The sun., 1908-08-09

feel sure Of myself now and will do vel
tomorrow night sure
you see how easy 1t 10 to pretend a
love- said Julia.
Il think It would be easy not to pretend,
said Dorothy, and she bhshed as she said
good night.
The stage In the boathouse was Get foI
the final rehearsal. The members OF the
company were all In the improvised dressing
rooms waiting for the call; Fortunately
had been little trouble about costume, :.
The back Of the boathouse and the back
Of the stage were one and the same. and set
right In the middle Of this combination
background was a real window. Through
this the hero was to enter and find the
heroine Just about to faint.
The little play got under way and passed
of with surprising smoothness. There
was a lot OF life In the acting, especially
In Doroti1y's.
Julia watched her anxiously.
.How will she take the climax2' s shs
said to herself, and wondered II they had
been wise to NEEDLE.
David. abe knew. had reached the camp
with Guelph Higgins and they were al
ready at the back Of the boathouse ready
to ascend the few wooden steps and arrive
at centre stage dramatically through the
1t had been nDavid-to-day 1t was to be the
other
One by one the players left the stage as
their turn came. Silently they passed
through the wings and through q curtain
to the improvised auditorium.
Julia, who had been In front all the time
she was the stage manager and bossed the
Job from aforementioned to them to move
near the one door the place afforded. She
backed quietly In the same direction.
Dorothy was delivering an impassioned
monologue As abe concluded: sWill he.
faint, Guelph Higgins'e hesd appeared in
the window. It was time for all Of them
to vamoose Julia quiokened her steps.
just then Dorothy's voice. speaking nat
urally. stopped her.
'Come back here, good people, Doro-
pyy tay ~ee Come ssyses BACK sns al Of fot IN the
As they filed back wonderingly, Guelph
Higgins climbed through the window and
stood beside her on the stage. Dorothy
took his hand and marched him up to the
Let me introduce you to my real love-"
Every one YVES most properly astounded.
Julia most Of all. None OF them had a
sThe Joke is on you.' Dorothy went on.
and this time It's a pleasant one and there's
happy. Never mind how It happened.
That's our business. isn't 1t. GuelphP But
we'll play our parts for you tonight with
moro sincerity than they ever were played
before It's my real debut too. for Guelph
.ays he'll make real actress out Of me.
The rehearsal was concluded, and that
hight a select audience. gathered from
lake Placid and Mirror Lake and round-
.bout, saw Guelph Higgins act as he never
.cted before. And they saw new leading
'iasm. Few in the audience knew how
lose art and realism were welded.
There was much curiosity among Julia
md her fellow oonspirators to learn how
he result they had planned had been at
aimed without their aid. ,,,,.
lot 20 almost TO its elimination and then
pring their plot. Bpt all's we'll that ends
Il think it's mean Of Dorothy not to tell
ls,' said Georgianna.
She'll pay us for our first plot against |
,er,' said Claire Adams, !. and / dent |
blame her. would do the same in her |
,lace.'
Il am so glad it turned out as it did that
don't care how It happened, was Margaret |
comment.
mum too. What did happen was this:
ity at ail He vent to hotel at the foot
4 the lake and stayed there brooding and
eeking a way to win the woman who had |
,eaten him at making love.
He hadn't made up his mind just what to |
70 when Julia Wilson's long telegram.
.eached him He knew Dorothy hadn't |
zone away and welcomed the. Chance the
invitation gave him. His reply was long
In arriving, because 1t had to be sent to
New York first: Then on the afternoon
4 that day he had gone up the lake alone
n a skif to reconnoitre.
He had found Dorothy on the shore Of the
owe which she had described afterward to
uiia as 'dear" and "little.' She was
her part with junction., He
even to the friendly plot, in a
loment.
He landed unobserved. played Indian
through the trees and got to q point near
,orothy from which he could make an ap-
ropriate entrance. And when she cried,
4 the play.tWill he. my lover. never Gomez
'hy. Just naturally there he was and he
ad her in his arms before she could say
-ord. Pretence became reality for both
( them. But they played pretenoe to the
nd, as we have seen.