Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-01-12

"will you please 10 seated. arr Mr.
Musgra,e saya
80 Rush AT down nj the round table
AMI toyed with one ~ the r~i handled
J.nholders that lay there. impatient "a
get his frst assignment lie ~as ~ sure
that be would hear from Mr. Musgraye
Immediately that hc would not ait full
hack on hi. chair. but bo,er-d on the
edge of u, ready to jump the moment hs
heard his name called. Half an hour
Isas.cd by. and the edge of the hard chair
icgan 10 fecl uncomfortable. ~ be seated
himself well against the tack. Another
half hour. and he thought. There ara
probably q number ahead of me; my
turn 1. sur, Ia come b,forc long" NJ
he took copy % Tho Dawn from his
pprkst and began 10 read all the long
local stories. lie had becn In such .
hurry to get 90 the office In time that hs
hal rad only tho head lines before.
After reading several columns carefully
through. he l.gan a. iidget and 10 wonder
What n ell meant lie looked at hi.
watch II was half past !. Calling tbs
dourkecpcr % him. bo asked him II hs
would bs Kind enough to remind Mr..
Musgra,c that ho was thcrc. Tho old
u.an told him that Mr. MuSgn,o had
Just gunc to Luncheon and would not ~.
turn l-forc half past 2.
Rush hai eaten q ate breakfast. - he
VA. not hungry; but he Vas very ncrv.
ou. and tired. lie had t-cn unusually
etciie,i the night bcforc. and hal slep,
but few hours. and this waiting va.
very tedious However. he was there.
and there he meant Ia stay I'LL be- 40,
.om. word FROM Mr. Musgraye liz
rad all the editorials, and was hall
through the advertising columns by hall
past 2. Still no word from inside.
Every stroke 81 the tell on th. city ciit.
or. dcsk made him start. and be could
not bslicyc that he tid no, hear his name
mentioned. Finally. nearly s,ifed by
the bad air. AMI worn oui by sitting ~
long. Rush made q bold push AMI sent In
worl again. to which the reply came
I NNiAh " a. ttt
stone t.lay." II was then about 8
o'clock and raining hard; - Rush may
b. Jardonei u be felt rather blue lls
thought - the dear ones at home. and
knew that Just at that time they were
sitting around q cracking wood fire In
the library. waiting for Sarah to an
nouncc that tea WAS served This "
minded him that be had not broken hi,
fast In several long hours; ~ d. Jump~l
on the front platform ~ Fourth avenue
car. that be- might set the frcsh air lhe
dill no, mind tho rainl and roie up u
the Italian restaurant where hs had
dincd the night l-forc.
Like many a man before him. be Eel,
tsttsr after he had dincd. and he though,
b. would 40 to the opera again. To hi,
disgust. he found that opera was given
only every other night n he could NO,
20 20 the oI-ra. be could at least 80
around to Irving place and look at thu
building which only the nisht before had
bccn - gloniicd In hi. eyes. 30 be
walked around to the historic pile Of yel.
low brick. and AT down under the ported
and smokci his after dinner cigar In the
cool night air. out of the rain. lie do
rived grat deal of satisfaction FROM
this indulgence. but thought that q visit
10 the stage door would not ls without
its attractions Through that mysterious
portal he saw . light cleaning. How
very Jolly u would be 10 -cc inside of
that placs' I wonder how could man
ago u, he thought. and stood for mo
mcnt looking at the door. To his surprise,
IL oJsnei with a hang. and man shouted
at him. what are you standing out there
forp Why don't you come inr Thi,
SEEMED like fate: 80. somewhat mystiiied.
he walked toldly inside. The place wa
dimly lighted and the man was not To be
seen Small loss, thought Rush. n he
felt his way cautiously among thescensry
The first thing lac knew his hat was
knocked OF.
'Ilallco- he exclaimed "who threw
rat bricky'
BEFORE he had time TO look for his lat
q young lady In very scanty clothing
picked u up and handed IL Ia him.
II Knocked IL OIL with the too Of IN,
slipper rm very sorry. ] did not 80
you" said che.
Rush took the hat, thanked her. and
told her Il Was all right. and at the same
time he wondered 10 the Academy stage
was given over To q 'Jardin Mabille"
Performance ON the nights when there
Vas no opera
Might ! ask what u going ony' he
said 10 the scantily dressed young wo-
man. who be discovered was n very
pretty Italian ballet girl
1t IL the rehearsal for the new ballet, 7"
sbe answered. In slightly broken Eng.
lish. "and Was just practicing my new
PAS when your hat got In my way. IL 70
q very pretty baliet-'Tbe Water Sprite.
Have you b~en 10 the rrhear~als beforer
"No. ! have not had that pleasure Ais
you rehearsing aIoney
"So, indeed! don't you hear them on
the stage, The music hasn't begun yet;
they are just exercising DO you danc~l
Il might pull through Virginia reel
with good partner" answered Rush.
II don't know that dance. IL u for
the ballc,y' said she, passing her foot
over her head Just for practice.
mo. It's not q ballet Take care!
you'll fall aid Rush. Who had never
! en- woman stand on one Veg 70 long.
utting out his hand to steady her.
She poked him playfully In the rits
with her siippered toe "You don't
know much about the ballet or you
would not think that anything. ] can
put my LEG straight up In the air and
come down the stage on one foot ] get
call for that every night Haven't
you ever seen me do itT
THAT 10 . pleasure still In store foe
me- answered Rush. with . gallant
bow.
"Iiarkf- said the dancer. leaning fos-
ward. "Didnt you hear old Narini rap
on his violini must dy.-
"T3efors you 60 pray let me know the
name Of the charming young lady whose
agility was the occasion Of this pleasant
acquaintance.
"You don't know mel What strange
fellowi ! an Lsouii Come. follow me
"a - A.