The Washington times., 1921-11-20
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CHAMB.-My name is May.
MAN-Gee, that's q pretty name.
Mines Earl. fGrtns.) Amt that
swell!
CTIAMB.-Earl IL a nice name.
MAN (c00erlU)--Do you think SO?
(GrJns.J guess II IL then. IRE
fec<tUcIy.) That was ten years
ago. Ten years OF knocking
around.
CIfAMB.--lt seems to have agreed
with you.
MANI suppose I can't kick. lit
out for the West with what my
father left me and went into cat
tie. I always was q good hand
with them. Now ! got quite
ranch In Montana. That's a great
country out there. (Ed0erly.)
You'd like It. I'm getting back
Just 40 fast a. / can. Got to stop
over in Cheyenne, though look
ing at her and speaktn0 ioith ner-
V0us j0cuIaritv) I'll probably for
get my razor-strop again without
somebody like you to remind me.
You've certainly got great little
memory.
CHAMB.-That isn't memory; we
get to notice what guests gener-
ally leave.
MAN ia little piqued)-Oh, sup
y~AH N
anyway, you say! DO you mean
they all look alike to you?
CHAMB. Observation-Disclosures
can detect little differences.
MAN (happier again You can, ell?
Funny you should know my voice.
(S1ddcnlv.) Why didn't you say
something when you first came in ?
CHAMB.-I didn't think maybe you
would care to be reminded Of It.
Things are different with me now,
and, anyway, 1t was never any
thing but a chance acquaintance.
MAN observation-disclosures
Acquaintance. (Teleph c
rings. He ansWers It absently.)
Hello. What? The train? Oh
(SIotolv.) All right. No; III
bring my bag down myself. Don't
know that I'm suffering from any
weakness Hangs up. Speaks
to maid bldNkIy.) Say, I've got to
20. got to meet man in Chey
enne tomorrow night.
CHAMB. (tremuIouslyl-Yes? Well
its been done.
NAN (ertsndtn0 hand apkpdrdlyj
1t don't seem right to be leav
ing you like this. 1t seems some
how as though there was-as
thought there was something (mdid
hangs brc0thlcssIv on toords)-
something I ought to be able to
do for you.
CHAMB. fJGjstly) - Thank you,
there isn't anything. II will be
pleasant to remember seeing you
GoOd-by.
MAN-G-goodIby. (Shakes hands
pehementIy. Crosses and takes
opercodt and hat from hdt-tree
and picks up bag and moves re-
Imctantly totoard door. Appears
preOccupied and furns.) 1t seems
as though there was something
else was forgetting.
CH-AMB.-Maybe it's your watch.
(Goes and takes up old pfilo,o.
slips from chair and shakes them. J
Sometimes they leave their watch.
es In their pillows. No. (SfrGight.
ems up and looks at man onrtously
and soisttulIy. Begins to sob,
trying to check 1t.
MAN (Iooking hard at maid. Sud
denly electrified. Drops every
thing tn floor and rushes across
and confronts maid NO, by
thunder, it's you! It was me you
meant about the fellow who got
away-the one you cared for
Maid puts hands to face. Man
turns suddenly to telephone and
calls mp.) Hello, hello! Give me
the desk. Hello. I've changed
my plans. I'm not going out till
the 6:1O tonight. And, say
change my space for a drawing
room. I'll have my wife with me
(Hdngs ap.)
CHAMP. I'm dead tone)-I knew
you were married.
MAN (crossin0 to her)zNo, but
will be az soon as you can change
your clothes. Embraces her,
IT this is a city they've got City
Hall.
CHAMB. (sIightIy hystertcdl but
yielding to mans embrdce)-I
can't marry you!
MAN-You've got to; razor-strops
are going up.
(Tabledu curtain. After tohich cur
tain raised for crit line. Man sfill
half embracing maid Is leading
her totodrd door and leaning over
to collect hts coat, bag, etc.,
MAN-Let's 60. know I've got
everything now.
CURTAIN.
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