The San Francisco call., 1903-09-06

klSIDtWGMpk the city in the late
IASSNlAI spring attended the
An1zlz4 theater several times.
and for a special reason she attended
one particular play three different times.
The special reason was because the hero
captivated her heart within fifteen min
utes after the curtain went up. In the
four acts OF the play he rescued his love,
killed three men, rode a bucldng broncho,
got the best OF q land shark and found
q million dollars IN gold in q cave. He
was q man to DO and 20 dare, and when
he shouted "Zounds" and ''S'death?
whole tribes OF hostile Indians had 10 fee
before him.
while the country maiden fell IN love
with Colonel Bings and adored his hero
ism, she had 70 depart for home without
having told bin anything about II. Other
girls, who also loved and adored may
have sent him notes and bouquets, but
Hattie would have been frightened at the
idea She departed for home, hiding her
feelings from everybody, and her brother
Bill and her fathers hired man never
looked 90 common TO her before. The idea
Of ole Of them pulling out a revolver and
crying "Zoundsi" seemed like the rankest
burlesQue to her.
Providence brought things around in a
queer way two months later. That IS,
u brought Colonel Bings, as he had been
named on the programme, 70 the farm
Of Abel Saunders as q boerder. Farmer
Saunders didn't banker for boarders, and
his wife agreed that II wouldn't be worth
the bother: but Hattie settled II as soon
as she got eyes on the stranger. Here
wRs the hero Of the play standing be-
fore her, hat IN hand, and she would have
given Eve years OF her life rather than
that he should 90 elsewhere He was
out for q fortnight's vacation, and was
willing 70 sleep on a straw bed and eat
potatoes with the Jackets on, and after
q bit be was taken In. Hattie was little
disappointed that he didn't throw her
father over the well curb and her brother
BIZ over the fence In the first fifteen
minutes, but she was girl OF patience
and she gave him time She also real
lied that Il must be hard work on the
voice and muscles for man 10 be hero
all the time. He must have day on now
and then 70 recuperate.
Supper was the first meal Colonel Bings
= sat down TO. He didn't have any eagle
feathers in his hair or buclzsLin fringe
on his Jacket or trousers, and he didn't
mince his food. like a hero. On the con-
trary, as brother Bill took occasion to re-
mark, he "just shoveled II in and put
the hired man TO the blush. II was dis
appointment but Hattie was not discour-
aged. She sat down with her hero that
evening 70 draw him out He was ready
TO be drawn. He said he got salary of
$50 per week for playing the part OF Col
onel Bings. or would have had If the man.
ager hadn't cut sticks and left him in the
lurch. The girl had made UP her mind
that nothing less than $1,000 per week
could command such talent as that. and
that hundred-dollar bills were as common
as matches 10 him, and he took some
thing of a drop in her estimation.
In the play he had saved a sweet-faced
heroine whose tears had captured Miss
Hattie's sympathies at an early stage.
although az the same time she had been
made little jealous by her being carried
around In the herO's arms when she