Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-12-10
Is to one who had 20 authority tn com
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Is to one who had 20 authority tn com
pei her to keep her promisef
After the second act. the baby was
carried through the hall. up the stage
steps and behind the curtain.
Does an infant appear In the next
sceneY" asked the stranger Of the
man who sat behind him.
mo. That's the managers kid-he
that takes the part Of Monte Cristo.
It's here every night that the mother
plays. Has to have its pap between
the acts"
The tall gaunt man with the SCARED
weather-beaten face studied hard the
stage curtain.
YES" went on his seat compan-
ion. they say the Garths are crazy
over that kid"
Him." refectively. Pretty tough
for the child IL something should hap
pen to the mother"
wal. l guess so. Stranger in these
parts?"
Not 'xactly. Been mushing it in
Alaska for some years"
Brought out any dough?"
'"Nough for what bread III need"
Good Partner?"
The mameluke dogs got hold Of him
when we crossed over to Siberia They
were hungry"
"Gee!"
The sailor and his lass are much
in evidence" remarked the stranger.
looking around.
They'd about All the hall IL It
varn't for the fellows from the lumber
camps. I'm a logger myself"
How are things doing across the
sound?"
"Hustling for all they're worth.
More timber than we can handle. Two
single mills up within the last three
months. There's that kid again"
Seven months old Essie Garth was
truly q child of the theater, and the
many eyes which followed her as her
nurse threaded her way through the
audience to q selected eeat did not
at all embarrass or disconcert the lit
tie thing. neither did the fact that
the seat chosen was right in front Of 9
gaunt gray man who leaned forward
to peer into her tiny face and re
marked as he drew back in tones
which only she could hear: shes moi
like her mother-must take aftel
him"
"Da. dal" responded the child.
The curtain lifted on Charles Cart
as the Able. The baby's attention
was riveted at once. and when h
spoke. she gurgled softly, motioninI
towards him with her little hands an.
giving vent to what seemed like Low
ecstatic muruurs of appreciation.
, In the scene when he appeared a
the count in gaudy Powered coat. sh
became more demonstrative, bobbini
her little head up and down on he
nurses shoulder, and when the due
, with De villeforte took place, he
father. as Edmond Dantes, laying 10y
his antagonist the infant GROVE
aloud in veritable triumph. At leas
. 90 1t seemed to one who was watchin
|. her.
Notice that kid?" asked the lol
ger OF the stranger.
Notice herl He had eyes for nothin
!. else. Even his old love. in the rol
! Of Mercedes. failed to draw his a
. tention from her daughter.
!. ITS queer how she knows b.
;. father" went on his companion ~St
catches on to her mother, too, som
times; but her dad, she sees throus
4 everything"
= The nurse turned around to Il
q whispering men. and with a prof
glance at her charge. observed:
That's always the way with
young one whose mother thinks
sight of its father"
= When the curtain fell for the Ia
\ time the stranger stood up.
- IF you amt any place pertickleI
said the logger, "and feel a bit d.
OF come over to Bekins and get acquail
ID ed"
~ IAN right" responded the man fro
as the north. But before following I
new friend. he lifted the tiny finge
a. that were clutching the back Of {
u nurses chair. and. bending his hes
re- tenderly kissed them.