The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-06

point of view, unnecessarily cruel. The
girl he had taken her for would, on be.
ing ordered to repeat the grotesque bill
of vulgarity of his, have drawn her
dignity about her like a cloak and
gone back in chastened spirit to the
world where she belonged.
A gorgeous apparition came sweep
Ing by them just now, on line from
the dressing room to the door-a fig
ure that, with regal deliberation, was
closing blue broadcloth coat, trimmed
with sable, over an authentic CallOt
frock. The geOrgette hat on top of
1t was one that Rose had last seen in
Michigan avenue shop. 1t had found
its proper buyer-fulfilled its destiny.
"Oh, Grant !" said John Galbraith.
The Queenly creature stopped short
and Rose recognized her with jump
as the sulky chorus girl.
Galbraith walked over to her. II
sha'n't need you any more, Grant"
He spoke in quiet, impersOnal sort
of way, but his voice had, as always
good deal of carrying power. Its
hardly worth your while trying to
work, / suppose, when you're as pros
porous as this. And it isn't worth my
while to have you soldering. You
needn't report again"
He nodded, not unamiably, and
turned away. She gIared after him
and called out in hoarse, thrOaty
voice, THANK my stars l don't have to
work for you"
He'd come back to Rose again by
this time, and she saw him smile.
when you do it," he said over his
shoulder, "thank them for me too"
Then to Rose: "She's valuable girl;
I'm giving you her place because she
won't get down to business. I'd rather
have a green recruit who will. The
next rehearsal is at a quarter to eight
tonight. Give your name and address
to Mr.. Quan before you go. BY the
way, what is your name?"
Rose Stanton" she said. "But
:" She had to follow him
step or two because he had already
turned away. "But may l give some
other name than that to Mr.. Guam"
He frowned little obviously and
asked her now old she was. And
even when she told him twenty-five,
he didn't look altogether reassured.
That's the truth, is It? l mean,
there's nobody who can come down
here about three days before we open
and call me a kidnaper, and lead
you away by the carp
"No," said Rose gravely, there's no
one who'll do that"
VERY WELL" he said. "Tell Quan
any name you like"
The name she did tell him was Doris
Dane.
At the appointed time for rehearsal
she was on hand. She was one of the
first of the chorus to reach the hall,
and she had nearly finished putting on
her working clothes before the rest of |
them came pelting in. But she didn't
get out quickly enough to miss the SEN
sation that was exciting them all-the |
news that Grant had been dropped. A |
few were indignant; the rest merely |
curious.
Before she had been working fifteen
she had forgotten all about |
Grant. Shed even forgotten her reso-
luton not to let John Galbraith re-
member she was recruit.
She didn't know she was tired, pant
ing wet all over with sweat. She
hadn't done anything so physically ex-
acting as this for over year. But
she had the illusion that she wasn't
1olng anything now; that she was
Just a passive, plastic thing tossed
lung, swirled about by the driving
lower of the directors will.
She realized, when the rehearsal was
Dver, that it had gone well and that it
couldn't have gone so If her own part
lad been done badly. But she didn't
understand the look which he sent
Lfter her as she walked off--she didn't
now that it was the highest enco-
mum he was capable of.