New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-07
THE WINSOME WIZARD
By S. E. Kiser
CHAPTER vi.
Drawings by Irma DersmeauX

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w in the damp little parl0r of the hotel
trying to figure out what going to be the
best thing for us to do. the Monte tr1Sto Com
panY came in. | asked Angel Willie how long
he and his company expected TO be in town.
and he got excited and shook his fists under
my nose, telling me | had been guilty OF un-
professional conduct and naming lot OF dis
agreeable things that he intended to do to me
Fogarty the leading juvenile and Richards the
property man were there to brace HIM up, or
don't believe he would have been SO talkatIve.
When | could get chance to say word Tor
myself. | told him | dIdn see why he thought
| had been to blame and | even limited that
if there were any victims of unprotessIOnal
conduct around those parts | ought to have
a place up near the head of the list.
You are the manager OF that wizard, am I
you2" says Willie
| didn't know of any reason why the man
aqer Of a wizard should be ashamed of his job.
50 | confessed that | had been conducting the
Docs tour
Without saying any more, Willie made
pass at me, while Fogarty and the property
man began closing in on the night and lett
hankS. If anyone of them had come to ME
alone | think | could have put him out OF
business quicker than the market turns against
a bank cashier when he speculates with other
people money, but there was no hight Miss
Maxwell the leading lady, got in front of me.
and told Willie that she would leave his COM
pany and him then and there II anybody
struck a blow.
60 was given a chance to explain matters,
and the Monte Cristo Company and | soon
had friendly relations established between us.
Angel Willie even limited that he might give
me place in the troupe II could show any
ability as an actor.
1t Is my intention he said. to elevate
the stage. | have dedicated my HE to art, and
have also secured the sole rights of a play
that's q hummer The name of 1t IS The
Princess Dairymaid. Talk about plots! The
author of this play has Shakespeare and Clyde
Fitch both skinned A Princess IS stolen when
She a baby, and a farmers child Is put IN her
place. The Princess grows up IN the country
and becomes daiTymaid. not knowing that
royal blood flows IN her veins. Miss Maxwell
VIII play the part Of the Princess, and | intend
to have a real COW on the stage. to be MIXED
IN full view of the audience How does that
strike you for a neat bit of realistic business
told him IL was great idea, and he seemed
to be glad thought So
The lines are very poetic. he SAID. and
there Is chance for q great bdrny8Td scene
where the Prince who Is to marry the girl he
thinks IS the Princess comes in with his gorgeous
retinue and finds the real Princess milking the
spotted COW and singing a song that brings
tears to his eyes He falls III love with her
to the throne for her It's one Of the touching
est things you can imagine.
THE company happened t. have a couple of
open dates dnedu. ana II was DECIDED Jldl
they'd have rehearsal Of the play the next
afternoon | didn't know where TO find the
Doc and Clytie, 50 | thought l might as well
stay over and see how things went Miss Max
well was able to get around fairly well again
on her lame ankle, and when the time came
for beginning the rehearsal Willie had Dor
rowed cow, and everything was ready for
first class performance. except that | had u
read my lines | was o. play the part of the
court physician who recognized the real Pru-
cess by a strawberry mark on her shoulder
Miss GOlile Fcnnlmorr the ingtnue was cast
for the part of the bogus Princess. and she
seemed to take q friendly interest IN me. She
w, = we'll Llilt Ettl. I1iN md told me thu.