La Junta tribune., 1914-12-19
Between
The Acts
A Dramatic Episode in q
Theater
By GEoR6E L. GIBSON
By 0EOR6E /. GIBSON
copyrixht oy the rr.ns a. Munse,

SEnhope. who believed the wor'u
was made for his partl, ular l@neft
and all the people who composed his
part Of II were miuistcrins spirits put
here for his convenience. was vt the
bottom Of the whole trouble and. N he
had but known lost most by II.
Hut Stanhope never realized this
last fact and only chuckIed fathead
ediy when be heard Of the 'ae>s his
exhibition OF monumental cheek the
called IL n perfectly legitimate request
ss long ~ Trevis WIS goin. over to
his rooms. anyway. had got his friend
into.
Trevis WAS good nsturcd- always
has been and always will be-but xo0d
nature may lie carried TO extremes.
and Trevts was an extremist
Besides. how Is u girl To know that
for her II b. seems 81 willing to step
aside and allow = comparative stIan.
ger to take his place by ber side just
because she seem. to fancy him for
the momentY
That's the way Marion Harper look.
I'd NJ Il. aud l know. for she told my
sisier-aDd what those two girls don't
tell each other isn't worth telling
When Trr,is zane back from col
lese ube one decent thing his close
listed uncle ever did for him was Ia
stake him 60 part of his iIlti"u fees
a..
SianboIe with him.
They had chininrd II during their
scholastic course. and now they got
modest rooms together. and each start.
cd Ia carve The figure OF fortune vuf
Of his own particular Iii OF timber
Tpvis' task was n hard one. His
timber was fuil ~ knots aud weather
cracked. as you might -ay Stanbvpe
walked INTO the counting rnou of =
friend of his fathers and obtained n
good position nj o,i'e.
Then Tr~v introduced him to Mar.
lon.
Now. StanhOis~ wns n big. handsome.
fellow. an athlete ~ note In his col
lege-just the sort of man To attract
. girl like Marion. Tr~v was ~ quiet
end modest that. although plenty of
people liked him. they'd never have
rsved over him In n thousand wears
They Insi iook him n. y matter Of
coUr~e. unis~. for ss,si,s. sudden rsussls,
sh~, hsifrossi !" step aud think over
be stable quaiitiss. Then they told
Themselves ne WIS really Que Of The
vesy rn~s, fellow. they ku-w
or eour~~ Marion aud h~ had never
r~siiy is~n cUgmgsSi. for IRE, wasn't
tire sort u fellow Z" ask . woman
IN tSe herself io him until he was ,--
sabls~hssi IN some bu.ine~s aud had
ot,ea,O~si = dsS~nt footing. Hut u had
t~~a understood hei wern tl,-n Tor
years. and every baiy said that u
would b~ one Of those forrordai mined
narriagss that you read about. hut so
seldom manage TO -s- IN real life
hut u came pretty osar not cunning
81 ~ alt. aud there's god deal of
doubt la -o'i,e quarters y.:
Stsbbofw was intrsiur,si 10 Marion
~ = little evening gathering NJ Ven
nablrs' studio Two nights after d,
met her again NJ hpx party nj The
Gotham tn. next afternoon they
~err nniomobiiins through III. park.
After that u wn. flowers and call.
sDd little dinners with Mrs Har,,er a-
. cbnI-ron she'd never been caiie, on
Ia chaperon Marion aud Trrv They
sscspsd too much like brother aud sis
ter
oh. Stanhopc wns IN. sort Of lei
low To carry a giri by storm. lie made
. regular sat Iuau iIi.l camtsign of IL
! reckon TreVis was III. most stag
Ecrs-i of all Hut b. was loyal "a
Marion aud loyal 60 hi. rbnm.
Ire, Stood by him as f,rmiy ns ever
tie didn't Try TO go back TO the girl
again. aud Marion seemed TO have
broken o1t ~ the chrysalis Into q ver,.
table butterfly II society
She was an the 60 every night and
brrnn TO attract attention from quar-
ter ihn, we're not altogether safc. II
wHs whispered that t.atcli had Joined
her frniu " ndmir-rs. nnd she certain
iy came 10 the troughton that night
with him mud her mother
II was shock to some of 10.
She looked royal ss she went down
the aisle We had Just come over from
venablc-' ,nd bought admission tict
sss anj wrr. standing behind the rail-
on the orh~.irn moor as the curtain
vent up IN the tr-t act
Aud ihcW Marion wss aailins pas,
% sbd down the csnier aisle. with hss
mother 'piling IN bshtnd. looking 4
nttir l~wilcrresi. and i.sieli in the reas
WIth nj. m1staeh~ corksd at . most
1lAagrsvnblr angie
reckon thesr are iimes In Q gisi's
NE when svrn her mother 6orsn'l nn
1essssnd her. s~v,rsfaiiy " toe asoshss
~ siwnys hes0 quiet. "hospey" soss
ees woman lie ssssd Mr.. Harp~r
~ nssef had two strtuU " vi
~ N NJ NE. ss1 - fov shrss-
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