The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-09-16
The Lure of The
Mask.
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These eagsY asked 9erfihew
w hsbi3s arc alWays exemplary"
answered IfHisrd "Ba ypusY
Mefflaew enlpsd his rodcc
kitty Kgilgrew leaves IN two
vpets fnr Rarope
Ana who ibs aeuee Il Kitty hinh
rrvwg1 devastated iiiiland
whatf repreachfally "Ygu haven't
beard ~ Klfsy kBiiFTrw ID -fhs Mod
ma MaAaY Where have zen beeni
T'Sppini Prettispi stBlfetig llats hil
,he tewa IN q DOGS age
= ray. Dan. daa'l yea ever tire ~
that soraf emit recall when there
wasn't Kitty Kiilirrew What's The
httrac;i8nY Hnland waved aside the
ZIG black cigar whats the attrac.
ti0aTT
THE truth H. lack I'm q iackhss
bali the time. cant sc, away from
tha glamour ~ the footlighls I'm az
iahAny You kGos that No hanging
around stage entrances aud buying
NiDs and dianaonds might be reck-
le@s enough to buy bunch Of roses
when i'in not broke Iiut like em~
the bright ones iphey keep a fellow
amnsed Mast Of en- speak good Eng
lest aud come from better families
Than you would suppose just good /
fellowship. you know Maybe rab
BIT aud bottle 81 beer after the per 4
Torrance or little quarter limit al
The apartment singing and good sio'
ries What you've IN mind Is the
chorus lady No, for mine"
tliliard laughed. recalling his CONVEX
saiion with the policeman.
Go on be said Get Il all out Of
your system now tina, you're started"
And then II tiekles fellows ranl
" 70 be seen With them NJ the restau
rants. That's the way Il begins you
know IN be perfectly frank with
yoD II II wasn't for what the other
fellows say most ~ the chorus ladies
would 10 hungry And the girls that
you and ! know think I'm deyIl Of
fellow wicked, but interesting, aud
~ that"
fIlllards laughter broke forth again,
aud be leaned back Merrihew would
always be twontysix; be would al
ways he youthful
and this Kitty Kllligrewf be,
lieve I've seen posters Of her ia the
windows uow that you speak Of H.
well. Jack. I've got II bad this trip
offered TO marry her last night and
was refused"
~ seems 20 me that your Kitty is
not half bad What would you have
done had she accepted your
Married her within twenty'four
hours
Come. Dan: be sensible You are
not such an ass MS all that"
yes. | am moodily 81 told you
that was iackass half the time
This Is the half"
"But she won't have your
Not for love or money"
Are you sure about the money! /
asked Ilillard shrewdly
seven hundred or seven thousand !
II wouldn't matter to Kitty II she made
on her mind 10 marry n fellow, What's {
the matter With me anyhow Im not Z
SO badly set up | can whip any man
IN The clnb ut my weight ! can tell
story wen. and I'm not afraid Of any ]
thing"
mot even Of the futurer' added Ill
lard /
do YOU really think MS my mon /
eyT' pathetically, I
Well seven thousand doesn't go far.
and that's all YOU have. II Il were i
seventy now. I'm sure Kitty wouldn't /
reconsider What's she likef" asked 3
billiard. with more sympathy than n
In
Merrihew drew ont bis watch and Z
opened the case II WIS pretty face Q
More than that. II was a refined pretti v
ness The eyes were merry; the brow b
was Intelligent. the nose and chin
we're coed Altogether II was the face Il
v merry kindly little soul. one such u
IL would be most likely TO trap the s
wandering fancy Of young man like o
sicfrihew n
And she won't have your HIllarl b
epeaicd. this Time with more curiosity u
han sympathy
"Dh. she's no fool. | suppose And 4,
low she's going 10 Europel Some b
manager has the idea IN his head that a
here is money 10 be made IN Italy q
md Germany during the spring and c,
nmmcr American comic opera IN ii
hose conutries-cnn you Imagine II 81
he has an angel. aud suppose money b.
: 20 object" u
This angel. then. has cut out fine II
imc Tor his bank account. ard he'll b
ever get back 20 heaven once be- gets ~
anglcd ap Ia foreign red tape Every IL
argc city 10 Italy and Germany han M
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