The Red Cloud chief., 1913-12-11
NOT In THE PLAY
Actor Found MartTdom to
Which He Resigned In
Sanity Manner.
ey MRS. GENERAL PICKETT.

Sanity Manner.
: ey MRs. GENERAL PICKETT.
was growing stout Ny useful.
ness In life 10 limited to being wound.
cd In battle every night In . war
drama and rescued by the hero who
dashes past on horseback and bends
down at full gallop to lift me from
the ground In his strong left arm. his
right dangling helplessly In . sling.
and rides triumphantly OF the neld
with me.
by the Lord Harry" said the hero
one night when he had dropped me
after We had achieved our exit. II
you gain another sixteenth Of an
ounce the company will be wrecked"
The prospect threw me into state
Of extra blueness. which ought to have
relieved me Of many pounds. While !
was in this state Of woful. II prosper.
Gus looking. uncertainty, I recovered
consciousness one evening in the sec.
ond act on the hospital cot, where the
hero was In the habi. Of depositing
me after my rescue, and saw q new
face bending over me with an expires.
sion which must have looked very
sympathetic from the front. Hereto
fore I had been accustomed to open.
ing my eyes upon q shock-headed boy
with q pug nose and habit Of jab-
bing me on the forehead when he
ought to have smoothed my pillow af.
fectionately.
Where am l?"I said in the lines Of
the play. feebly. but with due refer
ence to the pit and gallery. Then In
IN undertone-"you are an angel.
Tell me who YOU are and how you
came"
You are safe, rescued by the hero
ism Of your noble captain" she re-
piled for the Information OF the
audience. To me privately-"Don't be
q goose and spodl the play"
watched her al she performed the
duties which the playwright had pre-.
scribed as necessary to my restora'
tion to active service in my country's
cause, my heart sinking as realized
that 1t was all for the entertainment
of the soulless public. Whea her blue
eyes we're turned upon my face In ten
der solicitude. I fell into deep depres-
sion, rejecting that 1t was only In &C
cordance with explicit stage direc-
tions. 1t was not long before the state
of my mind began to prey upon me to
an alarming extent.
by me halidom!" exclaimed the
hero-not that the hero knew what
his halidom was any more than ] did.
He had been reading historic novels of
the middle period with view to dis
covering q character worthy Of his
histrionic ability-"me worthy squire.
thou art becoming lean and hungry
Cass.us! .Gadzooks! l could circle
the tower with thoe by the strength
Of my good night arm!"
After time Lois told me her soI-
rowful little story.
III people had not fancied that ]
was pretty It might not have happen.
ed" she said despairingly. why did
they ever think so?"
Il suppose, because they are not
blind"
Don't be stupid in real life. Its
bad enough on the stage. l didn't mind
1t as long as 1t was only papa and the
aunts and uncles who thought 80
Your own people have a right to
think anything they want about you
But when Mr.. ,Bracebrook took tC
thinking so. 1t was more than could
stand"
"Who Is Mr.. Bracebrook?'
"Oh, he Is IA mana rich man.
III ! were a girl would rather a
rich man would think me pretty thar
q poor one." said with sinking Of
the heart as ] reflected how insight
cant would be the value of my opinion
Of any girls beauty.
You never were q girl You donl
know anything about 1t. Mr.. Brace
brook is sixty.seven years old"
There Is no law either In nature OF
courts of state that requires q mar
to lose his sight at sixty.seven."
mo, but ! am-seyenteen."
Adorable age!"
And be wanted to marry me and
that II AL. except that papa wanted
him to and that Vas the wors,
of all"
,Aoh. 20 you ran avay and came
hersf
Papa and your manager are old
friends. Onee when we waee rehears
Ing for . charity play the manager
came and watched 10 and gave u
pointers. He told me that Y ever
shonld want to 80 on the stage in real
earnest ] must come to him. thought
than that ] nsvSr should. bat ] Teek
.oned without Ar. Bracebsook"
However veil Adaptsd might hsva
become 70 my minof part the play VA
bound - como 70 An end with the pub
jio Plays ars IKE human lives: they
sse BON. they tive their little Aasm
they d.. and new enss take thsiI
plAoas.
Than ~ brought ost that NTH