Arizona republican., 1909-02-22
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office window: There's a kick against this show firm Morality. Come out an stand up fr it?' Oh, ye want me now, do ye?' says Art It's tn first time I've been cast this year.
 How much money is there in tn house? Two thousand dollars? Let me at him." An in tn middle iv tn argymint Art looks over his shouldher an obsarves that a line is formin' fir tn advance sale. Dye know I have me suspicious whin [. see thim two fellows hooked up that they're both engaged be tn press agent. I'll bet ye ye cud get people to go an see Shakespeare acted if ye cud injooce tn clargy to denounce him as immoral. Poor old Bill! He done well ontil tn Church become his frind. Now, as he 'wud say him silf, there's none so poor as wud take a free pass to see him acted.
 Well, annyhow, it don't make much diff'rence to me. I am willin' to have tn stage made dacint or I'm willing to have it go on as it is in tn sarvice iv Art because I niver go to tn theaytre if I can help it. on'y go whin Hogan takes me an thin 'tis very pleasant. Nawthin' cud be more agrable thin to be dragged away firm tn middle iv ye'er supper an out into tn bracing weather iv our exhilaratin' winter an hang to tn sthrap iv a sthreet car laden with pleasure lovers like ye'ersilf. We're goin' to tn most modhren playhouse in existence Inuan sVafn Gn a+ tn temple an afther bein' scrootiniz- ed be tn man at tn dure to make sure we got our tickets firm tn spiculator, we are conducted down runway be a young man who pushes a program into me stomach an pints to two seats that seem to be as far away as San Francisco with a large part iv tn population iv America between. These here devotees iv tn
 dhrama are settin' with their coats on their laps an their knees closely prassed again tn seats iv tn row in front. They greet me with an eX- pression iv great agony. How an l goin' to get in? says l. Tn me your I cud hurdle thim but if l thried it now I'd on'y land in tn lap iv that stout lady whose vilet eyes at this monyit denounce me as a murdhrer,' says l. Go on in,' says Hogan. I feel tn hot flush iv shame mantling me brow but I take tn plunge. A groan iv misery goes up firm tn row as tn ladies collect their hats, coats, fans, handkerchiefs, programmes an bottles iv smellin' salts in a large bundle an slowly rise an stand in a furyous row. Tn gintlemen back up against their new silk hats in tn commojous racks provided be a lib'ral manage ment undher tn chairs Tn space thus left between thim an tn backs iv tn people in front is meant fir me thriumphal enthry.
 How I got through I'll niver tell ye. The figure is suitable to a man iv dignified years an pursoots. Il have a recollection iv shrieks iv pain, muttered oaths, tn tearin an rendin' iv garments. Tn back but tons iv me coat become locked in a buckle belt. I tore mesilf loose with a superhuman effort, stepped on a hat an found mesilf at me seat, with a feather boa around me legs an me watch an chain hangin' on tn ear iv a man in front iv me. At last I was safe but I dared not look behind at the desOlation an room I had wrough. l soon recovered mesilf. I placed me overcoat on tn flure an tucked me new hat into | tn rack undhor tn seat. Onforch- | nitely I f'rgot to lower tn seat be- fure attemptin' to set in it. This in