New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

driver to hurry along; but he might well have
asked It - quit raining
I'm almost sorry" the boy manager said. that
we ,to1,rcI 10 give the matinee The receipts We're
only nine dollars and sixty cents, anyway.
oh Wlllic," the leading lady saId. why VIII YOU
keep forever bringing IN the question OF in"nel III
connection with our art; | hate money. 10 the
true artist the word money has np meaning -AT'
is all 90 me.
'Art was all to me- too. said Fogary the leading
man 'f f.r nearly SIX weeks when | was playing IN
East Lynne last season. Since then We got So |
don't ire, about art 50 long the meals regular
Clvtieand the Doc had seats in the front end of the
wagon, where it was dark nobody could see any
thing and | was between the souhrcttc ana the
property man. not saving much, but hearing 4't
about the theatrical business, as We sIl3NAcd along
through The mud, that kind OF killed OH the yeTi'8
Ia always had To be an actor
The s,uhrctte. or ingtnue, she called herself
was a delightful little lady; but she kept worrying
a good deal about what her mama would think II she
knew her child away of there III the woods 81
that time of night with her lungs exposed We
hadn any hight except a lantern l'3'cileI 10 l.IJ
dashboard, and the ram got worse as we SpLasHed
along Pretty soon somebody started a song about
it alW.ys being fair weather when good fellows got
toqether and the whole company joined IN; 50 IL
didn't seem 50 dismal although the rain was blowing
in through the open ends of the rig. making most 't
us about as wet if there hadn been any top On
the thing | noticed that the driver Joined IN the
singing with good deal of nthusIasn but generally
hitting only the high notes and | began TO have
suspicious that the Docs strategy was working
TT must have been somewhere around eight o'clock
and we'd got about halfway to Rymer1burg, when
| felt suddenly If the earth was dropping from
under us The next thing knew was on my back
with the ing6nue trying get of her heels in my
mouth The driver had run over high bank, and the
wagon was bottom side up IN 4 deep raVlne he
were screaming, and most OF the men were
using language that neither hopeful nor elegant
but | could still hear the driver singing. II sh
awaysh fair Wcashcr when good fclcrSh get geshcr
and it seemed to that he showed mighty
poor taste But there wasn't any doubt OF our
being together, as far rs that was concerned StI,
the weather might have been improved good deal
without amounting to much. 1t struck me after | d
Cravlei out on my hands and knees through about
foot of water that the Doc had ovcrworkcd the
strategy department; but that time to bother
about fine points or to worry over teChnlc.
It's curious how many legs a few people seem to
have IN a mix-up of that kind. The lantern had
gone out; but as | looked back into the long dark
place d crawed out of II seemed to to be full of
except down. Suddenly the thought came to me
that Clyte in there, and forgot my own trout
bles | rushed back to rescue her. The first leg
got hold of was Angel Wlie's, and flung him into
puddle, where he sat and complained bitterly Then
/ got the ngenue loose and as | was putting her
down Fogarty came out with the leading lady had
started back find Clytie when heard the Doc say,
"ZaChariah," and, looking up, what did | see but
him and Miss Trelawney standing at the edge of the
road where we'd rolled over
Are you injured Zacharah? he asked
| told him | didn't think | was, and inquired how
he and Clytie had escaped.
1T has been my good fortune. he said, to rescue
my dear child from what might have been terrible
fate. Can | be of any assistance down there!
pY that time everybody had got out, and we
- found that no one was killed, although the leading
lady had a spraned ankle and seemed to think 1t
was all Angel Wille's fault. The horses were
browsing not far away, and the driver was leaning
against tree singing, Itsh alwaysh fair weasher
1t clear case that the song had made MT with
him. The property man wanted to stTalghten
things out by whipping the fellow who had got us
trouble. FOPartV thought 4