Show t qea LY f I The Lockwood Girl By Harriet Hooher f p r sis rub Co > tiv Dally Story Y rI > IIrlllIl I I Impatlenth Daniel Sutton looked up I literally loaded down from a desk Well what III It III demallded She was n Is this Mr Suttonr amlHome creature tall nd willow hair and a with masses of red gold quintessence of use that wan the I sauclnoss Impudent Yes thats my name he replied I am is more Imrply and what busy busySo the girl So It would seem said quietly sealing herself You are too occupied to even be polite 0 I glance lie gave her a penetrating from beneath his heavy eyebrows time noticed she was and for the first ldcntly from n station above those him In quest of a wa usually camo to ustlon on tho stage lie was sure that was her errand lie had seen too naiiy to bo mistaken only this one va < pretty rellned and possessed of a charming Impudence Im Miss Locksod said the girl In answer to his glance Lillian ockwood Oh so you are the Lockwood girl l ho exclaimed You have called several sev-eral times before Yes replied Lillian If I nm not mistaken this Is about the eighth time I 10 called and sent up my card onto on-to be told that you were out or too busy to see me Apd who let you up this morning No one I came up without permission permis-sion 1 was tired of being sent away Well now you are here what do you want A position on the stage in one of your companies replied Lillian and I am willing to begin in a minor part There are no minor parts open replied Manager Sutton shortly I In that case I am very willing to I begin at the top leplled his visitor nnlh q Hump snorted Sutton What do you think you can hoI ho-I think I can play the part of anyone any-one of Shakespeares heroines said Lillian biting her lips to keep from smiling nt the audacity of her reply That was too much for Dan Suttons patience Young woman he fairly bellowed Im hanged If you aint got gall Dont you know that to play those parts you speak of requires great beauty and transcendent genius No replied Lillian who was beginning be-ginning to lose her temper I dont know anything of the sort Ive seen people playing Shakespearian roles who didnt possess either one of the qualifications you mention Then they had brass ho cried and there Is a blamed sight too manor man-or them If Hut how do you know exclaimed Lillian that I dOn I possess transcendent transcen-dent genius Manager Sutton gave her a withering wither-ing look The girl did not wither How do I know he went on after I a moments pause Ive seen thousands thou-sands just like you The woods are full of em Because you are pretty you think you could make a tragedy queen It takes more than mere beauty beau-ty to do that besides a merely pretty face seldom has any brains behind it Oh thank you cried Lillian rising in hot wrath Not at all not at all cried Sutton Sut-ton good humoredly You possess perseverance If you have no genius and then you cant always judge by a persons looks So if you want to try It Ill take you on as an extra lady There Is a drama being sell s-ell now In which there Is a rabble You can come and be a part of It Ho was awful confided Lillian to her friend Florence Burton over their afternoon tea but I have agreed to bo an extra lady x I An extra lady I I exclaimed Mrs Burton You dont mean a I supernumerary supernu-merary Yes 1 think that would be time correct cor-rect word replied Lillian But Lillian you wouldnt wear lights would you gasped Mrs Burton Bur-ton turning lInk and then white I havent such a dreadful bad figure fig-ure and Lillian drew her bright face down Into sober lines Hut have no fears this Is a drama I shall appear In rags and flown at heel I Suppose Dick were I to wore see you I dont know that 1 am always bound to consider Dick Morton and Lillians short nose took on an extra curve of sauciness Besides I shall wear a wig and a dirty face Thats better breathed Florence no one will know you In that guise not even your own mother ami if my knowledge of her serves me aright she would decline nn Introduction Yes poor mamma has always thrown cold water unnn mv IhnnM < n cal aspirations mused Lillian But to return to Dick Bald Mrs Burton Do you think you are treat Ing him quite right You must have seen by this tlmo how much ho cares for you everyone else has Thats the part I dont like cried Lillian Ho carries his heart too much upon his sleeve Because you never give an on nor tunlty to lay It at your feet along I with his fortune for Dick Is generous to a fault Its the money I object tOj before ho Inherited that ho was In a fair way of making something flue of himself Ills poems and stories were beautiful but the money seems to have nut every thing of that sort out of his head and dragged him down among the sordid masses I hayerit heard him speak of writing anything In months Well marry him and lend him back Into the old paths laughed Mrs Burton Florence Burton If you were not a staid married woman I should begin heart to to think your had lost your ris the clever Dick laughed Lillian hog and pulling cm her gloves Manager Suttons first salutation on seeing Lillian enter his oh lice tho following fol-lowing morning was What do you want now The earth 1 earthOh no replied Lillian serenely I came according to appointment to learn to be one of a rabble I think this Is the hour you mentioned I never expected to see you again I know you didnt thats the run son I came replied Lillian demurely Look here young lady and time old fellow turned upon her a pair of eyes < that twinkled from beneath heavy overhanging brows Youre too blamed smart for me youve caught me Dont you know there I aint any rabble In this piece You said there was Daniel Sutton chuckled and calling to a boy who at that moment came Into the ofllce said Ask that young author If he wont step this way Then turning to Lillian he went on Theres a young man whos bound to make his way but in tile beginning he was just about as persistent and foxy as yon are Imhanged If lie didnt tackle me at every turn 1 couldnt eat or sleep without having his malin script stuck under my nqse until at last In sheer helfpreservatlon I agreed to read it At that moment Lillian heard a step behind her and the manager saying Mr Morton cant you find n part In your play for this young lady She tormenting the life out of me She turned toward the newcomer Lillian Dick Morton 1 never dreamed that that you Nor I exclaimed Lillian Whop did you write it Why didnt you tell me that you liked the stage that you wished to become an actress cried Dick Ignoring Ig-noring Lillians question But why didnt you tell me tell Us that you had written a play persisted per-sisted Lillian I wanted to wait until It was a I success I feared you might I might not think well of my efforts you know Then they remembered Daniel Sutton Sut-ton but he had fled Suppose wo make it a life partnership partner-ship Lillian said Dick taking both her hands in his Ill write the lla sand s-and you shall play them Is It agreed darling I think so replied Lillian shyly amid blushes From what Mr Sutton Sut-ton tells me wo are very much of a kind anyway |