New-York tribune., 1906-11-11
COCOA R O
THE CLOWN
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~tfL lGIE44l under contract Tor r-Nt
that means that he aust create tve parts
Hell have 10 give Ooccaro his sala-. Tor the
two nights, ANYHOW, and l don't think we
ought 70 ask Coccaro T. g back To his old part
tonight
Besides. he doesn't seem TO care 10 act
wants 10 be q farmer. Told me he was irving
u buy . farm UP Connecticut way Funny for
performer. eh, IT that. r. not very keen
= tell HIM that Danella's gong on tonight
Don YOU mind. interrupted Henning; i
think ! i see hIrn myself
He found Coccaro IN the stars dressing
room. The clown was seated At his dressing
able, slowly making up for the principal part
Hennlng sat down on trunk n the corner
Of the room and cleared his throat.
NJ. CoCCaro.' he began. It seems Danella
IS coming back tonight and wants TO g on.
Coccaro nodded and dropped the stick Of
grease paint.
We thought" HennIng went on, that YOU
would Ike night or two of, and so YOU needn I
pay your regular part tonight
Il yOU don mind, SaIl toCCarO and Il
doeSnt inconvenience YOU TOO much. I don
think Il ever play that part again. l couldn
very Well atter-atter what 5 happened. umel
saws 4 and my VIE can 60 back L. the circus
For some moments Henring sat silent
swinging ms short legs against the trunk. Its
httle hard 70 explain 70 YOU, Mr. Coccaro.
he began Il am not man OF words aid
ind Il difficult 10 say just what l mean"
Coccaro smiled pleasantly up at the mana
ger. Don't try, N-. Henning" he sand. d."
know what YOU want 70 say.
Perhaps YOU do and perhaps YOU don I,
L WASH the money. Mr. CocCaro. ! have "a
great deal OF that. more than I can spend. But
L Was my position. You saved me from ap-
pearl1g ridiculous 20 my old business friends
and YOUR work that night turned disaster into
great success. ! would like 70 do something
faT you that YOU and Your wife would re-ner--
Ter Have YOU got q pen over there.
There one over there on that table. he
sand. have been writing some autographs
tlr Danela, but don think III forget that
first night, NJ Herring III remember that
al my life"
Henn.ng took blank check from his pocket
book, tlled y out, folded L. and handed II u
Coccar0. The receipts Tor the first Two nights
ot the piece he sail. d" were tn1rrv-sIx hum
dred and TWO dollars and sevenry-tive cents.
L seems 10 me. by al nights. they belong 10
YOU. and that g some distance. anyhow,
toward that farm OF YOUR.
Da,ca-0 stood up protesting and held out
his hand with the cheek IT. Il.
80. don't YOU he foolish, sand Henring
" I've got q farm uv-elt-I don : know how
T-auv hundred acres, 8,.- there one little
spot "a L where ! grow corn I'll send YOU
some ~ the seeds next October. l tell YOU Il
-Le greatest e--u II the world. And Hen
n--s closed the l0o- hurrellv behind him.
A few minutes later Dauella came INTO the
G-e--- my -o.--l. The Two nodded u each other
l. w4= when Cocc-ro had put on his clothes
and was nearly ready Tor tle street that
D4rella broke the long silence He spoke still
looking INTO the mirror. and his voice sounded
curla--ly even and almost without meaning
"I read ID the papers that YOU made "a
great h-r II the part. ThereS 10 good IN my
saving anything now; its too late. But l n
much obliged. N sorry you've got 10 60
back % that part
Coccaro took his hat from a peg. N not
gong back To the part he -all.
D4nel4 continued 10 look II the mirror and
u draw stick az grease paint mechanically
across his forehead Not gong back
" ~. and m not gong back - the circus.
toce4ro stopped and carefully traced out one
u the patterns on the carpet with h;s walking
stack. Nei n gong u the farm. We got
II ~ lest"
D-ne.i4 dropped the grease paint, and with
/ OUT taking his eyes from the face III the mirror
rested his chin between the palms OF NJ hands
From outside there came the CIV OF the call
/ boy. Five minutes Everybody on Tor the
-Irs- act and The noise OF many hurrvlng feet.
toc-ar1 crossed over - the door. and then
/ turned back with his hand on the knob. " Ac-
/ cor-lng L. the old plan Bill. you were 10 have
/ yo-r room always at the farm Well, Il YOU
ever get tired here and want = rest up q bit,
! yo- know the room tS there waiting for YOU
always Marietta and ! wouldn't want any
/ one else - have H.
/ For a moment he hesitated for word from