The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-19
CHAPTER XIV
BLOOD.

The last week of June Mr.. Curran
received his telegram:
Busted at Broken Bow.-Hen.'
He showed it to Aunt Abby. and I'm
with a letter from Aurelie for Mr.. Cur
ran to read.
Mr.. Curran sighed. Broken. Bow is
a jerkwater station out in the short
grass country. Western Nebraska.
Pretty tough. I've been there-I was
busted. also
81 hope said Aunt Abby, that the
child hasn't been compelled to have
anything else cut out, even if it 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
Beauty Winner company was stranded.
All that expensive scenery and the re-
organized troupe had gone for nothing.
business was very poor. Her McFet-
ridge explained, and the actors were
lamor1ng for their salaries. All except
Aurel1e who received hers every week
and sent most Of it home. Aurelle in
timated that the twins we're getting
hard up. She heard frequent discus
sions of oil and Verde copper stock and
other matters extraneous to art. And
the following week Mr.. Curran, in Earl
vile to see some of his political con-
freres. was SURPRISED to see Morris
in front Of his 10 and 20-cent
Main street vaudeville and moving pic
ture house.
Morris rolled his calf eyes com
placently. "Those W big blobs from
Tulare. Cali. Mr.. Curran. what hey
don't know about the show business is
much. believe me. They lone some
1lPrcp things WhNv M IL
Mont. Mr.. Curran. those two big
ginks from Tulare. Cali, they leased
the hotel and turned everybody out lust
because Miss Lindstrom didn't like the
room she had! Can you beat it? No
body in that hotel except our bunch Of
old hams. Say. and Hen and Ben hired
a chef in Denver what stuck EN- for
$500 a month to go along and cook for
the troupe because Miss Lindstrom
didn't like a breakfast she got one
morning. And that old bunch of hams
we had playin-some of them %troupers
hadnt had a square meal since 81.
Why. Hen and Ben blew in more mon
ey on cabs some days than we could
play to in a week. And they plunged
on oil and played poker. and nobody
got any salaries; and then they let me
out. They let Hamburg manage the
back of the house after that: and be-
lieve me, anything Hamburg
is frazzled before 1t starts
We'll. what'n the do now p"
asked Mr.. Curran.
Walk" commented MIR. Feldman.
And the twins?'
Back to Tulare. Oil"
And Miss Lindstrom 2"
Mr.. Feldman turned a limpid eve on
Mr.. Curran. Miss Lindstrom, she'll
make good if she eve- shakes that crazy
bunch. l said: Little girl, you get the
clothes and go to New York. You got
the stuff in o and you look the
part"
"Actually?" Nj. 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 it over each
other. Flowers. cabs, candies-every
girl in h bunch was in on it, too.
Aurelle Lindstrom ran that whole show
and the twins paid the bills. Then we
blew up u in Nebraska. When / left,
them ham actors was trying to walk
OUT of the hotel wearing two suits of
clothes apiece and leaving their trunks
behind; and Hen T. Ben wers buying