The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-08-14

studied. We'll, that kid, God bless
her! Nothing ever hit me so hard.
wish they'd understand!
But to save Mr. Curran he couldn
made out what he wanted any one "a
understand lie was in some Devil
derlng struggle, he told himself-and
could not understand himself
lie stood across mis- desk from the
imperturbable young man. How Har-
Ian had grown these years! HIS
mans bulk and dignity, his outgiying
OF mower and personality. Wiley had
enyied II, even with his great hurt
love for the boy. II was curious how
,hings come TO one man without price
for which another struggles lifelong
I'm vain. He tried now to come back
10 the dear familiar ground with har-
Ian, and Harlan would not have 1t.
The Younger man was unfolding ;
paper from his pocket. And sudden
lv a fear shot through Curran that IL
had TO do with that hushed story OF
I.adeaus. They had kept II well
quiet. vet it haunted his counsels.
But Harlan, his voice cocl, tense
spoke OF another matter
Wiley, did you see this from the
Chicago papers?
Wiley took the review OF last
weeks opening of The Girl and the
Burglar" He stihed a shout OF
amazement. The woman who had
been doing the leading comedy bust
ness had been taken i'll the first
night, and a girl from the chorus,
who had understudied the part had
played her role Aurelie!
Saved the first night" gasped Mr..
Curran. And I've been on the road
and never heard word of it."
The grim young man silently eX-
tended other clippings. The review
ers were surprised, felicitous, CohaL
4 Snitz had got by with musical
comedy that had been on its last legs
until the Chicago opening. And a
rev face--a girl with funny per-
sonalty had pulled ii through, A
girl who sang asd laughed with a
happy audacity A refreshing person
who had no ingenue tricks, no foot
light mannerisms-nU except
laughter and ignorance Of convention
The reviewers suddenly recalled that
this was the newspaper beauty-con-
test winner of--lets see? Was it
two years ago? No one cared. Only
TO that fact Cohan & Smiths public
ity bureau seized as only a drowning
Hebrew manager can seize on a
drowning forty-thousand dollar show
They nune II broadside: they scream
ed il on every fence. The star roared
on rnSf0nnd II IifI hnr glnrU
Cohan q Snitz would have defed their
Office boy If he could have saved The
Girl and The Burglar" and here an
unknown western girl of their chorus
had all the press with her, and all
the public by some happy go'iucky
verye.
Mr.. Curran ''id down those clip
pings and " his eyes. Where
have | been? he gasped again
Asleep"
Read on, demanded Harlan.
Aurelie had been interviewed by
the Times She said she was from
Rome, Iowa, but adored a bull-pup
and lobster Newburgh. She was in
terviewed for the Telegraph-Sun
day. tirst-page, supplementary, spe-
cially posed photos and a sketch by
Max and said she liked all the
Johnnies and used their notes to
stuff a pillow for the bull-pup. Next
day declared the veracious publicity
bureau, she received eight pups from
eight millionaires and fifty mash
notes.
Wiley laid down the clippings once
more. The dear kid" he murmured.
Eight million pups and eight mil
lion millionaires-Id not care" He
looked up TO meet Harlan's eyes And
two months ago she was living in
New York-cooking oatmeal over a
gas-jet! She's a humdinger."
Humdiagers are not in the Van
Hart genealogy. In zap. Ebenezer
Van Hart married Agatha Ann Bun
ker. indentured servant The Mrs
Van Harris of today never read the
paragraph on page twenty-eight about
Agatha Ann, one-time humdinger
Harlan broke out wrathfully vii
ey, You rejoice AT it,"
Il reckon, The dear kid-let her
go on just joyously, All she's done!
The money she's sent back to Lind
strom's TO pull EN- all through. And
now she's got Uncle Mich's patent
leg paid for-at last. And Uncle
Mich sent Peter in to ask me to come
out. A regular party to christen
Mich's leg-that's what Aurelie said
we must have-with flowers and
laughter and everybody happy"
Young Mr. Van Hart arose. Ii was
no use 10 quarrel with Wiley when
his eyes were shining so, No use to
remind him of congress. No use to
charge him with making fool Of
himself
But Harlan shouted from the door
"Aurelie-you got her into this. And
You ought to know how girls get on
in these music shows--the only way,
No he shouted on passionately--
you don't love her-it's joke"
The editor stood up and wiped his
glasses and looked after Harlan's re-
treating figure. Love herr Con
found the boy" He knocked his pipe
out on the desk edge. 'ffey-O, II
was twenty-one--" he sighed. But
when was twenty.one there was
Janet, ard | went out to see the
tinsel world" he sighed again. And
now Aurese and her tinsel show! Yet
] reckon I'm glad | am what I am"
After supper he went up the bluff
road Along this trail she had come
flying TO him in her despair. Above
were the hills In whose autumn glory
she had robed her loneliness There
the bleak field about the f.indstron,