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actors. every line was spoken 50 glihly
that the prompter's voice WAS ON
pletely drowned.
Amy was breathing long, deep
breaths of relief, for she had main
tanned that if everything did not go off
smoothly she should die of m,rtifica-
ton, and when at last Mercutjo was
safely laid she felt safe. fer she had
been more anxious about him than in
regard to any of them.
Under the stress of excitement Amy
lost herself when she was OF the stage.
in the passion of Juliet. Her eyes
shone verify like two or the fairest
stars and when, in her earnestness.
she leaned near and looked into
Romeo's eyes With a radiance that
glowed even through the grease paint.
assuring him. My bounty is as bound
less as the sea. my love as deep" he
swore TO himself that Amy was ador-
able.
house resounded with applause. and tho
actors consequently felt pleased with
themselves and all the world.
Romeo and Paris did their duel scene
| valiantly, and after Romeo, having
quaffed his poison. lay dying comfortably
Juliet glided across the stage with .er.
II Will kiss thy lips. HAPPY some poison
| yet doth hang on them"
AS she bent low over the PROSTATE
Romeo to suit the action to the words. the
page, young Tom Harper. and Friar Laur-
ence saw the dead man make a sudden
movement. and Juliet found herself held
in a very substantial grasp.
She had not counted on the revivifyinE
effect her Kiss might have on the stark
Montague. and she reached for his dagge
to utter the lines she had been eager 10
reach throughout the evening.
The house had rung for weeks past with
her last agonies of grief, she had become
so imbued with her role that her l.ghtest
tones and most commonplace remarks
Were thrilled with a tragic trenor. she
had worn herself almost i'll practicing for
the death scene, and she felt, with q pard-
enable pride. that this was her crowninE
piece of work.
And now Romeo, incorrigible beyond all
belief. who had done his own death sceue
splendidly and wen his applause. detained
her. The watch within began to get un-
easy, the prompter's voice rang out in i'm
patient tones, and there was a slight stir
in the audience; finally the watch. out OF
all patience, commanded:
Lead boy--wh.ch way?"
But young Tom stood still, shaking witls
laughter and pointing to Romeo. Tn sisu-
alton was becoming strained, but the dead
Montague insisted:
Promise me, now
Tears of anger and modification weiIeSf
UP in Juliets eyes her hand was held in "a
wise, she could not reach the dagger, thera
was an unrestrained rustic of apprehen-
sion in the audience and u
She has forgotten her lines: what q
pity" reached her ears. The ~pronpter's
voice shrilled across the stage. Then IN
be bri-e-f.' and Romeo closed his eyes or
her agony, prepared to hold on all night if
need be. 1t was no longer the dead Romeo.
but John Davis, cool and determined as
she had never seen him, who frightened his
grasp and urged Say yes and I'll let
you go" .
Juliet elaborated as long as she dared.
than at the last moment when the strain
could be endured no longer, and the audi
ence was beginning to wonder where the
hitch might he. she flashed out in a hap
Ply voice with not a trace of the tragic
thrill she had so prided herself upon:
Yes, Jack! Then III be brief-Oh. hap
Ply dagger. This is thy sheath; there rust
and let me die"
And forgetting to stab herself she fell
into his arms.