Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

| stormed, but ii was no use. He was
under convoy of the pug when he appear
ed at the stage door i'm good time TO dress
for the Monday night show.
| And. to bite this a little. he was
under the guidance of the pug. and mea-
| surably sober. in time to bedike himself
for every performance during the bal
! ance of the week.
But he was very ugly and gave up the
glare every time he passed me- None OF
which hurt any. He turned I'D for fhe
"wednesday matinee with both of his
| lamps wearing the habiiiments OF woe
He had bucked over the continuous pro-
| pinquity of the pug. and the pug instead
or arguing the matter out, had staked
him TO the pair of artistic sinners, which,
OF course, were concealed on the stage
all right by the makeup. During the
week the actor person made innumerable
efforts to duck the pug: but he never
! made any of these efforts stick until Sat-
| urday night.
"'I'll spank youse on de ankle IL youse
tries any o dat crafty stun Wit me- the
pug would say to the ham when the
actor man would get tearing mad and try
TO look fierce and ferocious: and then the
ham would grind the top dressing off his
teeth and rend his hirsute
During the progress of the Saturdav
night show there was a foxy look in the
leading mans eyes. but l didn't mind
that j figured that his work vas ton
coarse 10 enable him to get away from
his custodian. But il wasn't. He did
get away He did a hurry stunt i'm get
ting into his street togs when the cur
tain fell on the last act, and i'm the con-
fusion of packing he made a sneak over
the stage and out to the street through
the front of the house, while the pug
was guarding the stage entrance.
II was the first to get next to his alb
sence, and when I told the pug Of it,
with the added observation that he was
about dished out OF that conditional hun
dred. the mixed-alcr's red eyes spat
sparks. He shook himself together like a
dog on the beach after a swim.
Me git oiled out q me century. hey?
said he. Say, bo. dat's nix. tsee-nix,
4ouse go Oh down { de depo' wit youse
people. and I'll have de babe along I'm
time FIR de vanished roller il 1 have
Il make toot-picks Of him..
Then he damned off al a lope. didn't
have much hope that he'd get my missing
ham, for a Souse in the middle of one
of those rum fights can make a fox look
a punk peso when it comes to that cum
ming number. ] went down to the sta
ton with the rest or the company, and
when we got there the train was due to
start in a quarter OF an hour. There
was no sign of my leading ham ..r the
pug, and right then decided tat II
was all off and began mentally ~ rear
range my cast.
Myself and the men Of the company
stood at the entrance to the station
:"
turn up, until within five minutes OF train
time. We were just turning around 10
hustle in and board the train. when there
was a ki-yi and a whoop-la down the
street. and cabs and baggage trucks hur-
riedly pulled out of the way. We saw
that ii was cab in full career. The
horse tackled on to the cab was b.eezing
along at a forty-f1at gait, and the roller
was alongside the curb within four Sec
onds after we'd seen all that excitement
way up the street.
THE pug got out first he yanIed my
leading ham out by what was lef. of the
latters coat. That play-actor sure was
a sight. He looked like a Thespla. IN
sections There weren't five whole square
inches of raiment on him..
He pulled and tugged TO get out Of the
grasp of the pug. gal.
+" 'Lemme looser he yelled at my .ow.
brow. Lego me" .--
:" Not on youse golden ,weddin', po,'
calmly replied the pug, till I cashes you
i'm
Then I hurriedly slipped the pug the
hundred. got my man on board the train
and Strengthened him out for the rest OF
the tour through the south" c. L. c.