The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-16
The Actor Man and the Pug $; e. e.: E. :: Is e.

leading man scowled and stormed, but Il
was ne use. He was under the convoy Of
the pug when he appeared az the stage
door in good time to dress for the Mon
day night show. And. to bite this some
he was under the pug's convoy. and meas
urably sober. In time 10 array himself for
every performance during the balance OF
the week.
HE was very ugly, and he gave me the
glare every time he passed me-, but he was
on hand He turned up for the Wednes.
day matinee with both Of his lamps wearing
the habillmcnts Of woe lie had bucled
over the continuous contigulty OF the pug,
and the pug. Instead OF arguing the mat.
ter, had given him the pair Of artistic
sinners. which, of course were concealed
on the stage all right by tho makeup. Dur
ing the week the actor boy made innumer.
/ able Ingenious efforts TO sidc-step the pug.
but he never made any OF en- stick until
Saturday night.
" IN slap yousc on de wlshbone II you
try { do dc phony wit me. the pug would
say to him when the actor I'D get tearing
mad and try to look rampagcous, and then
the ham nd grind tho topdressing OF his
teeth and rend bis hlrsutc
There was a foxy look in nv leadinq
mans lamps during the progress Of the
Saturday night show, hut didn't mind
that. figured II that his work was too
coarse to enable him TO get away from M.
guardian But Il wasn't lie did got away
! He did hurry stunt In getting his strcct
toys on when the curtain fell on the last
act and In the confusion Of packing he
made sneak over the stage and ont to the
/ tbroIrvh ~.
the pug was guarding the stage entrance.
Il was the first to ger next to his alb.
sence, and when told the pug Of It. Win
the added remark that he was about dlshrd
out OF that conditional hundred. the mixed.
alers little red eyes spat sparks, and he
shook himself together Ike a dog making
the beach after swim
Me oiled out O. me century, hey? said
ne say dat's nix, sec? It's nix! Youse
60 on down to de dcepo wit youse's pconIc
m III have de babe along in time f'r de
vanished roller If I have L make tcer.
picks OF him
Then he damned on at n lope. didn't
nave much hope that he'd get his man, for
tank In the middle Of a boozerine can
make fox look Ike denied dime when
1t comes to cunning. I went down to the
J NNN-"A ''''A AAAf lNeA OF tue company, ana
when we got there the train was due 10
start In quarter Of an hour There was
no sign Of my leading man or the pug, and
right then decided that It was all OF and
began mentally to rearrauge my cnst
Myself and the men OF the company
stood at the entrance to the station, watch.
ing to see II the absentee 'ud turn up,
, until FIVE minutes Of train time. We were
] inst turning 70 nj In, nd ~
, the train when there was a ki-yi ana a
whoop-la down the street, and baggage
, trucks aud cabs hurriedly pulled out Of the
way We saw that It was a baroucho.
The horse tucked on to the barouche was
coming along at a $40 dat gait, and the
. roller was alongside the curb within three
seconds after we'd seen the excitemen
way up the street.
The pug got ont FIRST He yanked my
y leading man out by what was left OF thu
!, actormun's coat That Mime was sure
+, sight. He looked like he was In sections
>, There weren't four whole square Inches o
- raiment on him. He pulled aud tugged I,
get away from the pug,
= "'Lemmc loose. ding your he yelled n
= the pug. Lego met
=, Not on youse's zinc weddln, calml,
h replied the pug, until / cashes youse In,
~ He got the hundred, and he earned It
i, The leading man Strengthened out on tn,
n over Sunday trip, and he was good all tn
rest Of the time had him"
/ There was heavy, omlnous silence wheI
n Ex-Tank No. l. had concluded.
" 'uh-huh, the rest OF the time you hat
h him. heyT" finally broke in Ex-Tank No
It Z. the parliNmentnrian and kicker Say
d are you dead certain that you were tn
y manager and not the cnshed-in lush Of thi
weird hopto trance you've been weaving2'
It And the hang dog expression that sweep
over the countcnance Of Ex.Tauk No. /
4 clearly indicated that EX.Tank No. rs sus
X picion and that of all the rest OF the mem
o hers OF the Club OF Former Alcoholic De
h generates had been we'll founded.
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