Show A WONDERFUL WOMAN I BY MAY AGNES AGNE FLEMING i Walt Walt VaIt wait Miss Hornc tle I Lady Cecil rising up with a areat great Croat reat breath of Intense relief J 1 Lady ady I Dangerfield sent enl you ou In search of me I I suppose Has lIas anybody conic come Are Arc the they preparing for or the charades s i I Yes Lad Lady C Cecil and mind the they are Ie waiting for Cor you ou There's Theres th the music You rou pla play Sir Arthur tb do 10 you ou I Lady ny C Cecil turned to him and und then thon for or the first time perceived ed him hint gazIn gazing gaz gaz- In ing intently at al Miss diss He lie was wa wondering who she hc was was this this tan majestic woman so 0 unlike n f any ny woman wo 0 wo- wo man maim ho ha hat had as yet et met 1 In this house Ah Ahm I 1 forgot you OU dont don't know Miss Sir Arthur Tregenna Miss lIAA tl How lIow odd to live 11 In the Ire same same- house e a week and a half anti and never once meet Hark Is not hot that GInevra's voice calling Qu Queenie called the shrill Impatient voice of or her ladyship are art you a asleep or dead In ni 01 the house or what ihaL Where here nyc rc you O 1 I She Site too loo lifted the tho curtains and stared d at nl the group In Indignant S prise What on earth are you doing hoin here In Iii the moonlight Sir Arthur I think I sent you ou after Jacl Lady Cecil Clive Mist Miss sharply 1 1 think I sent you you you- Js Is there some om enchantment in iii this silvan sIvan ot ot that t those who enter it can no er come forth She looked pointedly at nt the baronet Had lIall he had u time to propose He lie was n not a man inn of speech or 01 I In compliment like her gallant major major major-he he only smiled In his grave gra way anti and came camo forth Lady Cecil hind haJJ sped awn away like hike the tho wind and anti l II Miss n l with tile the stately air nil anti and grace of nf a 0 ayoung young queen en more nore slowly follow DUO lug ing Who is is' that lint Sir Arthur It h u asked under thither his breath hrc Who 1101 Do Jo you mt mean 1 Miss s hem Hern- I ca castle lIe my my governess Jn Your governess Sho Sire looks like an l' l empress Absurdly Ah tall lall Isn't she half ho-half half a a giantess Do you ou III like lil tall tail women No o dont don't tumble yourself to 10 turn l tint a. a L t. t 1 I see I you ilo mm im i'm is isI I I ii i is to assist tonight night t in inthe Ih the tableaux that tableaux that is lii why ii you IIII see ee her litre hl That old railing Mover resource ref of country hou houses l' l and amid tableaux tableaux tab tau were wr to tu enliven NI time the gut guests at al tonight The rhe dl disused dis dis- used ll ballroom m had been loeum lilted hued up lp as a- an a n 1 theatre wilh It and 8 seats ats t the Ih hi Crts Crts- military was wu already discoursing dis coursing oun martial music and time the well well- tI dressed S. audience led to it be him tie tie- lighted Jf ti with everything p had already taken their I seats als J Fans allM Muttered an nit odor of Araby's spicy es bree was wafted wanell through h the room mom a LI low mur murmur mur of or con er conversation mingled ICI wilh the ilu stirring of the band I the lie lamps lamp overhead twinkled by y the dozen and out edIt through tI the In wide opt window you caught hl I the tire starry tall night nIgh t sIc sky the lie sll-er sll crescent slowly 1 sailing up over thin ho nil tree tel lops A hell bell tinkled and amI the tho curtains went Iii up You OtI saw v nn flit yard ulI n a pump anti and horse 1101 I trough artistically true truC to lature on the tIre sign Scar Arms fluter Hoots Hoot Major Franklin lIn n a rush In one omit bund hund n n. gentleman's Wellington In hi tire the other oilier In iii n. n state Mate of lIf soliloquy Ilo Ho gives Ni you ou to understand under under- stand lund he IK JH In hum love lov with Su tim the barm and arid l i jim the el mal on and In a a- quandary which io to Mrs AIrs hN Hoots Boot Fanny Fanny tall lark dashing dashing l Miss I th the r cors c- c tots ors daughter daughter antl and spine stine Jove hove passages pits pas sages es Immediately ensued Hoots Boots Is on he the point of or proposing to the tho chambermaid cham when there ther comes conies a n slit shrill ill call for rOI and 11 exit Fanny with witha a T. last coquettish toss of her long black ringlets lets a n last lost coquettish Hash of h Item her I bonny black eyes Yes Ye- Boots Bools likes Ikes Fanny be best will best t will propose to Fanny when enter Su Susan n the bar- bar timId Barmaids have hav been bewitch bewitch- big Ing ng from morn time immemorial this liar bar maid is too fascinating fn to toll tell SIte She is isVet Vet ver very with blonde with a wig of golden g hair a a. complexion of paint and pearl powder Jowder-a Jowder r-a r a very short sl skirt ht of oJ rose silk a bodice of oC black velvet and a perfectly perfect hearl little cap cup of rose ose ribbon and anti point Barmaid costume the wide world over Enter Susan Lad Lady tripping trip trip- ping Jauntily forward bearing a a. tray of oC tumblers and blithely I singing a little song Boots' Boots allegiance Is shaken rother one ont was vas pretty he says but b th this is one caps the globe Anti And nd then thep she rhe h has hM M a in Castleford bank bani too More 1 love hove passages take talc place Su Susan Susans an anIs Is s coy coy shrieks und and skirmishes 1 Down Downfalls rails falls time the tm tray smash goes the gla glass Boots Bools mu must t have that thal kiss struggles kiss struggles les for fOl It manfully manfully gets gets gels that kl kiss kiss lt Il it s sounded ver er very real too too t Susan slaps his hits face not ace not not irretrievably offended offend oil though you ou Oti can caum st see and Susan am Susan Susan Surian baWls ba a n loUd ba bass s voice Coming Coining maam ma'am coming coining Su Susan n an answers an shakes s her blonde ringlets at itt gallant Boots oot shows her hel white teeth and exit Hoots Boot Is alone alono Boots soliloquizes once marc how JIow hap happy could I b be wRit with either eio lother demo dear charmer away awny Ills His quandary has he returned he can cannot cannot cannot not make up his mind If Ir he marries marries marries' mar mar- ries ries' ries lie l lIn n I he will u after lo I Susan 11 if lie Ito Su Susan all flo ho io will break breal his h heart nIt for Fanny Oh Oh wh why cant can't canta a iii man an mar inn marry rr both bothi-bo bothi both both th-bo th both ii Roots hoots a asks ks with a u melancholy howl hll lIe He plunges his deeply I face acI I inlo in- in it- it lo to the itt snowy y fouls folds of nf a scented cambric cam cant brie bric handkerchief a nil and sinks II at t of ih till still nobly feebly murmuring mur UI Hi un hoth tir both both I The cm falls fails to fp p slow and solemn 1 ale ic l First syllable shouts an In Invisible lit lit- visible voice ulu People put hUt tilt tutu their It heads together and anti if IC I the hc first syllable i is not not Both The bl bell tinkles a anti and 1111 the goes up UI again Tills time lime It It I is an nn rn Eastern scene lIW t A large at I painting of an au na oasis IM in lit tIll the itt desert is hung In 1 the background A group ll of mif IW I a 1 hlf f in lh tIme distance A huge hlll marble m tilled lUll with Uit gold II h occupies oc oc- IC- IC cuni the c center and 1 In lii sandals and turban turhan II an II dignitary t sits IIla near I The fU Eastern dignitary Is tim Sir h A Arthur Arthur- r lilt Itc hI his face darkened hl his fair hair hidden by lug hl iris his luf turban Jail An gli l Eastern 1 damsel AI aPI approaches s 's s. s u n scarlet sash round about bor Waist Item her Ino loose hair hail untying flowing her 1111 beautiful bare hart arms anus upholding a I sione on him her head Site Sho 1 I before 11 Co 11 I m my lord I till the lit l lots down n her hel pitcher into the I Ow Ito marble w U and aini I offers lii my lord Jo drink The rIll I band baliti plays Ia's ji n it lt u Second syllable sylla 1111 ble bho shouts the invisible voice and thue curtain goes gots down It rises mIsts again agaIn to to stirring strains this Iris C Tho Timo G Gath Gathering ering of or the thc Clans You are ar In lit marble hu hulls halls 11 p pillars ilia IM I'M curtains ns-a ns and anda nIl a n. great dosil of tuf tartan drapery Bit EM- BitI lor IN I a majestic tI Ii figure UI in iii court Major J land Frank again His Ills military mili tau tat tary legs look to Io advantage in lii flesh flesh- colored tights lights IW his Itis military figure is striking striling In velvet doublet and raptor rapier his hula military head head in lit a u. plumed cap efti He lie Is a n. Scotchman for ho JIO wears 1 a n tartan sushI sash and amI his plumed Illumed ca cap Is 18 a fi I Scotch bonnet bot HI His mustaches must anti and whiskers are jetty ty black his black his complexion com is lc bronz bronzed lI He lie is li In lovo love again and soliloquizing this soliloquizing-this this time lime In Ina ina a aVer very tran transport of or passion He loves lo some bright particular star far above e his roach reach anti and apostrophizes her with his rapier in his hand all amid 1 his eyes eye fixed on the chandelier r. r Come ComA what may sooner or later hater he Is fi determined ed to 10 win her though his path to 10 her heart He lie through carriage carnage and blood The ahe major pronounced It bel Jeh hel lud lie He gnashes his c expensive c teeth end and glares more ferociously than ever althe at al atlie atthe the lie chandelier In the thi- distance ho espies another court gallant in brave attire and arid more tartan sash hash The sl sight ht livings brings forth a p perfect howl of or jealous fury Cur lie He apostrophizes R this distant h cavalier as Henry Stuart Lord lorel of oC Darnley Darnle Duke of oC Albany anti and King o of Scotland The audience hayo haye evidently e got among rl yal al company The lie warlike strains of the band change ng t to a n soft oft sweet Scotch air In Inthe Inthe the dl distance tance you h hoar hear r mu musical Inu laughter and it it comes nearer near A sweet voice Js s M singing the singing the Castleford brass hand band play the time accompaniment nt very elY low and anti sweet meet The dark gentleman in th the rapIer and anel doublet sta staggers gers back hack apace sn says yg s 's In Ina Ina ina a audible all over the time room lis sho ho Eime The queen approaches with her three Manes Maries Tho lImo sweet voice comes S nearer you OU catch the time words of the queens queen's own song on of oC tho the Four Foul Manes Maries I. I Thc They reveled re through the summer night ht 1 And Auth b by day made malic lance shafts flee For lar l Mary Mary Uary Seatoun Mar Mary Fleming anti and me ansi and with whIm the time last word Mary Stuart enters her three Maries behind her She IH looks In II lovely It J Is Lady Lally Cecil Clive e ii im trailing studded jewel 1 robe rein of nr if velvet t the titi little pointed Mary l tIar Stuart cap with It Its double row of pearls and alid A diamond lIa Mashing in the iii stomacher dotted with wilh seed seed- pearls ruffle en enormous U-l U farthingale Site She Is sam smiling ii ing she Is iM I exquisite ih sin sin- holds hohl out her hel bunds with w Alt All A h. h m iii my lord of Bothwell 11 mill and you hero and listening to our nuru poor PoOl sung sting Tin Tin- noble dolT doffs ii hl his is 11 plumed cap aI Si sinks irks Gracefully down Si on oil one knee kiwI at and ampi I lifts time the fair full hand to Iii his lips lIliS Tableau Tab Tah- lean leau l Lively music tousle-still tousle Mill lr very ety Scotch My Iy ly CIUC queen La n La Heine Blanche he Ito mui murs Time The audience applaud It ItIs itis Is very pretty Black Bothwell anti and the hilt Queen QUn and the hue three Maries Mallen striking an ito In III the he background Of or 0 course the ito word Is I- Bothwell a a. child could guess guiot It It Another charade followed then came caine a U number of lIf tableaux In otto one of these e Miss appeared Jn in In only tote one and then by 11 h her I own re- re l III anI anti and at al th the lie solicitation of nC IC Lath Lady Cecil The tableau was vas Charlotte Corday and tiit the Friend of the Peo Pen Ih lilt Hh Sir Peter I is the lie role of or Marat Mamat The lh curtain vent HI till up Von OH OHl saw sa lan an 1 elegant l l apartment u a hath bath In lit the time c center conten con cen nt n- n t ten ter I a and lit In iii tho tilt bath hath lice tI bloodthirsty monster who ruled 1 fair Call Franco 11 c A desk I I Is placed across the tub ho imo writes wIlh us m he ho sits alts lu lit his hit bath ho he signs b by th lozen und and 1 gloats with hellish h exultation over oer r his hiM work olk Is lit an nil altercation without with with- out out sonie some one itiC insists ti upon g him The door slowly opens some oJie one slowly enters cutters the lights go KO slowly clown seem semi darkness i rules t the Ime scene tho tire band plays bo tIme music neDon of ne Don Giovanni before the tire statue en en- en A A. tall Cem female l figure ule elides in 11 In him n it black robe she glides slowly forward un slowly fowl slowly lien Her face fac d deadly pale turns lurns to th tim the audience audi audi- dice ence a n moment Clutched In the folds Colds of that sable sweeping H robe rohe you yomi OU see seea a long slender gleaming dagger r. r The silence of awe aWl and expectation falls fails upon ii the thc audience She Sue glides nearer nearer she lifts the time dagger Jagger her pale fcc face awful vengeful In the lie dim cilia light The Friend of the PeOple People Peo PeO- pie looks up for or the time first t time tinie but Itis it itIs Is 1 too late lute The Avenger enger is fg almost almo t upon him the gleaming dagger is uplifted to strike Sir Peter Dangerfield Danger- Danger Held field beholds the tIme terrible face of or Miss MIs he sees sec the brandished knife and leaps up with a n shriek of terror that rings through the house A thrill of horror goes gOIS through tu o every everyone ont one as tIme the curtain rapidly falls Good Heaven en she sime has imas killed hilled him himl an nut excited voice says 15 Then the the- lights hash up up the lie band crashes out the UH Guards Waltz altz but for a moment neither lights nor nOl music an overcome the spell that has fallen upon them ho Vho was that 7 everybody asks asks asks- 8 who played Charlotte Corday Corda And Anti everybody ody feels fees a n second shock this time line of lIf disappointment I. as the answer answel It Only Lady Lab Dnn Dangerfield's erf ds d's nursery gove governess gO Ln ess Behind tire scenes the he sensation was greater Pale affrighted Sir Peter had h ru rushed off oer and um into the tho midst of the actors now How dare you ou send semi that woman to me mel he l' l cried tr trembling lIh r race mage l e and antI excitement Wily Why h did yo t not tell me mo that she was as selected 8 lect JJ to play Y with whir m me rime Time The well bred crowd stared Had Sir gone goime math mad rhe They looked at rit atLady Lady Dang pale jale with angel angel- anti ami mortification n at Lath Lady Cecil ills ills' he ll all all' and striving rb to tn explain and ancl at al atri ri 1 ll e C I herself C- C stir f-stir standing u calm cairn Inot motionless s sd self possessed l e as us ever I They ruiey quieted him himin ln fn some n Wit wa way but mit h lie hue tl w or off h his Marat Maint r roba robt b and amI left Itt tIme the n assembly in Iii disgust u 1 Miss 1 hem Hern- cast le would have c followed but hut Lady Lally Cecil her item gentle ey eyes s 's quite Hashing forbade it l. Nonsense Miss 1 1111 cause Sir Sli Pater PeltI chooses l to to be he a n. hysterical h hys Irys s guns goose Is thai any reason you oU should 1 suffer tom for hl Iris his ColI oily folly You acted t splendidly r T say you you ate are a 1 born actress I really thought for fm a u moment you had stabbed him |