The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-23

| terfng insults at those milksops who
remained quietly squatting in cor
ner while the whole theater was topsy-
! turvy.
Gabriel and MERCER We're not SO
| quiet as all that Only they had re.
ceived an order that paralyzed them
| The managers were not to be dis
turbed on any account. Remy had
! violated that order and met with no
success.
AT that moment he returned from
his new expedition, wearing curl
ously startled air.
Well, have you seen them" asked
MERCER.
Moncharmin opened the door at
| last. His eyes were starting out Of
his head. l thought he meant to
strike me. l could not get word in;
and what do you think he shouted at
me? Have you a safety-pin?' MOI
Well, then, clear out!' | tried to tell
him that an unheard-of thing had hap
pened on the stage, but he roared. A
safety-p1n! Give me safety-pin at
once! A boy heard him-he was bel
lowing like a bull-ran up with a
safety-pin and gave it to him, where
upon Moncharmin slammed the door
IN my face, and there you are!"
And couldn't you have said, Chris
tine Daae?'"
7 should like to have seen you in
my place. He was foaming at the
mouth. He thought of nothing but his
safety-pin. l believe, If they hadn't
brought him one on the spot, he would
have fallen down in fit! Oh,
all this isn't natural; and our mana
gers are going madi Besides,
it can't go on like this! I'm not used
to being treated in that fashion,"
Suddenly Gabriel whispered:
Its another trick Of o. G.'s."
Remy gave a grin, MERCER a sigh
and seemed about to speak -. but,
meeting Gabrie's eye, said nothing.
However, MERCER felt his RESPONSE
bility increased as the minutes
passed without the managers appear
ing; and, at last, he could stand it no
longer
Look here, I'll go and hunt them
out myself"
Gabriel. turning very gloomy and
serious, stopped him.
BE careful what you're doing, Mer-
cier! If they're staying in their Of
flee, it's probably because they have
to! o. G. has more than one trick
in his bag!"
But MERCER shook his head.
That's their lookout! I'm going.
II people had listened to me, the po-
lice would have known everything
long ago!"
And he went.
What's everything?" asked Remy.
What was there to tell the police?
Why don't you answer, Gabriel? d.
All, so you know something. Well
you don't want me to shout out that
you are all going mad! = Yes,
that's what you are: mad!"
Gabriel put on a stupid look and
pretended not to understand the pri-
vate secretary's unseemly outburst.
What something am 1 supposed to
know?" he said. Il don't know what
you mean"
Remy began to lose his temper
This evening, Richard and Mon
charmin were behaving like iunatics,
here, between the acts"
Il never noticed it," growled Ga
briel, very much annoyed
ho
Do you think that | didn't see them?
And that M. Paradise. the
manager of the Credit Central, no.
ticed nothing? And that M.
de La Borderie, the ambassador, has
no eyes to see with? Why,
all the subscribers were pointing at
our managers!"
But what We're our managers do
ing?' asked Gabriel, putting on his
most innocent air.
What were they doing? You know
better than any one what they were
doing! You were there! And
you were watching them, you and
only two who didn't laugh
Il don't understand"
Gabriel raised his arms and dropped
them to his sides again, which ges-
ture was meant to convey that the
question did not interest him In the
least. Remy continued:
What is the sense of this new
mania of theirs? Why won't they have
any one come near them now?"
What? Won't they have any one
come near them?"
And they won't let any one touch
them!"
Really? Have you noticed that
they won't let any one touch them3
That ais certainly oddi''
|'Oh, SO you admit it, And high
time, too! And then, they walk back
ward"
Backward! You have seen our
managers walk backward? Why, +
thought that only crabs walked back
ward!"
Don't laugh, Gabriel; don't Taught"
I'm not laughing" protested Ca
briel, looking as solemn as a Judge.
Perhaps you can tell me this, Ca
briel, as you're an intimate friend OF
the management: When l went up to
M. Richard, outside the foyer, during
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