The Bessemer indicator., 1893-09-23

lighted his cigar, he continued. be-
tween pulls:
"fll bet he's way up in g, too,
when he's homo. Saw some of hi,
clothss t'other day; and. by thunderi
they had one of these herc-what.
u-call'em?-crests or coat-of- arns
on 'em-old family, you know. Her
been blood, you hear me whisper
ing. And Katie's as good us gold
cure for him; id if he'll take t.
drink of ginger-ale, now" Whereat
the speaker laughed dclightedly, and
nudged his friend between tho ribs
as Markham passed them on his way
to the stage
A month passed, and closer and
dearer to each other grew tho
strangely matched pair; they took
long walks about tho city; they went
to the "Zoch together; they even had
4 drive in beautiful carriage with
two horses, and the driver clad in
some ones cast-oT livery, now and
( then; and they were worry, very happy.
The tnll, handsome young man and
Tho smiling, swcct-faced little girl
were very fond OF each other, and
the company wondered why-and
took it out in wondering.
Matters came to n crisis one nfter-
noob soon after Dorothy took her
| peremptory departure. The manager
was in anything but a good temper,
owing partly to that affair and part
| ly to the new play no" being gone
over, and Which seemed determined
/ TO go wrong from the first The
cast had started out being slow, and
when he stormed. as he always did
when angry. they became sullen and
Indifferent, Markham was late-cir
on one of his stunning tours, said
the leading mainland when. to cap
the climaX, Katherine forgot her
lines completely, and could not re.
member them when angrily prompted
By the manager, Mr.. Phillipa lost
/ control of himself entirely. and,
| plunging nj her he struck the
troubled, patient little face a cruel
| blow with his open hand.
"Take that, you little fooln he
cried, with a curse, while the others
stood staring at him In lncredulous
asto"ishmcnt; "you haven't brains
enough to live. Get of the stage, |
tell you, and don't you come back
till you can say those lines from first
to last. do y understand? And II
catch you-7n
ll6 stopped suddenly, and his un-
pleasant face grew fairly livid stand
ing in tho wing was the towering
form OF Barry Mertham looking at
the msnHgdr IN such way as to
make him shiver
With littlo cry of love and trust,
between her sob. of pain, Katherine
ran to him with outstretched hands.
and, STOPPING, ho gathered her into
his strong arms and held her closely
10 him. She laid one soft cheek,
still red with the mark OF the mana.
gers heavy hnpd, upon his ereas+,
ahd began kissing tho hand she loved
50 much hrd which held her tightly
now. One of the women pressed her
handkerchief to her eyes quickly
and looked away. For minute
Markham held the loving baby 10
him. and then he put her gently
down upon pile of crass-mats in tho
wing. Then he shook Of tha hi,
top-coat he always wofd, stripped his
gloves quietly from his hands. and,
laying them all down beside Kath-
crime, crossed the stage 10 where the
manager -tood. For the first time
ne spoke, and his voice, though low
and calm, fell upon Mr. Phillips ears
like the ring OF cold steel
Put up your hands,''
The manager turned a shade paler
and started to speak.
Put up your hands," said Markham
little louder. doing 10 himself The
manager, hardly knowing what he
was doing, doubled his fists and held
! them in front of him. The next mo-
ment he was staggering across the
green stage carpet as ii he had been
shot. He was a powerful man and
with roar of rage he recovered him
self suddenly and hurled himself
upon the actor. But Markham had
been gentleman and an athlete and
he was ready for him. One-two-
three blows only, but SO territically
scientific wero they, so entirely
square and hard that no more were
needed. The manager fell against
the back-drop in senselcss mass
and Markham, with grim smile,
picked up his coat and hat and put
them on again. He turned to the
others as two silent stage hands car
riei the bleeding manager to the
nearest dresslng-room. and said.
slowly;
II sincerely beg the ladies' pardon
thi. lee tt1
quite unavoidable. have Just
learned this afternoon that my-my
wife is dead, and that Katherine, as
! hoped and prayed, is my daughter.
That is ALL"
He turned, and, taking the little
girl into his arms once more, he
bowed to the others. and picking his
way through dust-covered piles of
rope and tarnished finery, past worn
out drops and broken furniture, and
into the little alley where he had
first met the little one who was cling
ing about his neck now and smiling
through her tears again. As they
passed under the dim light which
Jared and danced in it's wire cage
above the door. he stopped AMI
pressed his lips again and again to
those OF his baby; and. though sho
knew he was happy. there was some
thing like tears in his eyes and his
voice trembled Il tribe when, a
moment later. he called cab to
take them to the hotel.
You have seen Markham and his
daughter play "FauntleroyP" Then
you have seen the best little lord
and the most natural earl on the
stage, for the love they show fer
each other, toward the end OF the
little play. does not have to be acted