| Show THE HE LITTLE GATE GAT BY KATE JORDAN I The Star Str was bored She Sho sent for and amI told tol him so flatly flaty He placed Jc his bulk on the th h edge of a chair opposite oppie her the t private car swaying on Its It way wy and ad thought that In spite spie of her gown and freshly massaged maged face fae he had never neer neverseen neverseen seen n her look so 1 nearly middle aged Well Vei come to think of it she was Wa getting on o He knew Just how long longhe she he had bd been on the stage seventeen eighteen no by br Jove Jae more than twenty then years year and an no na n chicken even eve Well what could cul he be do for her She looked loke with wih distaste dl tu at the diamonds on his lumpish fingers fing turned ture her eyes to the hard snow brilliance touching the tle windows with fes flashes that seemed to dart dat from fr quicksilver and ad told him resentfully that tt she was bored bored to death She could not endure the feeling it Was awful Nussbaum had bad ha some suggestions Would Woul he lie have In two to of the tho company and himself lf and start star a pully game gae of bridge at 5 I cents A point point a real rel sizer She Sh was sick of ot bridge How about abut poker She Se did di not want him to Ito mention metin cards again ln Well el suppose she let him make her h one of his hs own special Oh the mass massof massof massof of men nn had ha about as al much mth soul sul as a so s many yahoos he would be lie suggesting something to eat et next she really realy be believed behe believed he would be b quite capable even of ot that tL Nussbaum bed 1 been trembling on the th verge of describing a particularly particularly ly fascinating canape of ot truffles trumes but buthe buthe buthe he was mentally agile agle enough the look pained pain at her accusation He leaned toward towa her dripping sympathy What at was wa the matter Nothing and r everything Life was the th matter life me She had noth nothing nothIng nothIng ing to live lire Uv for nothing real real She was wasa a cheat chet aM all al the th people walking the theer earth er were cheats The real ral I was was hidden in every eve mortals mortal heart hear the tie 1 J that suffered that tt wrung rung its ita It hands hads that tat tat did di not nt sleep at dead dea of night She Se crushed crashed cru one OM arm a again her mouth Just as a she did di in the scene with Ar Armands Armands mands father Nusbaum looked frightened frighten He had never nver seen her quite quie as a bad b as u this Hysterics were due any moment moet and she was famous for far her hysterics But when she looked at him again agin her dark dry dl eyes eye had the th burn bur of old o pain pin In them theo It I was wa wano no use W she he could couk not keep up the game gam She was sick sk sick sick of it I all He began ben to feel fel more comfortable She Just wanted taffy tar He had anly I to brace her up by telling her she was Wast the t greatest ever eer They all al found this a medicine easy esy to take So he smiled showing swing his h small smal flashing teeth teth How could she talk so she I Fabia Fb the Le the greatest emotional actress who had h crossed the Atlantia actS crose She was beautiful she was wa she s was rich ri she was wa young oung Could Coull mortal woman won want more She moved moed to the edge ege of ot the chair cair and ad gripped d its It sides with the dark dark bony hands that could be b so wonder wonderfully wonderfully fully tully expressive in her big moments moment I U He had pictured her as a the public saw sw her herbut but what was she really rely A woman who had worked war ked against tor tar tormenting tormenting odds to rise who now had fame fame and money but who still sti like one obsessed obe by b the fear fer of losing an aninch aninch aninch inch of or her foothold spent her life Ufe on en tn railroads pursuing more fame fae more mort money who had hd no family left lef from the wreck of years no friends of at the tender fir sort no rel real home home She said nothing of or the stage years of or the lines that no massage would take out nor of the little pouch P uch deepening under uner her celebrated chin but Nussbaum thought he understood women She walked Sown iown own the car ear pulling the pins out of af her hr hair She shook hook het her head hed and an it I cloaked coe her shoulders It I was beautiful hair a better shade sade this year er than last lat Nussbaum thought she had been wise wil to give up trying tring for forthe forthe forthe the red rd tints and was a sticking to her herow own ow brown brwn The loosening of ot her hair seemed to give her relief Her face seme calmed she le turned tur back to him with wih closed eyes ees It was with closed I wa eyes that she se made her disquieting state statement statement ment She was homesick for fo England she would go as M far fr west wet and anti north in inthe Inthe inthe the states as the tue contract called call for forshe forshe forshe she would would not go into inte Canada nB to more snow and ice she site could not He le must mu t cut it I out Nussbaum bounded up like a ball It I would mean men the loss lose I of or thousands thau and an thousands he be was wa sorry but she could not help it It I would mean being sued sue she gave ge the celebrated undu undulating undulating lating shrug of ot her ber thin shoulders and told him to say sy she was wa ill 11 illas as she was wasill ill 1 of at heart hert and soul What about the company Would she leave them un unemployed unemployed employed No she would settle with them out of her h own pocket and ad she sh added adde that he h could go now she sh want wanted wanted wanted ed to be alone Her last al at statement followed folo him as he tum turn tumbled tumbled bled out sputtering Nothing would her hei to go to Canada nothing Nussbaum remained ed In the icy ky air ar on the platform He must by some Ime strate strategy gy g get her over the th border Once there ther site she se would fill fl the th Canadian dates date He pondered he had two things thing to build upon uP her kind heart hert and an her hr colossal vanity His meditations resulted ruled in a telegram sent that night to Henderson Hendersn owner and manager maer of af the Hyperion opera house hous in the th first Canadian town for tor which they were booked Leighton Lightn fretful refuses rus filling Canadian Canin dates date Is I determined May i Induce her hr if I arrange something urgent Say committee wealthiest citizens sev several e eer eral er era towns tows meet her at station statin Brass I band flowers fake all ail if necessary nesSI Ring In whole gallery gall sold to orphan asylum Say Sy little hearts hrs brok broken if dont see her ler Juliet Lay Ly on thick citi citizens el zens high position little orphans tear ter drenched pillows wire fully my m ex expense pease pense I II It I was wa this thi telegram that t made Hen Henderson He Henderson derson finish his coffee hurriedly the next night night plunge into his mink ulster and start off of to Ibid Andrew Brett Bret He le leI I had been busy all day arranging the game as Nussbaum had directed but Andrew was his trump card car Theres a gentleman genteman he be was think thinking thinking ing in Hell len look lk the part The Te others other are ho arri compared cpr to him With Wih nothing but his nose showing be between b between tween twe the high collar colar and cap ca cat he was soon sn deep in the th furs frs of his sleigh and amI speeding through a night of ice and starlight The board bord hid the driver and an was supposed to act as a a screen against the wind but irritating gusts rushed ruse In around arnd in angles angle and sawed swed his nose no He was ws carried care along the empty empt ghostly High fiSh Highstreet street The theatre was dark tonight and the people were housed like hiber hibernating hib animals Near an electric Ner lamp lampone lampone one of his posters that the wind had partially ripped ripp from its I place flapped loudly with the sound sund of a wet sail si and half hal hid the passionate ponte weary w face of Fabia Leighton Lighton but Henderson peeping peping from the tho shade s of his cap saw MW it i and he snorted Not earning coming indeed Inde Hang such impertinence She thought Canadians barbarians perhaps not nt worth courtesy courte Well Weli Wel the she s had hd met her hr match In Nussbaum Nussy Nuy certainly was a peach when it to ws a came manag mag ing a woman The sleigh toPI before a frame house houS in the suburbs overlooking the t river It I was wal very v ve small and decrepit with wih slanting roof and an sunk in a cup of snow m to Its It first floor f windows Below it I the water was W f rca ento en en to a crystal plain pl where frost strapped boats bt threw grotesque shad shadows shadows oW as If huge chained chIn creatures waited patiently there t the electric lights pulsing pul ng on o each h seeming ein their sleepless sleep eyes Handels Largo was wa being played on an organ within the t house hus and an played well wll Its Is heavy maj majesty mJ majesty esty ety was kin to the th solemn Mea cruel north northern norther ern er em night and ad Henderson felt this as he Ie was rang the bell although his thought wa Gee Ge that fellow can cn play ply The music ceased s there thee was ws a sound sund of leisurely apr feet fet on O oilcloth and an the door dobr dor was wa opened by a man mal In Ina Ina Ina a blanket banket dressing gown g of dim green plaid pi He was wa about abut SO H O but with the grace of ot lasting boyhood byh clinging to him The T thin thi face tace was gentle gete and an intelligent thick gray g hair hir made me a shining mat mt above his hi brows he was w slight and an small and an moved with a swinging 8 graceful light lightness lightness ness in which there the was ws a lingering touch of foppishness His age was be betrayed betrayed trye in the feeble neck above the collar and a in the sunken lined blue blu eyes sad Bd even eyen in the th bursts burst of laughter that came so 8 readily J He laughed as be he drew Henderson in brought you on such su a night Your need ne to keep kep those te horses going goin Ill Il tell tel you Come In Ill Il have he something for you in a minute minute He poured P ure a drink for fo Henderson and a raked rake at the white hot cylindrical stove till tl the kettle on it I swayed What a night it is l to be sure aure Your Continued on Page 13 I i THE LITTLE GATE BY KATE JORDAN L Continued from Page 1 attention Henderson Pun Pull It 1 f L o all it He flung down rub b ru direct 11 n followed his own t v kr and that made mad Hender Render Hendert Rendert n with t ith a vigor well toll do doIi You Ton t t l pr Dente pow he said M his hla rf It you vou Ii with laughter Ive Iver muth nuth ones rn thel the r U tl h tilts this 18 all yuu ll 11 l rr Greek fc a t ta a Why r lyou 11 ou su a sn Ive 1 JS come aU al ll like this thill out hc here on a sight t 11 say u ender asked ked sweetly lr I rett tt hIs no nol nose was WAIl a healthy he J h s p terribly ee Is t me paid Mid roure ure re o Into I believe belle rv rye come came youre You t to do me a fay favI s rd non on bent t over and grini grinis gripped I c s knee Im not sere wie to throw I t a at my myself K wrT adt ae I It t this n one once a aak you If It I a n pt l to o t ime iaia bees a friend to ton tox ou from time tilDe U to tiMe Owe said aId x have vave 5 u rW ria da loping ping his ht hi delicate mu rau mur tn r fingers hta elbows Oft on or of his chair saved me from aP P am m h hoSpit P i 1 and the i poorhouse Apr r h p MW aw not no that much t that Dont Don t be modest Ii der 1 Last Lao winter when whenn wh n tile the school moot aeh was wasi of smallpox and n i j on nn account account oI n privatE pinate pupil I had Wit went te 18 J pt or nr some Orne other place what wt would wouW TV 1 IaP done but for tor Addling g It new and andi andr gL i In m your your our orchestra when my any snow show r v You know knew and I know kaow m gani u game to oblige you Hi derson Out ra j it tt beamed and tk took anther another I Iw r w n theres thres a hit Wt of a yarn am first ou know Fabia Leighton was ws hooked booked t n 0 T rom ramp here tomorrow piglet night in tn Home nd j d abet w bent forward He 11 went rent aud audr ud lr r pai pal his gentle face took on a at attenuation Was W t tr touch of IU Voiced j he h repeated anxiously Then Tte I ii Int t coming ih h yes f l she he is but Ill I It Itt tt rt t 11 i last night from Nusbaum her ll Hung flung nun down dowa the tIM arm irm and stared dramatically at An AnI v r I hil h ill he read them The pale if t P opp opposite him had two excited e eyes a am m I tun 10 t cn burning spots under them as IU tit h hf a The Th e papers f fell leU dl and aad he heA Ia A ted without a word 11 1 it its all arranged arran ed said Mid lien Hen Henr f r rn ii I 1 sent ont a telegram that cost me met t t t 1 tow t n n Ii I clamoring for her As s for the the French orphans oh lala little hen wandering up tp and down the ift Iret s IS s a rhinestone to the t ampar r 1 ID to the heartrending I I ITT 1 nf or their distress Th rP i is no nl orphan asylum nearer B a Andrew began to remonstrate Hut that of the little French hoed im m at al 0 o cents N apiece apices a l to stand way war warK g K In m n a douile dou Jle line lite I t the slag sing f It their funny Trench French version of or our one ou rational animal hymn Quo Que Q e V Vii is h ni ii Henderson c asked lUk cl with a grip of i n r lOn n nAnd And nd the leading lending citizens are they the Andrews fad face was wae serous serious M oua as he aured Fakes too Henderson finished tri tel hirn tell l rn h Why by look here could we wed d leading cluen to do more mora for tar ri Mm than pay the advanced price nr a i seat et for one night If It he wanted i bi hi his women folk tolk let him himi h i not the sort of woman popular t th th the Browning dub clubs and its parties not at all married o 0 oft often ii and too successfully He be bea ea a noon on hie fingers Divorcee Divorces a 11 i n P Twi a real widow first of an 1 count and then of an Americ i m Women dont like that t ort fort i d r thing long on the sane saner r t n the th home and that ut t seem o 0 j hoc hit iid kept Leighton awake nights rr in about it only go to tot hn 11 t hoping to find not as asI I as the papers papera PA say MY and to see aee i leI Ier T chi then Makes me Ins think Slunk by the tM thea a subsiding to a narrative tone I J heard the full fun story of of ofer er r first husband the other day fr n i man in m New Hew York He shot oUt ut t hn hie h lips Poor deviL There Th a ala a ays i a fret 4 t husband in oj and always alwa a poor devil said kid Andrew lighting his bis pipe and rending a drowsy droy look on OR the red In n A long time ago ado ot of course courser t I h Ii ancient history even before sh aM he r rt u II the stage at It was and she hears in m the provinces or or MI hp h arrived anywhere yon know kM no in Hi ilia name WM was a David Palms Thy hP ex were ere both very v ry young and as w yr as the dickens They married on thing went to me live in the country M tad a bab baby He was aiming to write petas e f p to land a r a Carmen armen But he Hed almost rott land un j and aDd try again Theft Thea the V 11 sum samp thing thin wo would M happen failure RIo r K Well vell the kid died and andner then ther ner I l who saw aw something h he ik Uk Iii f whenever hen she ahe looked in the and ad knew kne ahe she could act if she shea gt Ot a t lance banes got sick ack of C being tied to toman toman toman man who ho slow stow good goad and aad kj kd l 1 him Mi Rh 1 said Andrew I 1 sea TUcked him like turning over her hershe end she hE went on OD the stage atae He was waa ow N He HI went eat to the deuce and aDd th h c t t a divorce grew nw Women ornea like that are not f n r n A sables diamonds me lamp in n ne spacers all an U they are Je about Not a |
