The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-04-13
that their father had lived up to the
handle all his life and had left hardly
enough ia nav his debts.

that their fAtner g uVeO up w SAs
handle all his life and had left hardly
enough to pay his debts.
II was necessary for the young men
TO find means Of support without de'
lay. Strangers In q strange land, they
had never felt more helpless In their
lives. Their college baseball fame had
spread to the coast, and IL they had
only realized it they could have sign
ed up with a baseball club In Jig time
at good money. But the idea never. oc-
cuxred to them.
It was quite by accident that they
stumbled on a new theater upon which
workmen were putting the finishing
touches. There were many indica-
tions that it was to be far from 2
first class house.
Faring three sheets announced that
1t war to be a continuous vaudeville,
and that the opening was fixed for
three days hence.
Taking q dying chance they sought
the manager and applied for q job %
plano players. Considerably to their
surprise they got 1t. It took them
about three minutes to demonstrate
their ability and about three more to
make q deal with the manager, who
vas hard pressed.
The twins signed for tw~enty-0ne
dollars apiece a week. It was to ne
watch and watch, twelve hours q day,
from eleven to eleven. They promised
themselves this would do very well
until they got their heads above water
They hired a DON up town, but had
hardly settled down before they
found themselves on the eve tof a
stranger adventure. a
With his face in the soap suds one
morning it suddenly occurred to the
Jim twin that they might do some
thing in the musical. line and make
some money out of it. He mentioned
the fact to his brother.
"All right; I'm game,' said George.
Spiel away"
"Tn confess I can't come across
right on the spur of the moment
replied Jim. "Give me a little time
and I'll hand you something,
It was Jim's late trick that night,
and when he reached home George
was peacefully sleeping. Tearing off
the bed clothes, he shook George by
the shoulders.
wake up!" he cried; Il got yer
Arabian Nights, BARRIERS fifth brother
Never been touched. Great stuff
Guy has a bag full of silver"
George held UP one hand, while he
rubbed his eyes with the other.
"Just "a moment, just q moment
Mr.. Alfred Jingle. You seem very
much perturbed. Now that you've got
me .aWake''-he reached for a cigar
ette-.you might let me know what
you are driving att
why, the comic opera!" OK
claimed Jim with great animation
1--WE got the whole scheme all laid
out. Listen to this"
Forthwith he unfolded a scenario
AS he warmed to his subject he pune
tuated his talk with a step or two and
with ta-ra-ra music where he thought
it would do the most good. George
consumed four cigarettes while Jim
held forth. When the curtain finally
fell. amid deafening applause-on the
part of Jim-his brother said:
Every good. It listens all right.
Jim, and I'm perfectly willing to trail
along with you, but, my dear boy, 1t
takes time to do this thing properly
Where could we find time with both
Of us busy, you might say. from elev'
en- to eleven, eve days q week?'
wv found time in college didn't
we?"s
'That was am amateur. stunt. This
is a different proposition altogether.
It takes time and a to put such a
thing in shape to sell for real money,
Why, we couldn't do the thing proper.
" unless we were off by ourselves for
six months at the very least"
,Jim's face fell forty degrees. n
guess ynn are right, he said. I'll
we only had money enough to chuck
this job and 60 at the thing right, We
.Scould deliver the goods. You know
we could. How are yon fixed? It's q
foolish question:"
About II hundred and ten," said
George.
Same here. Gee! II we only had a
Nttle schooner we could beat il to
the South Sea Islands. i guess every
time q man wants to write a comic
i .Onera he thinks OF the South Sea Is