The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-10

THE CHORUS LADY,
N ~ 5ns M fy Hs tnn play BY JAMES FORBES. tGDoRRy5 nj asSs a by g "
Copyright, 1908, by c.. W.
Dillingham; Company.

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that he would not be able to carry on
the stable. Practically 1t would mean
ruin for him, and, therefore. for the
whole O'Brien family. From this PROS
pect Crawford derived some consola-
ton for his wounded feelings and ruff
fed temper.
I'll teach the whole dirty GROVE that
they bucked up against the wrong
man. he muttered. I'll have those
girls fired from the Long Acre not later
than tomorrow, and 1t won't be my
fault II they succeed in getting. or at
least in keeping. another engagement
in little old New York"
He was pacing up and down, savor-
Ing In advance the fruit of revenge.
when Rogers announced that O'Brien
wished to see him.
TELL O'Brien to go to hades and
throw him down the elevator shaft II
he gives you any back talk" he orr
dered.
Very good. sir" said the valet.
mo; let him come In" called Craw-
ford. suddenly changing his mind.
O'Brien. hat in hand, was ushered In
Crawford received him ~defiantly.
What do vol want?" he demanded
shortly.
| vi CdIIle dlL6T Tie WOlle, WHO Gains
to fetch Nora replied the old man.
his blue eyes fixing him fearlessly.
Your wife went away from here with
Mallory some time ago. said Crawford.
THE whole family appears to be COM
ing here one after the other.'
God knows Oh don't want to trouble
We amy. an OF didn't come here to
pay no social CALL" retorted the old
man, but Otve a roight to fetch me
own wolfe an a roight to know II it's
true hat Nora comes here"
ASK you wife, ask Mallory. I've
told them all I intend to say. I'm tired
of answering to one set of fools a pack
OF lies told by other fools, and I'm
through with the whole gang. All I
get for taking an interest in you
precious girls Inc being kind to them
Is ingratitude and abuse. Here's a note
for $500 I lent them to get them out of
a hole. It's signed with your name, as
you can see. Here, take 1t and give 1t
to them as a solvent II they or you
haven't the decency to make good"
He handed the note to the old man,
who gazed alternately at him and the
paper. too bewildered to comprehend it
for a moment.
Dye meal to say me girls borrowed
$500 av We in my name?" he asked.
That's what they did," affirmed
Crawford. "And it's up to you to pay"
"Oi can't pay!" said the old man,
aghast. "Oi haven't got $500 in the
world, leave alone in me pocketbook."
Crawford shrugged his shoulders and,
refusing the paper O'Brien held ont to
him, turned on his heels.
"Well, being swindled put of $500
,aoro 80 Lace xyo,sf r,,i, ~ he eoia
II p 1t was only what I ought to
nave expected. seeing the class of peo-
pie 1 have been fool enough to deal
with"
The old man put his hand on the fell
lows shoulder and swung him around.
See here, Mr.. Crawford" he said
calmly. but with a hard glitter in his
eyes, "Oi'm no swindler an no fool,
but an honest man, Cd nave We on
derstand. OF can hold up me head be-
fore me Maker an say that nc one in
the world or out of it liver lost a penny
owed by me or suffered my wrong
lone by me. OF doan't know phwat
this means. OF doan't know yit the
meanin' av anything DIVE heered this
night. But Oh will know, an that
moighty soon, In those that disarve 1t
will git all that's comm to them, who
ever they may be, We can bank on
that"
"All right answered Crawford, sar-
castically. There's $500 coming to
me-"
The old man went out without say
ing good night and started downtown.
grimly determined to get at the bottom
of this matter of the note, of the disap-
pearance of his daughters n of all
that he had heard. In presence of
Crawford, to whom he had gone with
the idea of finding out what there was
to the stories that linked Nora's name
with his and of "skinning him alive"
as he had mentally expressed 1t. IL he
found even the remotest justification
for the suspicion hat Crawford had
been trying to lead her astray. he had
stood COMPOUNDED by the evidence of
the debt contracted. For what posi-
BILE purpose could the girls have needed
$500, For furnishing their fiat? No;
this, they had told him, had been
done on the instalment plan, and every
thing had been paid up. Then sor
what? And how had they dared to
sign his name to this promise of pay-
ment?
In his bewilderment he did not take
notice of where he was going and, get
ting on the wrong side of the street,
boarded an uptown car. He did not
discover his error until the car came
to a stop at the extremity of the line.
BY the time HI reached the hotel
where Mallory had instructed him to
wait. it was nearly 1 O'Clock in the
morning. There Mallory had left word
for him to Join them at the home OF
the girls.
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