Evening star., 1935-03-17

dinner and supper time. MIR. Copperas is very
clever. He insists that they all stay in the
hotel that they show themselves about the
place freely. They have made many friends
and naturally this has created a little dis
tMbance OF course our greatest trouble is
with the bride"
"The bride?" Besserley repeated.
Miss Rosa Helliot She takes the part of
the bride in the grand finale"
''Oh, know all about her." Besserley
groaned.
"A great many men," Monsieur Blot
assured him, have lost their heads over
Rosa Helliot. This young man who takes the
principal male part, Morris Dring is worse
than anyone. In the finale there is as you
know, great wedding scene. Well, Dring is
the bridegroom and when he has got through
with it, he is in such state of excitement
that he gets drunk nearly every night.
imagines he is really married to her, and tries
to come up to her rooms Her manager has to
wait up and see him to bed most nights.
That was what happened last night"
well, there's certain amount of humor
about your explanation, Monsieur Blot"
General Besserley observed, "but there's one
thing must ask you. Will you impress upon
the young lady. that she must not force her
way into the rooms of respectable elderly
gentlemen like myself in these hours of peril?'
"Ill try to see that you are not annoyed
again." Monsieur Blot promised.
"And it will soon be all over, anyway,
General" he confded. "You have heard of the
real wedding, of course?"
II heard that jim Montressor, who is old
enough to know better. is to marry child of
sixteen or seventeen out of the show Bes-
serley grunted.
"She is going to be married to him the
day after tomorrow at the cathedral" the
director assented. "She is to have the same
girls as bridesmaids The Socists are giving the
wedding supper and it will be marvellous
show. There will be one final performance at
night. The next morning she leaves as
respectfully married woman for her honey
moOn."
"And what becomes of Dring?"
The director shrugged.
HE will probably get drunk again after the
last performance, but the bride will be in
Italy"
"An excellent place for her." Besserley
marked.
The bar of the Hotel de Paris two days
afterwards became, a few minutes after the
bells had rung out from the church on the
hill, full to overhowing with crowd of
perspring, exhausted, gaily dressed but highly
amused habitues of the Principality. Every
one had entered into the spirit of the affair.
The church had been packed. Nothing had
been done to hurt the susceptibiities of the
more devout portion of the congregation, and
the whole affair had been pronounced, mar
velous success. The bride had worn the
prescribed costume of every night - the same
wonderful veil, and marvellous wreath of
orange blossoms. Everyone declared she had
never seemed more sweet.
Jim is a lucky fellow" they were all
saying over their cocktails in the hotel bar.
The bridal party itself had gone straight from
the church to their rooms.
Il should say he was" Copperas agreed
little dolefully. Rosa is as straight as line,
and she has been most carefully brought up,
but of course the best thing that can happen
to girl as charming as that is to be married
early"
"She has irritated me once or twice lately"
Besserley confessed. "but never saw love-
lier BRIDE"
"Ill tell you who thought looked well,"
one girl remarked. THAT was Morris Dring.
Of course everyone knows that he is madly in
love with the bride himself, but he stuck to
his guns as best man instead of bridegroom in
great style"
us he in love with her, or is that only stage
pretence?" someone else speculated.
mot much stage pretenCe about it. don't
fancy" one Of the under managers of the show
rcp6ded