The Lamar register., 1917-11-14
ROMANCING RONALD
BY ARCHIE C. NEW.

lnlS STOCK COLupuuy Is CThlllln my
style" complained Charlie zepp, the
prolific press agent of the Olympia, to
Hazel Dwyer, the heavy" woman of
the company, as, seated in a box, they
watching the morning rehearsal. "Same
old stum-day in and day out. Give
me vaudeville any day. Why, there
amt been a new stunt pulled of here
for a month !"
"Sure there IS" answered Miss
Dwyer, sweetly, "but it takes brains
to find it." She gave him sly look
out of the corner Of her eye, and went
on, Ronald Cannoles hardly gets any
time to carry on his lecture work."
Zepp bounded out of his chair and
faced her excitedly.
whats is?" he demanded, all alert.
Lecture work? Where? When?
What dye know?"
Miss Dwyer regarded him calmly,
with a twinkle Of amusement In her
eyes.
you're right nice when you're so
ber," she told him, and inwardly re-
jOiced at his scowl, $50 I'll tip you
off. Old Man Forrest introduced him
to a good-looking girl who's teaching at
a girls school. Then Forrest, with
an eye on the box-ofIlce, tips her of
that Cannoles only plays juvenile for
the love of it-that he's a regular bug
on Shakespeare"
"Helpr interrupted Zepp. "Shake-
speare? Shades of Braumeister ~
$50 the girl coaxed him out to the
seminary" continued Miss Dwyer.
'Ronnle gave 'em an earful about Ro-
meo and Juliet and Macbeth, then they
yanked him back to family dinner.
He's due for Hamlet next Friday aft
ernoon."
"oh, boyT gurgled zepp ecstat-
ically. Local interest-intellectual
treat-heart stun-all thatl Gosh,
what a spread-half a column or
more" He shut his eyes in a dreamy
perspective for an instant, then grab
bed his hat. "Jes' watch me.
I'm going to romance Ronald up to his
ears"
Forrest was leaving his office the
following Saturday afternoon, when
an irate figure, brundlshlng a newspa-
per, loOmed up in the doorway.
"Who wrote thls?" demanded Ron
aid Cannoles, heatedly, in the door
way.
"What?' querled Forrest innocently.
"That Z" And Cannoles pointed. "The
dirty buns. They've ruined me. /"
Here, wait a minute till l read it,"
admonlshed Forrest, and he scanned
the offensive article. Where's the
kickT" asked Forrest calmly.
'The whole things a kick" snapped
Ronald hotly. fright where live. See
here, 1t says, Following his most inter
esting lecture, Mr.. Cunnoles dlned at
the home Of one of the fair members
Of the faculty. 1t is rumored that an
other alliance has been formed by
Cupid between stage and college Gu
pld, bah! I'm going to beat Charlie
Zepp to u jelly"
"What-for giving you the best
boost in years7 You've got the notori-
ETY.. What do you carer
That's just It," cut in Ronald. 81
do care. Confound 1t, man-I-I like
Miss Walters
"oh" whistled Forrest, in amaze
ment. $50 that's the lay?"
After a few minutes Ronald left the
office and Forrest got busy. He
phoned a nearby restaurant, and
three minutes later he had the case
before Charlie Sepp.
"Get busy and write your head off.
Put in about Cannoles being descend
ed from English nobility-you might
slip lord in the family somewhere
only do it up brown. Tell all about
his wonderful college career. Smear
it on thick
zepp looked at the other, open
mouthed and incredulous, then ex-
ploded.
But, hang it all, chief" he de-
INJURED, that's all bunk. It'll cost
you advertising rates. That's expen-
sive."
"Hang the expenseg' snapped For
rest, impatlently. I've made a clean
up on him, and he's a fine young man.
Go get busy and charge it to me-"
"Whos that dame across the way?'
demanded Charlie of Hazel two weeks
later as they again sat in box at re
hearsal. Charlie was pointing to the
opposite box wherein there sat a
beautiful young girl whose shining