The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904

CHAPTER II.--HOW I BECAME DESTINED FOR THE STAGE.

I arose one September morning, my heart leaping with some vague thought of coming joy. It was eight o'clock. I pressed my forehead against the window-panes and gazed out, looking at I know not what. I had been roused with a start in the midst of a beautiful dream, and I rushed towards the light, as if in the hope of finding in t...