The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-01
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has been r3oeI In = ,rry sose5rI position nv
the sudden marriage Of is leading aIy viii
you help Us out 3; bur difficulty ty taking her
place in the approaching p,r rnsue. q "A
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conclude have Your PERMISSION. Believe iae
yours truly, E,Hla. MORE
Marjorie RAYMOND looked at the letter
with an cyprp,siun haIf ~ pleasure. half
of alarm on her pretty face.
.Wbat SHALL do. jaI.'' She asked. an
pealin. 10 her father acr,s, tl,. breakfa,t
table.
"Wharcyer Won like. of course. NIldso.
You always do, Won know"
I'm not sure what want 10 d." said
Marjorie, ignoring the latter part of tine
sentence "Ihe worst III ID IS I've got 10
make M my mind M once. because
Let me see, what is it be- says: Oh. here
If do not hear from you by tue morn
ing The morning, Why. that's today
-now-ths very minute"
HIM, Let me hook at the envelope
Why. that letter was only posted at mid
night, So You couldn't possibly have got it
before this morning"
consequently couldn't possibly let
him know In time if didn't want aim 20
call this evening H. might have thought
of that How stupid ot him"
"On the contrary, Nad1e. it was rather
clever Of him." rctort,d Mr. Raymond.
regarding her humorously
Miss Raymond attempted frown, but
only achieved a smile
But | don't know that care about
stepping into Miss Moutgomcry's Shoes
she said. she was quite star, You see,
and all the male Maspics are such shin
ing lights. | shall feel like Il tarihius
dip in comparison"
why not talk it over with More to-
night suggested her father "Anyhow,
you needn't make up your mind till then.
you know, Madge. The pressing question
of the moment is. What are you going to
have for hreakfaSt:"
Its awfully good of Won to come to the
rescue, Miss Raymond were More's
first words to Nadgc that evening
but | haven't said yes at all yet"
she protested, land I'm not sure that
am going to either
'Thcn you're far more stony hearted
than | took YOU to be, just think of my
,osition. Why, I've as good as promised
tie Magpies to get you for Sibyl."
you know very well you'd no business
Il do So Why, you've never even seen
rie act"
Now. remember what an infallble
phys ognomist | am. You've got an act
ing face. That's quite sufficient assur-
ance for me-
what nonsense. I'm only feeble
amateur-that' what Tom calls me-aud
Slbyl is quite beyond me, I'm sure"
At least why not have Shot at it?
It's capital part and you ought to play
It well. Just think Of that exquisite
scene in the third act between Jack and
Slbyl Doesn't the thought of that tempt
you"
"On the contrary, it appalls me. hate
those sentimental bits. They don't APP
peal to me in the least I'm such Il
frightfully prosaic creature myself. you
know"
$50 much the better. Then you needn't
be afraid of letting the part run away
with you. Come, you're not going to BE-
SO cruel as to disappont me?"
"Well, if you put it that way-I don't
want to be disagreeable. But | warn
you | shall never be able to do that love
scene properly"
You viii with practice. We can have
lots OF private rehearsalS if you like