Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-03-15

cupying the boards
was highly popular, and though it was
midsummer the house was crowded.
The audience, however, was not fur
nished by New York.
1t was clearly made up Of strangers to
the city.
Tom made this remark to his compan-
ion as soon as they seated themselves.
"Did you ever know" asked Tom.
that | was an actor once?"
NO"
Fact. A very bad one. began life
that way, but discovered in time that ]
had not the qualities requisite for sue
cess, and SO after two seasons of starva-
tion abandoned the sock and buskin
and eventually drifted into journalism.
That is my vocation"
He looked at his programme.
"Yes, thought so," he continues;
"you will see on the stage tonight a girl
| was once engaged to-"
"You cut her when you cut the pro-
fession?"
mo, she cut me-for a pair Of dia-
mond earrings. think that fact had
quite as much as anything else to do
with the realizing sense of my dramatic
deficiencies. All. but that was in the
long ago."
The first act then demanded their at
tention, and at its close Tom looked about
the house.
He directed the attention Of Holbrook
to one of the boxes
"1s that not Flora Ashgrove?"
Holbrook leveled his opera glasses at
the box pointed out.
EYES, No doubt of it, though her back
the boxy"
"Let me have the glasses" said Tom,
Il can not make them out. Three men
and another woman. They sit in the
shadow. Stop, there is some one coming
from the box. Oh, it's Dick Witherspoon.
her cousin. That's all right, he'll come
back; he is going out for Glove.
Somewhat strange to see the hand
some Flora at theatre at this time OF
the year." commented Holbrook.
Eyes, one would suppose she was at
Newport
"She has been there. and came In on
some business with her uncle The busi-
ness must have detained her."
so it seems"
"She must have been in the city at the
time of the funeral"
"Whose?"
"Templeton's"
"Well, what Of it7"
What Of it? Why. she didn't attend
it,"
81 shouldn't suppose she would
"You forget. told you that she said
she was relative-a remote relative, OF
Templeton.
True. so you did. 1t is strange. isnt
it?'
By this time the curtain went up on
the second act. and attention was again
concentrated on the stage. At its con-
clusion the lady in the box changed her
seat 80 that she could look over the
house. In time, as her eyes roamed over
the orchestra circle, they encountered
those of Holbrook. She recognized him
and bowed-somewhat coldly, Holbrook
thought.
"Shan you go and speak to her?"
NO" said Holhrook. II don't know
what people | may meet there The
fact was, while hardly conscious of it,
ever since his interview he had regarded
her with sort of repugnance.
81 think you make mistake"
"Perhaps, but l sha'n't go. all the
same.'
"You mustn't drop her acquaintance. y
"That may be, but don't think her
recognition was particularly encourag-
ing. Have you noticed that she has not
looked our way once SINGER"
Tom was not satisfied. Just what
Holbrook was to do when he did see her,
he could not have suggested. When
Holbrook added that in a small box,
with several about in close proximity,
she was not likely to engage in a con-
fidential conversation, he was compelled
to acquiesce. Still he thought Holbrook
should call on her.