The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-08
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When he reached the theatre he
could not find the old couple. After
hunting about awhile he took his seat
in the orchestra, thinking they might
| return there and that, anyhow, he
would be able to assure himself that
the girls were on the stage. 1t did
not take him long to ascertain that
neither of them was in the chorus,
and he fastened around to the stage
door. There he was told, as the
O'Briens had been, that the girls had
left before the performance began. 1t
occurred to him that when they re-
ceived the message he had sent to
Patsy 1t had occasioned such joy and
excitement that they had obtained
leave of absence, had Joined their par
ents and We're waiting about for him
somewhere. No doubt they had not
seen him when he reentered the the
atre.
He was about to return to the front
when there happened along the passage
the boy to whom he had given the
verbal message to Patsy, with a tip
calculated to insure its safe delivery.
"Lookin' for Miss O'Brien?" queried
the youth.
YES" replied Mallory.
"She's gone; SOS her sister," he told
him. "Dey had a row."
Had a row."
yep. Pears they had a hair pullin'
match, an both vamoosed widout
tellin' de stage manager. I guess It's
} de hinky dink for dem. He's been
: fghtin' mad ever since. Dey delayed
! de coitain ten minute De call boy
seen de youngest go away in a cab"
! THAT so?" said Mallory, greatly
, troubled Where did they go, d'you
know?"
Nope, but Miss Simpson does, I
think"
who's Miss Simpson,"
She's one of de show COILS"
Mallory took a dollar from his pocket.
'Can you tell Miss Simpson Mr.. Nal
lory'd like to see herr" he asked.
"Sure!" replied the boy, pocketing tho
bill and darting off.
In a few minutes he returned.
} Miss Simpson said for you to wait
[ here for her." he announced.
In a little while the woman whose
| mode Oh life had often aroused Patsy's
Y sharp tongue came down majestically.
5 1t was implacable war between her and
Patsy, n she was quite willing to
carry 1t to extremes and seize every
possible chance to injure her enemy.
She knew that Mallory was Patsy's
I fiance. Not only was she curious to
t see him, but the boy had told her that
D he vas looking for Patsy, and she saw
!, a possible opportunity to work further
. seattle to the girl.
: Are you Mr.. Mallory" she inquired,
( Ioo1rtnO tho +raf,,ar nI,ar with a critical
eye. Il suppose you're after Miss
O'Brien. The whole town seems to be
after her tonight, and everybody is
coming to me to tell them where she's
gone, as If l was her keeper and knew
or cared"
I'm sorry to have disturbed you.
miss" said Mallory, in his blunt way,
though he felt awkward and a little
7 timid in the presence of this tall, hand
some woman with the air of an aristo-
crat. 1.-THE boy l sent up told me that
he thought you knew where they
was"
II know nothing about them, really"
, she said, with cold haughtiness, but
I have been given to understand that
Nora O'Brien had an appointment this
evening with her lover, Mr.. Dick
Crawford, the sporting man who keeps
her. they say. Probably her sister had
n date also, but | don't know where
she is"
Mallory flushed Indignantly.
"Well you tell whoever said such a
thing that it's a foul lie" he said hotly,
. land if any man says it I'll fill hin so
i full of lead the devil won't be able to
catch him as he tumbles down to
= hell
i Simpson shrugged her shoulders.
F; IT'S common ak here. You might
try Crawford's, s. she said.
| She turned on her heels and walked
away.
Mallory went out in a mood to slay.
How came Nora's name to be asso-
$ ciated with Crawford's in such a way?
II What could have happened to cause
: such a story to become the common
u gossip of the theatre dressing rooms?
r Where was she? Where was Patsy?
$ What had they quarreled about? The
boy said Nora had gone off in a cab.
+" Patsy, then, was n o with her. But
c why had both of them left the theatre
so precipitately when they knew that
he and their parents were waiting in
d front? He remembered the mysterious
+ woman in the other room at Craw-
ford's and became suspicious. What
n If there was some ground for this gos-
n sip? He could not believe it. Yet how
could such talk have originated?
He fastened around to the front en-
trance again, and as he did so ran into
O'Brien. The old man was pacing ner-
d vously up and down, and, knowing him
n as he did. Mallory saw that he was
a much agitated. His face frightened as
g he caught sight of the trainer.
9 "Ah. Dan, thank hiven, here We are
a at last" he said. "Somethin' TRIBES
t happened. We can't foind the girls, an
mothers gone to Crawford's to fetch