The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-13
Daily Short Story
MISS JUNE FRENCH,

81 Michael J. Porter.

ASiNESS.
81 Michael J. Porter.
Isn't she cute"
Isn't sbe smart"
Isn't she cunning
Why. she could 20 right on the
stage n play a part!
she VIII be smother MAude Adams
before she's twentyt"
Begin that way with a girl Of 10
and by the time she Is is-whats
Miss June French was a fair-lOok-
ing Village girl She was naturally
smart and Intelligent. hut her educa-
ton did not 70 beyond the village
schools. She sang In a church choir.
She was the belle CT the candy-pulls
and h picnics.
The father and mother we're steady.
gong and conservative. Left to
themselves they would have boxed
the girls ears whenever she MENTION
ed the stage. but what were they 10
90 when a score OF neighbors were
pulling thp other way?
AND IL was while Miss June was
waiting With bated breath for some
New York manager TO discover her
ard telegraph her Come on at once"
that the girl fell in love with A younc
man named Fred Newcomer. He was
= newcomer In fact as well as in name
have fallen In owe long before. That
49, @aA n ENAAANANA maui hO AAAH
Terence with her theatrical plans. how
ever. She would become a great act
ress first n hen marry.
While IL was a case OF love at first
sight, the young man did not have
such a severe attack OF brainstorm
as to be blinded TO ali things. He
a been out in the world a bit and
seen things. When he learned OF the
girls in~fatuation for the stage he
unused:
Just like hundreds OF others. op-
position will only make her the more
determined. A bit OF experience may
cure her"
He had a private talk with the IA
Their and mother. They had not quite
ceased their opposition TO the step
and we're ready 10 assist In his scheme
Therefore. they turned right about
and favored Maude Adams step with
quite a bit OF enthusiasm.
one afternoon "A young man might
have been seen making his way to-
ward the town OF High Gin. lie
might have been seen entering Il. He
might have been seen at the tavern
in consultation with the manage OF
the great New York Uncle Toms
Cabin Company. That theatrical vet
eran might have been heard to say:
Yes, the cast OF Little Eva Is va
here this morning. DO % now OF
a girl around here hat I could get?
other.
"Nominally 500 per. Practically I
will give up 81 IL I have to-"
HOY much TO go over to High
Glen and get a young lady and give
her the part2'
Usual ~infatuation?"
Got 1t bad"
Very bad"
And the usual remedies are 10 be
applied"
You are 10 give her a dollar when
she leaves. and see that she doesn't
have TO walk over 20 miles"
We'll. young man" said the man.
ager, after considerable thought. my
Zee Tor enecting a complete cure will
The bargain was closed the next
minute. and two hCIrs later the man
ager was saying TO Miss June French
at her fathers house:
Its q far better engagement than
sarah Bernhardt had AZ the outset OF
her career"
As a written notice posted on the
p%ostoffice door informed the citizens
OF High Glen that Miss Viola Mortimer
had come on from Boston 4 make her
debut mat evening. the receipts OF the
house rose TO so cents. and the man
ager began 10 assume a prosperous
look.
Miss June had little time to study
her part. She was assured that she
didn't need II. n size got of any old
thing It would make a 20. but wheL
II came TO the dying scene she must
make ner voice break and wobble like
a loose wheel on a wagon.
There was applause for Viola" n
was the sort Of applause that cats in
dulge In.
The next and last nightthe receipts
were only 40 cents. The ac-
counted for this by saying that II was
the season for going abroad. and that
most OF the High Glpners had sailed
for Europe. Owing To this fact. h
company would have TO walk the -
miles To H~uckleberry Corners.
lust as the soul OF Little Eva was
leaving its mortal tenement house
that evening one of he %audienceof
four rose up and said.
some n ought to be- prosecuted
Tor allowing that girl 10 make such a
fool OF herselfi'
Miss June went 70 the rest Of the
cast for consolation. They had been
let into the secret by the
and their respective we're
We expected 10 see ~mobbedi"
Go home TO your mother!"
Your acting would Kill a cow
She old all 10 the manage
You made the whole cast Jealous.
and that is what's the matter" be
said You will have TO carry your
" suit case tomorrow and that Of
Legfpe as vel. lie has lame arms
Thirteen miles. and most Of IL up
hlll. but In spite OF the Eisterz on
her feet and thu ache ia her back.
violet was ready for her part tina
evening when the play opened I'm a
horse barn kindly loaned for the oc.
casion In fact. she played with such
favor that she herself broke down and
wept There we're DRY eyes In the au-
dience. however. and one Of them
got up and said
am the sheriff OF this county.
and W that girl is not sent nome to