Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23

the money Of workman is as good as anybodys else
and Scanne was very quiet the bouncer sauntered
on.
With grand orchestral flourish the curtain rose and
Annie swan out in sea of red Her fluffy gauze skirts
red her stockings and slippers were red; the
gune scheme broken only by the dazzling white OF
her bare and shoulders and the fire that flashed
from her eyes What grace, what beauty, what dainti
ness! And all girishly sweet No wonder tighten
ing through the great crowd its smother of smoke
and rnellsall blind the ptifu little droop of
happiness at the corners of the rosy mouth.
Her dainty toe tapped till the orchestra found the
time and then Annie loaed into a dreamy dance which
made the crowd breathe deep and wish for more eyes to
with.
Joe Scanne, white a ghost, lurched to his feet
and looked the vast crowd packed at tables
ering the floor between him and the stage Annie did
him. the spotlight had blinded her to the people
in the audience. Then her butterfly life drfted among
the flowers of the music and lights in exquisite uncon-
scious abandon
IN the of the Stiffness Scanne threw off his
cap cutched his tousled head between his hands and
called in ringing voice that turned all faces toward him:
"innic."
She stopped short picked out his towering figure.
started stood moment quvering in terror and then
with a threw her wildly and sank in a soft
crunple the stage.
There moment of disnayed inactivity. Before
it could pass, Scannc plunging toward the stage,
nging people aside like Straws, overturnng tables and
chairs that stood in his way and hter1ng the floor with
smashed glass. a roared command from the
stop him. Stop him! He'll kill herr The bouncer
had found his voice and believing the warning,
drawing his club, he powed through the Scranbllng
mass after Scanncl.
Hill take i'm Sir you follow the lad said the little
man to NIcGrath, and began leapng the tables as
lightly a monkey
McGrath hesitated in establishment at
Jimmy audacitv, and he did not move till he saw the
spring that landed Jimmy the mans back with an
embracing grip of and legs that sent the helpless
man staggering and roaring like wounded buffalo
Then Mc(rath lunged through the panic stricken mob
for the platform
By this time Scannell had his way through the
orchestra and bounded upon the stage. There he
dropped to his knees, and with Annie held as
lightly and tendery in his as though she were
baby. All unconscious of the roar and surge on the
vast floor before him, he held her close, pressed his
cheek to hers, and eagerly called
"Annel Annie dear! It's Joel"
Mc(irath sprang up beside him, cast swift uneasy
glance swirling of riot in the middle of the
floor, where buffalo and a monkey in deadly lock
believing and squeaking duo, and seized Scan
Bring her to the dressing room!" he shouted in
Scannels
The Young man turned startled look of recognition
on him. Mc(rath was already pushing him off the
stage and in a moment had Annie lying couch in
the wings She opened her starry blue eyes on Scan
ne wretched face as he knclt beside her and held one
of her cold hands pressed to his lips.
"Anne! all he could say through his choke; but
she understood.
She was beginning to rise in the joyous life of
opening rosebud, when there bounded in little man
with clothes and queer face scratches that looked
like wrinkles.
Safe SIR he gasped to NlcGrath, after compre-
hending glance at the group.
"Yes. Now YOU fly before that brass buttoned scow
you down. and he thrust Jimmy toward the stage
door.
ooh my heye!" cried Jimmy in fight.
Annie took Scannells face between her palms as she
sat up the couch, and gazed wonderngly into his
ovelit eyes "Oh Joe she breathed. "you frightened
me so! | thought Oh, you don't know how lonely
and unhappy I've been, and how l hate this work.
You'll never leave again, will your
His tongue useless but he had capable arms
and weren't Annie lips made just for kisses?