The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-07

(COntinued From Our Last lssuel
"Well. what do you want? Talk
fast. My time is precious
II have here a very fine PLAY.
called Success which would be a
good investment for YOU"
"Who wrote it,"
my husband"
He glanced at her.
IT thought child marriage was
prohibited in this state"
She dimpled back at him, de-
liciously.
1T is modern. dramatic"
Comedy"
mo"
Nothing else has much chance.
Leave it. and | will read it."
"When."
Say. who let you in here, any
how?"
"You did,"
"Tell your husband to put you
in good play and I'll put 1t on. "
much obliged. I'll tell him.
Good morning."
She went out and down the
street. 1t was definitely settled in
her mind that she was to market
Jarvis wares. She had gift for
It, desperate courage in a crisis,
that made her do anything to win
= her point ana get what she came
for,
The play came back shortly,
with a brief note from Claghorn.
It had some good points, but it was
too serious. Not dramatic enough.
The third act was weak.
"All the silly asses want me to
make them laugh" ragged Jarvis.
II am disappointed in my new
friend, but the letter to Belasco
II here now, so we'll have q talk
with him. VIII you go, or shall
II"
"I think I'd like to talk with
him and tell him my views" jar
Wis said.
They sent in the letter, with a
request for an interview. In the
course of few days reply came
saying that Mr.. Belasco had gone
West to see new production, but
II Mr.. Jocelyn would send his play
to the office 1t would receive the
earliest possible attention. 1t was
q blow TO their hopes, but there
was nothing else to do, SO they dis
patched 1t by messenger.
II think, maybe. We had better
plan to go back home tomorrow,
and wait the decision there. The
money is vanishing, and | am get
ting anxious about the Professor.
He forgets to write anything of
importance"
"All right. I'll be glad to go
back"
Lets go shop this afternoon,
and take the morning train tomor-
row."
Once their thoughts turned to-
ward the little house, and the
arithmetical garden, they were
anxious to get back. Their shop
ping tour was a gay affair, be-
cause IL was their last outing.
On the morrow they turned their
faces toward home and the Pro-
fessor.
They slipped back into their rou-
tine of life as II IL had never been
broken. Jarvis, after two per-
: turbed days of restlessness, went
. into work fit over a new play.
The Professor was busy with final
examinations. so Bambi was left
alone with plenty of leisure In
which to do her next story.
She wisely decided to write her
seif--in other words, to dramatize
her own experiences, to draw on
her emotions, her own views of
/, life. She must leave 1t to Jarvis
to rouse and stir people. She
would be content to amuse and
charm them. So she boldly called
her tale by her own name, Fran
cesca," and she shamelessly intro
duced the Professor and Jarvis.
with a thin Disguise, and chortled
over their true likeness after she
had dipped them In the solution of
her Imagination. She relied on the
fact that neither of them ever
looked between the covers of a
MAGAZINE. Besides, even IL they
CHANGED upon the story. they would
mover recognize their own por-
traits.
A few days before the prize story
was published. q special copy came
10 her from Mr.. Strong. She hid
n untii the Twins we're gone.
Then she hurried out to the piazza
and the hammock with 1t. IL was