The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-08
B. II. Sweet.

5- ECKwooD sTETSoN paused
VIZ a moment at the hotel en-
trance to draw on his gloves,
Sthen started across the street. The
sopera house was nearly opposite,
sand the stream of people that had
Sheen turning in to it for the last
shalf hour was beginning to thin.
g The curtain should go up in a
Flew minutes now, and she was in
;sthe first act. 1t did not matter
sthat he had seen her for ten nights
gin succession. from the raising of
.sthe curtain to her final appear
,sance in front of it to acknowledge
-the enthusiastic encores of the
;saudience, the eleventh would be
tjust as fresh and absorbing. And
sbesides, this was to be her last
snight. On the morrow the COM
lgpany would start on a starring
.etour through the West for the, rest
yof the season.
|. AS he went by the poster, his
;.eyes turned for a lingering second
Ito the name which already he had
window across the street. 1t was
;sthe leading attraction on the pos
'Tter, and the eleven days enthusi-
shsna of the public had conceded its
fright to be there.
n At last Beryl Kildare had won
.ther ambition, and it was even more
teomplete than she could have
hoped. His eyes grew tender as
t,sthey fingered upon the name; the
,tArnbi:ion had been won nobly,
Through long years of hard work.
e Two girls passed him, and he
heard one of them whisper: THAT
4s Bekyi Kildare husbands" His
lHyes grew yet more tender. Yes,
sBey'yl had won her ambition, and
sshe had won Beryl: and though
.Ahey had been married three years
The 10Y Of it was just as much of
- marvel as when he had first
gain d her consent. Twenty times
'.siDce morning he had heard the
phrs sc, Beryl Kildare's husband"
and The words had brought moth
ing but pride in her success. and
10y that she and her success were
is;
= The first shock came when he
went inside. Two men were in
front Of the ticket window. When
,4hey turned he recognized one as a
member Of his football team at col
aege; the other had been a reporter
son a Western paper where he had
worked for two years after he had
obtained his degree. They both
game forward with extended hands.
III We'll, this is good"' they ex-
claimed in a breath, and one Of
:5hem added: What have you been
noing with yourself all these years,
Beck, old fellow? We expected
your name would be blazing across
che continent long ago. You were
"a chap who gave that sort of i'm
ipression, you know. And-well,
what have you been doing?"
4 lockwood WINGED a little. At COL
!jege people had turned to look at
him, and had repeated his name to
Tpne another. 1t had been pre-
.Aicted that the name of Beckwood
.Stetson would some time be better
known.
!; "Oh, I beg your pardon" one Of
the men broke in gayly, I'VE
haven't congratulated you yet, and
that should have come first. You're
y luChy CHILL, DcCh. IL ilOIlOI
Enough for one poor mortal to be
Beryl Kildare's husband"
Y: 80 l think" heartily. And 1
want to introduce you to her after
the play. Suppose you come over
10 the hotel and have an after-the-
'hter supper with US. AS to what l
have been doing, my father turned
his shoe and leather business over
10 me and s.nce leaving college I've
been buried in the office. But sup
pose we go in" .
4. Several times during the evening
lockwood saw glasses swerve
from the stage toward him, and
heads come together behind them,
whispering, and he knew that he
WAS sharing some of the REFLECTED
honor of the star. He had seen the
came thing evenings before, and
the sight had given him an odd