Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-06
The Shadow Of Her Husband

about that. All that they did know was
that here al their sidc-in their midst. a
it werc-there was Il young girl who had
sought this ~vagabond: and who, NJ last,
had fonnd-his face, what of ii? Could
she find the man!
4 dozen men in the audience felt the
same impulse III the same instant. a doz-
en- men sprang 10 the stage and tried e.
read the number on the helmet ~ the Of
ficer.
Time and again they failed. Time and
again the machine men adjusted and rc-
adjusted the machine 10 give 4 clearer
view. but Ia no avail. The cssltcr grew
the picture Of the vagabond. the DINNER,
apparently, became The helmet of the Of
ficer.
.And-I must find him. walled the
pretty girl. IL must find him somehow"
/ From that moment the crowd lost in
terest in everything but in the search for
this man whose face was pictured on the
screen. Ii seemed uncanny-it was be-
wildering; but il was real.
They would find the man-they must
| find him. lie could be found; he could
he traced; the police must have kept some
record.
They surged and >wayed about her
hat girl with the pathetic look-and told
her they would zee her through.
The next night Bellport had heard all
about it, and the rest Of Bellport went to
see the face upon the screen. The opera
house was crowded To the lint. To sails
fy public opinion, the machine men stopped
the machine nj the right place and let the
people feast their eyes upon the face.
Poor thing the people said, catching
the pathos of it all poor thing
The mystery of il all, the possibilities OF
the thing, caught the crowd.
"llit rs where we lived" "a one man
said. Poor chap-poor girl!'
But there were in Bellport one or two
men who had not seen it.
Old Bill Tewlegger was one. Ills real
name was Terwilliger. lie hadn't heard
about il IN time to 20 the second night.
And he found 10 his chagrin that the
show was booked in Bellport for two
nights only. lie was ont of it..
II wanted 10 see that fellows face" he
said.
Then he frightened up.
~ amt out Of il. neither" he remarked.
BLAMED il ! dom ride over 10 Donaldson
and see 'em there. They're going 10 set
up there tonight. | hear
And old Bill Tewlegger did hitch up and
did ride over. And the show was there.
And Bill. though he was a plH g-goinE
man. too, sat lisilessly throughout The
vaudeville and waited patiently Tor the
camera 10 start its whir.
'lIere she goes - he said finally 10 h'm
self. And he watched. watched. watched
until at last he saw the face.
Then suddenly in the center Of the house
there arose \ mufflcd scream.
The scream had come from a beautiful
young girl in shabby gcnteel garb. who
walled 1.-THE face-the facet
Bill Tewlegger went back. THE face
he said. "Saw the face; saw the girl
they did the whole thing over just for me.
Great! Well. /! should smile
Bill tuggcd nj his whi>kers mcthodically
SAY" he continued. ''do YOU know
what struck me when ! seen that girl LEAF
into the air and holler about the face!'
The good people of Bellport eazcd alb
stractedly at Bill for further information
concerning his innermo~t thoughts. One
desperate v~illager. unable 10 restrain HIM
self further. invited Mr.. Tewlegger 10 spit
her out whercupon Bill concluded:
Il made up my mind from what ! seen
and from the antics she cut up. and tho
way them there spectators got wrought up,
that the girl who went positively daftN
over that face was"
''Don't 20 no further. BILL exclaimed
the village constablc. You're right. She
was part of the show. She wa more than
that. she was the whole performance
We're 4 lot Of fools and il serves IT, right
Bill looked reproachfully at the man
who had stolen his thunder. and ~talkeI
away Indignantly.
ITO think" remarked one Of the Bell
poricr~ after recovering Consciousness
chat they'd have the face To liz IT,"