La Junta tribune., 1914-12-19

through The crowd annl r..,,,.~t him "
rciiiuve H.
"A far as ! couId ssS.. Sianb0lse WAS
quite taken ui1 with the show hui frosI
IL. moment Marion Harper "nd eOiue
In Trey lacked DISTURBED
u guess won't stay +. said la
low voice ~ me when the curtain
raine down on the nr~t act I've
-4en II before. yon know. and I've got
son,e work to do tonight too
StannoIs heard MIN.
II say. Trev. II you're going over tO
the dIgginsS take my cUnt along. will
you:"
He hnd put Il hack on tic plush mi,
ing again. and there were several 9th.
ers with H. The usher cOdldD't watch
all the tune.
Siani,ot~ turned his back at once
aud pushed through the crowd tO speak
to somebody he knew IN nearby seat.
Cheeky lad. Stanhope." murmured
vennbIes. but Trev picked up the cost
and walked ont without Q word.
Poor old Tr~v Is hard Bit" said J..
My. but Miss Harper b sailiag pretty
close To the wind
TO sIHs-ar with that IAtell. you
meuny' suggested vepabIss.
"Umph.'
She's got queer taste to pick him
out sitter fellow like Stsubops."
"Or Trevis."
oh. no! Men never gossip.
! noticed that Marion Harper had
dsen and WIS making her way up
the aisle. with I.steli. looking rsther
crestfailen. following. There WAS
long inieruiissIon between the two scts
I looked around for Trevis. but be
had got out into the foyer
He wore his own cost and carried
Stanbope's over his arm. A. he passed
through the gate and refused the re-
turn cheek he told me nfterward thst
! the ticket uan looked at him little
oddly. but he thought nothing Of II IN
MI - commotion arose behind him
The audience WIS pouring ont Into
tii. promenade. and u man wns strug.
CLING through the crowd shouting
Stop thief mt the top " his voice.
Well. you cau imagine the sort u =
stampede that cry creates In n theater
lobby.
Trev WIS 81 near the door that he
I thought he'd get out of the crush ana
4 let efp teht II out. Hut suddenly Ills
j shoulder WAS seized 10y uniformed
employee of the house.
Hold him. That's the man yelled
the excited iDii, i'iual In the rear
Hes got u on hi- arm"
-Goi WHAT" gasis.d Trev.
THAT'S my coat. you rnsrnl.' shout
ed the ninu aud .naich-d away the
garment IRE, had ls-u carrying.
The ticket iaher cam~ up then.
Il SUSPECTED him when he went past
me- he declared. With the air of =
sherlock u"lnes Hiring OnsceS Rrs.
d." ise added io the usher. ''Tberr's =
uo many Of tls--e fellows cO,ntng isers
10 the Rrpngi,toa'
''liut ! assure you this is . mIaiaks.' '
i~rxn Trv
THEN he saw = fs,e In the crUW,I
that turned hIs "wn ~'srIct. and ssaisrI
his iil- ~ th"urh lie had i..~o sudden
i ~ sn,iiis-si with duinbm~s.
II WAS Marion Her n"liser and In
tell were i-.i,ibd her. mud I.st~iI wa,
grinning. lie appreciated the hunio'
~ the thing
The continents ~ the bysiaini~r-
would have -.'op'bssi tls. self rs-~lss't
] - n.
clnrsi he wis ''ccriaiuiy very III,
iaibon. is'sing Isr-.n." aud an o,s
g,'nflrman suggested that hanging
was too g'ssi for these sneak thieves "
Trey. VII" ''ouldp't get his eyes M
Martens face. -nw i.a,cii with snsr'
the rcd mounted Ia u sudden wav.
from ns-'s to brow.
She favored h..r ->.pri with y gianr,
~ srorn. nnd instantly pushed through
the curious crowd.
Marion. ! imi,lore you.' murmur,s
her mother. hut the giri did not. ~
would not. hear. She went straight
M To- the ticket taker:
There Is N mistake here" she said
i know this gentleman very we'll
lie ,s Mr. Tr-,is-Mr Paul Tr~vi. Il
would be utterly impossible for hin
To have taken this-ihi. persons coat.
and she frae the excited man with 4
look. except by mistake"
Trev recovered himself
'p"D't pui yourself 10 nny trouble
Marion" he said In low voice. ~
will he explained in n moment. An
here c"'nr- stanhoi~ now.'
The ticket isk-r had dropped IN,
prisoner. srip stanhots saw hi
rbum. hut did not realize Whist WIN
taking place.
Hold on. Trsv." be exclaimed
pushing through ''Dldnt you ls.s
me ask you to take my coat owe
home with your You forgot H." s,M
iie held the snrucnt up
The crowd texan 10 laugh. sud IN,
c"cksurr individual wbo hnd rsurs-
the disturbance Slipped awsy.