Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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It was during a Darnrosch nse ment in Chicago that I hapvndu to the theatre one evvning-. T alone, as my w1-ife h not hon out since the death of a relatve. T audience was a music-loving on, am during the third act as I strolled iit the foyer I found it quite d .9rti, a most unusual occurrence. Wagner grows noisy to an unculti vated ear after listening an hour or so, and the strains that came ihrou:h the heavy, closed doors were mor agreeable to mine. I was about ,,- rc turn to my seat, however, when I no ticed a remarkably handsome wonan emerge from the curtained door that led into the lower boxes. She was unusually beautiful, of that flashing combination of dark eyes and golden hair that is so rare. She was fashionably dressed, and under her opera cloak I saw the gii mer of jewels. I expected her to s'veep out to her carriage, instead of which she stopped in front of me and be gan to look anxiously toward the out side door. Then she stepped back into the curtain, but almost inmedi ately returned, and began to pace up and down more anxiously than before. She was evidently lookihg for some one whose delay caused unusual alarm. Once I thought she started toward me as if she was going to speak. I thought I noticed this movement again when I involurjarily approached her. "Can I be of any service to you, madam?" I asked in a most defer ential tone, which her bearing seemed to demand. She paused doubtfully a half sec ond, then graciously explained: Her father had left her at the theatre, expecting to return immedi ately; he had failed to do so and she was extremely alarmed on his ac count, and was also embarrassed at finding herself alone in a strange city at midnight. In fact there was noth ing else for me to do but to offer to see her home. It was all arranged in a few seconds, and under the charm of a woman who was of no ordinary type. She gave the directions to the driver. I had ordered a carriage and after about an hour's drive we stopped in a part of the city that was not al together familiar to me, though I could see by the stre-t lamps that itJ THE GLASS FELL FRTOM was a i'ashionable if somew~hat remote: neighborhood. My companion had been too much agitated to engage in conversation dur ing the drive, eyvent to wonder over her father's r ->untable delay. When the carr ,itopped she hast ened to the st-eps of a stately resi dence in the middle of the square. A man in livery opened the door. "Is my father in?" she asked in a: tone in which I noticed some of the agitation had subsided. "Ah! H-ortense my dear, forgive me! I fell asleep and completely forgo you? How did you get home?" go This voice came from within and was followed by an elderly man of foreign appearance who came forward and extended his hand affectionately to his daughter as she answered by ex plaining my presence- I turned to go. but with lavish expressions of grati tude usual to a foreigner, he fairly dragged me into the house. The outside appearance would hard ly 'nave suggested the magnificent apartments in which I found myself. Rich hangings, rare works of art and a general luxturiousness implied the most cultivated taste. While the daughter swept into an nd joining room and brought refreshments with her own hand, the father engaged me in conversation on the topics of the day, upon which he showed more than ordinary intelligenee. I refused anything but a ginss of wine which she poured from a decanter of rare vworkmantship-a rich cordial rather-filling on'n also for her father and another for herself. They were delightful conversationialists. I be came unusually talkative myself. The conversation drifted into personal ex periences. I related one I had never repeated to mortal ears before. I do not know whether it was the a1n nr th~e adorable smile of the 4I .C~Lulie Well5 Smilh. P,6 a t was leading me on. She n aside her opera cloak and n o 1 divan, her golden hair t 11,. crimson drapery, dr 'i- is holding two points of ''re in their expiannded pupils, like Some1 sern en-chantress uinder whose speul I was completely enthralled. I felt mny bloodl Se thirougfl my veins with a sense 41 exhilaration I had nev er beforo e'xperienced. I could have knelt; t her feet. She seemed a crea ture to ho worshipped, who could in turn wiod an influence strangely powerful. I thought of the historical womien of fascination who have led men to do awful deeds. She seemed to recall the pictures in my mind's eye of such women, as she reclined there her eyes flashing darker under the masses of hair that surrounded her fair face like a trown. of gold. I gazed at her in a datzed steadfastness. involuntarily I raised my glass; it was filled. Again: The third time as I would have guided it to my lips it fell fron my trembling fingers and shiv ered at my feet! I staggered and fell senseless! When I awoke to consciousness I found myself at my own front door. From the numb conditions of my limbs I knew I had been there at least an hour. I fumbled at the door with my latch key; my fingers were all thumbs. At last, however, it was opened. I thanked my lucky star that my wife was fast asleep; and I succeeded in getting to bed without disgurbing her. Of course I could not go to sleep. The effects of the drugging had passed off-I knew now I had been drugged, for what. damnable purpose I could not conjecture, no more than I could account for the other mysterious events of this most remarkable ever. ing I had ever experienced-leavinz me in a most nervous state. If it had been a case of robbery the mystery would have been cleared up to my,: mind immediately: but the fact that' a handsome diamond that I wore onI my small finger was not missing, and1 also quite a large amount of money that I happened to have had in my pocket was still there mc.de it more1 inexplicable. The more I tried to un ravel it. the more unfathomable the. whole affair became. It was a deeply -Y TEM-BLING FINGERS - lah plot of which I was the victim, though for what purpose I could at-r tribte not the slightest motiv e. For days I could think of nothin else. I said nothing to my wife ab out it. While I could justify my actions 1 in the affair to my own mind. I was1 not quite sture I could do so to hers. In fact my wife had been .in an ex treely nervous condition for a 10n~ tine, and of late I noticed she had be come mnore depressed than ever. I do not know wht~ raised the sus picion in my mind, but I took a stud den fancy that my wife's late depres sion was in some way connected with my mysterious adventure. A qucs tion she asked me completely con firmed this suspicion anc filled me with addled alarm. It was a question relating to an ex perience of my past life, of which I al never spoken exceplt in the pres ence of the father and daughter the night of my strange visit and through which sour-ce I felt sure she could only uain a possible knowledge of the same. I letermined at all hazaros to investi rate at k'ast what connect ion my wife could have in the chain of mystery that was surrounding me. An opportunity offered itself the very next dlay. I hapnroed to be in Marshall Field's great store doinz Isoe purchasing for myself. when I pied my wife coming out of one o te dloors leading upon the main street as T was about to pass out of another. I started to attract her at-:ention when I noticed her signal for a cah. This crcumstance aroused my suspicion. as it was an unusual thing for my wife' te do. I immediately hr iled another and followed her. I could not help f2eling guilty in this new role of all our married life, as spy upon my wife's actions. No: that I suspected her of' anything wrong at the time. I was '~following her more as a protector, and at the same time determined to in tgate the diabolical ageucies at to destrov the happiross of my I ld te (:river to follow my wife's cab, and at the end of its destination o ston about a square behind. he iollowed these instructions and after a long, !ioisy ride over the rough cobbles, halted abruptly and opened the cab dour for mwe to alight. I pail hin and d sntissed the cab, and as I saw my wife's dre .s disappear in a Uoorwty down about the niddle of the next square, made for that di retion. yi heart gave a bound as I hur ricd up the steps to the door I had seen her enter. By soie lucl:y chance it was unlatched, and I walked into the Louse. Great Heavens: The same rich hangings., :he divan with its crim son drapery, the paintings-all re ven1led themselves in the glare of broad daylight. I heard the murmur of voices somewhere in the house and paused to catch the direction of the sound. I could not seem to make out. Every minute was as an hour. I stood in breathless expectation a while long er, then passed noiselessly over the velvet carpet into the adjoining room. A heavy portiere at the rear led into still another, and from thence the voices proceeded. I recognized my wife's in the most excited tone. I glided closer to the curtain and dis inctly heard these words: "What you have already told me I cannot help believe and while I would know more, I am. afraid- Oh! I can not! not now- I-" " aIdam-" some one interrupted In the unmistakable voice of my even ing's enchantress, "I am simply about to present my impression of your iusband as he appears to me in that tstral personality which he is most >robably unconscious of possessing." rhere was a deathlike stillness for a ew minutes; suddenly broken by my vife's voice in the most agitated tone ccompanied with a low sobbing: "Oh my God! I cannot look! It is ny husband and yet so strangely dif erent!" I could hold back no longer; drew aside the curtain and through he folding doors which were opened vide enough for the purpose, passed a. I found myself in total darkness. here were a few seconds of suspense nd then-at first indistinctly, then learer and clLearer out of the dark ess-a face appeared; finally stand ng in startling bas-relief against a ery nimbus that surrounded it. In he wide open staring eyes, the com iressed lips and sunken cheeks, ' rec )gnilzed my own phylognomy! "Sylvia!" It was my wife's name I had ut ered before I was conscious what I iad done. There was a distinct scream rom each woman; one of them fell: groped my way in the darkness and ound it was my wife. I picked her up n my arms and got out of the room. nd house I know not how. I have a ague memory of hailing a cab and lacing my wife in it and then driv lg home. All that night she was too 1 to move; but the next morning she ad recovered enough for rue to report t police head-quarters. The detective to whom I told my tory smiled. "You have been in the hands of a ouple of notorious adventurers," he xplained, "for whose arrest the au orities of some large cities in this ountry and abroad are on the alert. he woman is a clairvoyant, and pro sses to make a specialty of the sci nce of louble personality; practicing is humbuggery by the desperate 1eans you describe by which she has athered a large clientele in this city. he experimnent in your case is one f the most daring. The apparition of our face is a reproduction of a photo raph taken in yotur censeless state hat evening in their house, for which urpose you were decoyed there and riugged. This by a clever stereopti on effect was used to present the tartling revelation of your second ersonality for your.wife's benefit, who appens to be a patron of theirs, and >r whom the trick was contrived. 'hey were arrestLed last night." FE EDING T HE BIRDIES. ade Friends by Hianging Fat Meat Out for Them in Winter. Bird Lore, in its notes on winter eeding of wild birds gives a number f methods for such feeding that, may e easily employed by any kindly per on with the grcatest satisfaction. At his time of year birds, like domestic owls, appreciate fat food. Soup bones, fier they have served their purpose a the kettle, may be hung in a tree r elsewhere so that cats may not get t the feathered visitors. Here the irds will pick away every bit of meat nd gristle. Suet may be put in the rees this way or the carcass of a owl, and blue ;ays, nuthatches, wood ekers and chicadees, not to mention. he Eniglish spa1rrows, will visit this unhcon with deligh.t. A correspondent writing from Jack oville, llt, says : "Ever since I be an bird study, six years ago, I have ~ept a winter bird table: and it has een a never-failing source of pleasure nd instruction to me as well as a 2elp to my bird guests during tihe had e-ather. We have an acre of ground round our home, and fine trees, but here are streets on all but the north! ide, so I chose that side for the bird able, as it is the most shelte-red and t the same time affords us the best! hance to watch the birds from the mu1se. I hr'gan by tying lumps of suet p in small trees near the windows nd very soon my guests began to rrive. Later I devised a plan for: >ringing the suet eaters within closer ange. I fastened a rough stick. two r three iv"'s in diameter, to the ;indow shutters, across the window a ittle below thr- mida~le sash and upon this sti'k I tied my lump of suet. "From that time we have had the! pleasure all winter long of watcThing or bird nce'b1h"- at their luncheon hile sitting at our own dining table. I also fastened a wooden tray to the sill into which we put cracked nuts and chopped suet. The most constant visitors were the chirkadees and wood-. ekers: then bluejays, titmice, show birds and n'itcdhen. with once in a while a carrdinal. Of theso the chik adees and downy woodpeekers are the tamest. When the spring migrants return we find black-birds and cat birs-a-tronizing the suet. Almost all the winter birds are fond of both nuts ar.d suet. No one need ever waste old or rancid nuts. The birds will bE glad to get them. Another llinois correspondent says: "Last fall I hung a birdfood shelf at our south window and early each morn ing rut cracked nuts, suet and bird seed on it. Several tufted titmic visitel it the first morning. In a day or two snow-birds and chickadees came in 1101ks. White-breasted nuthatches, down.- and hairy woodpeckers, a white crowned sparrow and a red bellied woodiecker wero constant visitors all winter, often coming several times a day. A mor-ing bird came until the nidde of December, making in all nine kinds of birds. These birds all enjoy-ed the fresh fat pork I nailed tc a nearby tree." Won Royul Red Cross. The coveted Roval Red Cross of England has been conferred upon Mrs. Violet Clay, as an expression ofmerit for her services during and after the terrible Indian earthquake which recent ly occured at Dharmsala. Mrs. Clay is fs MRS. VIOLET CLAY. he yungest daughter of Sir Herry Nightingale and the wife of Major C. H. :lay of the 7th Gurkha Ritles, who was ;eriou:-ly injured, durmy the earthquake ,hile saving the life of his little son. The Adorable Patti. The famous Adelina Patti, always oung, despite her years, first appeared n 1S59, at the New York Academy or Uusic. She was brought forward under he direction of her kinsman and mas er, Maurice Strakosch, in the title role )f "Luci di Lammermoor." She was hen only 1G years old, but had already earned to nutngehbervoice, a flute-like lexible soprano, with extraordinary kill and taste, and capauie critics at mnce recognized in the debutante one f those rare singers who appear at ong intervals on the musical horizon o revive not only the hopes of man gers, but the enthusiasm of the public. This prediction had quick fulfilment. fter a short initial engagement in 'hiladelphia, Mlle. Patti, piloted by trakosch, embarked on a concert tour hich ended at New Orleans, whence he sailed for London where she may ec said to have fairly begun a career, hich, like her art, must remain long nique in lyric annals. Thereafter for pward of 40 years, she held first place, nd during the greater part of that line. she was not only a sweeter, bhtt better singer than any otheir wom:ui n the world. IIer name lends a gdld n ending to any record of the early ays of opera in America. Adulterated Dresses, Public attention is being directed o the wholesale manner in which the aterials that keep us warm during he day, and the blankets which cover ~s at night, are adullterated. The silk dress of the lady of a hun red years ago rustled as she moved, aU account of the genuineness of the abric; now it rustics with 3G per cent f salts of tin used to commercialize it. rhe lady of the period in her silk dress s, indeed, a sort of "woman in armor." Epsom' salts, instead of being used or medlcinal purposes, as formerly, are ow empl~oyed, it would appear, for oading flannel. The so-called table incn of today is not pure linen, such s delighted the hearts of the house vives of olden times but is made argely of cotton, filled with china lay and starch. So, toe, collars are ften of cottonmnerely fpeed wvith line'n. In a word, nearly every kind of fabric old, is adulterated in some form or ther, and the public, in blissful ignor nce of the truth, finding how poorly he thirngs wear, lays the blame upon he laundryman, the dyer or the leaner, instead of upon the real cul rit, the manufacturer. It is believed that there is some dan er, of the skin being attacked by isease as a result of the really poison us substances which are set free by he action of perspiration upon the me allic compounds contained in appar ~ntly innocent wearing apparel. A Gi t Wi7th Euch Tieket. George Adams, the manager of the rystal Theatre of Denver, is operating is play-house upon unique lines. For ome time he has given away souvenirs o all his patrons, some of them of onsiterable value. He has now stocked a lar;e store with abotut everything hat is needed in housekeeping, and is ssuing a trading stamp or coupon with very ticket to the theater. 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