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A Fool There Was 1 A fool there was and he made his

        prayer
   (Even as you and I)

To a rag and a bone and a hank

       of hair
   (We called her the woman who
       did not care)

But the fool, he called her his

      Lady Fair
   Even as you and I

2 We called her the woman

who did not care,

But the fool, he called her

 his lady fair
 (Even as you and I.)

3 The Child, .......

  .. Miss Runa Hodges

4 The Wife,........

   Miss Mabel Frenyear

5 The Husband .....

  ...... Edward José

6 The Wife's Sister,...

  ... Miss May Allison

7 The Friend,.......

   .. Mr. Clifford Bruce

8 The Vampire,.....

  ... Miss Theda Bara

One of her victims,..

  ... Mr. Victor Benoit

9

  "Some day you will re-

gret that."

10 The Doctor,.......

  ... Mr. Frank Powell

The Doctor's Fiancee,

  ... Miss Minna Gale

11 The sunset of happiness.

12 The next day.

13

  "Certainly baby and I

can go with you! And tomorrow you must sail?"

14 Innocence breakfasts.

15 The next morning.

16

 "My dear John, I cannot

leave sister; you must go to London alone. It will only be a month."

17

 "You have ruined me,

you devil, and now you discard me!"

18

"It was but a ruse to test

your love. Why should I sail abroad and leave you?"

19

  "Tom, you bring them to 

the boat. I have an hour's work in the city before I can go abroad!"

20

  "Storm and darkness! Is

it an omen?"

21

   "Cheer up, Kate, the

storm and darkness are passing now!"

22

  "She leave you. She go

Europe. Catch man, plenty money."

23

    "See what you made of

me, and still you prosper, you hell cat!"

24

       "I might have known

you'd follow her, Parmalee! Our predecessor, Van Dam, rots in prison through her! Look what she has done for me-- Look what she is do- ing to you!"

25 "Kiss me, my Fool!"

26

  "Only a boy he was, Sir,

and she standing there and laughing like a devil."

27

 "It was just some ship

noise. Come on deck now, --Jack may be here any moment."

28 Two months later.

29 Oh, the years we waste and the

       tears we waste

And the work of our head and

       hand

Belong to the woman who did not

       know
   (And now we know that she
       never could know)

And did not understand.

30

 "Why are your thoughts

in America, when you say your heart is in Italy?"

31 "There's John Schuyler!"

32

 Owing to Schuyler's dis-

graceful conduct, the Doc- tor's wife refuses to stay at the same hotel.

33 (And now we know that she

  never knew why,
 And did not understand.)

34

      "You men shield each

other's shameful sins. But were it a woman at fault, how quickly you'd be to ex- pose and condemn her."

35

  "Mamma, is a cross a

sign for love?"

36

   "Yes, dear; and love

often means a cross."

37 A Fool there was and his

  goods he spent,

Honor and faith and a sure

  intent.

38

"The time has come, Kate,

when you must know the dreadful truth. I will no longer be silent. You, too, have guessed at something. And have sorrowed in si- lence!"

39 Oh, the toil we lost and the

   spoil we lost,

And the excellent things

   we planned.

40 Their return.

41 "That woman is with him!"

42

 The housekeeper at the

Schuyler's townhouse re- ceives the new mistress.

43

 "This lady will be your

mistress!"

44 "Papa, dear, I want you!"

45

 "Why did you act afraid

and ashamed? You should have bowed and smiled, as I did."

46 The following week.

47

  "Kate, I have sent for our

lawyer; you must tell him all, and be divorced!"

48

 "Tom, you were the best man

for Jack at our wedding. What do you say?"

49

 "Your promise was 'till

death do us part.' Stick, Kate, stick!"

50 Six months afterwards.

51

 "Mr. Schuyler, in view

of the circumstances, I hereby tender my resig- nation as your Secretary."

52

   "I am not surprised,

rats always desert a sink- ing ship."

53

 "He is worse than ever,

but it is true the woman has left him."

54

"If he is as you say, then

my place is with him."

55

 "His friend and secre-

tary were at the house. The friend is going to bring his wife to him."

56

 "Stop me if you dare! I

will scream, and the town shall ring with more scan- dal about John Schuyler!"

57 The following week.

58

 ".... and bless mamma

and, dear God, p-please s- send m-my p-papa home to m-me!"

59

 "We must watch Kate. I

fear she will do something rash!"

60 The next day.

61

 "As a last appeal I will

take his child to him!"

62 "Is papa home, mamma?"

63 The Fool was stripped to

his foolish hide.

64 So some of him lived, but

 the most of him died.

65 (Even as you and I.)

THE END.

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