The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-12-08

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sage. with an uncarpeted and still mar
rover stairway leading steeply up to
regions above; also there was strong
may, overdeveloped-smell OF dinner
which could be all too easily divided
into its component parts--corned beef
and cabbage. with perhaps body
guard of onions.
"One more flight for you" explained
Jacobus. sThey aint got too much
accommodation hera and Miss de
LisIe. me and my wits and the other
ladies are on this door. gentlemen
above. Here you are" and WITH !
light knock. which was notification.
not request he flung the door open.
On a narrow bed visible from the
threshold a young man, hardly more
than boy. was stretched reading
something that looked like manuscript.
He glanced round. but did not move
on seeing Mr.. Jacobus and stranger.
Il thought you said this was my
room" exclaimed Loveland, startled.
$50 it is. and there's your roommate
Didn't know whether you'd be in. Ed.
I can introduce you to each other
right now. Mr.. Ed Binney. our prop
erty man, prompter and second vii
lain--Mr. Perceval Gordon Of England.
our new juvenile. Now you know
each other. and / guess. Eddy, you
can put Mr.. Gordon up to all he needs
to know"
eye Just missed being handsome. In
clined TO be truculent.
Loyeland had intended to take q
chair next his roommate, but Miss
Moon made a place for him between
herself and Buddha-smiling Bob. As
everybody except Jack Jacobus and
the Winters talked and joked contin-
ually, II was surprising how fast they
ate. Nearly every one drank large cup
fuls Of milky coffee with their dinner,
and twenty minutes after beginning
the meal all had finished with the ex.
ception OF Loveland, who was not &C
customed to giving his food such short
shrift. He rose with the others, how
ever, and a few moments later the
company was struggling in process
sion to the theater.
hotels throw in fires free" he explain
ed. II can see that you've stepped
down In the world a bit, too, 50 we
ought to have a fellow feeling for
each other"
While Loveland made himself pre-
sentable for the early dinner Ed Bin
ney went on TO sketch the members
Of the crowd" though in a manner
very different from the managers sar-
castle descriptive efforts. He said
that Jacobus was tyraRt and bully.
but that be could act; that every one
except Miss Moon was afraid Of -.
j." and she wouldn't be afraid Of an
Indian chief on the warpath; that
Miss de Isle didn't dare say her soul
was her own or that black was black
II old Jack remarked that II wasn't:
that Jacobus had done a very good
thing for himself in getting hold Of
Lille as a star, although she had no
money. for -sbea'was.oa peach, a
live wire. Just the sort Of little gal to
be a ego" at towns like this. Folks
are wild about her. She's as pretty
and as dainty as they make 'em, a
whole haystack above what they gen.
orally see In these barns.- went on Ed.
But she needs managing. and. gee.
Jack and bis wife do manage her.
But the old girls jealous. I don't
know bow long the show win last, for
II she says stop Jack stops. you bet.
He's as scared Of her as everybody
else Il OF him. She runs tbe shebang.
and there's two Of her sons by her
first husband in II. They can't act.
and they can't look; but, by gum.
they're good TO their mother"
Into the midst Of his discourse
crashed ferocious dinner bell. and in
sheer self defense they rushed down.
stairs in the hope Of stopping the
ciamor By their presence.