The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-10

either.
Il drove her away. I was too proud.
She said if ever ! sent for her she'd
come back to me- But of course tina.
was Just talk. And then | resolved
that if there was anything between
her and that Howe fellow. I'd kill him.
That's what I'm here for.
Il told you it was reading between
the lines, didn't |? Naturally. these
actor folk don't talk about the play
all the time they're acting | take il
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 a 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
ne the deafand-Gumb language. He
didn't know Why | wanted it, but he
taught it to me-"
niger language. 4 asked.
No, sir. Progressive institutions
| don't teach that any more. It's lip
| reading / took job there as porter
| | knew | could always get forty-dol-
lar job when | wanted it. I'm a spe-
cialist in wool goods, and there's al
ways an opening for low-priced man.
| 1 took job as porter in the institution
and worked there six weeks. At the
end of that time | could read lip lam
guage. Then l began watching the
films"
He turned on me fiercely and
grasped me by the arm.
1--we been watching her every night
since then" he said. I've heard every
thing she's said to Howe. When she
had first left me of course they were
| just friends. After couple of months
| the new plays were coming on, and
she looked kind of sad. Once / heard
him tell her to cheer up Well. she
looked grateful, sir-he was chasing
her round the block then, and she
looked grateful just for second, when
he had her by the hair. That started
me thinking
After that he began making love to
her. Never one instant did he stop
And she didn't say much, just kept
quiet and went on with her work.
"Hush-sh," exclaimed the audience
The forty-dollar man whispered:
This is later play than the last
The minute | hear her tell him she
loves him I'm going to find him and
kill him."
THE screen was working A success
sion of figures passed and repassed
Julia Rome and John Howe occupied
the center most of the time. And now
the fascination of the game had begun
to take hold of me. Instead of watch
ing the play l watched the lips of the
| characters. The words they spoke
and / discovered for the first time that
they really spoke-seemed quite di
vorced from the parts that they were
playing. But, strive as hard as
might, | could not understand a word
The man at my side suddenly seized
me by the arm again.
did you hear? Did you hear?" ne
whispered. Hes telling her that he
loves her. He's asking her to get a
divorce from me-"
| stared at the screen. John Howe
was in the midst Of furious alterca-
ton with Julia Rome, who. posing as
his abandoned wife, was clinging tC
him. begging him to take her back for
the sake OF the children. He thrust
her from him and sent her staggering
across the room.
Hes saying that her love for me is
dead and that he has loved her since
the first day they met" whispered my
companion. never relaxing his fierce
grasp upon my arm.
The pictures changed. turned
and. though | could hardly see the face
of the forty-dollar man. l knew that
the crisis of his life was at hand.
heard him breathing hard through his
nostrils. And still his fingers gripped
my sleeve as If they were steel claws
Suddenly the grasp relaxed. The
man sank back in his place.
watched him; he did not move a mus
Gle. And wondered at what decision
he had arrived. To tell the truth
had not formed the highest iInpres
sion of Julia Rome. Ii did not seem
credible to me that n woman of such
rare talent and Of such beauty would
be content with her husband in little
leased two-family house somewhere IL
the suburban region OF the metropolis
The lights went up again. Now
could see MY companion face. HI
was trembling. and perfectly white.
Did you hear? No. but OF course
you couldn't he muttered. She tolC
hiIa-sae told him that she mad never
loved anyone but me She said tha
she never wanted TO see his face
again. She said that she was goinl
to leave the stage and return to me.
Thank God,' l said softly
What am l going TO do 1 am no
worthy of ner. 1 do not deserve hei
forgiveness.
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