The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-08-06
CHAPTER XIV.
Fighting Blood.

| received TINS Telegram.
| Busted az Broken Bow Hen.
He showed IL TO Aunt Abby, and
Uncle Mich. who came around every
week with a letter from Aurelie Tor
Mr.. Curran TO read
grass country. Western Nebraska.
Pretty tough been there Was
busted, also.
Il hope, said Aunt Abby, that the
child hasn't been compelled 10 have
anything else cut out. even il il 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 let
ters and press notices were kept The
next week came Aurelie's explanation.
| The Beauty Winner company was
stranded All that expensive scenery
and the reorganized troupe had gone
for nothing. Business was very poor,
Hen McFetridge explained. and the ac-
tors were clamoring for their sal
aries All except Aurelie, who recelv-
ed hers every week and sent most or
Il home. Aurelie intimated that the
twins were getting hard Lp. She heard
! frequent discussions of oil and Verde
copper stock and other matters ex-
traneous 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.twenty cent Main
St vaudeville and moving.picture
house.
Morris rolled his calf eyes compla.
| al. al M
/ lare, Cal, Mr.. Curran, what they don't
know about the show business is
much, believe me- They did some
fierce things Why, up In Bozeman.
Mon, Mr.. Curran, those two big ginks
from Tulare. Cal, they leased the mo-
/ tel and turned everybody out just be-
cause Miss Lindstrom she didn't like
! the room she had Can you beat ~?
! 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 u month TO go
along and cook for the troupe because
! Miss Lindstrom didn't like break
! fast she got one morning And that
old bunch OF hams We had playin'--
some OF them troupers hadn't had
square meal since eignty-one. why,
/ Hen and Ben blew in more money on
cabs some days tnan We could play 10
in a week And they plunged on OH
and played poker, and nobody got any
salaries; and then they let me out
! They let Hamburg manage the back or
the house after that; and believe me,
anything Hamburg manages is frazzied
| before it starts"
Well, whatll the company 90
now" said Mr.. Curran.
Walk" commented Mr.. Feldman.
! And the twins?"
Back TO Tulare. Oil.
And Miss l.indstrom
Mr.. Feldman turned limpid eye
on Mr.. Curran Miss Iindstrom.
she'll make good II she ever shakes
that crazy bunch. | said: Little girl,
YOU get the clothes and go TO New
York. You got the stuff In oyou and
you look the part.
Actually" Mr.. Curran stared.
Relieve me What broke w the
show was the twins got stuck on
her
WHAT
"Dippy. Hen and Ben laid awake
nights thinking how TO put II over
every girl in the bunch was in on it,
too. Aurelie Lindstrom ran that whole
show and the twins paid the bills
Then We blew up out In Nebraska.
When left, them ham actors was
trying to walk out of the hotel wear
ing two suits OF clothes apiece and
leaving their trunks behind and Hen
and Ben were buying drinks for some
rube and trying 10 sell him oil stock
Mr.. Curran was worried. He asked
Aunt Abby II he should not send
Aurelie some money TO come home on.
But he didn't have any. Then another
letter came. Aurelie was playing
summer stock" in Denver. Miss
Norman and me, but I'm not leading
lady any more. I'm doing ingenue
bits. Leading lady with Hen and Ben
around was pretty bad They were so
foolish And II was such a noisy
play, Tor the farther west we got. the
more shooting Mr.. Hamburg insisted
on putting In. The big situation al
ways gave me headache
Land" murmured Aunt Abby. 81
thought she had that cut out?"
But. Mr.. Curran," ran on Aureie's
letter. don't you and Unch Mich
worry ABOUT me. I'm working haTr
and everybody seems 10 like me- The
juvenile | play against is good-loolting
quite distinguished But everybody
| Corrows my money. I'm awful sorry
for Hen ond Ben they were broke
completely. Hen came to me and said.
Little girl, we aren't sorry for a cent
we ever blew In on you II you don't
want TO marry us, you don't have TO-.
So they went back 10 Tulare TO hunt
more COW tracks, and II they find oil
again they are going to- makaafne a
bigger actress than Mrs Ffske. Yes.
sir-you see. Why, just cried when
the twins went west-busted They
were grand good fellows after all,
Up. S. I'm going to send Uncle
! Mich some more money next payday
10 ray on the cork leg And. Uncle
( Mich. ! saw a mountain. Just like
| you said when we came up river TO
occupy the land Only such a teeny
mountain way 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 ioyously on the wood-box And
! done promised I'd never peddle a
| pint o. whisky long as she sends me
money"
Mich understand John won't let
the family have a cent OF Aurelies
money.