Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-09-28
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- il1tk lT Dawn to see what
| ,llH ~ the learned critic
'UI[/I of that paper had
(tsHG - to say about Miss
WSrE knowlton's per
IN Torrance. II was
i most fattering
criticism; even he could not have asked
for anything better When his eye
reached the last line. however, he was as
,onished to catch the sub-head, After
The Opera; What the Prima Donna Thinks
Of her New Role, " followed by a stout col
lmn of solid type describing the scene in
the dressing room. the Trojan soldier
Rush himself) who stood guard at her
door. the appearance of the priraa donna
among her friends, with her three lines
Of conversation elaborated into hun
1red, and what Mrs. Dick Griswold had
said worked up into a most dramatic
and pathetic incident. Altogether it
was as lively piece of reportorial in
genuity as Rush had ever met with. He
cut it CAREFUL out, and filed it away
with the criticism of the opera; and he
bought every other New York paper
that day and read what it had to say
preserving the critiques for scrap book
that he intended devoting exclusively to
notices of his new idol.
Things were not as promising at the
Office OF The Dawn as Rush had antici-
pated from his first interview with the
city editor His funds got lower and
lower and still no work came. But he
fully determined to brave it out, for he
knew his mother could not afford to send
him any money from her limited in
come. He had plenty OF clothes and he
had paid his lodging month in ad-
vance but the ready money for his
meals was slowly disappearing. He had
given up the seventy-five cent dinners at
the Italian restaurant and was trying
what fifteen cents would do in Wooster
street. Five cents served him for many
breakfast At last he found himself
reduced to ten cents, and still no ''assign-
'ment." There was but one thing to dc,
he could pawn his watch. He didn't
have to walk far along Chatham street
before he came to the establishment of
an accommodating Semitic, who lent him
$40 on his timepiece-unfortuna an
old fashioned one, In the mean tins
he had called upon Leoni and had been
urged by her and both of her parents to
share their savory Italian dinner. He
could smell the odor of the spaghetti as
he declined. but he did SO because he
could not bear to accept when he needed
the food SO sorely. The watch money
was soon eaten, and lIe was about to be-
gin on his gold sleeve buttons, when he
thought he would cali on Mr.. Spar at
his house and talk over the situation
with him out of business hours
He selected Sunday afternoon, and
started out or walk to the Spars' resi-
dence, in Ninety-third street, with just
five cents il his pocket. Hunger got the
better of his pride, and he SO timed his
visit as to arrive just at the dinner hour,
6 O'Clock, as the good man had once told
him to do when he offered his hospitali
ty in a general way. The long walk had
acted as a tonic, and Rush was nearly
famished when he reached the house
He found Mr. Spar at homo and de-
lighted to see him. They had very
pleasant chat, but Rush could not quite
make up his mind 10 tell him just how
hard up he was. Perhaps he would feel
more confding after dinner over bottle
of wine. He heard the clock strike 8,
half past 6 and finally Z, when his kind
host remarked:
'rm sorry you Didn't come out t. din
ner. We always dine at o'clock on
Sundays, to let the servant have good
evening out. She needs the rest, poor
thing, and we dine so heartily that we
don't get hungry again until the next
morning." Qtush really feared that Mr..
my wife will be delighted to get you up
a little supper; for it must be after your
dinner hour"
Rush wouldn't listen to such propo-
sition. Thanking his host. he soon babe
him farewell, and went out into the
street. His state of mind was not envi-
able. He was the possessor of five cents,
and he was just four miles from his
lodgings Should he in his weak state
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