The evening world., 1911-03-09

A". ~ W. HHIN '1f
seen the opera Khcst2'
The Inspector, BY means - a visor-
Gus shake OF the head. denied ever hav-
Ing seen the ghost In question.
Very vctr' satd N. Richard coefly.
Tho inspectors Oye- started out Of his
head. aa though o. AJAX Why no man
eser had uttered that ominous very
wtl,'
"Ucrluse I'm going to settle tire ac-
count % any one who has not s~en
him. explained TIE manager. AS he
sCeTs g. be ~cytry~Aere, ! can't have
people tcllins me ualt thcy see ham mo-
whore. | Ike people to work for ne
when I employ taem!'
Having sad thn. " Richard paid no
attention 90 TIC ~tnapector and discussed
vir.ous matters OF Jus ucss with hts
acting manager. who had entered the
room meanwhile. TIE M pector thought
be could 20 AMI vas gent!y-oh. so gen
tly-stding toward the door. when N.
HIehlri r1lloI zoe snan 10 Ihs noor With
a thunder.nS.
stay where you arel'
NJ Reny had sent for the box-keepsr
10 tho Rue de Provence. close 20 the
Opera, where she vas engaged - .
porteresB. She soon made her appear
ance.
whats your nameT"
Name CRY. You know me
fAARAB ~ HA 4 ~ ~ ost'@ sNNS
CRY, little Meg WHAT
Th,s was said IN 90 rough and solemn
a tone that. for a moment, II. Richard
was Impressed. TIE looked At Name
Glry In her faded shawl. her worn
shoes. her old tafreta dress and dinsy
bonnet. Il was quite evident from the
managers attitude that he either dh
not know or could not remember hav-
Ing met Name CRY. nor even little
I CRY. nor even little Meg''' But Name
, Glry's pride was 10 great that the cele-
bratcd boN-keeper imagined that every
body knew her.
Never heard of herr" the manager
declared. "Put that's no reason. Name
dry, why I shouldn't ask you
i happened last night to mako you ana
the inspector call in q municipal
: guard
: I was just wanting to eco you. sir.
q and talk 10 you about It, SO that you
mightn't have the came u~npleasantneys
as VI. Doblonne and NJ. Polisny. They
. wouldn't listen 20 me either at nrst."
I'm not asking you about all that.
o Tn asking what happened last night"
Name CRY turned purple with indy
nation. Never had she been spoken to
Ike that. She rose as though to 90,
gathering UP the folds Of her skirt and
70 waving the feathers OF her d,nsy bon
d. net With dignity. but, changing her
mind. she sat down again and said. In a
naughty voice:
III "iHl tell you what happened. The
ghost was annoyed agalnl"
Thereupon. as VI. Richard was on the
le point OF bursting out, NJ. Moncharmin
ne int ~rfered and conducted the inter-
rugatury, whence II appeared that
N dame CRY thought II quite naturai
~ that a voice should be heard to say that
= box was taken. when there was no
-, body in the box. Sho was unable "a
- eXp'aia this phenomenon. which was
~. not new 10 her. except by the interven-
80 ton OF the ghost. Nobody could see the
"a ghost In his box. but everybody could
a. believe her. for she always spoke the
or truth. They could ask NJ. Debierne and
NJ. POllcny. and anybody who knew
her; and also NJ. Isidors ss sck. who
in hal had a leg broken by the ghost!
"a "iudeed!' said Moncharmm. inter
as rupting her Did tho ghost break poor
ar Isidore Sacks legr"
rd Name CRY opened her eyes with as.
Is tCnt~hment at sai1h ignorance. How.
" ever, she consented to emil thus<
n two poor innoccnts. The thing had hap-
~ pened in NJ Deb!enne and NJ. PoMyny's
al time. also In Box Five and also Curing
q Performance OF Faust. Name Gary
n coughed. cleared her t,,r,at-tt eound~d
at aA though she were preparing TO sbns
~ NfN'N VI IN w
gan:
n 1T was IKE thas. sir. T'haH nishI. N
iy NGnierl and h&s lady. tho jewelers. tr
tn tho itue Mogador. we're s5ttinS IN tht
front box. with their great friend. M
EN- Tadore Sack, sitting behind NINE
a, Mpnicra. Mephsbopheics was stnsfnx'
Name Cary here burst into song Der.
self" Catarina- while you play u
sleeping and then NJ Msn3era hsarc
nd a voice IN his rsyht ear chis wife va
on his letO saying. 'Ha. hal jules
lie not playing at s~leeping'' Hse wife hap
pened TO he called JUNE. 50 N. Men1sr
ir. turns to TIE right 70 Geo who was TN.
ut Ing 20 hin Hike that. Nobody t7erel H
Mt ruhG his ear and asks himself U he,
dreaming Then MephLstorfhe,es went OF
with his sorenide. But perhaps
ey I'm boring YOU gontlenenT'
ne mo, no, go on"
you are too good. gentlemen" With
~ a smirk. We'll. then. Neph'stophele
az wont on with his serenade"-Mam
CRY. burst into song again" saint
ng u~ncloso the portals holy and accord An
NJ. BLISS, 90 "A mortal bending 10 WY, of
"a na-don-kiss.' And then NJ. Manner
NJ again hears the voice IN his right ear
rs saying. this time, 'Ha, hal JUL
.se n1u1lu't mind according a kiss e
X Irldorc" Then he turns round again
he Nlt. ,rfr time, 20 the left; and wha
m % YOU fr'uk ne sees7 Tsifore. who IA
II taken hts lpfy'q hand ana was coverinl
IN. a with Kisses trough the little rounl
a, p'1re ln the gllve--l'ke this, gentle
mem ortIr1usly kissing the bit o
OF PALM left hara IN the middle of he
read gloves. ''rhen they hai a livel
:, " time be- sgrn thom' Bang Bang' NJ
,, Nrr.erl. VINO was big and strong. Tx
you. ". Richard. gave two Bows q
I'm 80 rs#"r~ Sa1ck, who was suyaal an
n y.,k Ike VI N~Oncharnin, saving hi