New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05


first interval met Orlando Littleton
Halo. old man.! said. Congratulations in
large quantities"
Thanks said the dramatist have you
IL oefore?'
NO; but I in the papers that it was an
emphatic success How beautiful Elsie Millar is
in the part"'
We induced one of the personages behind the bar
to notice that we were present. and removed our
glasses TO table. Orlando sighed heavily.
What's your trouble?' I inquired
My emphatic success he said. But it's too
long tale to tell you now-I suppose you want to
see the second act%'
The vindictiveness with which he pronounced the
last words startling I stared at him:
My dear Orlando began. but he cut me short.
Cali me- Frankenstein.'" he groaned Like
Frankenstein. I've constructed a monster that's
destroying me. Before created this accursed
comedy was a happy man"
1T must have been very long while before
said. When had the misfortune to share your
rooms. you used 10 remark casually at breakfast
that you wished you dead"
ANY one is liable to express dissatisfaction IN
moments; but, on the whole. I cheerful and
buoyant. especially when you OUT ne in
sisted Il frequently had much IS
at the time. I'm not boasting; you know it's true.
Five pounds at the time is prosperity, II fellow
hasn't got a monster support Since 1 wrote
the comedy IS note has been ephemeraI
as a postage stamp. pinched and pawned to start
aioa I7i III b e. W l4L IL cost me IN ing
gorged gold. 1t has devoured my all And now by
sGmn my sea TtF9A' OF dia0ocai malice It's
ot There's nearly quarter OF an hour before the
act. l said. Give me cigarette and the story
want one badly; an apprecatve editor is eager to
"Halves?" asked the author of the emphatic
success
the I'll Of said aid Orlando the devil tempted in
in the cast She had very little to do but as
usual; she did II exclusively. had always adj
feF thought kne 3ove her. Wouldn't nd that
She make to witt b E s5 big on Part t for Or her. %qun
out after the performances imagining her in the sort
beginning to put its head round the corner Pos and
wandered out of the Strand on to the EInbankment
Yes" said 'Cut that kind Of thlng-I can
| put 1t In when do the writing. 1 don't want 10
Well. went to bed about 3 o'clock with plot
! that dazzled me When I woke up and II IN
the sunshine Il didn't look quite 50 fetchlng-as Is
wasn't Venus and I curled its hair and cultivated
logue the most interesting work-especially the
| love scene; enjoyed that. 1t like maxim g
things the time instead OF thinking Of EN- after
ward; l ought to have been turning out stuff for
! play was finished, 1t sounds rapid filling
you should stress the alternate ups and downs Of
the business; the nights when I wrote epigrams,
EN-, and felt Ike cutting my throat. Don't forget
'ITl remember said I'll have a paragraph
!
MSS mn & IN ana p5HttX shHy were
Improvements had thought of after posted to her
two more typewriter. However. couldn't pretend
/ she was dear and I paid and hooked pleasant.
Sonny. they were Just beginning. Miss Beckss
Dill was as only the preface man who knew the
6aW yS %69 out 9e os it had been M 9w
| You give private performance OF the piece IN a
building licensed for public entertainments. There
the details knew had committed reckless ex-
oagHgs and doubted If tRey would rum to uTuries
like this StlL had constructed the monster, and
Il hired hall in Waltham stow for an afternoon
I invented two columns Of Society Small Talk TO
tired brain invented thenl-and then they fetched
The nice Clean coptes Of the anseP 30 The LORD
| Chamberlain TO read didn't want him TO read ii
to Cost me guneasI6Gt that was one Of the details
70 be observed; had to pawn my watch for the
nice. clean copy back-he buried # in archives.
have the parts typeWPt nv dress Clothes paid
fOr the parts. Then had TO advertise for artists
Crown hesd but nHf Wach chaia weHt after my
ANY more details? asked. One or two said
| the man; you must have couple OF playbills
VIII Won't de On Se drinks Sgt BY the time
was through with the Walthamstow hall. and
my wardrobe except macintosh and had con.
| Orlando groaned again. and nur1nured sympa-
thy. 1 also reminded him that the second act must
'Ai right he said testify. Listen. The mon
sF Ws mqW my d S 5ae GGW hut ANNOY Inc
| monster was mine was informed that official
mire my newt novel An average intellect might
| have been shattered by the sacrifices I had made
tn see II expelled? not Orlando, realized that
| was an outsider realized that needed some
one TO take me in Elsie NIiIlar was playing The
I to her; said had written a comedy with
her in my mind and that I'D like her to read II be-
What for, Because I thought she might be so
enamoured Of her part that she'd move mountains
''My prolix friend" said. II perfectly under
son Sony yq9 save e the Iady?,, -. 1880.
blown dramatist: I wrote that l was DESTROYS Of
an opportunity arose suggestive7
! For an amateur who had never been through a
mitted. And she replied?
the piece II sent Il TO PeT private address It
departed TO her. registered, the same day. And
Wei Fortnight went by-a fortnight Of suspense
tna I can oTScTloE 70 yJr+r ~. exclaimed
/ For Heavens sake remember that the actu be
starting directly. I'll describe your weelngs when
you write It better than you listen 70 T.
say fortnight went by. Then she wrote that she
Lao odk rf se1 ny To don't am mot to speak
| other word till I've finished. I shan't tell you any
I nodded. And for a spell Orlando had it all his
| own way.
| "She wrote that she delighted with IT, ard
could hardly believe my eyes, Really. 1t seemed
II the monsters rancor was exhausted I felt ten
like monster in a fairy tale, TRANSFORMED into
that a pretty idea: I hoped should get chance
Of mentioning il to Miss Millar when went:
weather geTmtting1and was SO eager to tSo see
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