The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-07-02

order to you. You are the kind that one
must ask-mu>t beg. But for us other,
who are nothing, who do the little work
there is one thing only Die Pfichttreue.
How do you call it in English? The dis
cipline; 50 70 do what is ordered, that
Is best, That | learn in the German
army.
You were soldier Her eyebrows
we're lifted.
Sure, Miss of course. was born
in Germany. | got i honor medal from
the army.
For being the best disciplined man2'
she mocked.
No, it is for being the best bugler in
the corps returned Dolph proudly
Did you play the retreat best ? p
asked the scoruful fay.
Now You laugh at ne said he dubi-
ou,ly as they turned in at the boarding
house. Good night, Miss Mazda, he
continued Il am sorry YOU -et frightened
ike that You should not - out alone.
Here in Chicago it iss not safe always.
Could should you mind-
a don believe was half as frightened
a. YOU were, she broke in. Then. with
an impulse to kindliueSs. Bu, yau dii
help me And if You Ike you may brin.
me home tomorrow after the show
/, was a radiant Dolph who sat up half
the night tojlin. over a block OF ivory.
which he had exlrayaganily bought against
the coming of Great Idea The Great
Idea had come Ii was Mazda
That week saw them much together
The other girls Of the company twiitcd
Mazda on her conquest but there was no
oontemp, in their teasing for the sturdy
little yioliaisi. with his pleayan; face, his
CHEEKY. clumsy. kindly manners, and a
certain sense of reliable character thai
dryW people to him, was held ia warm re
gard Conscience began To prick Mazda,
Dulph devotion. dog Ike worship that
asked no return, had become lop evidently
serious 20 be thing gt amusement 60 her,
Tor she VS. an honest hearted girl And
the wur.j Of i, vas that she va, strongly
drawn 60 him ,hc might even have cared
for him. ,he thought. bat for that fatal
haw At the outset of their acquaintance
For ~ true woman can love man who
wiil nog fight fsr her as best be may.
Discipline, movkci Mazda, deriilnE
some ucw feeling thar struggled within
her To ID shat Jss ordered tha; =,
b,-,f Egrv wrU | order vpu ta keen
QUE q my miud
On the morning before New Year dly
she pecpoi in 4, the door II polph studio,
a. he called bis ltt,g from, rpom. aud saw
him ssHns AZ a tiny white figure sha. stood
5a A table Coming 10, z-iip,oe. she
.Joprei shar,, struck with the besasy u
,he lightly yaiss-i elsa figure.
Hox loyely' She hai spoken the
half whispered tribute iuyaluutari!y.
lie ,arnoi his fAoo, and she .aw that
'here had bs'en tear. in hls eyes.
1t 5 you, be said simply 4 call
it ticlesss;lae.. - psrli. vipgs. Soon thcy
sill bear y1a away frpn me, those wing-
q the >p'rii Anl / I shall nos be able
90 ialiow yoar a.sht But shi- i keep.
Nicht wahrF
oh, it caa h. mc protested the
siri. ii,,le awci I never vas Ike that
Did yoa % is al yourself Why haven t
yog ever ,h5wu ae--I Jiln know DO
sou always DO such beautiful things she
asked couiuscily
lie splile,l sp az her Nothing ike
thi, before l. - from my hea,s Moth.
iae Ike th, again
Oh bas you must she erred ,mPal-
aycly You will be great sculptor,
and when asu a STAR will ssne back and
paso Tor you came IN 20 tcl yga that
shi, ls my birthday. she continued With
gay aaiscigy, You must give ms s1me-
thing you have sculpej ior present.
II have soalpsI much Iic-adopSri
she word ,rus5iuely You must take
vhs, yoa wilI shall be houored
Wheu they set oui for the matinee she
carried quain, little ebony figure Of a
blind uewsdealcr, he hi. spirit Wings,
whirh be would Away, have With him now.
Ike a deyotce
N no, coming on after the first act
today. she told him NIr Hnghes Is
gOiEg To let me 20 oat in front a. a birth
day ,rcat Viii sou look ior ue
sure, Miss MAZDA Where viii you
be
Baloony-eentcr Right near where
| fy from Back TO the perch. She
cooked her head, bird wise, At him You
must look up at me. and then You Il know
you have a special audience and play your
best.
Always | do shat, SAID Dolph, smil-
ing Today | do little better
Is that discipline biz. big
d e. she asked mischieyouSy, noIdiug to
him as they parted.
Ii was a crowded house over which the
Flying Fay waved her wand, as Dolph :
eyes followed her down the long. slow.
graceful decent that afternoon. At the
close Of the act he hurried behind, hoping
for sight Of her, but already she was on
her way To her seat, and the little musi-
eiau turned with sigh To await the or
chestra call As the curtain rose on the
" Ballot of the Sprites, in the secosd act,
he could see her from the tail of his eve,
looking very trim and slight in her street
clothes, and viewing the scene with criu-
cal contemplation. suddenly his attention
was diverted by fash from behind, and
something went plopl like pop gun, up
IN the flies Several of the sprites faltered
in the dance, and looked upward anxiously
There was an uneasy stir m the audience
A languid phantasm Of gray, gauzy smoke
tloated into Dolph line of vision. Just
above the top Of the curtain, and hung
there-a portent Out in the house the
stir became a murmur, pregnant with
panic The orchestra began to play ragg
edly.
Keep on dancing The order came,
clear and emphatic, but in low tones, from
the prompt stand just inside the right first
entrance Dolph recognized the voice of
Benny Hughes, and all that was loyal in
him responded to the accents of cool, ready
mastery, Drop your asbestos, curtain
man. Steady your orchestra, Dillon
''Tap-tap-tap, sounded the imper-
atiye rebuke of the big musical director
baton
Steady it is, said he cheerily. = Play
m Won tarriprS There no dancer -