The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-07-07

repeated his name 10 one anOlner'
And on the western paper II had been
much the same The other reporters,
and even the paper itself IN an ed
itorial. had predicted that the name
of lockwood Stctson would sometime
be better known.
"Oh, | beg your pardon, the man
went on gaily; I'VE haven't congrat-
ulated you yet and that should have
come first You're a lucky chap. Beck.
/ It's honor enough for one poor mortal
to be Berry, Kildares husband
so | think" heartily and ! want
to introduce you after the play sup
pose you come over to the hotel and
try one u their after-theatcr suppers
with rs As Ia what | have been do
ing. my father turned his leather bust
ness over To- me and since | left the
paper / have been buried In the Office.
, II is good business, though not one
+ 10 blaze name across the continent
Bat excuse mo turning his head To
pue side and listening with manifest
un"aaiurss. doesn't that sudden hush
mean the curtain Is rising? suppose
We go in
Several times during the evening
lockwood saw glasses swerye from thu
. stage toward him and heads come to-
grlucr behind them whispering and
he knew that he was shining in tho
reflected glory OF the star lie had
1 seen the same JhiuT evenings before,
and 'hr Igh' had given him an odd
pleasure, bat now with his old friends
/ preside um and he thoughts winch
their coming had brought. the sharing
VI her glory for the first time began
To cloud his brow He was a strong
man and had dreamed dreams ought
not hc To- make glory for her. instead
Of being content To share that which
she had $50 hardly earned
The next morning b" babe her good
bye for three months and went
rhuurhruIly 10 his ONCE II was now
. In good times The business was in
such condition that the manager could
look after it just aa we'll without him
tie would throw himself into the thing
Ii which bee had dreamed, with his full
strength. ana do wAa, hr knew he
could de- When she returned the glory
ui u should be- hers
Both " his friends were now on the
/ did newspaper. AMI soon thcy began
60 see paragraphs That made them look
plrnsrd aud thoughtful one day the
college man raised AIa eyes suddenly
from An item that had slipped into
their paper from an exchange
/ Look here Allen Ac exclaimed.
do you suppose what We said IN the
/ thratcr that evening had anything To
de- with Br,ks ruu5IuE' lie seemed
Ia be- hUprlrssIy buried ~ that leather,
sou know
Certainly not" decidedly Beck
wood Stousuus too strong man not
to come up of himself when he's ready.
. What ul,ir such small things, that
. yuu aud ! might mention would not
/ matter But tnIs thing Of his Is rather
QuiAutr don't you think 1t cannot
amount 10 anything mon DO a bit Of
real good 10 HIM cot anyone else. 1t
viii only blaze hn name across tho
/ continent aa ! think ole vi US hoped
for him
"WrI isn't that enough What
/ NOR. can anyone ASK than to have his
name IN r,"rybody'a mouth. especially
when no blame or rdiculr can be at.
/ tauuod ru the lutuur,y' This Is tho
sort ui thing that catches Ju with the
/ public
Yes suppose So" doubtfulIy;
. but Il is not the real strength OF
/ Beck
STRAY Items and comments In tho
. new spaprrs also reached the starring
/ troupe. bringing gladness and pride
I into the eyes OF the leading actress
and. in time. speculation into those Of
/ her manager When the company re-
turned tu it, own city a few last per-
/ fUrmancps were 10 be- given L. "nd the
season, and posters were out a week
/ IN advance
Hrckwuud returned the night before
/ his face strong with satisfied power
| and accomplishment But the next
/ morning when he went to the win
/ dow ~ he had been accustomed Ia do,
/ aud galcd across at the poster In front
Of the opera house, the satisfied look
/ suddenly gave way to one of conster.
nation and then TO bitter self-rrprpach.
"Oh Brryl! Bcryl!" he groaned;
have ! robbed you Of all the aurcls
pf your years Of hard work? Forgive
me. darling did not dream OF this
| But it shall be only for Il short time
[ viii go back to my leather and then
| The public win forget and you will soon
come back into your own
For the name On the poster across
the street was lockwood Stetson's
!