The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-05
Thursday, July 5, 1906.

again without remembering my good
fortune ~, r.. b. ~ ~ ..fs
He drew chair to :Etta's side and
sat SO near to her that even the great
man remarked the circumstance. VIZ
tThat's how I'd like to see 'em sit
down in, my comedies he remarked
with real feeling. >tThe young men i
meet can t. take q chair, let alone fix
themselves straight on it,: You, come
along to me, count, and III pay, you
$l0O. week: to be master of: the eere-
monies. Our stage manager. used>st to
do stunts on a bicycle. He thinks peo.*
pie should do the same OH chairs. =" f.
Count Odin looked at the speaker a -
little contemptuously with! the look OF
a man who never forgets his birthright
or jests about it. TO Eta he said with
an evident intention of explaining his
position: ~. .-,..,. F.. T> .-~.
Mr.. lizard crossed over with me the
last time | have come from America.
! remember that he had the difficulty
with his chair on that occasion" And ,
then he asked herE.'Of course, YOU
know America, will be sure?" -
:, Eta answered him with simple can
dor, that she had travelled but little.
~ was educated in convent. You
may imagine what our travels were.
9nee every year we had rienie on the
/ got my knowledge of the world" she
said with = laugh. .@.-..
"Then, your ideas are of the
French9" He put it to her with an
object she could. not divine tho she
answered quickly. ~ -.
s'They are entirely English both in
my preferences and my friendships,-''
was her reply, nor could she have told
anyone why she put this affront upon
''she's going to make friends enough
e,
ther Gsf h an te Gf
company over in September if we play
to any money this side Miss Romney
goes with me. and I promised her a
good time any way. America's the
many played-out actors over here. Most
of them think themselves beautiful, and
that s why their theaters close up'
He laughed q fattering tribute to
his own cleverness, as much as to say
My theaters never. close up Count
-Odin on his part smiled a little dryly
as tho he might yet have something to
say to the proposed arrangement
journey, Miss Romney9' he asked Eta
in a low voice.
~ am not thinking at all about it,,
she said very truthfully.
ward,' he suggested but in such a low
tone that even lizard did not hear him.
When Eta turned her startled eyes
upon him, he was already, addressing
some ntss commonplace Ire aemark to ms
imsclf by diligently checking the total
u the bill. :r.
II could keep a steam yacht on$what
= pay for wine in this hOtel,' he re-
marked jovially, addressing himself SO
directly to the ladies that even his good
: "My dear Charles,'' she exclaimed,
t,syoq4 are are not suggesting that I have
"Wel, T hope some one has, was
the affable retort. "Let 8 60 and
SMOKE It's suffocating in here; 49,
the count s remarks, tho she was very
far from believing that it could bear
the sinister Interpretation which her
first alarm had put upon it. This fear
Of discovery had logged her steps
since she quilted her home to embark
girl ever set her hand to; but if dis
covery came, she reflected, it would
not be at the bidding of a foreigner
whom she had seen for the first time
in her life but few days ago. Such
= wisdom permitted her quickly to re-
cover her composure, and she pleaded
the lateness of the hour and her own
fatigue as the best of reasons for leav-
ing the hotel.
ri am glad you were pleased she
said to lizard, holding out her hand
directly they entered the hall. >"Of
course it has all been very dreadful to
me and I'm still in dream about it.
The newspaper will tell me the truth to-
morrow, I feel sure of it,
~, He shook her hand and held it while
he answered her.
1'Don It you 90 to thinking too much
about the newspapers he said, with a
splendid sense of his own Importance.
"When Charles lizard says that a
plays got to go, it's going, my dear,
tho the great William SHAKESPEARE him.
self got out of his grave to write it
down. You We done very well tonight
and you I'll do better when you know
your way about the stage. Go home
and sleep on that, and let the critics