Nogales international., 1929-04-30

BILE while Maryella is out driving with Bill
beck and Cooper, passing IN big road
ste! aunts him. After Maryella has left
Bilbeck is able TO start his car again.
The amateur players are to give Pygma-
lion and Galatea at the Old Soldiers Home.
In th-.r version Bilbeck is to act as the
stat,. md Maryella despaire when she dis
cove, is bow legs Mrs. Hemingway later
Aatt Bilbeck and talks to him about the
play ,ilbeck pats her hand, only to find a
roul hand grasping him by the shoulder
and hitting him out of his seat.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Mr.. Hemingway does not belong to
the club. He is managing editor of
the Daily Mail, and has to work nights
too often. But he usually calls for his
wife to take her home from re-
hearsals.
We stood in the aisle and glared at
one another.
"Why, John!" Mrs. Hemmingway
interposed. Il wasn't expecting you
for quite a while yet"
= Il can see that" he retorted, not
taking his eyes from my face. "Now
all I want to know is who you are" he
shouted at me. "Take off that mask
before l yank it off"
He made motion toward me with
his open hand.
His wife stopped him.
...l Don't, John. It's Tom Bilbeck.
That's his real face"
John Henlmingway's jaw fell. He
and l are close friends. We went
Il lgh all our schooling together, and
W. elong to. the same secret societies.
II !ppose we have sworn eternal
+ iship and brotherly love on a
d. ii, occasions. 1t was partly owing
tc i'm that ! held down my star job
OF the newspaper.
4Ohp he exclaimed, and turned to
his wife. But" s
She had stepped out in the aisle and
his eye fell on her costume for the first
time. He was speechless-with ad-
miration, I thought
Eo "What have you got on?" he de-
manded hoarsely. "Is it anything at
all, or have ! merely got speck in
my eyer"
This is my costume for the play"
She explained carefully.
"Your costume?" he repeated, puz-
zied. Where is the rest Of it?"
"This is all"
"All? What do you representa-
clothespin?"
mo"
Mrs. Hemingway has the virtue
and the fault Of literalness.
II am a Greek boy"
mot any more" her husband stated
firmly. "You can quit right here. /
won't have my wife parading around
in that kind of a--whatever it is.
"It's a Greek tunic:"'
ut is not" he declared, looking at
1T more closely. It's my best silk sport
shirt with the neck cut out and little
embroidery around the tails! Go and
get on some clothes and / will take
you home" .@1o.-.
"Oh, Johni You don't mean It'll"
Mrs. Hemingway was genuinely
alarmed now, and feared that he was
in earnest. e. .s9 o. Il
This is all for Art"
Il don't care whether it is for Art
or for Tom Bilbeck. Go, cover 'em
up j sGu ,1ci@, 4a --a
3. By this, time, the. rest of the COM
pany had heard the discussion, which
had been conducted in the same tones
as those ordinarily used on the bleach
ers at baseball game. They gathered
around.
b "Please, Mr.. Hemingway" pleaded
Maryella. "fYou couldn't make Helen
withdraw now. 1t will break up the
show"
IF she doesn't it will break up the
Hemmingway family" he declared
firmly.
"Is Mr.. Hemingway here?" in
Quired a voice loudly from the rear of
the auditorium. 1t was the boy from
the box-ofice. & a
eyes," replied John. "What is it?"
"You're wanted on the telephone"
Hemingway left us, detected
What can we do?" walled Mary
ella disconsolately. what will the old
soldiers dor"
Oont worry, MRS. f1emmlngWay
said. "I1l manage him some. way. I'll
fix the costume up so that he will ap-
prove all right"
She sighed with regret at the idea.
Hemingway returned.
Get dressed, Tom," he said to me.
We've got to 60 over too the Office"
what happened?" l asked.
There has been jail-delivery at
the penitentiary, and twenty prisoners
have escaped. It's big story, and
we'll have to have you handle it."
A chorus of protests went up at the
idea of my leaving the rehearsal. /
was just peeved enough so that it did
not make any difference to me. They
had made fun of me, and now that I
had good excuse for withdrawing
they could see how they could get
along without me. = taa'
The idea of taking the long, cold
trip out to the penitentiary did not ap.