The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-05
CHAPTER xrL-tcontinuedl

CHAPTER XII-(Continued).
miss Lindstrom." put in Morris
Goldman. believe NEEDN'T listen to
these here playwrights. Mr.. Gratz, the
stage manager. will see you're coached
We're going to take you to DUBUQUE
tomorrow. and Miss Norman. she'll help
you. and don't. get cold feet on this.
Were out to grab the one night stand
while the jay W are still talking
about YOU. and we don't care much
what the play is"
But remember" warned young Mr..
Hamburg. ANY time you don't know
what else to do--faint. Then we'll jump
the mob on. pull a quick curtain, and
h hicks out in front will think it's
Rreat. And Gratz will blow up some
thing Off stage. o see" went on the
playwright confidently. Il wrote the
piece that way-loosei"
but, oh. Mr.. Hanbury! When they
d out I can't act"
Miss ,Lindstrom." put in Morris
Feldman ~complacently, they'll never
md IL out until we're beating It to the
next town"
Beat it in and grab the money. and
beat II out" corrected Angel Hen Nc
Eetridge ~joyously.
"Just a Joy ride all the way" CHR
Euped Angel Ben ~seraphically.
The future star seemed dazed. She
Dit the end Of her frayed little glove.
rL W w. A~eA GAA SOHS z ONo "N AAOA .
Hen he said sadly. this Is simply
awful,
II guess it Is. Worse thar COW tracks.
But the rubeS are just spelling to be
gtung. And now we're all going to
have lunch at the Metropole to meet
Miss Norman. We're going to advance
Miss Ldndstrom 800 so h can get
some tTaSeling clothes. 'Maybe"-he
added delteately-"she'd like to shop
this morning"
One hundred dollars for clothes! She
looked helplessly at Mr.. Curran. But
here was Angel Hen McFetridge calmly
counting out h bills. She didn't know
what TO do-she sat lingering and star
Ing. And then she murmured some
thanks, and was out in the sunlight
with Wiley. blinded by the e%ffulgence
Of the none and its magic.
The. conspirators back in the lobby
looked after her. Nice girl" sighed
young Mr.. Hamburg. Got me .dippy."
Young man." warned Ben. you amt
no playwright when we get started
you're only the advance man. Don't
let her worry you. You blow owe to
the Mercury-Journal and slip EN- half
o column: And slip In something about
me and Hen cleaning up Sic. 900 yester-
day on Tulare oil up five points. 1t
reads good"
Morris Feldman's calf like face was
put through the box office window:
Now. easy on this oil talk with the
papers. We're troupin' now. and don't
queer The show
And after the McFetridge twins had
gone, Mr.. Morris, = Fefdnan = hunclTed
young Mr.. Hanburyi In the ribs. Dent
get SO sloppy about the girl ~befoEethese
two fatheads' from California. Keep Off
their route. Let 'em unhusk. What we
want IS for 'em to loosen right down,
10 their shoe taeks." - ls@,.S. h~ !" .
Young Mr.. Hamburg sighed. He was
~ far 11nn UnnnU RI urrita plouy ayno 20
ne was sporting critic of the Dubuque
Register. But they can't have the
Ytrl." he murmured. I'm dippy about
her. Morris. she's going to be it! I'm
stuck on her. Morris" He took out the
second act and looked over it and
sigh agaln-"Ain't you?" ,
In atmonth." answered Morris SOL
emn!y, soon as she gets to know how
TO wear the clothes these two blobs
from California are going to buy. that
gtrI is going to pull the whole show
away from Norman-aCt or no aCt!"
And the next day they went away
N q chair car up the valley: min of
them. the W angels in red neckties.
the playwright. the manager. the stage
director, the second woman, the lead
ing q the Juvenile. the heavy and
the star. The actors were all very
pleasant. which was right. seeing that
tney had been stranded in Earlville for
q week n none of them could get
their baggage out of the hotels until
the McF'etridges advanced the money.
80 they We're all very pleasant. the sec
ono woman chewing gum and reading
q dramatic review. and calling Aurelie.
Dearte". The rest of the histrions
spraWled about over the seats, rather
unshayen and dowdy; while the heavy
man told Aurelie all about his wife and
two babies. and the petunias thay raised
IN a WINDOW box last summer when
they were playing stock In Toledo. And
Dy and by, for he knew she had had
her salary advanced, and no one else
mad, he confidently borrowed 50. And
that night the pink checked juvenile
tod her about the hit he made in Den
YER In summer stock only now he was
crazy 70 get back to Broadway and sign
ND with trohman, and he borrowed 81.
Ana the next day. after the reading
rehearsal. when the others were there,
from Chicago. and they all sat forlorn-
ly on boxes and wheezy chairs on the
cold dark stage, listening to young Mr..
Hamburg read THE Beauty Winner;
while; carpenters mauled and ham
mered in front of the curtain, the cad
Ing man came to Miss Lindstrom. He
was gently humorous. even with his
sad eyes; and he said apologetically:
Miss Idndstrom, you know my wife?
Yes--that girl in gray-Miss Frazier.
Well, you know l SEN her every cent
her every cent | had to come and join
us--and she had to leave every rag
she's got in a North State street board
ing house. You see the poor kids been
up against 1t all season since The
FOUNDERS" failed. Well. don't know
n OF these people. or the McFetridges.
or l wouldn't ask you but could
o let us have $40 till pay day."
He saw her eyes lush with sudden
tears, and she gave him $50. and a smile
that haunted him all the gray days
work. She knew so we'll how 1t was!
Little girl" he whispered softly. I'VE
are a bunch of hard troupers, but you
made a hit with us. You don't need
no prize face-you'll dol"
CHAPTER XIII
MIR. CURRAN ALSO HAS A VISION.
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