The evening world. Newspaper, January 8, 1900, Page 9

rs er to on he et ie Grst met “‘gesolution had arrived. CHAPTER 1 ‘The Fatal Lighter. NT get out,” sald Swift's sta: ling, looking through the bars ius | “LE will get 0 Qo himself, secing no bare, but hai @clous of a cage. “I will get ¢ hansom took Bquare, wher f ward tha‘ ot se in Carlion House Terrace, whither his thoughts hed on before him, out-distancing lip-clop of the ut," he said again to him- impatient movement to weary him, this intrigue which had been 90 new and alluring a year ago, He dit Not own |t to himself, but he was tired [heart leaped of it Pechaps the reason why good resolu- i¢ions have earned for themselves such an evil repute as pavingstones is be- cause they are often the result, not of iPepentance, but of the reatlessness that @ogs an evaporating pleasure. * ‘Thie Maison had been alternately his pride and his shame for many months. Mut now it wae becoming something more—which tt had been all the time tenly he hag not noticed {t till lately—® Outer, a clog, something irksome to iy cast off and pushed out of sight. Decidedly, the moment for the good 1d again. ever “T will break {t off,” he Thank Heaven, not @ soul guessed th” ‘4 How could any one have guessed itt He remembered the day when he had her a year ago, and had feoked upon ner as merely ® pretty | woman He remembered other days, end the gradual building up between them of 4 fairy palace. He had added a stone here, she a atone there, until suddenly Ot became-—a prison. Had he been tempter or tempted? He @14 not know. He did not care. He| wanted only to be out of It His better feelings his conscience Brad been awakened by the firet toveh of weariness His brief Infatuation had run its @ourse 1 will break with her gradually,” he o he was, and he ples simself the wretched geenes in which «he would abuse bim, reproach | him, probabil: compromise herself, the Yetters she would write to him. At any rate, he need not read them. fe was of the whole Why had he been reband. ool? such a A brougham passed him swiftly on Motneless wheels, and the woman in It Caught a eiimpre of the high-bred, cjean- shaven face. half envage, half eulien, in the hansom. “Anger, impatience and remorse.” aid 10 herself, Ther loves to “Thank Heaven, not a soul has ever Tguessed It.” repented Hugh, fervent! he hunsom came suddenly to a stand Another moment he was taking * Leaty Newhaven's hand as sie s od at the entrance of her amber drawing-room a grove chatted beside He f pink orchids & moment, greeied Lord saeted an into the How could any one have guessed it? Mo breath of scandal had ever touched Lady Newhaven Bhe @tood beside her pink orchids, Rear her fatiguet-iooking, gentie-man- mered husband. a very pretty woran In white satin and diamonds. Perhaps her blond hair war a shade @arker a: the roots than in ite waved colls; perhaps her blue eyes did not look quite in harmony with their biue-black had the det. lashes: but the whole effec! mventional perfect! hedl-up ehromo-li course tastes differ, The diamond sun upon Lady New- haven's breast quivered a ittle, a very GOSSIP OF THE THBATRE, & Besy Week for Playheesee— Heatrice Cameron Back Agate. ‘The second werk of the new year be- ns busily with three new pi ‘aty Anthony” at the Herald Little Red Riding Hood” at the Casino and “The Gunner's Mate’ at the Grand Opera-House, There to have been enother, “Rroadway to ‘Toklo,” at the New York, but Manager Bire postponed it for a week, Maude Adams's reappearance in “The Little! Minister” at the Criterion ha» been pat off until to-morrow night. Mise Camerom Returns ¢ An event of no little Importance ie the return to the stage to-night of Beatrice Cameron, who will appear ag Raina in of “Armes and year since Mrs. Mansfeld left the stage nd has devoted the time to the study ef Gomesticity with a little Miss Mansfeld eo the lesting she} and finished buttoning | "| Me. Boos and Mise Perry the latter aks sunyect Miss Cameron 1 PETE POE EKO “She will marry me," he sald to hit self. “She must.” lady Newhaven touched him gently Uttle, as Hugh greeted her, and she turned to offor the same emall emi and gloved tnd to the next comer, whose name was leaping before him (Fo nthe arn one footman t another “A dared not speak to you before, Hugh had gone througi the first room, she said “Nearly « one gone and after a quarter of an hour found) wit) you take down to supper? 1 tne himself in the doorway of the second. am tired out.’ He had arrived late, and the rooms, He starou at her, not recognizing her were already thinning | “Have F vexed you?’ she faltered A woman in a pale-green gown Was! He took her into the supper room an standing near the open window, her, got her a «lage of champagne {t beside another ofile outlined against the framed | She sule ‘ded ont as she listened with evident!) woman, vag urpecting trouble tn amusement to the tall, tl-dressed man{the alr. Ie felt thankful that Rachel exide her had already gor Hugh's eyes lost the velled scorn with) Hugh had wot one arm tn his coat which {t was their wont to look at » | An Instluct of flight porressed him, a clety and the indulgent patronage which | vague horror of the woman tn diamonds lurked in them for pretty women. | fu watching him under her low- Rachel West siowly turned ner face |« yuh the open door toward him without seeing htm, and his | +: raid Lord Newhaven, | aotal Ining him Janguldly, “1 want three She was not beeutiful except with the| minutes of your valusble time, Come Manity of health THE TWO MEN MEASURED THE TWO LIGHTERS TOGETHER UNDER THE ELECTRIC LIGHT, — of carriage which !s the outcome of a heod and hands and body that are at \iy with each other and with a mind | souliely unconscious of self. te had not the long nose which eo frequently usurps more than ite share of | (ne faces of the well-bred, nor had #30, alas! the short upper lip whieh redeems |'hem an array of pistols ything. “Useless now,” said Lord Newhaven, Her features were as insignificant as |‘OUChing them affectionately, “Rut,” he her coloring. People rarely notic-' :hat| "ded, with a shade more lstlessness | Rachel's hatr was brown and tha her nan before, ““Boelety has become accus- deep-set eves were gray. But upon her! (ome! to do without them, and does 11! | Over the mantel ihelf were hung. a few Ki: 4 Japanese inlaid carvines, and veneath » inch shorter than They have been walling on he last month, «ll ity of attention to them. I am sure | foptiy understand each other. No name |need be mentioned, All scandel. a| avoided. E feel confident you will not hesitate to make me the only reparation | one man can make another in the some- what hackneyed circumstances io which we find ourselves.” Lord Newhaven tod the lighters out of the glass, He gianced suddenty at Hugh's atunned face and went on: Iam sorry the ‘lea is nat my own. 1 read of t in @ magasine. Though com- paratively modern, it promises soon to become ss customary as the much-to-be- regretted pistols for two and coffee for four 1 hold the lighters thus, and you draw. Whoever draws or keeps the Si shett une te pledged to leave this word half-b'ase | within four months, or shal! we ray five, and brine, and the puckering of is skin round the eyes that comes of longs watching tn half-tights calm and pure as Rachel's, sun and rain have never beaten, there | * {4 an expression betokening strong re- fistance from within of the brunt of a whirlwind from without The marks of conflict and endurance on & young fate—who shall are them unmoved! The Mother of Jesus m ed A mreat difference in h fon when ahe fret naw Him again att the temptation in the wilderness, "s grave, amused glance we per- fei! ‘Their eves me! ceved, to his recognized him, But she did not bow, and a moment | IMer left the nearly empty rooms with | | the man who was talking to her. Hugh was excited out of recog: of his former half-scornful, self, and he instantly per- tonishment, that she account of the pheasant shooting? ‘That woman must be his w Five be it, In it agreed? Just sot Wilt She would exve him from himself, this| you draw?” cynical, restless self, which never re-| \ awift spasm parsed over Hugh's face, n ne etay ‘knowledged werkness in her nature unconsciously flung {tse apon his strength, a strengih which had been tried. She would love him, and uphold him There would he no more yielding to cir- cumstances if that pure, strong sou! were close beside him. He Would lean upon ber, and the urly bypaths of these last years would know | jin ve refused to draw, him no more Her presence would lea-| He backel naainet the mantelpiece and ven hie whole Ife |tnen put out his hand suddenly and Tn the momentary insanity, which was | Utem oe perhaps, after all, only a prophetic in-) [seemed the ty wey the lehiers on | tuition, he had no fears, no misgivings. |ine Laue under the do ligt, Ne thought that with that face it was lor! Newhave aughed hot possible that she could be 90 wicked |, Hush stvod « moment and then went) as to refuse him, and a tiger glint jemped into Lord haven's eyes, fixed intently upon him. ‘There wae a brief second tn which Hugh's mind wavered, as the flagne of a candle wawers In a sudden draught Lord Newhnven's even glitiered He advanced the lighters an nearer If he had not advanced them that ineh ed bn Inch at Ne nued) ie manager Ty names actor of Ds to BiGp ai the on the menu (she retains her stage name) created the | usu part of Ratna seven years ago of Mies Boous Meard From. any TAttie Mies Boona geve additiona’ sre Creme of eet, a le James K terest to the performance of “W Rg eee bole tonntiee oe late’ at Wober & PieMts's Music Hat lS, 12. 02, one SSRN Saturday afternoon Mies Boona, be jt | Known, je the adopted daughter of Mr. jand Mre. Charies Ross, and is a tritte | |More t three years old. Boona sat in @ box with her grandmother and lis- | ened attentively, In the scene between Biss Ariemesia Bowen will Hive 9 ree cital on Tuesday evening, Jan. %, (Fifth Avenue Hotel, parlor DR. The | ie Programme | wi! crntlat of | elections trom @hakespeare aud the ica. The the firs: T's eatiee OF focttale 10 be given by Miss owen thit season Schweighefers Change of Bil. + demand f ‘a Felix Schweigh Conapiougus suteese, “ha or to change the an- for this week, the vat one of the engagement | 1a ‘The entire audience ap- st, of “ gy pe ny if and Mr. Row. who |, Sten and Wedreelay evening #hd Bacurday yiecact playa will be give j deen (ader | Four tures. by Have you ever lorea@ any other girl bur mer" Before Mr. Ross could reply 1, sare leaned over the box ra‘ and gave jy, ill cry to attract Mise Perry’ ™ |teneion then patted herself on the est, shaking her head vigorously tn \jnet’ he afMfirtoative. Plauded the mite, hod turned plained “That the: scored hi induced ara‘ hater fn © lather sipetved po aiabeasid W. 00. |i BeemeeL Mi Lawrence recently James K. Hackett ex-/Saimrgay, nih: in, ti plained rnat he nad made & vigorous pro- | ‘.rca, will be tepeated, {eat ta 6 Clncisnst! betel over what wes Tus Krave face the word © or” was plain. | Without them, but we muse form to| Se! written—ond som: ole Wh i st? = et ed slightly, and then re- Just aa in the faces of seamen we! Paine? motionless trace the onslaught of storm and sun You observe two paper lighters, Jrawlog your | Hugh thought afterward that he would |e NORDICA SCORES IN CONCERT. Van Rooy Shares with Her In Public Appre- ciation. A NEW COMER IN OPERA. Bertrand’s Success In “The Flying Dutchman"—Leonora Jackson at Philharmonic. Nordica, tn on flaming scarlet frock with a tlara of diamonds in her hair and long ropes of pearie adoul her made a stunning figure at the at the Masropollias ta mood fairly large audience Her principal number was the “Dich Theure Halle’ from “Tannhau for,’ sung in her most authori manner. To this she added several ol English and French atra, sung with ex- Pression as varied an the themes Scarcely leas important a figure than Nordica was that steriing artist Van Rooy, whose sonorous. flexible, expres: sive votce and delightful method tn a selection of German songs that included Beethoven's Schubert's “Der raised the artistic level “ Mantelli contributed an arta from (ou-| nods “Sapho” and “The Noble Seige Peur.” from “The Huguenots.” She wae [never In better voice and her dramatic) fervor was admirable. It was unfortunate that Scottl, one of the searon’s new baritones, who has a Rood voice. elected to be heard first in aria of Woifram's, from however, his spir- m 4 mournful “Tannhaiiser. ited _renderiny *Pagilaccl” fa Paur gave t from Weber's the beginning, Humperdinck, hub) Goldmark, to Stra: e Denube" walts at “ihe end, well don ‘The concert wae one of the best of the veason, bi fae lasted ney three hours, and the half-empty house for the tinal number showe@ that it was too |} Take the hint, Mr. Paur! Bither refuse encores, of cut down nigoen your programmes BERTRAM AND Gl GADSK! IN “THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.” The presentation of “The Dutchman” at the Opera-House Baturday afternoon was notadle f debut in America of Bertram, the man baritone, who was the hero, & the firet appearance in this elty with Mr Grau's company of Gadsk!, who s the heroine, Hoth were eminently cessful. Bertram disclowed a fine ke presence, a voice of great natural purity and flexibility and an artistic method that was captivating, He sang in tune and made the rather dreary monologue of the first act almost in Flying on] work with the 9 gtown brag ie stature since she was} this elty, and ft ts all of Wi ’g great feminine crea- ons shall to ber in time. The cart was a a ca rable Sieur- Paur conducted with sp endid pirtt. The only weakness wes the |chorus. If Mr Grau might secu | rome yone ‘olees, the posses: joe wi could a with In! igen he would Alls long feit want, Poe held DE LUSSAN AS MIGNON SCORES IN THOMAS’S OPERA. “Mignon” was the offering at tne Opera-House on Baturcsy night, with » cast that ineured excellent perform- ance. Very pleasing to look at was Mile Zelie De Lusean as the waif whose for- tunes constitute the theme of Ambro se Thomas's delightful composition. The ranka of Mr. Grau's operatic principals could not have furnished a Mi n more pleasing ip appearance oF fee med’ better suited to wy expr or the Joya and. s0rto nat that f Date unl Ml | with charac teristic feat Ms thy of the audience by ce Carried i throughout. | The Tebeifion nen. | fie tor tof the tune Lathario: the Impulsive alousy toward Philene, enchantress of (Ter beloved Wilbelm, acted with captiv er in which ry i ignac as Wilhelm Meister and Plan. con'as Tothario shared In the honors of foal triumph. tn, bia early ater aed his quality Jn manner that qualified approval. eon wan |at his best, and Plancon’s beat in su character as iatharig Is about as goo can be done Mme. Suzanne Adame fan excellent Phitens, and Dufriche + of Glarny revealed th the arti Mile, Oliitka us Freder.< tunity to display queria aa Laerte | seal LEONORA JACKSON AT THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT. Mise Leonora Jackson, an American | viotiniet Just returned from a course of study abroad, was the soloist at the nitharmonte Boclety’s third concert ° ‘arnegie Hall on Saturday evening, a ‘a slender, graceful young woman. in ‘an empréssive face, Indicating srrone indie te are Her n for, cert SSrahaviy. Maat ona, aha “fexibn ote stremgtm, At ine mechanice ot hee art -*, the be hard passages bothered her wot et tone in fairy Ware and fing quality ie itm med Sympathievic home, 25 East Seventy of entertainments THE WORLD: ‘ONDAY EVENING, JANUARY & 100.0 W. Childs W. Childs W. Childs W. Childs W. Childs Geo. Geo. Geo, Geo. Geo, cigars cigars cigars cigars cigars @ year. 1900 we can make our sales a full secret of its success. METRPOLITAN TOBACCO CO,, HARBURGER, HOMAN & CO., Distributers. MRS. FISH — SOCIAL SEASON. |, MBS STUYVESANT FIGH. 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