Show THE re REAL ADVENTURE by HENRY KITCHELL WEBSTER copyright 1916 bobbs mcdill co ROSE STANTON ALDRICH MAKES AN opportunity FOR HERSELF DURING rehearsals OF THE MUSICAL COMEDY IN WHICH IS TO BE A CHORUS I 1 GIRL CIRL AND FINDS HAPPINESS Sy synopsis roe niton of model ate cirri liem instances metes marring joe wealthy health Y rodney Aldr aldrich lh on A short and tor for more than a ear lives in idleness nod 1 luxury 11 1 in chicago the 11 life fe polls palls ou her elm I 1 longs to do useful but decides th that at motherhood talu III be a it big job she be hns twins reins ho however winer suit and the kiev lire are put lot into the care B of a professional nurse rose eose mold again bee become ii intensely tied fied nith am so eo over the violent protest offic doting husband ali she disappears re into the buann business tild to make good on her own initiative gets a job in the chorus of a musical comedy in ID l and 11 lives cunderi under an assumed umed name I 1 in a ch p b houe she is mell liked b ill the slide producer because of her intelligent efforts and he be can candac dah alons so her to b help costume made ill the ahm her brimle thick she has gone to Calif california olula on a long estt isit CHAPTER Conti continued meed 12 it ite hose e arriving pr promptly at bof the hour bear ignited upon bad i 1 wait of fifteen minutes before any of her asters later of the sextet sex ic or mrs kim Gol timith douth arrived arid 1 I dent want anything just now am A she a told tile the saleswoman but he hadu I 1 in these few weeks of clu L 1 street lost her air of 0 one who he will buy if she he as sees anything worth buy lug ing la in flet the saleswoman thought correctly Y that she knew he her flud and shined her the few smart th things they had in the store a eeb evening gown game I a couple of afternoon frocks fee from jennie there gasn wasn t she c admitted dm ill ad it being just between 6 sta sees the ret rest re t ot of the sex set arrived I 1 in A a pair air and d a trio one of them squealed hello hall dinu th the saleswoman me was aked dk ed on seeing on 9 roe nod an ill ac kw kuledge ledgE it ot of this greeting and ad just about that time they heard beard mrs goldsmith explaining who she was las old and ime the nature of her errand to the he man the sort of gowns she presently b be g gin exclaiming with mith delight fand ad ordering put into the heap of possibilities bili ties were mere horrible enough to have air I 1 sin a protest from the max ani figures in t the h a windows the more mom completely th the e fundamental lines of a were men dl disguised go is sit with sartorial scroll saw work ik the more or successful this lady felt it to be an oui ow ament to mrs mes goldsmith Goldi mith did aid not live up to its po possibilities litin ties unless it in two turn were decorated alth w ath ormand ornaments mos of it its old ow n like the e time fleas on an the fleas lie of the dog dg R rose ose a spent P ent a miserable I eble half hour worrying orran over t these ll 11 be geleed se selections leed of the wife life of the principal owner of the show how feeling 1 she ought to put I 1 up P i some ome e sort art 0 of f fight and hardly deterred by the patent futility of such a to course ree all t the a while thil she he kept one ey eye on the door and prayed tor for the arrival of job john Galfa raith fill he c came 1 in just es as mrs goldsmith finished 0 her task just when then by a prom process s of studious red md ellmin atlon tio every passable thing in A the h store had been discarded and the t twelve olve most moat oil aly for hopeless ones two taio tor each girl laid same aside for purchase the girls girl were seem dispatched to put a on A th the vig evening v ig frocks frock firs and were then paraded before the director direct he be was a diplomat and hg he was quick a on his feet ross bose watching tehmi his bla face very closely ill thought ought that tor just it a firs slit boht 1 be second cond she caught hl a cleara ol of in a effable il his horror hodor but it was g gone so bd quil quickly k IT she could almost have bal balad believed that she had been mistred he dido I 1 may ear much about the mat costumes but he said aid it so promptly and adequately hat um mrs goldsmith go ill beamed with pride poll ab sent eat the girls girl way away to put on the other set tho the afternoon frocks and oie ide more tho the directors U t a approbation hougui lacerate was a do one a bundled per ut nt pure th al 1 he be said 1111 1 in sudden sadde ill als n issal of the oath rs at ight thirty I 1 rive lie of the them scurried like children let at A out of school around behind the set met of screens the that t made an 1 us ua dx dressing effig oo 00 room and d home began chang III 16 I 1 in a mad ad e bc ramble b Is hoping to get i way and to get their dinners eat eaten kin a enough to enable able ill them to a see ill the hole Is bill at a movie show how before the th s rehearsal chemical but res rose land remained lood hanging beat about couple ill of put paces may away fr from whole where calbraith anith was talking to mrs gold cold th the only Q question te that re 1 gh n ed be me was telling her we was that cheth er her er sets selections tiam were not act t too ma well too refined benbal gen genteel bal one might say bay for the I 1 he stage H he am e t looking nt at her ss a he milled and d p presently pre ea hently ag 4 his 9 gaze in wan dered about the store ie it encountered rose itose a 8 face ill ahe hada hadet t prepared prepa it for far the encounter 1 1 lad and it wore hardly veiled sited a 1 look a ok a of humorous appreciation lie fit hta 0 sentence broke then completed complot plot ad itself she turned away y ant the next neit moment he called out to te bim her or W were so you waiting to 0 sen 00 0 aae a ends dane id 14 like ike to peak to you a 4 minute he an caid t when he you yen be have time than all right glet G go and change your lid if 01 m 1 na taid she found the other g girls a on the file P point dint 0 of f departure but edna offered to 0 anait it far or her no you rua ran along it boso said aid I 1 ve some ends E and I 1 don I 1 feel like seeing a movie tonight tom glit anyway edna looked a little odd about it but hurried along otter after the others A saleswoman women the tha same one the manager lind had assigned to rose under older the ie misconception which that smart 1 reach do ulster of hers hera had crested sha when he she time lun lot into the store t now mv came around behind the screen to gather up the frocks the girls girl had shed ifil ill 7 you on please bring me said eaid rose BOB the point model you yen showed me before the others other earn came 17 1 in 7 ill fly it on the saleswoman amod 0 mod a ounce manner was differt now and she grumbled something about it its being closing cl time then the it if you 11 befog it at once a said it rose and the tha saleswoman siles woman went on the errand five FIT ludi minutes letes idle galbralth film rom it staring aring gloomily at the mournful heap of trouble mrs goldsmith had bad left on T its 1 8 hands bonds looked up to to lon front a vision ion that made ads him gasp 1 1 I wanted you yen to see it you liked this said rose eose if J like I 1 it he be echoed look lack herel here I 1 it if you rou gin knew ev e enough gh to pick out at things like that why hy did you let that woman waste everybody 8 time with junk like this why you help her he auto out 1 I couldn coulden t have done much rose it even if my offering to do anything ill og haan hadn had t made do her a angry acy aid id I 1 ud think it it would old have you md bee ED he a got get I 1 lots of tests taste only anly it its bad kam want b bewildered a bit she knew just what at she wanted anted and she got it it its a the badness of these things thing she likes lee and I 1 than thought glut she hesitated a little over this 11 1 I thought though t that it would be easier to i throw them ill all 11 out end ad get fl A fresh start he Is stared nt at her with ith a frown of curio curiosity lity that s good sense he be said d but why should you bother to if think of her color came up oil perceptibly as she chy viby I 1 the piece to succeed u of course aurs be kose turned forced rather suddenly to the sales saleswoman an 1 I alch Y and get that little empire flock ok in maize and kornilow cor corn nilow flmer er 0 she said old 1 I 3 like mr galbraith to see 1 that too t 11 and the saleswoman now pla pin me eatch bustled way away this thing tb that tbt t iv ive got 1 0 on said rose a as swiftly cos costs Is a hundred and fifty dollars dollar but I 1 know I 1 can copy it for eor twenty I 1 cant get tile the nem exact of mm course but im I 1 can come came near r enough 0 will you yen try fly Ws this a one on mi ad sa 1 asked L ed the sales saleswoman noman coming on the AD again with the frock she had been besent for no said d rose role jut just hold it up galbraith lh admitted it was beautiful hut bat let overwhelmed at all As aa he had did be been by the it s not quite so BO am hufh your a style Is it not dailve enough it iso ism I 1 for roo me ael rose kose it s for edna bilson to weir I 1 in that all alone number for the sex I 1 0 stared at her hep a moment T then a im tut put on your street things lagi he said lid b brusquely ebely ill waito wait CHAPTER acumen A business proposition buzzing around in the back of john galbraith mind fail me was A an A d mofid protest against the way ross rose hall bad J juht jt t her hep own bounty beauty with B thick white veil BO an nearly opaque aaa that nil U it let et idal him bee a of her face was an lot inter mittens of her elves the bust buil dessai ness bat between aa the them was mer aier and all 11 ili she was 1 wil waiting lillig for was lea a word of dismissal to nod him a farewell bud and go 90 swinging slinging away down the avenue still he speak and she moved a little restlessly at last bee do you yen mind ad crosslee cross ig lne the street he asked I 1 ed ali abruptly t then we can toll talk aa we walk along she mast at b have hesitated because he added ait oit it s too cold to lead here of marim course she said thim then all that h had d made her hesitate was her hep sur prise a oica or his haddig made a request 1 I d of at ghang 19 an order D do 0 you think vou toll 11 ll be able to con lie ince i mn MM goldsmith ali she a kd ched A ns they a walked do dotto the ab side fit of the he aegis together tb that at her g don den t look wet well it on th the a stage Pro babir not lie said no she bont won t be convinced unit and if I 1 know goldsmith hell say eay hla his wife jilin fiste la Is good enough for hlin him so it if we me want a change v leve e ve a fight on our hand the v may ay he had bad loosly pl irasid that sentence startled him a little the question is he went on whether bother they re worth miling a fight about are they a as bad as I 1 think the or are oh i I 1 ves a ald d rose hose dowdy and I 1 fourth rth else class and ad ridiculous of aulse I 1 don dob I 1 know how many people in the audience would knew tl it at and add I 1 do don t care mo said john oil gil jim braith till with a flash of intensity that nde her look around at him that thais s lot ot a condei allen rive give any my weight eight to 0 IN athen hen I 1 pu put a gor production duetter under my I 1 nine me its th the best belt I 1 caa es anke ike aith ellit hut lie got IN hen I 1 bine hai a to tale take a cinoc il i jew and kiy to get by with bad ad work aorl because most of the people out ut in front oon t know the difference 11 go out to my little farm on long island aland and raise miss garden truck there was as another momentary st at leme ence lor for the girl made no comment at it all on tins this statement or at his bla credo red but lie felt sure m Anni somehow almu that she understood it and presently he be went ment on speaking would it lie be possible do ao you think to get better gowns gons that would also be cheaper that argument would bind ing goldsmith ardan around d J in a hurry it s ridiculous ot of course but that a V the I 1 trouble rouble mith making 11 a production a t n for tae amateurs urs I 1 oa a ap more time fight abt ing ng the them the chaa you do 69 producing the slim 1 1 I dont believe said ross rose that you FOU could get better ready made cos tomes umes a lot cheaper the two or three me be might he be able to rind find wouldn would the t help us much uh and I 1 suppose he sold said dubiously its on out of tile the question getting them any other vay may than ready made add that Is S and ad ell cheaper per to too th the only mg sign of aselt excitement emet there was in the girl a voice ica ahen she anam 1 6 I 1 IV 1 vw they as bad a I 1 think they areas are alered was a sort of exaggerated matter at of 1 I could old design the ills matu costumes ence and pick out the ae Amm materials jAIo slie she said bald but wed me d have to get a good BI sti ing woman perhaps more than og one to get gat the them done 11 gasn wasn t grea greatly aly surprised per hips the notion th that st fihe something of the sort waa responsible nr fur tile the tent athe a dubious way 1 in x hah lie he had sold bald he supposed it mulan t be done de louve ion bad idal in 1 design in ng 9 guns gowns have you galbraith GI brIth cigol only for in elie ehe admitted but I 1 know knew I 1 ma can it do that part of it I 1 in not good at sewing seeing though she reverted to the other her part art ot of the plan I 1 id it in have to have somebody awfully good do exactly what amt I 1 told her oh that can be managed nuan aged be said aid a little absently and ad of at the end of a silence which idah lasted while lalle they walked a whole block I 1 was pet figuring out away a way to work it he be said bald Isha llUll goldsmith and add block block was 48 the junior partner la in the enterprise that I 1 vo to got hold of a costumer who BUIE to deliver twelve costume coa satisfactory to me at an all average of say twenty per par cent but Is less than the the ones once mrs goldsmith picked out if they area t satisfactory its a the costumer loss and ve a to cana buy those that mrs lira goldsmith picked outs out or others that will do as a akell el at leasing s I 1 tiling think that saving ig will be decelie dec flie with mith the them 1 but do you yen know a costumer costume rl roan ilore asked you re the costumer s said gal braith you design the costumes costume 1 bur ill the fal fabrics lea superintend the making of th them As for the woman weno you yen speak paul of veil tell get the wardrobe nuat mis a nt at the globe I 1 happen to linow ashes he competent rind she a at a loose end just no now her show Is closing when ours opens you 11 her the fib rim and you 11 pay her and add what hot profit you can make out of the deal you re entitled to III nuance finance vou too elf if they von wont t take what we a still show them hv you 11 be out your time and tro trouble ble and III be out the price of materials and the woman m s libor I 1 do don t think thick it w old be far fair she laid aid and she found in speak ing ig nt at ale 11 because or of a audit sudden dapo gutlon atlon of her teeth to chatter 1 I do don t think hink it would be fair tor for we me to take 11 the profit and ad you tig tike all 11 the risk well tell I 1 cant take any profit that a lear clear enough lie he said bud and she he noticed now a tinge of amuso amusement ment in his voice you tou see I 1 in ret retained almol body and roul boulto to put this production over I 1 ma can t make money out ot of those fellow OB the side aide but you re not re tamed you yon re employ ed as a member of the chorus aud and so tar far you re not even paid for the work you re doing so long as you work to mv me satisfaction there on the stage nothing more can be ask asked it of you As for the risk I 1 don t b elie believe eli e it a 8 serious I 1 don t 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