The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15


that if there was anything between
her and that Howe fellow. Id kill him.
That's what I'm here for
Il told you it was reading between
the lines, didn't 1? Naturally, these
actor folk don't talk about the play
all the time they're acting. l take it
that it becomes a sort of second ma
ture to them. They can be killing
each other, and breaking Jail. and
making love, and all the while they're
telling each other what fine dinner
that was last night. and will the roads
/ be good for autoing next week?
Il have brother in the education
business. He has charge Of an insti-
! tuition for deaf and dumb children.
went TO him and asked him to teach
me the deaf-anddumb language. He
didn't know why l wanted it, but he
taught it to me-"
Finger language" | asked.
mo. sir Progressive institutions
don't teach that any more. It's lip
reading. took a job there as porter.
| knew | could always get forty-dol-
lar Job when l wanted it. I'm spe-
cialist in wool goods, and there's al
ways ar opening for low-priced man.
took job as porter in the institution
and worked there six weeks. At the
end of that time | could read lip Ian
guage. Then | began watching the
films
He turned on me fiercely and
grasped me by the arm.
I've been watching her every nigh
since then, he said I've heard every
thing she's said to Howe. When She
just friends After a couple of months
the new plays were coming on, ant
she looked kind of sad. Once | hear'
him tell her to cheer up. Well, sh
looked grateful, sir-he was chasin
her round the block then, and sh
looked grateful Just for second, whe
he had her by the hair That starte
me thinking
After that he began making love t
her. Never one instant did he stol
] And she didn't say much, just keI
quiet and went on with her work
Hush sh." exclaimed the audience
The forty-dollar man whispered:
This is later play than the las
The minute | hear her tell him sh
loves him I'm going to find him an
kill him
The screen was working. A succe
sion of figures passed and repasse
Julia Rome and John Howe occupie
the center most of the time. And no
the fascination of the game had begt
to take hold of me. Instead of waite
ing the play l watched the lips of Il
characters The words they spoke
and discovered for the first time tn
! they really spoke seemed quite I
vorced from the parts that they we
playing But, strive as hard as
might, | could not understand VOL
The man at my side suddenly seiz
me by the arm again.
did you hear? Did you hear?"
whispered. He's telling her that
loves her He's asking her to get
divorce from me-"
stared at the screen. John Ho'
:, was in the midst of furious alter
ton with Julia Rome, who, posing
-, his abandoned wife, was clinging
= him, begging him to take her back
No the sake of the children. He thru
~ her from him and sent her staggeri
!, across the room.
v. Hes saying that her love for me
dead and that he has loved her sir
AT the first day they met" whispered
companion. never relaxing his fie
of grasp upon my arm.
A The pictures changed. l turf
TX. and, though | could hardly see the Il
a OF the forty-dollar man, | knew t
an the crisis OF his life was at hand.
m. heard him breathing hard through
he nostrils And still his fingers grip
CIV my sleeve as IL they were steel ella
GU Suddenly the grasp relaxed.
man sank back in his place.
| watched him; he did not move a n
ifv Gle. And | wondered at what decis
ife he had arrived To tell the trut
or had not formed the highest imp
nut sion of Julia Rome 1t did not sc
1se credible to me that woman OF s
rare talent and OF such beauty VIC
he be content with her husband in a Ii
mt. leased two family house somewhere
she the suburban region of the metropt
she The lights went up again. No
us. could see my companion face.
ne. was trembling, and perfectly whit
Did you hear? No. but OF col
YOU couldn't" he muttered. "She
in hiEi sne told him chat she had nt
loved anyone but me She said
IND she never wanted to see his
1t again. She said that she was 90
the to Ieave the stage and return to 1
.ou- 'Thaak Cod said softly.
The What am / going to dOE | am
g. worthy Of ner. / do not deserve
his forgiveness.
sed Forget II / answered. "Yo
he'd had a picture play IN your own fal
and haven't known IT That's all.
- her2c ard write to her like man
ask her pardon.
ats 4 believe you're right mutt
the the nttle man.
she He rose and went cut. ! never
MN AGAIN But, as everyone kn'
Julia Rome has not yet renewed
an contract
saw
She Never Touched Him.
or She tcoyly)-l understand
tile have heen thinking seriously OF m