Show HUSHING HA THOR I A VJ 1 Jt will all stir SUI them I up III II II I I Bray H 11 Y confidently of CJ dently ai on Iii hI io glanced J through t tc open Oll rigor door Df of flu of W J 1 hope he dies griped Of 01 I ill all the tho p r aJI 42 Ler funerals J I Jever Jt ever t attended thin Is about JIe M h c worst its really rl Ing tie They flip err not lIot giving half 05 nY good u 1 shots ho aS It they I lev rt sl 11 Look at t that j I UP ho waved Ills Jils cigar and Bray glanced in Ia lI the flip h ion i Chalmers bie of the 1 acrobatic tam loam to lm had bad slopped mopped to 10 speak j to Ml LII silting loci of ely in t her Ir section of Iho hn I special taken b by bythe y the tile Great OrcaL Vaud wilc Com Coin jl Br Before ho iw con could Id sin sunk It into inlo the II Inside her hel JO II 1 I In I hud clipped Into It smiled mlle No Xo o mother guarding her hei debutante laughter daughter from front an ail n in ill ineligible eligible W II M 10 o 0 I iva as H n or of till ipe nIl who v Ito that should Ills his hl daughter every orr mar marr I Irr I r ry rr his Ills lonn iii end lull and hf It would have ii to 10 go to work or train il a mi apprentice glared the oily face curtly n lIr lulu ila II Is own and 1111 over into ill a 8 senj ent jcu and sulked sal sui The was wan n mi louring company e playing placing In thu tho regular i when the Ilse wore but for fUI forthe forthe the greater pa part it appearing J 11 dramatic Houses In 11 the Wll or 01 three Already they had boot IU III 2 seven 8 1 wees and 1101 fro the thu first had realized Dm lIml thing could be to n the company the tho tour lour tint not bo ha n II success J The TheW HO IQ odd of 1 the HIP organization less than they hall hail beep been the thc hc they 1111 left Jersey City i Chalmers to lo In the friendship II of the Ha Hlf u the only evidence of a t I desire to be he companionable le and H for ing InS In n his daughters manner u I f wll I to return the young clowns j I lilting had hind Iw Ii to 10 I o r I In the rite theater ho Iw mounted guard at her dressing loom door I escorting her to and from thlu stage and ad at the I hotels he lie locked her het ball door and forced her to puss pass through his own room romp roo adjoined Ho was her hor constant companion n on tho the street and courtship had perforce been carried carded on In iii the sign language silently but effectively leJ Bray Bra smiled milled as ho observed tho the ma maneuvering anti and nodded vigorously You Yon wont nl Die e r rill r WI Wb n H Hr Weave r aVCI comes ho said Hale briskly As Is 1 soon noon ap ai a you ou wrote rote what hint the Iho was waa I 1 thought of or John Johl A J grouchy r company river gives u it show t woJ 1 ii it f lot for wan waa to jo join jl n II them In III the thenet next net town The business mail I iger cr hied 1 II scarcely t ped to 10 the IIII Lu lI I platform when hi he Will urns it by an un I i I I little little man mun with twinkling blue eyes oye set In III an au absolutely expression sion face Cac CacI I Von manage e this n of oC actors the newcomer Jc nodded Nell I 1 am alii am the manager of o the act lie that lint was to Join you rou here hero Elephants exclaimed Beverly iI I J am not expecting any elephant act h leer rr Theres my mr car retorted the I 1 I new otnel pointing ii Li ii g across H the thc sla ata 1 lion to a gaudily painted car caron carall on all a siding Its ItH play Ihl or Ol pa pay gasped Uc lie knew 1 lIew the tho Thompson elephant n t act uel J I h I h 11 n I added to the salary roll rul would reduce the Ilie profits almost to I I nothing pore had llUll been a j I I Mo the was erns wu Ill II mopping liS hit 1116 II III r rItt I I Inv Itt brow when came am out on op the lilt platform Ills III face te lighted up tip aa m hr I saw tio Iho two men mel on tJI tho Ito station n I Ilan In aie am you rOil John he hI greeted I Know Knott Mr Ir 7 1 And Aud youre OIO Weaver and fl Lid not j the HIP h nun mill 7 n crl in iii relief Weaver grinned an fiR black ns as Ills hi Ii h mo moat l brunet brunotto to elephant fn explained The Tho cur car III hero heio 10 In UP hp i and I l thought I lyo Iyo you a ascare i 1 i scare Elca rl I HInr overheard spit and c canto copio mC hr I stops grinning I 1 tor ml yin Jolin j 1 would stir things up ii p ii ho lie ed Ho caught ea ugh t you 01 first trip tell t J J out t lly H 1 Saturday you jou ou wont time tic th com company i It pany panr Hill Bra was vas wa right t tl I h enI of thu Ilse I week the t he Iro I Is o c IWI fJ d I Jc I company for lo Q lie e week wack In Ill thin ovi vps us I Ithe the moving I In tin tn ex cx Already HI nii 1 added smart smartness ness less was teas In jn I he perform performance ance and Jf If f LII eyes C Cn were a H t coil I dash III In her hI pct tint that been hII JI larh lug III before fin tor 11 ver d l d father Cathel and chatted ItJi r bY the hour hOlli was as Ih one Olle In Elie I show who w hio hated haled the but ut ho hall ample I if for 01 hefted hatred Weaver er knew the tyre he h ell and anti heartHy hl heart disliked dial Wren men who vho mado mair slat es of their children Already Alread ho hI Knew that hat 1 Chalmers loved loyed Lii and that lint his Iris love was JP re 1 returned turned It was Weaves Weavers promise that all como come out right that cheered the girl for beneath tho the sur face faco Weaver Wearer vas was a man fertile In I resources and appreciative C of or the gravity of things On Friday the Die rail pall went Event up 1111 on 01 onlie lie tho board hoard company en cd Unit limit the next week was to he be put Hilt jn in with 11 performances in alv ei different tI i towns nuI 1111 1 through long experience they her I dreaded the tho knowing that the tin bp hp I hall harl an nn j the theaters pel J rc c renamed I toW o sj j IIa with pg iq Iros af a I corn I They were to Play IlIa over ocr a n line for the lite first three nights and andIon Ion thon make inn he a long jump along the main line That long jump Is going to be e a peach observed Weaver as ho he paused in front of oC the lime time schedule Its bad nough to 10 got get ct up lip at C G every Ocr morning for 01 a n week heel hut hilt Thursday we wo got bot two layoffs That one at u t a Is II a II t r stop stOll in a dinky junction town own And Ind no cafes wailed Hathor have hac to carry It Il In lit a bot hot bottle bottle tle LIe ad Weaver Dont you i Then rhen tho the through train t r t l nd picked them theft up oud aut things lied had h t boon been beena n a little bettor hot but everyone was teas in ill inclined to ho I r I and and Weaver vainly tt sought to rally then them r was early Parly in inthe Inthe Inthe the afternoon and their ear car wis Wil is run onto a siding They hunt had h I all al IJ dropped off oil at the station for 01 something Jo to cat cilL and after aft exhausting tho ho i 1 of the station restaurant they the lined hued up along tho lie debut musical comedian Get a stick and antI fall In InI 1 I shall not said Hathor angrily Conic Come LII There was a and Weavers lath foil Cell wt a sharp sound against fat tal logs legs Almost instantly peavey followed foll MI suit It and before tho the slick wan 0 raised Weavers lath Jath fell ell again thin lilts time with greater force lorce To Tho others had laughingly fallen rallen Into line and with a stream of mut I 1 1 I I I j I I I I I I I r i 1 c 1 s J l J I 1111 I U f fI I i iw w 1 I 1 Ii s Q R q Mull I I l lW WEAVER W VER DEFIED HER FATHER AND CHATTED CHATT ED WITH HER BY THE TH E HOUR care caro Youil have Iao a good tine time Something fells ells Ie lis me mc you rOll will Weaver walked away aa He lie did not notto like Bice to be near lour Hathor Bathol tiny any un more thus thim ho he h could coul help He Ile ran mil Into Chalmers flitting quietly in a n corner and nd tool took him err to cheer hint him up Thursday morning Weaver foid fOll 11 It Il difficult to lifo life In the ilia JC They y had boarded oard their sleepers direr Lly after ance hut but there hail had hens benn A p lu at the tho point whore where the lie branch joined the lie main ma road and tho passing nabbing IJ en cn I glues had ha d sleep I 1 Inn Ing In g whether beth the t they h should load head for their ear car now lying jing half a t mile down own I Ithe the yard or 01 have a 1 1 I ink jok at the town loan tonnA loanA A passing pa sing freight rc decided the MUUS ques tion for fOl thin them for Co I a bundle of oC laths I Jolted Japed from 1011 a car and scattered d over OCI lic platform almost at their it feet Weaver caught up one olle of the tho long and UI hold held hl It Il d llon L lOIl ll Jim n 1 lIe lc Commanded 1 Wp WI p arp going 01 na to I go SO hirk to 10 the th car ear declared Hathor lint hot Come LII You fall in cr CI handing ill 1 t stick to 10 Peavey th ol Hathor followed suit stilt Al AI yearly I hr 11 c had hall mine coma to know from Crom cx ex experience that thal Weaver meant what whal he heald It e ald 1 Ho o tool look I Ills his place beside LIt LIi but LII t Weaver eaI dashed after Jill him Men lien in it front h hi he commanded You got get up tit there with me nie c Well Moll march to together gether get line fie lie forced a n front t gnu dashed da bath back down the line lineIn G In FrO seo co that till nil vole ora properly HP Iho Ie stopped In III front of Chalmers Theres S a 1 church just up 1 Iho I Ili hI e street strool he hu whispered Fall Kail out with i LIi when you yon Oll sot got there Ill look loo k af afire t tre ire tho the old man Yon You dont need n cd any apy license In iii this Weaver dashed on down fown the line lino not pausing even for PI tho ho nod un nn understanding pad and a few Cow later inter the company compan marched down clown the plat piat form and wheeled Into the rondo road lust lustily lustIly ily II yelling the Ule popular song of oC the Iho moment momon t Hathor uneasily turned his head hOld I half a dozen times malco mako certain that his hl daughter followed but hut as I each cach infraction of oC discipline was ac nc accompanied companied by a sharp sharI rap from 1001 I Weavers lath loth his 1115 Inspections be bc became came canto less frequent Peavey just junt t behind Weaver wan waD amply seconding his leaders efforts and Hathor affected tight clothing that did not conduce to his comfort when discipline no was wad applied At A last tin pel IH perspiring Hathor Bathol flat not notI lv iy I halted and gazed despairingly about him hits Neither either r Lil LII nor nOI Chal Chalmers Chalmen mers men were to bo be seen Helm HelmI I f must find my daughter ho he herl cried rl ell ellI I nt nit Mss lIfis Hathor In lino de demanded e Inn Weaver with astonishment Sho She Is a deserter Who wo 0 find 1111 her het wo we 0 shall shoot her She lilts has ban h l gone gono with that Cha Chiq flints walled Hathor Mather Dont worry won well shoot them both bath promised Weaver soothingly Forward march But Pitt I must find her walled Nailed Ha hg Hathor thor line Were Here cre going to look for few her Forward march facet faced about I f go no back baek he lie said Bald stubbornly st i T n er ri Mon Inn 1011 this be he be punched or 01 wo Wt C havo hint him It I III deserting too The rho lath fell and Hathor omitting a started forward In tp the direction tion of the thc church spire guessing the he probable errand of the pair Como Come back called lint but pallor Hathor kept on Weaver quietly re 10 reversed reversed versed his lath Three tacks ob obtained from the had wd Bern been driven into this end pea and J as the fell fen again Hathor leaped Into the lie air with whit a howl stronger than tho those e he lie had before given ghon vent to You stabbed ed me he le cried ad adducing advancing toward tuc thO comedian Coiled Ian Ianthus Thus wo deal with traitors de declared declared Weaver with a n funny runny bur leeque of oC a n that convulsed tho ho others Get Cot Into line I f shall not sputtered Hathor I will find my m girl and onel kill her het and then thell I shall como come back h ek and ant kill you ran You hear that t demanded pr or He lie defies his hi superior Guards arrest l him Hathor was ryas too fat at to fight and after a low Cow Ineffectual struggles he helay hern h hlay c lay rn on our tho iho lawn beside the tho wall walk c and nud two of the others other s sat at upon his huge huse to lo Injure e quietude This Thill is a serious breach of oC disc discipline discipline pline said Weaver eO as 38 ho stood over arc r the prostrate victim lift It Is attempt attempted cd ed desertion In Ill the face raco of ol the enemy Wo re are aro about to lo capture the cake shop yonder and you ou basely try Ity to desert Yet For thin this death should shoud bo be e the penalty penally but I 1 shall bo be morel merciful fill If I let lot you on up 11 will you rou promise never to todo do elo it again Peavey Peno let go so of hla throat HO so ho can caU answer Iho answer was a burst of o pro plO r that sent the tho women out ont of earshot but ut the tho vituperation did lid not affect Weaver Vellor who sadly regarded tho the excitable man and made a sign to Peavey to choke choko ore oft the tirade I shall not take lake action on this at atthe atthe the tho moment ho he said I J know that you Oll will be sorry lorry for Cor what whal you havo done dono and I shall be forgiving All great are magnanimous L I Ishall shall shaH call a n at once and abide by b Ho motioned tho the company to approach ap approach and briefly explained that ho I had decided upon an Immediate Imm trial I J may flay as well tell you OU before beforehand hand hunel ho lie explained seriously that I J shall shull sentence him to ho bo shot ahot but shall shaH ho bo moved by tho the tears Of f tho the victims vieth s daughter and aud commute tho to treating tho the crowd but first of or all wo we must Imo have a legal Iogal trial Most of the men had served server their 1 apprenticeship hi iri somo some burlesque companies and while tho the women omon sal sab about t on O n tho ho grass and shrieked with laughter Weaver caver and the men adapt adapted ed an old af to tho the exigencies of or tho the case to the tho great reat approval of oC ofa a n I rapidly rapid increasing audience ot o town folks Weaver had taken uis stand whore hn n could rould command a view or of the street and at last heaped a n sigh oC 01 r as he taw saw the tho two runaways from rom the parsonage grounds grounts wavIng their marriage above their bends heads I gh h exclaimed Weaver Let Letus Letus us have havo no more o of this I sentence 1 the prisoner to be bo tho the of ol Jack Jael Chalmers and ant to blow tho the crowd to a wedding wadding breakfast at the bakers across the tho street and were all going to kiss king the tho bride he added arret as AA the Ito runaways came up He set the th example by claiming the tho first kiss Hathor released from Crom his position rose slowly to his bin hIJI feet For an Instant he to I contemplate a n rush upon Weaver cavor but ut the little comedian held his lath with the tack end ready read and the oth others others ers erg looked as ns though they ther too were prepared for an onslaught For a minute he glanced about him helplessly then thon he turned and ant kissed LII Come on he said as ns ho hun lum lumbered In the direction of oC the bakery aliel Back in the car an ag hour later latel they the told toil the talc with cheers and an laughs to to working In tho the tn over oyes his books s A smile crossed tho the managers face Mr fr Bray Bra said saki you Oll would liven 1101 things up Ull when you came he smiled at Weaver Im 1111 glad you came cameMo camelo Mo Me lo too loo nJ the now new Mrs Chal Chalmers mers alers I 1 Q a year ileac They Thc looked to see what Hathor thought but hut the fat father was on tho the rear platform confiding his opinion opinIon ion to the scenery us It slipped past |