Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-07-21

Grand opera house was in Its custom
airy state of transition. preliminary tc
the final rise of the curtain.
Clear the stage for the last act!
Last act! Last act.
The subdued voice raj clear through
the din. Al the sound of the call the
noise and confusion died down and
was hushed.
where is Miss Wentworth" the
stage manage muttered, with sr1tted
teeth.
The great actress smiled at him from
behind a palm as he passed.
Here l am, Mr.. Clark" she called.
taking her hand from her companions
arm, "but 1 an not quite ready"
Not ready" the stage manage re-
peated.
Her companion led her toward the
stage.
SO" she went on. you say you have
found me difficult at times?'
.That was before l gave you that
rose
"And since then ?" she asked. Il nave
said nothing to you since"
NO; but l have seen your eyes!
Your eyes. Not the eyes of Felicia
oakland as you look when you thank
Wilbur Crawford for the rose he gives
you in this act, but your own eyes
your very own.'
Don't CO." she said, as she seated
herself in a chair on the waiting stage.
Tell me first a word or two about my
new play-.Her Last Appearance How
does it progress"
Il must go. Notice the expression
on Clark's face"
Mr.. Clark" she called, tell the or
chestra to play something else. l am
not yet ready"
Now, them she resumed, tell me
quickly. How does it progress?"
How could it but progress we'll. with
you for my Inspiration"
Am /? You Creoles are so untrust-
worthy"
You are wrong. 1t does ogr
well. and simply for the reason l tell
you. 1t is finished except for the de-
movement in the last act"
He looked away for a moment.
You know" he went on. I'VE agreed
to let my heroine, after all her-ah
trials and tribulations.' marry her
manageable man who had loved her
SO long and had been of SO much SER
vice to her"
Yes"
But 1 am thinking Of changing it.
Among the characters there is a a
who suddenly awakens t O the fact
in the last act, that he, too, is
In love with the heroine. I don't know
about her. / have not gone that far
y 49," IA WIG CO, al
times. They simply develop. logically
and inevitably"
Yes; but which character could you
elaborate sufficiently to make his mar
riage with the heroine a convincing cli-
maxi"
"One that you have lost sight of. 1t
seems to me he has SO much to offer
her. She has reputation-she doesn't
want money. She wants only to be
loved. o know, not on the stage, un-
der calciums and amid scenry, without
make-believe. for herself alone. You
know we discussed allowing e to
yield to the wooing Of her manager
the man who has looked forward for SO
long to marriage to her at first, and I
have ever gone so far as to write some
of h dialogue of the last act, bringing
this about. / had almost arranged for
her to marry her manager and leave the
stage. In the play as 1t now Is she
q last appearance as soon as her
new play is successfully produced, and
then III daily papers print the news
the next morning that 1t had been a
real farewell appearance, that she real
ly had married her manager. It was
the last advertising she was ever to
have. You know at your request / have
always tried to make her an actress in
every way and give her all the traits OF
OAS. JAG was W 4GIlAS Will GC1dL
that was the phrase. But, now, the.
new position Of this other character on
the chessboard Of my play-makipg has
rather spoiled the surenes Of my
hand. These things do seem to write
themselves or they attempt 1t at all
events"
Who is the other character?"
IN tell o when you come of to
dress for this scene. Here's your man.
ager now.
MI. BUSHNELL" he continued to the
new conner, we were just speaking Of
the last act Of the new play. Do you
think''-
I'm tell you what I think" Bush
nell interrupted. II think Miss Went
worth ought to let this curtain ga up.
We're ven minutes late with It, Mr..
Clark tells me-"
Seven minutes Is a very short time
sometimes. ~Longchamps replied. AZ
they passed through the wings. ut is
9 short time when I'm settling the ne
thing,
"It's : hi Of : long time when Tn
waiting for the denouement OF my old
onel" his companion replied.
.'Well.s' ~Longchamps said, II was
telling Miss Wentworth ! think the
heroine ought not to marry her man
AZ b denouement, after all"
- heaven!" Bushnell cried, ''if she
:does NO ! Will not produce it!'
Did at ever occur to o that / might
produce this play myself? That II.
~. IA W 'erasSss \. 2 y ! tcseths s.,,...
newspaper man. specially engaged here
Ia N~ewsSOrleans to hack play to-
GethGr! ehci She produce I'll AsEreat
IActreGss truly, hut equally pennilesd!
WHY. you haven't Z thousand dollars