The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-08


claims.
Hush. Babsl7 enjoins Mrs Fame.
Everybody can hear you
Babs shrugs her nineyearold shoul-
ders and points an accusing finger at
the actormanager, who. in the charac-
ter Of a sporting baronet, carries a
gun in a manner denoting unfamiliar
ity with it,
TITS extremely dangerous she de-
clares I'VE haven't an earfy II It
goes offl'
A shooting man, sitting close under
the stage-box 'lughs sardonically in
agreement.
7 say young woman, you'll wreck
the play If you criticise like that
deprecates the earl Of Fulham.
eOh do be quiet, Babs," entreats
her brother Alured. II can't hear a
word they're saying
That's wather an advantage, fink, Y
returns Babs.
Her voice though not unduly raised,
has a penetrating timbre, and the
statement is sympathetically received
BY many within hearing. Half the
people in the stalls begin to take more
interest In Babs than the play.
"That man will pepper the house in
q minute, she continues presently.
Surely his gun isn't loaded?" mur-
murs Mrs. Fame apprehenslveIy.
4 don't know" argues Babs "Any-
how, the safety-bol'ts up
There are filters in the stalls and
some nervous glances at the man with
the gun, as we'll
The earl leans forward by Jove,
SO It isl" he exclaims. SILLY ASST
A moment later the curtain descends
on the penultimate act to applause
that is genuine but partial. 1t comes
mainly from that section nearest the
box. and 1t is intended for Babs rather
than the play. The attention she is at
tracing does not disconcert her in the
slightest; but Mrs. Fame looks uncom-
Portable.
"Babs is getting dreadful" she
whispers to the earl.
"Oh, she'll calm down presently" he
assures her with a laugh
As her father expresses this conyic-
tion Babs sees a familiar face in the
stalls
There's the admiral she says,
and then. in horse whisper that car
ries as far as the dress circle, what
ho, ahipmate"
Fifty heads turn with amusement to
see the admiral leave his seat at her
bidding and proceed to the box door.
Well, Babs,' he says on entering
what do you think Of the piece?"
Pm doin' my level to be intewested,
but it's no good" is her answer. TITS
the fault Of the man wiv the gun. Did
you see him?'
"Oh, yes. I saw him" laughs the ad-
mlral; "and heard you!"
Babs fixes her serious blue eyes on
the elderly sailor. TT always gets on
my nerves when see anyone pwe-
tendin'," she deliberates. "That man.
for instance
Quite SO" agrees the admiral. won.
dering what is to follow ''You
mean-?n
It's not actin. you know Actin is
doIn thing as II It was weal-like
you see in Paris. At first I was afwaid
that the man WiV the gun would bag
somebody in the stalls, but now I've
watched him I'm quite sure he coaldn't
hlt barn-not If you put him inside
Wlv the doors shut"
THAT certainly argues incompe.
tenee." agrees the admiral
Il don't understand actors" pro.
ceeds Babs in her sonorous treble. q
was took-taked-oh I do hate gwam-
mari-to a featre last week where
one Of EN- wores purs upside down. l
fink he must have been a bicyclist or
a tailor"
"They tell me" observes the earl to
Mrs. Fame. that that chap with the
gun Is 70 be knighted soon
~@af t4Atff ftta tH HHtni ANtAt
birfday honors. It's because he lives
HiY his wife. you know"
The earl wheels round with his
mouth open. while appreciatlve guf-
faws resound in the stalls. Mrs. Fame
divides a scandalized glance between
the two men.
4 know. mods Babs, lnterceDting It.
she Is wather a handful
Tho shooting man IS convulsed with
laughter. "She--she's magnificent
be easps TO a nelghbor
enahels exclaims Mrs Fame. aYou
really mustn't say such dreadful
things. Then to the admiral, IN ex
fonuaton. Where she gets hold ol
them / cant imagined"
THy maid tells me. explains Babs
n d casual tone She was on tn.
stage once, and knows ne end abou
fte
eElce condolences she must be abl.
70 impart!' murmurs the earl.
"Who engaged her for you. Bahsl'
inquiries the admiral