The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-03-28
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> Nos sapposiss, I oontiaasd. that tbs
! bad bten sisr, and sppposips u YER
I 10 put ny fight baud on ny ohia 4
> vosid be signal Tor the red.hesdsd us,
TO come up here and make scene no, or
} the rresr.m. Supposlne each wsrs ID,
osse. Mr. Holmes. woold you sdviss ms
} 10 pat my night hand 90 my chiui
M. Holmes did not seem 10 epioy my
! joke quite 90 mach o. bs had his osr.
J bat be made poor attempt st lsush -
he said. Oh. Isbonld not care II il sere
worth while, bat have consulted my ai
,orosy snd have no fears Of yoar action
Here ere your pspsrs. II you feel 80 bad
ly about them. They are detective, any
wy. but II Jon vsit until after the per
iormsncs l will introduce you TO M,dan
DILL
Thank you. You ere very hind. /
shall bs very pleased TO meet msdsu, 1
said. taking ihs papers sud returning to
| my chair.
Bot, 1 ssid TO myself, ! sbsll nol wsi,
for Mr., Holuss 10 present. me. II l do.
be will say how sorry be is 10 and thst
madam left after the close Of the secon ID
soi. very sorry indeed.
Such knew wonld be the case, Tor
the reason OF my lsts srrival was that /
bad been watching the stses entrance for
the arrival Of MAIDEN Dill, and had heard
bsr order her cosobmsn TO call for her
Of ten. ] guessed thai their game vas 10
get her away snd ont Of tho state ss soon
~ possible. had therefore intended 10
make some excuse for leaving st about
hslf past nine II l sol possession Of the
papers. snd w.it for her st the stage Oh |
trance.
The curtain bad Just gone up on the
second act in which the prima donns
first appeared. The audience eagerly
awaited her entrance. The orchestra
broke into grand crash as the music
rose TO the climsx, The chorus swsiled
tos great wave OF sound which seemed
to sweep the diva forward, A storm Of
applause broke over the sudiencs ~ she
stood bowing IN her silks and jewels, but
was not thinking Of the beauty OF the
scene,
/ was thinking OF Holmes. He had
plsnted himself 10 his chair sgsilst the
door leading to our boz. which was on
the second tier. His face wore 10 ex
preston did not like Was he more
afraid Of our papers than he pretended to
be? Did lis position against the door
mean that ! ~sss prisoner until usdsm
should esospe2
looked yer the rail OF the box, which '
over hung tie edge OF the stsge, A braes
rod pr, ieclins from the front
II our box WAS about level with ito floor.
From this ornsmept down to the stage
ioor was seven or eight feet. ! wss more
Interested in speculstiug on the strength
UrmspSty
There was Madam Dill within few
eet OF me. might never see Der again,
10 my pocket we're the papers / was EN-
,loyed TO serve, Our bog wss very con .
picuous. The service OF those papers Il
1ould mean the breskipg up OF the pre-
ormapcs, for madam wonld not dare dis
,bey the injunction go long as it vas in
orce. bnt had not been sent there to =
witness sn opers. and there was only On o
unpleasant moment or two and less thsn y
hirty feet between me and success, .
looked at Holmes, He wss watching q
ne, Iross ~ Tito get 9 b,tter view Of
be stage. To ~ instant my foot wss over ,
he rail. Holmes lesped from bis chair. }
w foot rested on The brass rod, and inst o
% the managers fingers touched my hand
o vain grab at ny wrist, ierked it away
md lesped.
Mine was not al elegant entrance, bat
I was eff >otive. Tbs applause had just Q
,eased and sll was silent. waiting for u
madam to begin, when | alighted upon u
he stage With a rssounding olstter. Not
,susing to see the effect Of my sudden sp
,esrsnce, Istepped quickly up to madam. =
lsnded her the papers, and then hurried '
u. through the wings.
As went out / glanced up al Holmer.
rho was standing At the front OF the box Y
lie face like tbunder.cloud and bis lips
moving. waved him an sdisn, but be .
I'D not II turn it. am afraid the mansg
II vas angry. 60 Youths Companion.