Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-04-07
The DESTROYING ANGEL
BY Louis Joseph Vance


It's simplicity itself: I'm going to buy
| him"
Buy Maxi"
"Body-artistic soul-and breeches.A
Whitaker affirmed confidently.
''Impossiblew
lyon forget how well fixed l am
What's the use of my owning half the
gold in New Guinea ii 1t won't buy
me what already own by every mora.
and legal right?"
He won't listen to you; you don1
know Max"
I'm willing to lay you a small bet
that there will be no first performance
at the Theater Max tomorrow night"
you'll never persuade him"
I'll buy the show outright and my
wife's freedom to boot-Or else Max
will begin to accumulate the local
color of a hospital ward"
Ember smiled griInly. You're be-
ginning to convince even me. When.
may | ask, do you propose to pull of
this sporting propositions"
! do you know where Max can he
| found tonight?'
AT the theater-"
'Then the matter will be arranged
at the theater between this hour and
midnight"
Il doubt If you succeed In getting
the ear of the great man before mid
night; however, I'm not disposed to
bubble about few hours"
But why shouldn't II"
Because Max is going to be the
busiest young person in town tonight
And that is why I've been looking fer
you. Conforming 10 his GUS
tom, he's been giving an advance
| glimpse of the production TO the crit.
les and a few friends in the form OF
"A final grand dress rehearsal tonight.
| Again, III conf0rmsnce with his Gus
tom, he has honOred me with a bid.
I've been chasing you all day to find
out If you cared to go"
Eight O'Clock and n bit after"
Whitaker interrupted briskly, consul
ting his watch. Here, boy" he hailed
a passage page; 'call a taxicab for
me-" And then, rising alertly: "Come
along; I've got to hustle home; and
make myself look respectable enough
for the occasion; but at that. with
luck, fancy we'll be there before the
first curtain"
This mood of fClth. of self-reliance
and assured optimism held unrufIied
throughout the dash hOmeward, his
| hurried change of clothing and the
ride to the theater. Nothing that En-
Der, purpOsely pessi;1istic. could say
or do awaited to diminish the high
buOyancy of his humOr. He main
| tanned a serene faith In his star, a
spirited temper that refused to recog-
nize obstacles In the way of his de
| sire.
In the taxicab. en- route to the Thea.
ter Max, he contrived even to dlstil o
good omen from the driving autumnal
downpOur itself.
'On such day as this" he told his
doubling friend, 81 won her first; on
such a day l shall win her anew, final.
ly and for all timer
From Broadway to Sixth avenue.
Forty-sixth street was bright with the
yellow glare of the huge sign In front
of the Theater Max. But this night.
unlike that other night when he had
approached the stage of his wife's tri-
rmphs, there was no crawling rank Of
cabs, no eager and curious press Of
people in the street: but few vehicles
disputed their way otherwise the rain
and the hurrying, raln-coated wayfar-
ers had the thoroughfare to them
themselves. And even this he
chose to consider a favorable omen {:
! there was not now a public to come
between him and his ioye-only Max
and her frightened fancies.
The man at the door recognized EN-
Der with a cheerful nod; Whitaker he
| did not know.
Just in time, Mr.. Ember; curtains
been up about ten minutes"