Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-06-11

gave a smart touch to the hall, like
hotel labels ON a steamer trunk or suit
case.
Elizabeth sat down to the typewriter.
but presently there came an insistent
ring at the hall door. Tony, the rosy
faced Italian. who supplied the ten
ants of the house with ice, displayed
two rows of cleaning teeth as he ex-
plosively announced "Icew Elizabeth
held open the door for him while he
lifted the cake from the dumb waiter
and placed it in her refrigerator.
But the smile faded from Tony's
face as he turned to leave. With an
inarticulate cry he sprang at the post
er lingering it lovingly and scanning
every word of the beloved italian.
1T is from the home" he explained
blushing, when the first shock of sur
prise had passed. "It is to there that
All. to the Salone Margherita. me an
my Marie. Marie she cannot leav-a da
pop-da fard'. l come-a to America to
make-a mon. 1t is ver' lonely, siguora.
Scus-a mi"
He shutiled haltingly from the apart
ment, his jovial face drawn with home
sickness and thoughts of the distant
Marie.
Elizabeth went back to her work. On
the floor the Rice SS Bennett playbill
still lay neglected, but now it caught
her attention, and she picked it up to
read, even as Tony had done with the
other, every word of the familiar an
nOuncement
She wondered if Jack would be GO
ing. If so, who would be in her place?
Mrs. Hardy did not care for the the
ater, and it was not fair to expect
Jack to go alone. She smiled at her
Jealous thoughts and sat down reso.
lutely before her typewriter, but she
found that the thread of the story
which had started so well was lost
She could not force het mind to con.
centrate upon the adventures of an
imaginary heroine. Her attention per-
sistently wandered to the playbill on
the floor
She could see the opera house with
out even shutting her eyes The roller
skating craze had somewhat revived
its original glories. The common
wooden chairs were in place now only
when some theatrical performance
was given. Probably there were
RULES and Regulations" tackled up On
the walls with Beacon Job Print" III
large type beneath the phrase, by
order of the management" She could
hear the ragged strains of the three
piece orchestra, and she knew that
VIII Taber and Rem Blake would hus-
tie Importantly through the stage en-
trance. They We're always the land
Others" on the programme, the army
in Under Two Flags" and "a Cele-
brated Case, the miners in "The Dar
ties" etc. 1t was all so vivid that
she seemed really to be there With a
choking laugh at her new emotions she
ripped the story from her typewriter
and slipped in a fresh sheet
John Hardy Blairsvine:
Please get seats for all next week ]
am coming homo tomorrow.
ELIZABETH.
Then she gazed about the cozy little
nat. 1t would be very different in
Blairsville, and she knew that in send
ing that message she had virtually an
nounced her surrender, but she hum
med a blithe little song as she put on
her hat and prepared to take the tele-
gram to the office. When she came to |
the narrow hall she stopped and took |
down the Italian poster and, with the |
one from home, placed it in the drawer
IF her desk.
you've carried your messages" she
whispered TO them as she smoothed |
The folds, but l want to keep you
for remembrance and warning. To |
Tony and me you meant home. I'm /.
more fortunate than Tony, for I'm go
ng home-to Jack"