Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17

opera in it now"
Grand opera" 1 said
Sure. he answered.: "Mademoi-
selle lnez Cabrera is going to appear
here with Donoretti and Mazini for
one night One night only, Rube.
It's going to cost thousands, and why
the devil it's being done is a mystery
to me. l guess there's a millionaire
In this burg who's footing the BILL
he thoueht l was a rube because l
owned livery stable in bonneville.
but l knew more than him. l didn't
tell him. either. 1 didn't tell him that
little 1nez Cabrera was spending all
the money she made that winter in
New York to bring the Carmen COM
pany to bonneville SO her old gran
ny could see her.
They came, all right. Came up in a
special train. about fifty of them.
Smithers said there wasn't third of
the number that played it in New
York. but I don't know about that.
1t took fifteen carriages to take them
from the depot to the theater. and I
supplied them all. The chap who was
hossing the thing had special orders
from Inez Cabrera that Ed Green
stone of the livery stable was to do
all trucking and carry all the troupe.
/, And the fat fellow who took Inez
away to learn her singing came with
them. He knew me, too. Winked at
me and gave me cigar. like as if We
had known each other for years.
You're coming tonight" he said.
showing an order into my hand. Made
nofSelle Cabrera'S orders. Front box
for Mr.. Edward Greensboro and fam
lily"
I drove him and Inez and Donoretli
and Mazini to the theater. and the
whole town was crazy. The main
street was all Illuminated, and Smith
aA ~ l.
come that he read to Inez on the
;steps of the theater. ! don't think
Donoretti and Mazini understood
word he said. They were both for
eigners and couldn't say six words in
English. And Granny Harland was
there with her nurse, crying and
laughing all the time.
That was some show. My wife and
and my kids were right up in one of
the boxes alongside Smithers and we
saw everything. although we didn't
understand a blamed word of what
they said. Donoretti was a bull fight
er and Mazini was a soldier. and they
were both in love with Carmen. who
was IneZ Cabrera.
Who do you think she li'-es?" my
wife said to me in the second act
'Shucks." I said, "she doesn't like
either Of them. It's play"
think she likes the fat fellow" That
being Donoretti.
1nez looked lovely. and she sang and
danced 30 that bonneville. or as
much of bonneville as could squeeze
in the theater. no charge bein:. made.
rose up on it's hind legs and shouted
itself hoarse. And that fat fool Dom
oretti and the other chap Mazini
stood and bowed. thinking Honnet-
vile was cheering them. l didn't like
Donoretti at sight, and I liked him
less after what my wife said
1t was greet night. one of the
greatest nights bonneville ever saw
Most OF the actors went back to New
York after the show. but the fat man.
who was the director. ard Donoretti
stayed at the Mansion House Hotel,
while Inez Cabrera went out to the
Harland place with her delighted old
granny.
Next morning the fat man told me
to drive him and Donoretti out so that
he could show the bull fighter the
tree horoscope. 1t was the first days
as we drove along. Up near Can
mans hill! we met three cows. and
one of them came up frie ndly-like to
the trap. and do you know that fellow
who was telling how he killed bulls
the night before at the theater nearly
going to jump in the surrey and horn
him.
We got to the Harland place and
drove up to the front gate. that was
close to the apple tree that was plant
ed when Inez was born. And then /
saw a miracle. Yes. sir! That apple
tree had come out in blossom. won
derful blossom. when there was none
at all upon the other trees. and there
wasn't for a week afterward, and sit
ting there underneath it. not as much
as hearing Us drive up. were Inez
Cabrera and Johnny Templeton. Sit
ting under the tree with the blossoms
over them. the sweetest sight l ever
saw in all my life. Old Granny Har-
land was asleep in a chair on the
porch. and somehow, as I sat there.
I had a thought that Count Raphael
Cabrera wasn't as mad as a lot of
people thought he was.
That's about all my yarn-Inez
married Johnny Templeton at the
bonneville Church. and when she's
not singing she's living with him and
Granny Harland at the old Harland
place along the Powertown road. and
they're very. very happy. and there's
a new apple tree planted now for
Raphael Templeton. who's just come
into the world
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