The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-06
| ColIaborate with Betty
BY Campbell 3. Casad

After an absence of four weeks /
was again at Bettys side. For mo-
ment I stood IN her cosy little sitting
room, admiring her.
BY Joye! Betty ! at length cried,
Il have an idea
How extraordinary"
I was thinking that we might col
laborate," ! hesitated
Good gracious, on what?"
"Oh a lot of things" / replied, .fbut
first and foremost on a play. A regu-
lar romantic drama. What do you
say?"
"Oh, I'm game. When shall we be-
gin?"
AT once!" | eagerly replied.
Very well. Run into the library
and get a pencil and paper
And now for the scenarioi" cried,
emerging Triumphant with the re
CURED writing materials
What's the first act to be?" she
demanded.
Let me see. Oh. yes, the scene is
49, hAAS A'SG~SAAoASs say f1LI1ALiS SibJ
Betty looked suspicious1y at me
How very peculiar!" she muir
INJURED.
Peculiar? Why?''8
Nothing, only that is where we
first met. But go on
SsThe heroine of our play" / began,
as If reading from written descrip-
ton, is a beautiful, young girl with
hair of spun gold, eyes of azure blue,
teeth of pearly Whiteness and a form
So"
Stop. stop!" Betty commanded.
Where on earth do you suppose you
can find anyone of this description to
play the part?" she continued. why,
there's not woman alive beautiful
enough to fill the requirements Of
your heroine
MY dear Betty" I replied, bestow-
ing my languishing look, my heroine
is not an imaginative one She is an
actual portraiture of a living, breath
ing mortal
She must be a peach" quoth Betty.
IT should like to see her" she. con
cluded.
Would you? Wei, perhaps / can
show her to you," I replied meaningly.
How jolly" she innocently cried.
"When?"
AT once, if you care to see her"
''Of course I do
Then kindly step this way" / an
nounced in formal tones as / took her
arm and graVely led her before a large
plate-glass mirror at one end of the
room. There stopped and ceremon-
ious1y cried:
Madam, behold the divinity of our
play"
Mr.. Winton, you are silly goose,
she assured me, but in spite of her as
snmed Indifference, noticed that her
cheeks flushed while she bestowed a
look on me that caused the widest
sort of palpitation Of my rather sus-
ceptible heart. She was irresistible
and l leaned forward to clasp her il
my arms, but she discerned my pur-
pose and eluded me. Bounding into
the other room, she laughingly called
to me:
Come! come. Harry, we must
write our play before we enact it. And
now for the hero. What manner of
man Is he to be-"
It's Up to you" ! replied, to select
him since you are the heroine
Well, suppose we say-that he is
a very dark, impetuous young person
about 70, with great, serious, brown
eyes and cute little mustache in the
incubator stage of its existence-in
fact, Master Harry, since you have
been SO generous in bestoWing my
particular style of beauty on the
heroine, it is only fair TO invest the
hero with all your manly attributes,
She lodged behind large library
chair just in time to escape the play
full onrush made for her.
Well, lets see; the hero meets her
On the beach. Instantly he expert
ences a strange thrill I explain,
gazing rapturous1y into her eyes
Can it be love he feels tingling at his
neartstrings? Now what about the
leroine?''
Yes, what about herr"
Well, you're a woman and can
analyze her feelings better than T." I
slyly replied, hoping that the girl
might inadvertently betray her senti-
nents toward me.
Very WE'LL she agreed, giving me
! defiant look. AT first she pays no
attention to him, but when he becomes
90 persistent, she wonder who the
,heeky young masher is"
"Oh, say, Betty, that'r not fair I /
protested.
But this IS only a play" she archly
eplies, giving me a covert glance
Bless me, SO it u.s. | reply, "but |
Q continue, he gains an Introduction /
through a mutual friend and every
hing seems smooth sailing. But, alas!
10 finds out on better acquaintance
hat she is a heartiess coquette-''
Sir" This time it is Betty wEo is
-exed.
In the play I calmly continue.
'tOhr'
The climax Of the act comes when