The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-29
SHE LEANED OVER, AND HER LIPS LIGHTLY
BRUSHED HIS FOREHEAD,

hearsal a week from Monday at IL
sharp. I'll start you at twenty. If
you make good, there will be more.
What are your name and addressT
She gave glad little cry as she took
the part and Rugged it to her breast.
Then, acting on impulse, she leaned
over, and her lips lightly brushed his
forehead You are so goodr' she MUIR
INJURED, and she had left the Office be-
fore Barlow had recovered sufficiently
to repeat his question concerning her
name and address,
For few moments he sat quietly
wrapped in absorption so deep that the
cigar he had laid aside when his visitor
entered smoldered and grew rank. 1t
had been years since he had been
kissed-like that.
The stage managers entrance
aroused him.
Henderson," he said, II have just
engaged a child to play the part of
Alice in the new piece. / forget her
name, but she will be at rehearsal all
right. Be easy with her. She is new
to the stage"
Barlow was the first man in Lyric
hall the day set for the initial rehears-
al. He had given more than a little
thought to his new actress and was
impatient to see whether she would
come. He had not been there more
than ten minutes when she entered,
herself half an hour before the time
set
you have learned one lesson" he
said, "punctuality. It's good habit to
get into, but it's hard one to acquire
apparently. Do you know you never
told me your name the other day?"
Il don't think knew it myself" she
said frankly. at was so strange to
realize that had really been engaged
that l was all upset Why. got on the
elevated to go uptown to Seventy-sec-
ond street and rode all the way to
South ferry. | had taken the wrong
train and everything. You see, my peo-
pie died, and was left all alone. Type
writing was awfully hard. and | Just
knew that l would succeed on thu
stage. but nobody would give me
trial. ! think acted as though were
scared, and that was against me, so l
summoned up all my courage and
came to you with a demand, and 1t
worked"
But the name" he persisted.
ooh, that! It's Edna Grant 1 was
thinking of taking some big name for
the stage Would you?"
II will advise you about that later"
he answered. Meanwhile you work
hard, and If you make out well later
on may let you have the part of the
wife. Here is Mr. Henderson, our
stage manager. Come, and l will In
troduce you"
The Introduction accomplished, Bar
tow left the hall, his mind filed with
the vision of pretty face. "She is
mere child" he unused, "and far too
pretty to daub her face with paint and
powder. StilI'- The thought was left
unfinished as he made hasty move
ment to elude cable car.
Henderson's reports were hardly ia
yorable to the newcomer. To all of his
complaint Barlow only laughed. "Give
her chance" he said. "She Is deter
mined to be an actress. and the only
way is to prove to her that she can't
act. The part is not important. She
won't hurt the piece Meanwhile have
some one else handy"
Barlow watched several rehearsals
and soon saw that Henderson was
right, but his observation only intensi-
fed the interest with which he re-
garded her, and he went on with the
company to the opening stand.
Miss Grant had little to do. but even
that little was so poorly performed
that the company regarded her pity
ingly. The manager was In a box,
they knew. and they expected that he