The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-24


Got tired OF staying out In the cold
eh2" he grinned.
I'm tired of vaudeville" answered.
Cant you give me chance IN COM
edy?"
Hint Ambitious. amt your"
"obermuiler has play all ready for
me-written for me. He'd star NE fast
enough'if he had the chance"
eBat he'll never get the chance"
"Oh. | don't know"
But | do. He's on the toboggan:
that's where they all get. my dear, when
they get big-headed enough to fight US. .
But obermuller's not like the others
He's not so easy. And he is SO clever;
Why. the plot of that comedy is the bull
lest thing
You've read it-you remember it?'
"Oh, know it by heart--my part Of
1t. You see. he wouldn't keep away from
me while he was thinking of 1t. He kept
consulting me about everything in it
In way. We worked over it together"
The little man looked at me. slowly
i closing one eye. II is habit of his
when he's going, to do something par.
ticularly nasty.
Then, in way, es you say, it is part
yours"
Hardy! Imagine Nance Olden writ.
ing line of play."
Still -eollaborated; that's the
word. | say, my dear, II could
read that comedy. and it was-half what
you say 1t is, | might don't promise
mind-but might let you have the part
that was written for you and put the
thing on. Has HE drilled you any, Ell?
He was the best stage-manager we ever
had before he got the notion of manag
ing for himself-and running himself"
well. he's all that yet or course
he has told me, and we agreed how the
thing should be done AS he'd write, you
know, he'd read the thing over to me,
and l."
"Fine--6nel A reading from that fool
ObermuIer would be enough to open
the eyes of a clever woman. I'd like to
read that comedy yes?
But Obermuler would never"
But Olden might"
WHAT"
Dictate the plot to my secretary
Mason. in there" he nodded his head
back toward the inner room. "She
could give him the plot and as much
of her own part in full as she could
remember. You know Mason. Used to
be a newspaper man. Smart fellow
that when he's sober. He could piece
out the holes-yes?'
looked at him The little beast sal
there slowly closing one eye and open
ing il again. He looked like an un-
healthy little frog, with his bald head
his thin-lipped mouth that laughed
while the wrinkles rayed away from hi.
cold. sneering eyes that had no smilt
in them
I'll wouldn't like to make an enemy
Of man like Ohermuller. Mr.. Tausig.
Bah! Amt told you he's on TIL
togobban?"
But you never can tell with a mai
like that. Suppose he got into that com
bine with Heffelfnger and Dixon an,
Weinstock?"
, "Whatre you talking about?"
! well, It's what I've heard"
"But Heffelfnger and Dixon AM
! Weinstock are all in with us; who toll,
. you that fairy story?"
"obermuller himself"
, The little fellow laughed His is
, ereaky. almost silent little laugh; II
; spider could laugh he'd laugh that way
They're fooling him bunch or two
/ Never you mind Ohermnller He's
lead one"
: ooh. he said that you thought the
we're in with you, but that nothing bu
: a written agreement would hold mel
: like that. And that you hadn't got
! Smart fellow, that Obermuller He
have been a good man to have in tn
1 business ii it hadn't been for those in
j dependent ideas he's got He's right
t takes"
so there Is an agreement" | shout
d ed. In spite OF myself, as leaned fol
I, ward,
:, He sat back in his chair, or, rather, b
b let 1t swallow him again.
j What business is that Of yours? Site
& % the business on hand. Get to wor
d IN that play with Mason inside. Ii IT
Il good, and we decide to put it on, We
= pay you $500 down in addition to you
salary If it's rot, you'll have you
l. salary weekly all the time you're at /
Just the same as II you were working
I" till can place you. In the meantime
keep your ears and eyes open and watc
J. things. and your mouth shut. I'll spea
. to Mason and he'll be ready for you t
d morrow morning. Come round in Ii
D morning; there's nobody about thel
is and we want to keep this thing dark Il
n it's done. Obermuller mustn't, get an
If Idea what we're UP TO. .. He don
n love you--no--for shaking him?"
10 Hes furious; wouldn't even sa
d good-by I'm done for with him, an.
5, way, guess. But what could dot"
ir Nothing, my dear; nothings Your
ID smart little girl" he chuckle
10 "Ta-ta!"
IS Ito be Continued.)
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