Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-05-16

aud I'm responsible. You1l either play
my play - I've written a. or you wont
play y II all
Tom had worked himself up Into a
violeat rage, and ,he manager tried 10
calm him.
''llont be fool. johnson. be said
''think u over and come down 10 my
house. Smith (thai vas the leading
manl will h. there and Robinson 1.-THE
stage nanagcrl. and we'll talk u over
| quietly ! must 90 nos. must call
on Miss Blank and $40 " she can play
Mary Walters to-morrow nirht
Miss Blank Why Mis- Dash Is GO
ing 10 play u +"
What haven't YOU heard she was
thrown out ~ her cab going home from
The rehear-al last night and wout b.
ahlc "a play iur q month
Tom groaRcd and nuBg himself bark
on the pillow
livery thing Ia The play depend. on
MARY NaltsFs, be said. and sou are
going Ia have u played At twcivc
hours aotioa ny a girl Who has never
seen line 81 the part yet"
What arr 49, ~ dap'
Il don't know" groancd johnson.
~ come round present., bolic,c
this play will drive IA. mad
An hour later Tom wa- goi AZ down-
stairs growing and gruaning b. him
self. when Hose came out - her bou-
\ dolr
''tioiag out. Tom' Why. you haven't
had your breakfast
Il cant eat mor--l. " said Tom
I'm done up. Ro-c wish ia been al
Jericho before | beramr dramatic
author
Monday night came aud Tom. 10 a
STATE ~ high fewer braught on by over
work and anxiety and late hours.
walked up aud down uutsid" u. the
alter, Try ing 81 summon up courage o.
I 20 In H. had cat uat ths last act. a.
had given Mis- Blank Que rri.d ~.
hcarsal. b. had quarrylrd with the
leading william, Who bad told him h.-
fore the whole company that the play
Vas rot, he had gone home Ia a vile
temper and made Res cry her eyes
Out. and no~. Ia a state bordering on
delirious fever. b. va awaiting the
verde, on a play Which had cost him
months ~ anxious Thought aud 90
/ which the management had expended
thousands Of pound.
~ n failure. Iu newer writ.
again gruan~d Tom
Just then a man came hurrieIly cat
I - the stage door
Curtain up yeti asked Tom. nery-
Y uu-ly
No. sir. thtry'. something gone
I wrong with ~. sorne in The ar-t act
and the mechanical change waa't work
through H. I'm just going - .ec u
can End Mr. They say u'Il D.,
half an hour b,lors II will b. Pot
right"
Tom rushed Into the thraier A. h.
went upon the stage he could hear tn
audience stamping and .houting II
was then Eve minutes past the time the
I curtain should have Eon. up
livery hudy wa- bu-tliug about. aud
there Vas evidently something wrong
lis all right. said The stag man-
agrr. coming up 10 Tosn and irS ing 10
ease his mind. Its 90 80 bad - ws
thought Wen ring up directly. W.
can gct i right ! dare say. While ths
hrsi scene l. playing u MOI, ! must
come ou and cKplain thore's hrrn 60
aocld.nt
Tom Erpanod and rushed uut Into n.
street again On. ms poor play. he
cried '.it'. couarm ned before H. b.
I gun
Al hour and = hall later Tom. pale
-hiycring, c'utchiug hi- hands together
in nervous excitement rr-pl iato The
bark - The piL The third at Wa Just
beginning There Wa very pnw crful
-,'enc Ia this act Tom had built upou
making great impre- iuu on tho au-
dlcncc.
The yillain suddenly appear. At a
window. aud while another villain :
writing letter -haots him. and the
unfinished letter y left ou the table
and found b. the hero. Who r,lshe- In
and reads the plot against hi- happi-
ness.
The sillala has 10 cautiously open
The window. he dos - after -trug-
Cling ~ith Il for eve minutes. and max
Ing a uoi-e which could Do heard all
over IT. hou-r. bat ~ which the other
villain takes no noticr.
IT, ha- not heard me-. SAYS Tho
villain
'lie must D. IaIly deal then. " said a
hoy In the gallery. AMI "a. house tii.
tors
The Per-piratioa burst from every
pore 81 Iom- -kin ~. situation !.
going wrong
hut the hou-" D. huSL-d Immediate
". There i 40 iaircr audience in the
world than that which assemblies In
London theatcr on the hr.t uight
but u l. only a human audience. aud
80 when. a. 'he villaia crept 10 AZ The
window and vas Just advancia AZ on his
victim. the looking glass real. fastened
Ca the ~crno. cams down with a crash.
and the victim following his author.
exclaimed No sound diatarbs the
silence 81 the night there vas a roar
The situation was going fast II
went utterly when the villain. discon-
oerted, a. we'll he might b.. In creep
ing up behind the vivtim's chair.
caught hi. fOot against platform In
tended Ia draw The table on for
change u soene, aud fell -prawling.
his pistol going Of between hi uncon-
-clous victims fcet
With the roars ~ irresistible laugh
ter which followed this hnal catastro-
phe ringing IN his ears. Tom johnson
rushed from the theater 10 the Thams.
embankment
y, is ruin. Il Is disgrace. he cried
II can never survive a. Curse the
hour when ! gave myseli up 10 this
life 81 constant hara.s. annoyance and
disappointment How can ! read the
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