6 Wife stannce n meant that his ambit yuld be re : g : a . a osite . s \ zed. She had prospered A she h oh s a eve alks 1 ea N site and { reached the p of sumptuous prod a ' piayed. : ' | 1 the passior tions n first class theaters. Robert ot Miss Marlowe wer to el of Jullet or the te 3s' it Parthenia, ber was given the adva of all this b Banl wioats ; o i L onpiac ' n the Tittie love e prosperity His wife s o this Hiews chat B woukd na ' u acied tn Drivaie uied Rom : changed to bring him s to Aineeids 16 shicid P e Ate ) oF inence, and she lessened h She had 5 a Ma . - recep King Henry IV magnificently produced, lowe ls suing for divorce "A st ap- Ciob 1 she anyun and in such & manner that her husband Plication was made a ha ago. e v e ; f:‘: «:’\ Amymfl‘:‘s was made the star and she merely a sup- MT"‘.';;:E‘H--:F_ torn ickney t two hearts porting lady. But for all that, the public was dist 3 no more nor less wanted her, they wanted Julia Marlows, at first, and t the en? Of tWo often a light love ‘sxisting between peo- you might fall hezd over heels in love glum In turn, but all to no avaf. and they would not give a bagatelle for ears, she she belleved she ple playing toge fading as soon with some one ele in & week. And be- ‘No, I am not sure,” she continued in the young man who was impertinent wanted to j mstance te them. Perhaps sides, I can't v I might not find a her proud, decisive way. “I don't want to enough to consider himself the tr: the years of o ol Bl is of that kind. We have not new leading » would prove fully marr nd unmarry In the typical ac- card. “He is a very good leadlng mar f the love—the lov 1t 4 R ice to prove it. If you should as attractive as yourself.” tress n. When 1 give my heart I they said, “but he is no star.’ took less ree kill—what 1e sald eave me and go to some other company Whereupon Robert protested and grew shall give it all, and for all time. 8o he found his light growing dim, and has Cupld tc r himself? B o > OO TS T O TSI DT DD DD < N N P S S S Sy D DTS ST S DDA TSSOSO P den was & with May A-err o D) P times! And now I think I have enough. understand how T feel bout this® and w 4 | |®) IR ( it $¢8- It has taken a long time and only God Very wel . | el ) \ | . SS(® knows what a haunting horror has heen o . " e ANy N -/ IS /NS 4 § 1 the the that my little child's h ext } ® ge b ¥ y - em and that you are not the doctor I'm look- stood in a big garden, o fo s debt—ware still R F ! 4 Where willows had Somehow the face and manner of the my 1 now will you tel . " rustled in the old days woman brought to Dr. Eaton’s mind an so kin am to pay you, and > - £ ¢ reared, and on the river illusive memory of a May morning and a away bl help me find_ the e . docks had long darkened room with tha scent of apple twenty years are changed, of reilef esc k ot and picturesque blossoms irough closed blinds, but I know She paused d and the s v " ts. KD & s As for the old but the as vague and tran- breathlessly t t suf - AOTNG B somin arden, Ty, a efore he could at- Dr. Eaton had turned and was looking The doctor sat with one ever s "% : A . Ihey ere ,to fall under tach any thoughtfully down into her es face. over the other and looked th e - or han nt You ‘werc not 100king for me, then?" At last he said slow his boot, wh e swung g her wi ; et a 4 The ¢ never married, he as “If you will tell me the name ~ “I think I do r : mb fro. Presently he glanced same street, but he was of the man yo - 5 want to find, perhaps know I do. Sit down ags as 3 ! iplating a move because its exclu- I can help you % 4 P b R L AL L Shan . .I.“.:::r,]'gA:‘!};:‘\“x“ i ess Lud been broken in upon and its “I—don't know his name—I—don't re- s 8 D T LT g h-r".-r‘s(mrned lnzo‘spups or torn er it,” she said with a flush and a Yes,” she answered E Saa ““wenty years is a long time > . T oF tg bibae ‘,‘,:jfl,’,‘:’ho"';“: la de précatory ~=m1!r}_“;'1‘\l? m-e:l, jos a moment looking dow ber a littie bill like mine," . e e R ¥ t many doctors in sville and have gloves. Then she raise I SARTOE e @ Hitt a . 5 red ctor DR all thave chuiiyes Blieht nd him—T'm afraid he must have fxed them steadily on e e ques ; iyt 2 He is rrdiadisobiin sl . hug B ";‘-'rduu,_d and sat for Lyhen we went away from ¢ tioned, glancing at - e . . genc: T n r £ ORS00, o at fo, vere Very poor. e could not u ere?"” ng his d \ Mrs. Gr 4 id the doctor. and partly becaiise there was a lady Waiting pan oo hie §erse 4 ‘g"fm',',:’,']""':'“.}",,‘ri eyes dropped and she cla un- “And you have d $ e v 10 see him d partly—and more particu- ch clas prvou But oh, “N-—no."” ped her hands 1 him silent coly )r a time, after we afternoon y spark of larly—be his dinner was growing () Yene coming and going how I wanted to. F “Then you must be my guest, and after- afternoon su e. As he ] kered hild's breast crisp and dry In the oven. She went to ' y o, PRG00t . Te e Mrs, left Ellisville, my husband was very wardq I will help you find that man t her from time to t the d were weeks the front office door and peeped In at the Grys . d ot Tepaber 8 Mrs. fortunate, and made a great deal of WRCT)'voU owe-the other bill. I think I tor saw the look of t r face Y and’wian deiicaie looking Jittle woman who bay Gratton?” ed at last with some money but the debts 1 speak of, While remember who It was. Are you and Mr e te carded | ossoms ntly waiting for the last half-hour. g TES G £ the thought of th rove me almost Gratton Hving In Grimby > Gr wer of green Marion No detail of her shabby bicycle eostume Mrs. Grafton—Mrs. Grafton” be re- wila, did not s ) trouble him. When Y.‘\i:_ o é’r‘;;"‘:m e AR - s r creature, with the nor feature of her worn, pretty face es. king his head. “She 18 not & T urged their payment he always grew _° o S T e S W B e H " saddest of dark eves, walked down the caped the old housekeeper’s scrutiny. ine.’ oss Impatient and said they belonged to a Y& e ating aeholt hece X a i wa e sald straight path beside her husband, and the “The doctor's late,” she sald. “but but—somehow, 1 feel as If (ime he could not bear to think of. He &m teaching sch 3 ate of the old en closed upon them p'raps you don't mind’ waitin. ‘1or a oot e he man 1 am looking for. thought I was heartless to remind him It was well on in the afternoon when o Hele orever. after ridin’ a bicycle. How far did you way nd out wheth- of them. You see,” she added hastily, the doctor and Mrs. Grafton r : " r - re other accounts besides Dr. say you'd - er you had a p nt named Grafton he 1 of our little hoy 1 upon om their search for the undertaker. it wa t d by the Graft “From Gr! replied the woman. (Wen! cars ago? Oh, it i3 very im- pjx mind made him yressed and had been successful after many ? Ellisy But “Did you say Eaton was quite a POTtant that I should know,” she con- morbid. So at last I ased altogether ! hered from thistles, 80 ne middle-aged man?’ she added anxiously. ¢luded earnestly. to speak of the matter, made up my 1 cannot tell you how much I k wrung from the abso- ~ “I didn’t say, ma'am; but I s'pose _ "1 will consult my books of that time,” mind that somehow me time—I would ¥you for helping me,” she said. *“And now f i 1 the Graftons’ you'd call him so in p'int of age. Ah, he said kindly, and arose. pay them myself. About this time I please tell me how much that ol t 3 < a g this very apparent here he is now!" As he walked across to the closet where was taken il with a fever, and many of yours was her . sad b philosophical shrug dis- From the window the lady could see a he kept se records of his early the names of people and places I _had “I assure you I have forgotten. 1 w the matter from their min doctor's gig draw up at the curb and a Struggles the woman's eyes followed him known siipped from my mind. Your never gave the matter a thought after the ) she sg shu . Mrs. Graf- Eaton, at the time struggil tall, dark man with grizzied beard and With cager intentness. Suddenly she got name and that of the undertaker who first. Let it rest,” he said earne “and re doctor held t r h . perately for a professional footing, he whiskers descend from it. Her counte- Uup and ran to his side. buried my poor little boy were among for a moment and the « with a = man 4id as she was Dever 8o much gs went through the fo nan ell, and she murmured below her “Ah, I know it is you! The moment those I could not—could not remember. she iInterrupted, “it must be smile, He watched b r way toward & W s = ths mality of rendering a bill, though the pay- breath you walked away, I knew beyond a Yet I never relinquished my purpose to indeed it must. I could not bear her K w t 84 to watch the doc- o, of his smallest claims was of the “I'm afraid it isn't—" doubt. It was just as I were back save enough money to pay you both that it is painful to me to be t hh gors on the yymost importance to him. And it Just then the doctor entered and looked again in the room where my baby died and in all the ars after, whether we ,* she added quickly, think ittle a o rowed in mot long before the Graftons and every- Inquiringly at his visitor with keen, and saw you leave me to go for my prospered or whether we struggled for ing of the doctor's kindn. and gentle ¥ was & 1 2 he aned over and Jald thing connected with them slipped from kindly ey She rose and said a little husband! Oh, you must remember me! a bare existence, I never touched tha consideration. *I shall always remember er s r against the child’s heart his i—swallowed up in the more im- uncertainly: You tried 8o hard to save my dear little sum I had put by as a nucleus, but added you with the greatest gratitude and be hen he got tho inte his gig & she asked breathlessly portant events attending his caree “I—I am afraid I have made & mistake, boy. I lived in an old etons house that to it, little by little—oh, so little some- glad to remember you 50; but don't you and drove away.