Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17
A DIFFERENT ENDING.

presence of feminine culture.
He walked boldly up the garden path
and raped at the door. After while
a girl of some % years came out to him
Have you-that is, do you happen 70
have such thing as-I mean, I wonder
if you'd be so good as to" he STAN
mered incoherently. But it really
doesn't matter, | assure you. Good day.
He turned away, the girl staring after
him in wide-eyed astonishment She
was still standing at the door when he
reached the gate. And then it occurred
to him that she had a most kind face
and that he was really extremely hun
CRY. He turned and went back to the
door.
"The fact is,' he remarked awkward
ly, I'm most fearfully hungry, and
and | haven't penny in the world"
A well-laden plate was put before him
and he gave his whole attention to it,
for it was many hours since food had
passed his lips. But at length his hun
ger was satisfied, and TrafTord, pushing
aside his plate, gazed round him pleas
antly.
Il would like to make some sort of
return for your Kindness" he said, "but
unhappily I'm rather a worthless fell
low. l would offer to do your garden
up for you, but / do not even know the
rudiments of digging. Indeed, fear all
that l can do is to offer to recite to you.
| My repertoire is limited-will you have
Hamlet's soliloquy or Shylock's speech 2"
The two women looked at him in
speechless surprise. He smiled back at
them pleasantly.
/ ST know what vp,t ara crpiuu In
Why am / on the tramp? I'll tell you
l am, by profession ar actor"
IAN actor!" repeated the younger girl
with interest
THAT is what | claim to be- The
statement has, I believe been contra
dicted by some. Well, | was ON tour in
Yorkshire with company Not an am
| bilious cOmpany-we We're mostly APP
pearing in corn exchanges and Odd Eel
lows halls. We did badly. How badly
we hardly realized till our manager left
us stranded some days ago"
"And now | have to thank you and
be getting or" he added 'Unless you
care to hear those recitations of mine ?
Or if there is anything else could dor"
"Pve written a play" said the girl
suddenly, and flushed red
|
couragingly.
Il wonder if you'd read it, and-and
tell me what you think Of it?"
Only too pleased" he agreed
She opened an escritoire and took
from it sheaf of papers.
The Parting" read Trafford "'A
comedy in three acts, by You've
put no name to it," he remarked.
1 J,g+
name Mary Granton-to it, for certain
reasons. | thought of adopting the pen
name of Richard Vaughan-Vaughan is
my mothers maiden name. I'll fill it
in now" she said, and, taking pen and
ink, wrote in Richard Vaughan"
1t was the story of lover who had
he had returned to find his ladv-love's
arms outstretched iii welcome and for.
giveness.
us it's it a true stOry?" he asked.
THE first two acts are true" she said
"The third act is not He-he didn't
come back really"
Aren't you afraid ] might steal it?"
asked Tratford.
y trust YOU" she said, and after that
Traiford smiled.
y
long stroll to London"
And so it came about that Trafford
arrived in London that night with the
manuscript of a comedy under mis- arm.
Slngsby of the Union theater accept ,
ed it at last. Wearied by Trafrord's i'm
portunity, he at length consented to
read the play which had been living for
some weeks in his Office and decided to
produce it as soon as possible
And so Trafford made his second an
pearance in Fanshawe in vastly greater
state than when, pennless and unsborn.
he had first trudged into it. Slingsbv
took him down in his motor ear. and TO-
gether he and Slingsby entered Miss
I Grauton's home,
? And so contract was drawn up and
signed, and then they fell to the discus
= sion of lesser details
, And who is te play Garsideg asked
Mary Granton presently.
The hero? Oh, Tratford here" said
Slmgsby.
Hell play the lover very nicely" said
Miss Granton and Redeemed. SIingsbv
laughed hcartily--he thought he under-
stood the position of affairs.
AT last the night came when eThe
Parting" by Richard Vaughan. was put
to the test Of public appreciation. And
: the play had gripped the audience with
its naturalnoss. 1t seemed SO real
The Parting settled down into n
solid success. Mary Granton came 10
see most performances of it; there were
people. though. who said she came loss
to see the play than the hero.
Then there came a night when Traf-
ford'S dresser met him at the closa Of
the performance with card.
Gentleman to see YOU. sir" said tba
dresser,
Tratford looked at the card. "Har-
court Baync," he read, but il conveyed
nothing to him.