The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-23

hotel room and locked him In. Then the pug
sat down on the edge Of the actor mans trunk
and told the leading man that, for a little briet
told the Thespinn lust how far he could go
lie, said that be wanted to he the play,nctor's
m'1ie s nr%,1ed i and I" .Iu"Tfrmmendf. but INT it w "s % nS rIe'
He was under the convoy Of the pug when he
appeared at the stage door In. good time 10
bite this soine he was under tho convoy OF the
pug, and meaSlirably sober, in time 10 array
himself Cor every performance during IN"
lie was very ugly, and he gave me- the glare
every time he passed me, but he was on hnnd
h ms 'G at s up on nor we woS Mfnne t6n Ea hdi,mcr S'e OF
woe He had bucked over the continuous
contiRuity Of the pug. and the pug, instead
pair Of artistic sinners. which. Of course, were
concealed on the stage all right by the makeup
During tho week the actor boy made innqmerable
ingenious efforts to dodge the pug, but he never
made any Of 'em stick until Saturday night
IN slap you on de wrist II you try e do, dc
The actor nd get tearing mad and Try 10 look
rampaRcous, and then the ham, I'D grind the
topdressing on his teeth and rend his hirsute
eye during the progress Of the Saturday night
show. but didn't mind that figured i that
his work was, too coarse to enable him to get
did get away. lie did a hurry stunt in getting
his street toys on when the curtain fell on the
last act. and in the confusion Of packing he made
a sneak over The stage and out to the street
through tho front of the house, while the pug
was guarding the stage entrance. =,
81 was first to get next 70 his absence. and
when / told the pug oft with the added remark
that he was about dished out Of that conditional
hundred. the mixed-aler's red eyes sTat sparks.
and he shook himself together like "A dog max
inE tho beach after a swim
Me oiled out o, me century hey said he,
down { de- deepo wit youse's people, an III
hnye de babe along in tine de vanished
roller II ] have t make tget picks OF MIN.
have much hope that he'd get his man, for a
tank in the middle Of a booze can make a fox
look like n dcnted dime when IL comes 10 cum
ming | went down to the station with the
rest Of the company, and when We got there
the train was due to start in a quarter OF an
hour, There was no sign OF my leading man
or the pug, and right then | decided that It
was all on and began mentally to rearrange
M, cast and ~. ma, q, ,ho oror,or s,oo,
az the entrance 70 the station, watching 20 see
il the absentee nd turn up until five minutes
of train time. We were Just turning around
TO walk in and board the train when there was
a ki-yi and a whoop-la down the street, and
baggage trucks and cabs hurriedly pulled out
OF the way We saw that il was a cab. The
horse tackled on to the cab was coming along
AT n 40 fiat gait, and the roller was alongside
the curb within. three seconds after we'd seen
the excitement way M the street.
The pug got out first. He yanked my lead
ing man ont by what was left of the lead ng
man coat That play actor was sure a sight.
He flooked like he was in sections. There
weren't our whole square inches Of raiment
on him. He pulled and tugged to get away
from the pug,
Irmme loose, dang you' he yelled at the
pug. 1.eggo me!
mot on youse's golden weddin'.' calmly
replied the pug, until ! cashes youse i'm
He got the hundred. and he earned il. 7
Strengthened the leadlnR man ont on the over
sunday trip, and he was good all Of the rest
Of the time | had him.