Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-19
By CHARLES TENNEY JACKSON
CHAPTER XIV
Fighting Blood.

The last week Of June Mr.. Curran
received this telegram:
Busted at Broken Bow. Hen"
He showed it to Aunt Abby, and
Uncle Mich, who came around every
week with letter from Aurelie for
Mr.. Curran to read.
Mr.. Curran sighed. Broken Bow is
a jerkwater station out in the short
grass country. Western Nebraska.
Pretty tough. / been there- was
busted, also"
81 hope" said Aunt Abby, that the
child hasn't been compelled to have
anything else cut out, even If 1t Is
busted"
Mr.. Curran explained that this was
merely the theatrical company. Then
they put the telegram away behind the
clock where all Of Aurelie's letters and
press notices were kept. The next week
came Aurelie's explanation. The Beau
ty Winner company was stranded. All
that expensive scenery and the reor-
ganized troupe had gone for nothing
Business was very poor, Hen McFet-
ridge explained. and the actors were
ciamoring for their salaries. All ex-
cept Aurelie who received hers every
week and sent most Of 1t home. Aure-
lie intimated that the twins were get
ting hard up. She heard frequent dis
cussions of oil and Verde copper stock
and other matters extraneous to art.
And the following week Mr.. Curran, In
Earlville to see some Of his political
confreres, was surprised to see Morris
Feldman in front Of his ten-and-twen-
ty cent Main street vaudeville and
moving picture house.
Morris rolled his calf eyes compia-
Gently. Those two big blobs from Tr-
lare, California, Mr.. Curran, what
they don't know about the show busi-
ness is much, believe me. They done
some fierce things. Why, up In Boze-
man, Montana, Mr.. Curran, those two
big ginks from Tulare. California, they
leased the hotel and turned everybody
out just because Miss Lindstrom she
didn't like the room she had! Can you
beat It? Nobody in that hotel except
our bunch of old hams. Say, and Hen
and Ben hired chef in Denver what
stuck ,em for three hundred a month
TO 60 along and cook for the troupe be-
cause Miss Lindstrom didn't like
breakfast she got one morning. And
that old bunch of hams we had playin'
some Of them troupers hadn't had
square meal since eighty-one. Why,
Hen and Ben blew in more money on
cabs some days than we could play 10
in a week. And they plunged on oil
and played poker. and nobody got any
salaries; and then they let me out
They let Hanbury manage the back OF
the house after that; and believe me,
anything Hanbury manages is frazzied
before it starts"
well, whatll the company do now
said Mr.. Curran.
Walk" commented Mr.. Feldman.
And the twins?"
Back to Tulare. OIL"
And Miss Lindstrom?"
Mr.. Feldman turned a limpid eye on
Mr.. Curran. Miss Lindstrom, she'll
make good II she ever shakes that crazy
bunch. I said. Little girl, you get
the clothes and go to New York. You
got the stuff in you and you look the
part"
Actually" Mr.. Curran stared.
Believe me. What broke up the
show was the twins got stuck on her.
"What?"
"Dippy. Hen and Ben laid awake
nights thinking how to put 1t over
each other. Flowers, cabs, candies
every girl in the bunch was in on 1t
too. Aurelie Lindstrom ran that whole
show and the twins paid the bills. Their
we blew up out in Nebraska. When
left. them ham actors was trying tc
walk out Of the hotel wearing two
suits of clothes apiece and leaving
their trunks behind; and Hen and Ber
were buying drinks for some rube anc
trying to sell him oil stock"
Mr.. Curran was worried. He askee
Aunt Abby if he should not send Au'
relic some money to come home on
But he didn't have any. Then another
letter came. Aurelie was playing
summer stock" in Denver. Miss Nor
man and me, but I'm not leading lady
any more. I'm doing ingenue bits
Leading lady with Hen and Ben arount
was pretty bad. They were so foolish
And it was such noisy play, for th'
farther west we got, the more shooting
Mr.. Hanbury insisted on putting in
The big situation always gave me
headache"
Land" murmured Aunt Abby, "
thought she had that cut out?"
But, Mr.. Curran," ran on Aureliei
letter, don't you and Uncle Mich wor
ry about me. I'm working hard ant
everybody seems to like me. The 1u
venile play against is good-looking-
quite distinguished. But everybod!
borrows my money. I'm awful sorr.
for Hen and Bentley were broK
completely. Hen came to me and said
Little girl, we aren't sorry for a cen
we ever blew in on you. If you don
want to marry us, you don't have TO
So they went back to Tulare to nun
more cow tracks. and If they hnd o.
again they're going to make me Dig
ger actress than Mrs Fiske. Yes, 81
you see! Why, just cried when tn
twins went west-busted. They wer
grand good fellows after all!
"P. S. I'm going to send Uncle Mic
some more money next payday to pa
on the cork leg. And, Uncle Mich'
saw a mountain. Just like you sal
when we came up river to occupy Tn
land. Only such teeny mountain wa
off-like a baby's toe sticking out OF
blue coverlet! Lots of love.
Aurelie."
Done never forget Uncle Mich!
cried that old rebel humping his peg
leg joyously on the wood-box. Ana
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