The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-02
1902, by w. r. Hearst.

Grand opera mousse was III IT'S custom
ary state Of transition. preliminary to
the hnal rise Of the curtain.
"Clear the stage for the last act!
u Last act! Last act!
81 The subdued voice ran clear through
u the din. At the sound of the call the
III noise and CONFUSION dled down anu
was hushed.
.Where is Miss Wentworth" the
;E% stage manager muttered, with gritted
teeth.
The great actress smiled at him from
4 behind a palm as he passed.
Here 1 am, Mr.. Clark" she called,
taking her hand from her companions
arm, 'but I am not quite ready"
@Aea TED is-1, - -. ;, -.
ESQ" she went on. you say you have
IN me difficult at times?"
o.umhAt was before I gave you that
rose [since them" she asked. IT have
Is noNhing to you since"
H an IN. Nut I nave seen your eyes!
w. Not the eyes of Felicia
66oou ssSxpu. look when you thank
s1n n ! cra wTfoEd' for the rose he gives
Won IN this actN. your own eyes
your very own!"A
her pJq IN ! a. = chair if on NE waiting stage.
new play-'Her Last AppS<sl ""
does 1T progress?"
on Clark's face
"Mr. Clark" she called, tell the oN
chestra to play something else. l ann
not yet ready" !
"Now, then" she resumed, 'tell me
quickly. How does it progress?"
How could it but progress we'll, with
you for my inspirations"
"Am 1? You Creoles are so untrust-
worthy" J..
"You are wrong. 1t does progress
well, and simply for the reason 1 tell
you. 1t is finished except for the de-
movement in the last act"
He looked away for a moment.
"You know he went on, we agreed
to let my heroine, after all her-ah
trials and t~ribulations,' marry her
manageable man who had loved her
so long and had been of SO much SER
vice. to her" "@
Eyes" - INu
But I am thinking of changing it.
Among the characters there is a man
who suddenly awakens to the fact
in the last act, that he, too, is
in love with the heroine. I don't know
yet. These things write themselves, at
times. They simply develop, logically
and inevitably"
Eyes; but which character could you
elaborate sufficiently to make his mar
riage with the heroine a convincing eli
max?"
zone that you have lost sight of. 1t
seems to me he has SO much to offer
her. She has reputation-she doesn't
want money. She wants only to be
loved, you know, not on the stage, un-
der calciums and amid scenry, without
make-believe, for herself alone. You
n know we discussed allowing her to
viaIH IN the WnOinp- of her ma ma erar-
the mar who has locked forward for so
long to marriage to her at first, and I
have even gone SO far as to write some
Of the dialogue Of the last act, bringing
this about. I had almost arranged for
her to marry her manage and leave the
stage. In the play as it now is she
makes a last appearance as soon as her
new play is successfully produced, and
then the daily papers print the news
the e morning that it had been a
real farewell appearance, that she real
ly had married her manager. 1T was
the last advertising she was ever to
have. You know at your request I have
always tried to- make her an actress in
every way and give her all the traits Of
one. She was to retire with eclat'-
that was the phrase. But, now, the
new position of this other character on
the chessboard of my play-making has
rather spoiled the sureness of my
hand. These things do seem to write
themselves or they attempt it at all
events"
who is the other character?'
''I'll tell you when you come off to
dress for this scene Here's your man
ager now"
"Mr. Bushnell he continued to the
new conner, I'VE were just speaking of
the last act of the new play. Do you
think
"Ill tell you what I think" Bush
nell interrupted. Il think Miss Went
worth ought to let this curtain go UP
We're seven minutes late with it, MI.
Clark tells me-"
Seven minutes is a very short time
sometimes" Longchamps replied, as
they passed through the wings. 1T is
a short time when I'm settling the ne
movement Of my new play, for one
S thing"
57 "It's a hi Of a long time when Tn
waiting for the denouement Of my ole
one!"i his companion replied.
We'll" ~Longchamps said, II was
telling Miss Wentworth I think the
heroine ought not to marry her man
8 ager, as the. denouement, after ALL"
5fs .1By heaven!" Bushnell cried, IF shf
@ does not I will not produce it,"
T#"Did it ever occur to you that I nigh
produce this play myself? That is
Miss Wentworth and I together.?"
You produce it. You! A pennies!
ssS newspaper man. specially engaged here
In New Orleans to hack a play to
gsther!! She! She produce 1t! A grea
actress, truly, but equally penniless
Why,s8you haven't a thousand dollar
between you!', Bushnell laughed.
IT wont take much money" Lang
aa champs said. imperturbably. mot 70
ssg@@9 the tart,Sanyhow.#And I lave. a littl
up here In Louisiana, you know
where IL could be rehearsed and mad
perfect. No long, expensive New Yorl
preliminaries! No long
What do you mean? It'll tax
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