Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-09-17
All for the Pretty
Usher
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By RUBY DOUGLAS


THE two men watched the drama
L being enacted on the stage before
them. Neither one spoke. 1t was the
first act.
When the curtain fell, Ned Waters
turned to his companion and said:
well, Hal, you've got to hand 1t to
this young fellow. Two successful
plays on Broadway and four books
among the best sellers-at twenty
eight years odd How do you like
tlilsr ..
Harold Morton turned from his ap-
parent search OF the back aisle Of the
theater.
"Oh-great. Fine play" he said,
mechanically. "Clever fellow-this
Armand"
Ned Waters felt the disinterested
tone. What's on your mind, Half
Looking for some onef Don't you
think the plays really goodf"
Hal continued to look about. "Yes
-" he admitted, "but I'm all for the
usher"
"Usherf" exclaimed his friend.
"What usherr
Hal withered him with a glance. do
you mean to say you didn't notice that
wonderful girl In the gray smock that
put us In our seatsT
I'm sorry, old man, but didn't see
her. Who Is she?"
who Is she" growled Hal. That's
just what / want to know. That's Just
what I'm going to make 1t my business
to find out. She's the most beautiful
girl I've seen since came North"
"Oh, you impressionable Southern
ers," scoffed Ned. Every girl is a
queen"
A perfectly good play was lost on
Harold Morton that night. His com
panIon was disguised with him.
When they left, the little usher was
nowhere to be seen. Hal was dlscon-
ISOLATE. He felt as II Fate should have
permitted him one more look into those
eyes.
AS soon as possible again, Hal found
himself getting single seat In the
same section. This time, the girl
seemed to recognize his face, In a
vague, far-off sort of way He watched
the play, so as not to seem conspicu-
Gus, but. really, he was trying to work
out way to know this girl.
He bought a third seat the follow
Ing week. He was getting desperate
He could think of no way in which to
meet her and he realized that he could
not merely scrape an acquaintance
with that sort Of girl. He could moi
presume upon her helplessness In her
position of serving the public tC
thrust himself on her. No. there must
be way.
Suddenly, as he sat watching the
second act for the third time-and
knowing very little about 1t, at that
he realized that this girl would UNI
doubleday think that he was stage
door Johnnie coming so often to see
the leading woman. This determined
him to meet the girl.
He thought Of an Idea that might
not be too bad. He took from his
pocket the back of an envelope and
wrote few lines, procured fresh en-
velOpe while out between the acts, and,
as he left the theater handed 1t to the
girl asking her to give 1t to Miss
Eltinge," the star.
The little usher looked at the address
after he had gone "TO the Usher"
Then she laughed and opened It..
Hes clever. anyway" she told her
self.
Il cannot too heartily censor my
self for what am doing Miss Usher
IN Gray" he had written, but in this
great New York / can find no means
OF meeting you. I feel that I should
like TO know you. You seem like the
girls back home In Kentucky. Can
you perhaps, find wayT
He had signed his name and given
her his address at the Fraternity
house In the Heights where he lived
with his colleagues.
1t was some days before he had "a
Galety theater.
Il know just one person from Ken
lucky In all New York. come from
the West myself. 1t Is a Miss Beth
Nodison ~ Won con and nor wo
might meet"
Harold lost no time In going to the
Kentucky societv mae,ino and ooLIng
avervone about MICS Roth Modjson
He found her He told ber NJ his won.
deryuI GIRL ana Harmed mucb a, bor
much more than no had avon droorood
a, "a har crad,,
whon no anollv mo, bo- q, uss
uadIson,s anartmert no wos moro IN
Iove With har than aver
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