La Junta tribune., 1917-11-29

! to the stage-have lived good lives and
become famous bur the ordinary run
why. It's such haphazard. go-as-you-
please impecunious kind Of life
the last kind I'd want to see you tsd
to-
"But. daddy. they're not all 'haphax-
ard or 'impccunious, Geruld isn't"
.How do you knowf"
"He said he had enough for US both
70 live on comfortably"
"Huh ~ shifted Dakin incredulously.
"where did you meet 'GeraldY"
AT Grace Welby's."
Bohemian studio. cigarettes. beer"
"No" broke in Sue. 'At her own
home, with her father and mother.
They entertain some OF the best people
In Chicago Sunday eveninga"
'How long agof'
"Nearly three months ago. He was
playing there. and"
"Whnt theatcr;'
"In vaudeville. II was"
vaudeville" shouted Dakin. with
intense disgust. 81 suppose he whacks
fellow with a stuffed club and calls
II comedy"
Not at ALL" protested Sue. now al
most In tears. Its beautiful little
sketch"
well, daughter" said Dakln. begin
ming on another tnck. Il hope you
won't take this matter too seriously till
It'll We know this young man little
better. Perhaps he doesn't mean"
"Oh. but he does. saw him just
two days before left Chicsgo-and-
we're engaged. He wanted to write
you at once; but ! thought | would
rather talk TO you first about It."
You'd better ask him to write"
With this, Dakin concluded the In
terview. leaving Sue with something
more than n suspicion that her father
was not going TO give his consent. La
ter on he told Sue he had answered
Mr.. Fielding's letter and asked for n
stay In proceedings till he could have
n talk with him.
Sue went back In no happy frame OF
mind to take up her studies Ia Chicago,
and her father concluded TO take d
trip TO New York. mainly to see Mr.
Jacob Higgins. whom he had found
would be there. and TO take n look at
his peach orchard. Arriving late In
the afternoon In New York. he decided
to look up Mr.. Higgins at his hotel the
next day. That evening he strolled
n
After time the curtain rose on the
setting for n play. IL Interested him.
Presently man entered. Dakin ex-
pcrienced shock. He rubbed his eyes,
then slipped a coin In the slot and tx.
irucied opera glasses, which he hastily
raised TO his eyes.
Most extraordinary resemblance ="
he said to himself. .why. It's the I'M
age Of Higgins
lie had no program. He called an
usher aud asked the maine. II was Ger.
aid Fielding. Mr.. Dakin gaspcd and
asked the usher TO take around his
card. Yes. Mr. Fielding would see him.
and he went IA the stage door. He was
cordially received. In answer 10 Dn-
kin's query as 10 how he could be two
different men Mt the same time. he
said: "fou see. Jacob Higgins was
AN impossible name for the stage, 80 I
took another. ! was u triHe more ro-
mantle then" he smiled. IL am thirty.
six now. know I am considerably
older ihan-but perhaps you'd like to
see the peach orchardf''
Decidedly Dakin would like 10 see
ia. orchard. So they arranged TO go out
sunday morning. Fielding did not ono.
again refer TO Mr.. Dakin's daughter.
and the other as dc,erininedly tahoocd
the subject. The peach grower showed
his fine, extensive orchard with prid.
and suppressed glee 10 his host, whom
he could see was profoundly i'm
pressed.
"fou see" he said. Il play only n
short season In the winter. and that
leaves me plenty OF time 10 look after
the orchard"
The next day. as the two men ant
taking Ia Dakin's room Mt IN. hotel.
there cnme knock at the door. To
the Intense surprise Of both. Su. en-
tered. She gave kind Of start n, see
Ing the two men together.
Were talking business" explained
pnkln. Were thinking OF going into
partnership"
She gave little ecstatic cry. Then
there was some more explaining.