Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-08
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see possibilities IN the scheme. Well /
get you lot Of musical bells. so that /
the ringing won't annoy ~ any il yoa /
keep 1t up for some time"
Maybe / could rig Il. an electric |
chime" Kent suggested. with an eye /
to mechanical details of which be
alone was master. WED each have /
to have number and only answer
our own note on the chime FOR tn,
stance. do YOU'D call for the gink
who was Friday No /. That would
be the captain here.
LET me be Friday the thirteenth"
Bopp continued. and Jim. the galley
mechanic. can be Black Friday Kent
you're Good Friday you get not
cross bun What shall I hqptize you.
Monty ] can't think Of any more
Fridays"
Let me be Ash Wednesday. | don't
care much for fish anyway
By this time we had reached the
house.
Lucille greeted ~ downstairs in the
living room.
Miss Dunmore is waiting for yea
| looked around to see whom she
was addressing
Il mean you. MIR. Blainey."
who is Miss DunmoreT"
'@The lady whose life you saved. Do
you mean TO say that yon DIDN'T rec
ognize her with those--things on?'
Il don't know what you mean
That's right" said Bopp, mo mat
ter what you say well all Of us agree
that it's true. We mon must stick to-
gether. Monty never saw tho lady be-
fore"
This was especially despieable on
the part of Bopp. az he knew as well
as did that the telegram had been for
the other Blaney whom Clair had spo-
/ ken of,
How about this. then?" Inquired
Lucille sweefly, handing me a damp
+ newspaper clipping. "She had that in
her hand all the time"
looked at 1t in amazement. 1t was
my own criticism Of a production Of
AS You Like It," which had been
staged the week before. One para
graph was marked with a blue pencil
and read as follows:
The fashionable audience which assem-
bled to see Miss Langiand as Rosalind was
obviously disappointed when the manage
nlent announced that Miss Langiand was
indisposed and that her understudy would
play the part. Before the first act was
over, however, the discriminating ones in
front knew that they had been present at
the birth of q new star. The manage
4 ment need never again offer excuses for
presenting Miss Vida Dunmore as Rosa
lind. The public had never dreamed that
RosalinQ could be as physically perfect as
Miss Dunmore made us see her. Shake
speare could never have written tie part
had ne seen Miss Dunmore's figure. He
would have known that Rosalind in tights
could not for an instant deceive Orlando
as 70 her sex
It is Impossible 70 say more than that
the part and the boots have never bean
more perfectly filled. Miss Dunmore comes
from famous theatrical family, and rei-
Their her Cousin Ethel nor her Uncle JACK
need fear that the family laurels viii fade
IN Miss Dunmore's possession Her voice
has the soft note OF the thrush which
seems too sweet to be heard by an en-
tire audience.
/ had written IA a burst Of enthpsi-
asm over perfect bit Of artistry.
Taken away from tine context Of tic
review. however, the paragraph die
sound q tride eul0gistic
Hadn't you better go up and see
herr urged Lucille. she is conscious
now, and she seemed so pleased when
I told her you were here / didn't tell
her that you were the one who rescued
her. ! thought she would prefer to
hear that from your own lips
If I had known as much then as /
DO now about girl psychology ] could
have read Jealousy into every word LII
ellie spoke, and it would have comfort.
ed NE q lot as it was. I let her drive
me upstairs aud into the room occu.
pied by Miss Dunmore.
l ! entered alone Dressed in one OF
Lucile's negngees she was propped VI
in bed. My dramatic criticism was
right. She was pretty. There was a
Z veil Of charm about her such as one
e expects TO find around q convent bred
girl who knows nSthing Of the world.
q Did you wish TO see meY' / asked.
you are Mr.. GreenT' she hesitated
5 NO? I have seen no one except the
d lady, and 1 didn't understand whether
ste said Miss or Mrs.
& Her voice lost none Of its quality
through not being heard over the foot
lights. Ii vihrated like the &c" string
!. on violin.
q Miss Green it Is" I informed her
''She said you wanted to see me- In
It Mr. Blainey."
g "Not'the playwright"
o "No. the dramatic critic"
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