Evening star., 1909-02-28

soul? If you don't keep quiet, III have you
put out of the house,"
:. The lady who owned the watch began to cry
then, and that made the audience sympathize
with her.
why don't YOU hand back her watch!"
several people called out, and Others made re-
marks that were not complimentary to the Doc.
Shut up, you SavageS, you monkeys! he
yelled. "She II get her watch as soon as have
time to conjure it back from the whitherness
of the beyond"
THERE was temporary lull; but anyone
could see that the play wasn't taking half
so we'll as it had gone at the start; and Angel
Willie, when the Doc came back of the scenes
for a few minutes, suggested that we get the
husband of the watch owner to come back at
the end of the act, so that we could Tx up some
kind of a settlement with him. But the DOC
leg hurt him good deal, and he was sore be-
cause his rendering of the sohloquy had been
spoiled; so he remarked that he wasn't going
to give up any money If 1t could be avoided
and he thought it could. Long before the act
ended the people got to asking insulting. ques-
tions about the automobile we were going to
give away and that, together with more de-
mands for the return of the watch, made 1t al
most impossible for the actors to make any
headway.
Angel Willie and the rest of us were worried
a good deal about the automobile, too. The
Doc had refused from the first to let us know
what his plan was, merely saying when we
asked him about it that the automobile would
be there all right when the time came. We
were all pretty nervous when the curtain went
down at the end of the second act. Everybody
was yelling or stamping on the floor and
didn't like the looks of things little bit.
THE Doc scribbled numbers on a lot of little
pieces of paper, put them IN his plug nat
and then went out before the curtain. There
was wild whoop as he appeared, and he held
out both hands in appeal for silence.
Ladies and gents, friends and fellow citi-
zens," he said when they quieted down., we
are now going to have the drawing, and will
ask some boy to step up on the stage and be
blndfolded. But before we proceed further,
l have little advice to give to the holder of
the lucky number. l hope he will not break
any of the speed regulations with his automo-
bile, and l will further caution him to be care
full not to run over any old people or children
or other livestock. There is also another con-
dition that l must ask him or her who holds
the winning number to observe. After the
ticket has been drawn the winner Will come
around to the stage door and receive his or her
property: but he she, as the case may be-
to quote the words of the poet, is not to ex-
hibit the automobile until this performance is
ended. Come up, my little man. he said, turn
ing to the boy who was waiting to climb on the
stage, "and we shall let you select number.
After he had tied handkerchief over the
boys eyes, the Doc picked up his hat and said,
Now dip in and take one ticket
The boy did so, and handed the slip OF paper
to the wizard, who looked at it and said:
lone hundred and thirty-three wins the auto
mobile"
Wheel" howled man in the gallery. i've
got it'll"
Without waiting to be invited. he rushed
down stairs and came around to the stage en-
trance. When he got there, the Doc was wait
ing for him with the package l had seen him
buying in the afternoon.
Here's your property" said the wizard
" Remember that you are not to show 1t to any
body till after the performance.
The man was big, dark looking pottery
worker, and he ripped off the paper as soon as
the package was put in his hands. He had a
toy automobile that must have cost seventy
five or eighty cents, and l think he was mad
Without saying word, he rushed past the
Doc and the rest of us and got IN front of the
curtain.
Here it is!' he yelled, holding up his auto
mobile. Come on, boys!"
NOBODY had to tell me that the perform
~ ance was over. l caught Clytie by the
hand, and we made quick exit, getting out
side before anybody had time to head us off
There was dark lanc back of the Opera House,
and we ran through it to the first cross street.
which happened to lead straight to the hotel
where we were staying. When we got there
told Clytie to go to her room, for knew that
the mob would not follow her there, and then
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