Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-10-05

and that he's gwen you lots of items for
your paper and tickets for yourself"
"Your father has been very kind"
said Rush. But he had hardly said the
last word when she gave vent to such
laugh as he had never heard from the
mouth of woman before, and the old
managers face was actually purple in
his efforts to keep from bursting
There! you've said enough" said she,
as soon as she could control her laugh
ter; ''thats as much as can stand for
one afternoon"
The office boy entered the room at this
moment. Rush availed himself of the
opportunity to escape and bowed himself
out. The manager was choking with sup
pressed laughter and the young woman
was pounding him on the back as Rush
turned to make his parting bow
Good heavens!' said the young man
to himself as he stepped out upon the
sidewalk. "Iwas just plying Maxmann
for having such loud, vulgar daughter,
and to think that she is matter of
choice! This is the stage, is it? This is
the sort of man who comes in daily con-
tact with Helen Knowlton. Well, she is
an angel, so l suppose she can walk
through fire without being scorched but
it's pity she has to do it. If l had
million dollars ! would send it to her
anonymously and beg her to take it and
retire into private life"
Standing by the stage door of the
Academy, Rush saw group of excited
men gesticulating after the manner of
foreigners. When he came up to them he
knew at once that they were the striking
musicians, among them being the bellig
erent fiageolet, as itush could see by the
shape of the little leather case he carried
in his hand. He at once s.egan talking
with the men, who were very glad to tell
their story to reporter. 1t was very
different one from that Of the manager
He didn't want to pay them at all. they
said, and vowed that he had no money
"Mooch Iika that" said the flageolet
HE hava plerty money He spend him
oh, yes, he spend plenty fora his Bebe
he calla her"
"Shall you play tomorrow" asked
Rush
Isl, ST." answered the spokesman.
HE pay we play. We tella him lie nc
pay we no play"
BY further questioning Rush learned
that there had been close approach to
| serious trouble at the rehearsal that
morning-that the musicians, led by the
fiageolet, had refused to 60 on till they
fbafr opI hot Mo
had said positively he had not dollar
in the bank, but would pay them in full
on the first of the month. when he would
get an assessment from the directors.
They had heard that story before, and
refused to put any confidence in it, and
would have walked off with their instru-
ments under their arms if Miss Knowl-
ton had not come to the rescue and in
sisted that the orchestra should be paid
with the money which was due her that
day, and which she knew Maxmann
would have ready for her, because he
could not afford to treat her as he had
treated the poor musicians.
"Noble creature!' said Rush to him
self. ''She is as good as she is great. >
And to think that he was going to see
her, and on that very day, tool
He learned from some of the people OF
the theatre that she drove out with her
aunt every afternoon on the days when
she didn't sing; and, as this was one of
them, Rush concluded that he would
not find her at home then. but that he
had better call at her house Just before
dinner time, when he would be pretty
sure of finding her in This would give
him time to dress, as it was not quite 8
o'clock. So he hurried over to West
Eleventh street.
Never before did this young man dress
himself with so much care He had
taken his usual bath in the morning, but
he took another, and put on the best of
everything he owned, He looked over
his stock of shirts with the eye of a
Brummel. The collar of one was too
high, the collar of another too low. FL
nally he completed his toilet and set
forth. His landlady met him in the hall
bon jour, Nine Pinot" he said, gayly
as he ran downstairs; but Nine. Pinot
was SO struck with his changed appear
ance that she could not find words to
return his salutation.
"Well, said she, in French, for she
said it to herself, something has hap
| pened; he doesn't look like the same per
son saw this morning"
And indeed he did not There was
color in his cheeks and brightness in
his eye that had not been there in maus
day His encounter with Archie IL
linghast and his assignment from The
Dawn office would have been exciting
enough without this great climax.
He lost no time in walking to West
Twentieth street, but when he turned
into that street and the little gothic houses
stood in all their prettiness before him.
he slackened his speed. For a momeal
he thought that he was ill, but he con
cluded that it was only the effects OF an
exciting day Back and forth he walked
in front of the house he was so soon to