Putnam patriot., 1916-04-14

PAGE after the ShowF interrupted
Lan~Gon warnmgly
"That was the big idea she said
''Gut Il E,t tho rocks, for when Mary
and 7 heStel into our glad ragS aud
stsesal FER 8ae daer ave bumped SHiare=
~ {fra the stare MANAGER and Nir Pol.
loaE .he latter aI dome up % XIII
ceeH fe tsp hat s9b. Mss paec
Sins mt II #kv THAT'S The maua&en
hass~ q gentleman from yuur home
toVu, ih1t wants Gee take XeH ont "a
suaas- "a SEQ van home 9 A buHa
WAGON lie iau he'd nas5dy rs he
suoEn aud / could feel Alar's hand
gd Ea.1 AIS i=e as SAe bed mine
aud sHs Il have me- desre sc take
suHHee with 3fr PuHaek either now
or at aaH either slime ta come, Amy
Ban th Uadc cid T. ky sore SO he
besau ta ra1e iike q bull and shouts.
WHAT'S lhisS Are Won crazy But
Pollock interrupted him-there was q
Qui k business of being hurt 10 tie
heart: the misunderstood Soul-and the
ehivalry stunt WAS pulled of without
a break Then he says. Miss PAGE
is cutie within her rights. | do not
wish an unwilling guest Perhaps my
moment 81 renewing her acquaintance
was inopportuue, and he stalks away
for all the world like the heavy in the
third act But old Ecky was up in
the air. and he BEGAN rowing Mary
for fair lie told her, the dog, that II
was her beauty. not her talent that
got the house, and added. Its your
business here to be civil 10 your adj
mirers and go to supper when they
ask YOU. If you're goin To ride high
horse I've got no use for you iii this
show"
Did Miss Page answer him?"
NO | think she was toe Mortified.
and old Ecky, thinkin that SILENCE
meant consent told her to STAY there
tiu he brought Mr.. Pollock back. The
minnie his back was turned | gave
Mary the cue to get away quick. but
we didn't have to. for Just then Mr.
Langdon came in, and we beat ii for
him. We didn't have time to tell him
what had happened before old Ecky
came back with Mr.. Pollock and they
both stopped short when they saw Mr..
Langdon with us. and then Mr.. Pol
ock drawls out You see this Miss
Page is not so virtuous as She pre-
ends. She's not even particular In her
.hoice-everybody knows that He
must have intended us To hea%. but
what he didn't give any high sign for.
was for Mr.. I.angdon 10 make II jump
and crab him by the throat shouting
that he'd have TO eat his words or he'd
kill him Old Ecky is deathly afraid
Of FIGHT and began To heller for the
STAGE crew bur cot out my little old
rusty hat-piH and promised anybody
hat came near Two or three inches of
Il. So the men just stood around swear
me- and erinnine behind their hands till
Mr. Pollock was Il ked 10 a standstill
and asked Mr.. Ianedon 10 let up Then
Alr Lan.dun ordered him out of the
theatre. anI vent But while he
vas an his WHy IA sped 4 pen aud
some ink On the prompt desk. au
made Mary write out our joint resig.
nation which, we handed to old Ecky
with business Of mu h y mp as soon
as the stage crew had gone back 10
/ work II was Il knockout for old Ecky.
You see. be knew Mary had made q
| hit, ana that the show had got over
! good and t. have TO Train in Two new
recruits for cur parts before the next
night was some job 50 he turned on
The soft soap, but we beat il towards
the door and Nj Langdon marches up
to Ecky and hands HIM his card. say
ing calmly, These girls are quite with
in their rights because of what has
happened. Added TO which ! under
stand that you told Miss Page y0a did
not need her if she wouldn't accept
the attentions Of men obnoxious 10 her.
Wen, I'm a lawyer ana iii look after
their interests. You can send your at
| torney to me NJ any time.
$50 we got away and Went home
! jobless but happy OF course when
we told them at home Mrs. Page said
| Mary must give up her stage career
but she was too spunky for that.
she said no, that the mistake she'd
made was in getting chorus job, aud
that If was willing we might try for
some small road company and work
our way up in the drama. ! would
have followed Mary any place, SO
said was ON, and we even talked Mr.
\ Langdon down before he left"
THAT is all, thank you, Miss lar
ton" said Langdon with smile as
she finished. and Amy, looking aroune
bewildered. asked the judge conifden
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