South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-04
ROn1ancing Ronald
By Harry Cameron New


THE stock company is crampin'
ms STYLE" complained Charlie Zepp.
the prolific press agent Of the OHM
pia, 70 Hazel Dwyer. the heavy"
woman Of the company. as. seated
an a box. they watched the morning
rehearsal Same old stun-day in
and day out Give me vaudeville
anv day Why there amt been a
now stunt pulled of here for a
month"
sure there IS" answered Miss
DIVER s.veetis. "put II takes brains
TO find IT," And unmindul Of the
sputteVing protest that rose 10 his
lips. size added scornfulry. who =
standing the gaff, anyway? You've
got il soft, Charlie. Here we are.
studying one piece, rehearsing an
other, and playing "A third" She
gave him a sly look out Of the cor
ner Of her eyes, and went on. "Ro-
maid Cannoles hardly gets any time
o. carry on his lecture work"
zepp bounded out Of his chair
and faced her excitedly.
What's is" he demanded, all
alert Lecture work? Where?
When? What dye know"
Miss Dwyer regarded him calmly,
with "a twinkle of amusement in her
eyes
How'd you enjoy your vacation.
Charlie she asked, laughing in his
face
"Ah. cut it out" he snarled. i'm
patiently. 1--WE been on the job
But how long has this been goin'
on?"
You're right nice when you're So
: Der" she told him. and inwardly
reioiced at his scowl, so I'll tip
YOU of. Old man Forrest intro
duced him to a good-lOoking girl
who's teaching at a girls school.
Then, Forrest, with an eve on the
box-office, tips her off that Cannoles
only plays Juvenile for the love of
it. that he's a regular bug on
Shakespeare"
Help" Inter- u.pted Zepp.
Shakespeare? Shades of Budwei-
ser!"
so the girl coaxed him out 10
| the seminary" continued Miss Dwy-
[ er, disregarding the interruption.
'Ronnie wasn't very keen for it, but
she turned on all the horsepower in
those beautiful brown lamps o. hers,
and Ronnie weakens. He went to
the school and gave EN- an earful
about Romeo and Juliet and Mac
, beth, on two succeeding Fridays and
Saturday matinees looked like a Sc
| lective draft of siXteen-year-old sun
/ dae slippers had been conducted. And
the nice little highbrow teacher isn't
above taking a box with her family.
just to get a closeup of him; then
! they yanked him back TO family din
ner. He's due for Hamlet next Fri
! day afternoon"
"Oh, boy" guIgled Zepp ecstati-
/ cally. Local interest-intellectu
treat-heart stuff-all that! Gosh
what a spread-haIf a column or
more" lie shut his eyes in dreamy
I perspective for an instant. then
grabbed his hat. "Jes' watch me.
I'm going to romance Ronald up TO
I has ears"
As ne started out of the box on the
run she called him back See here.
don't say / told you"
mo need, he replied soothingly.
Little Bright Eyes. which is me.
sees everything Yea bo," and he
was gone.
Forrest was leaving his office the
following saturday afternoon, when
an irate figure, brandishing a news
paper. doomed UP in the doorway.
who wrote this?" demanded
Ronald Cannoles, heatedly, for it
was he
What" queried Forrest, inno-
Gently; and laying aside his hat, he
| reached for the paper and his specs
That And Cannoles pointed
! The dirty buns. They've ruined
me I-"
Here wait a minute till I read
I it," admonished Forrest. and he
scanned the offensive article. his de-
light increasing with every line. and
I he turned the paper back 10 Ronald
with a smile from ear to ear. some
little write-up, Ronald. Charlie
Zepp's "A bear"
some little nothingi" shot back
Ronald "It's-common. Its got me
i I'm devil of a hole I'm ruined