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Show - - - - - - - - - - - - - The TheSILVER TheSILVER ILVER SILVER ILVERBy SILVERFLUTE FLUTE FLUTEBy By Lida Larrimorerocrao Larrimore C Uocrao Mo.crao Mocrao rocrao . 5 Smith Oomp3J2Y'WNU Company Oomp3J2Y CompanySYNOPSIS mpaay mpaay'wNU 'WNU WNU ' Ser\ Ser SerIce Serlce SerlceSYNOPSIS \ % Ice SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISOn On her eighteenth birthday , , Bar Bu- Bu Bubarn B Barbara r- r rbara - barn bara , . , motherless dauehter daughter of Christ Christ- Christopher Christopher Christopher - opher Thornc Thorne artist , awikcs aw\kcs aw kcs awakes ' \ with nn- nn an- an nntlclption anticipition nn-ttclpilion nn ttclpilion - tlclp\tion tlclp tion ticipition ' \ of or the joys of ot tho day . Sho She ShoI"ocolve Sherece1vev Sherocolvel I"ocolve Iocolve rece1vev " a birthday ring- ring ringfrom - from tram Brucr Bruce Brucryoung BruceMacLaln CrucpJMacLaIn . MacLaln youne young artist friend trlend of ot thehmlly the thezmlly : zmlly hmlly am1Iy . , . but more than friend trlend to Bar- Bar Barbara Bartara Bar-ibara Bar ibara - bara tara ! Cirbira n\rb'lr n rb'lr rblr Barbara ' \ ' and Bruco Bruce so go plclnlck- plclnlck picknick- picknick plclnlckitng picknickh picknick-UnK picknick UnK , - itng h ug on the sands sa.nds . at Provlncctown Provlncetown He Hetells Hetolls Hetoll tells tolls * her a story of ot a cypsy gypsy boy , a littIe little lit- lit littlo - : tlo tIe tle gypqy gypsy syp y cirl girl whom ho he loves and andIthe andthe ndthe Ithe the aone BanS song ' of ot a allver silver flute Sha She knoVos knows knoVosJt knowsIt knowsJt Jt It fs ( ! s her own love tale Her happiness'turns happinessturns happiness turns 'turns ' to sorrow when sho she returns homoto homo home homoto hometo to learn her hoc her . , , father Cather has been drowned drownedRelatives drownedRelatives drownedRelatives Relatives arrive arrJve and take chare charge ot of otthings ofthings ofthines things . , . Having- Having Havingb&en - b&en ben bc.en bcen been . & almost a . mother motherto motherto motherto to the others Barbara cannot think ot of ottheir oftheir oftheir their separation . , Kit's Kits ' ' sensitive nature naturebruised naturebruised naturebruised bruised In Uncle Herbert a s household householdby householdby householdby by his hl rough and and-reidy and reidy and-re\dY re dY - ready ' \ cousins , and andGaJ andGay andGay GaJ Gay ' polled spoiled by her association withtlm withsilly with tlm silly Illy , Aunt Lola Loin . . . Bruct Bruce urges immedt- immedt Immedi- Immedi Immediate Immediate immedtta - - ate ta inarrlaee marriage but that tbat would mean meanseparation meanseparation meanaeparatlon separation Desperate , the tour four ( our children chil- chil children chil children - dren plot to run aw\y aw y away wiy ' \ to B'lrbara's Blrbaras B'lrbara'sgodfather B Barbara'sgodfather Barbarasgodfather ' irbara's irbaras irbara'sgodfather ' godfather . , "Undo Undo "Uncle Uncle " Stephen ' Dr'lko Drlko Drako Drikewhoin ' , , whom they have havo never seen StephenDrake Stephen StephenDrake StephenDrake Drake bachelor , forty torty yeirs YC\1"S YC 1"S 1S years ' \ " old , sUfI still sUfIbns stillhas stillbaa bns has vivid recollections of the tho beauti- beauti beautiful beautiful beautl-tul beautl tul - - ful younc young matron Barbara B s * mother motherwhom , whom he had loved eighteen yeirs ye\rs ye rs years ' \ be- be betore betore be before - fore tore Ho He bad made up his mind to pro- pro propose propose pro propose - pose that nieht night to Emily DmUy Trent Trent , . , sothat 80 so 80that sothat that bis bls his well-ordered well ordered - household might mightho.ve mighthave mightbav ho.ve hove have . a permanent bead head CHAPTER V-Continued V Continued V - Continued ContinuedNatalie VContinued9 -9- 9 - 9Natalfe 9Natalie - Natalie Natalfe played the piano softly atthe at atthe atthe the other end of or the rom Robert RobertKing RobertKing RobertKing King , her husband , big and blond and andbandsome andhandsome andhandsome bandsome handsome , , lounged against aganst [ the pIano pianohumming , bummIng humming the tune she played , 100hJng looking 100hJngover lookingover lookingover over her sleek dark head at Emily and andStephen andCtepben andCtepben"Nat tephen Stephen tephenflNat Stephen"Nat flNat "Nat Nat " , , , " he asked , "Is Is " Stephen goIng goIngto goingto goingto to marry hery herr herT hery"Aunt ' "Aunt Aunt " Edith Edlth thinhs thInks so 50 " ' "Don't Dont 'Don't " ' ' ' you think we should interfere Inter Inter- Interlere7 Interfere - fere lere7 ? " " Bob continued , his blue eyes eyescrlnklfng eyescrinkling eyescrinkling crlnklfng crinkling at the corners 'He's Hes ' He's Hes ' ' slip sllp- sllp sllpping slipping - . ping fast . . Any minute may be too toolate toolate toolate late Let's Lets ' yell 'Fire Fire ' I ! ' " . "Goose1 Goose1 uGoose "Goose Goose " I ' " " Her eyes loved him , his hisshoulders hisshoulders houlders shoulders > , his eyes e es , his crisp blond blondhair blondair blondbair hair $ air She and nnd Bob were so 80 happy happyBob happyBob happyBob Bob : ' She felt his love pouring OVE over overI1er overher > r rher her I1er , , . blotting out every thought notcentered notcentered not notentered entered centered < In themselves"DarlIng themselves"Darlingi themselves themselves"Darling "Darling Darling "Darlingi Darlingi " I " she whispered , throughlight through throughlight throughlight light rippling chords"Darhng chords"Darling chords chords"Darling "Darling Darling "Darhng Darhng " 1 ! " he answered , bending to totouch totouch totouch touch her hair , . Henry arrived with the cocktans cocktails cocktails.Emil cocktailsEmil . . . Emily Emll ) sipped hers slowly , taking taIting a avery avery avery very long time Steplien Stephen fumed with withfmpabcnce withfmpatrence withimpatience fmpabcnce fmpatrence and then , when she had hadfinIshed hadflnished hadfinished finIshed flnished , he was uneasy and urged her herto herto herto to have anotherShe anotherShe another anotherShe She shook her head He saw that thather thather thather her bands hands were trembling tremblmg Dear EmilyTenderness EmIly EmIlyTenderness EmilyTenderness Tenderness stirred In his heart Aunt AuntEdIth AuntEdith AuntEdith EdIth was showing Professor Trent Trentthe Trentthe Trentthe the curios in the crystal and rose rosewood rosewoodcabinet rosewoodcabinet " ood oodcabInet cabInet . Natalie and Bob were look lookIng looking looking Ing through a pile of music , entIrely entIrelyabsorbed entirelyabsorbed entirelytbsorbed absorbed ! in n themseh themsel themselves es It was an op oplortune opportune opportune lortune portune } moment to slip shp away a"ay aay " , . Stephen Stephenturned Stephenturned Stephenturned turned to Emily Dmlly Cmlly . "Aunt Aunt " Edith's Ediths Ddlth's Ddlths ' orange trees actually actuallybloomed actuallybloomed actuallybloomed bloomed , " he said , trying tr Ing to make bis"roice bisroice his his"VoIce hisvoice "VoIce VoIce " " sound casual "Would Would " you like liketo liketo liketo to see them ? ' "Veri Veri "Very Very elVer " ) much ; , " Emily Dmlly said faintlyHe faintly faIntlV faintlyHe ' He was taking her to the conscna conserva conservatoryl conscnatory conscrvatoryl tory toryl I Did that mean anything ? It Itmeant Itmeant Itmeant meant so much to her She wanted wantedto wantedto wantedto to be married marrICa , to be cared for and andBecure andsecure andeecure Becure secure She wanted to marry StephenThe Stephen StephenIhe Ihe 'lhe lhe The ' orange tree trees ' ) stood In p'llnted pllnted p'tinted ptinted p'llntedtubs p'tintedtubs pilntedtubs ' ' tubs , small ( ] dwarfed " arfed trees with glossy glossygreen glossygreen glossygreen green leaves lea\"cs lea "cs cs \ " and clusters of was wax likeblossoms likeblossoms"Lovely lI1.e lI1e like lI1.eblosoms likeblossoms . blosoms blossoms blosoms"Lo blossoms"Loselyl ' ) "Lovely Lovely "Loselyl Loselyl "Lo\ "Lo Lo "Loel " \ el elr r I ' ' Emily Dmlly breathed , I1I hiding mg her herhot herhot herhot hot face among the moist leaves leavesamelling , smelling the fragrance of or the bIos blos bIossoms blossoms blossoms soms Orange bI blossoms I ' Surely that thatwas thatwas thatwas was sIgnificant"Lo significant"Lovelvt significant significant"Lovely "Lovely Lovely "Loelv "Lovelvt Lovelvt "Lo\ "Lo Lo " \ elv elvI I ' " she breathed to the car carnations carnations carnations nations , , to th the small sman potted rose tree treecovered treecovered treecovered covered w " 1th Ith lth pink tipped buds If It she shemlght shemight shemight mlght might stav stllV stay here always nlways 1 I l Her eyesfilled eyes eyesfillcd eyesfilled fillcd filled w " with "Ith Ith itlt tears"You're tears tears"You're ' "You're Youre 'You're " ' ' cr crying crlug ) } lng " " "I'm Im " ' a goose " She fumbled for her herhandkerchlet herhandkerchief herhandkerchief handkerchlet handkerchief , hating hatmg herself hersel ! for cry crylng crying crytng lng ing , wondering what he thought'Let's thought . . 'Let's Lets ' Let's Lets ' use mine " He " wiped "Iped Iped away her tearsIth tears \ with \\Ith Ith wlth \ a asquare asquare asquare square of fine flne linen hoen which had a pleas pleasant pleasant pleasant ant smell smelt Everything verythIng about him was wasso wasso wasso so exactly right She he wondered how It Itwould itwould Itwould would feel to have him kiss hIss her , andthe and andthe andthe the color s\\ s swept sept \ ept Into rnto her cheeksStephen checks cheeks checksStephen Stephen saw the bright pink plnb . flush flushI'erhaps flushPeihaps Pelhap"l Pelhapl I'erhaps Ierhaps ' " , , for I Emily mIly , he was a real realromance realromance realromance romance . . . The thought surprised hIm hImIt himit himIt It had not occurred to him before beforeDear beforeDear beforeDear Dear Emily ' She looked young and andappenhng andmppeahng andappealing appenhng mppeahng In the dim lIbht light li ht of or the con conservatory conservatory scrvatory servatory . She would make him a acharming acharming charming wIfe"emUy wife"Emily wife wife"Emily "Emily Emily "emUy emUy " . . " He drew her to him himfelt , felt telt her ber trembling In his arms It Itse Itseemed Itseemed seemed se med absurd to him Wm now that he hadever hadever had hadvcr ever vcr felt uneasy unellsy about asking nsl.Ing nslIng . her to tomarry tomarry tomarry marry him "Emily Emily "CmUy CmUy " , dear . , . . " ' 'there there 'lhere lhere ' was a < ) sound Qund of or footsteps tootsteps , a adl&creet adiscreet adl&creet adlcreet dl&creet dlcreet discreet & warning cough Emily Drolly sUpped slipped sUppeda"ay slippedaway slippedaway a"ay aay away " from his arms Henry , spare spareand spareand spareand and elderly and tactful , walked walhed toward towardthem towardthem towardthem towardthem"I them them"I Stephen"he Stephenhe "I I " bee beg your pardon ' AIlstcr 'lister lister Mister Stephen , " " be , bald M1Id aid coughing discreetly again a dln dIn . . 'But But ' But theres there tl1ere s someone to see you , sir " , ' Callers Callerg ? ' Stephen asked , annoyed annoyednt annoyedat at the Interruption'J'our InterruptionDour Interruption 'J'our Jour ' ! D'our Dour ' cnlldren wlldren children They asked ashed espe eSpe- especially - eSpedally cially dally chilly for you " 'I I ' can't cant cm't cmt , ' ' Irnaglne- Irnaglne Imagine- Imagine IrnaglneStephen's ImagineStephen's Imagine - - " Stephen's Stephens ' brow browwas browwas browwag was creased In a puzzled pUZlled puzcled frown . . , "All All "AllrIght "Allright "Allright Allright " rIght , , [ nenrjr Oenrr lenry 111 come " Henry took himself oft ofr . r- r - rr rvr " .r r . r , . -Walt Walt "Walt - " for me here , " " Stephen said to toCmUy toEmily toEmily CmUy Emily . "I'll Ill " ' ' return as soon as llS 1 I ennhe canhe can enn " -he he - he lifted Ufted her hand to his lips 111)S 111S ) and andadJed andadded andadded adJed added gcntly- gcntly gcntlyear gently-"dear gently "dear dear gently - - "dear dear " ear , . , " He was gone so long I ! Emily Eml1y broke brokeoft brokeoff brokeoft oft off n a cluster of orange blo blossoms < ; soms The Thepetals Thepetals Thepetals petals spilled spIJIed ( from rom her flagers flDgers fingers , d1ilted drifted d1ilteddown drifteddown dilfteddown down to the floor . . . . . f . f . . They stood huddled together In the thehall thehall hall , a "ear ear w " ears careworn . } . , worn looking loohlng little Uttle &lOUP lOUP group & gioupsurrounded , surrounded by shibby sh'lbby shlbby shabby ' luggage . . . Who u were ere they ? Steplien Stephcn Stephen wondered wonderedas as he be came from the tbe shadows shado"s shados " Into the theItght thelght th9I Itght lght ( , ht of ot the hall chandeliers He Be was wassure wassure wassure sure he had bad not seen them tllem berore before beroreAnd beforeand beforeAnd And yet the older girl looked familiar tamIllar . She detached herself from the group groupand groupand groupand and walked to meet him Wm , a n weary butgallant but butgallanl butgallant gallanl gallant fijure fibure figure , in aclveteen a \ velveteen \clveteen clveteen jacket jacketand jacketand Jacketand and a pleated skirt . "Arc Arc "Are Are " you Uncle Stephen ? " she sheRsIed sheasked Bheasked RsIed asked , , c\len c len extending ' \ : lDg politely a small , very verygrubb verygrubbs verygrubb grubb\ grubb grubbs grubbhand % \ handUncle hadUncle hand had handUncle Uncle Stephen 1 ' The name pro pro- pronounced pronounced pronounced - nounced In a voice husky with "C'lrl- "C'lrl Clrl wcarl- wcarl wcarlness "C'lrlness " wciri-ness wciri ness ' - ness caused Stephen's Stephens ' heart beart to stir stirstrangely stirstrangely stirstrangely strangely 'l l ' The he puzzled puzLled fro\\ fro frown fron \ n left his hisbrow hisbrow bisbrow brow , ' Yes "he he " ho he said , , taking the small hndwhIch h'tndwhich hind h\nd h nd h'tnd htnd " \ ' Iwhich whIch felt cold and very frightened"Vou frightened"You frightened ! " "You You "Vou Vou " rouldn 'ouldn ouldn eouldnt ( ' t be expected to recog- recog recognIre recogni7e recog-niye recog niye - nIre ni7e me " She lifted lined a pale face set setwIth setwith setwith wIth dark anxou'3 anxou3 anxious [ ' eyes . . "You You " haven't havent haven'tseen haven'tseen haven'tseen haventseen ' seen me since I was a baby beIng beIngchrIstened beingchristened beingchristened chrIstened " " "Of Of " course I recognize you you"Stephen youStephen ; , " Stephen said gently . C < ' I ! would have haveI.nown haveknown haveLnown I.nown Inown known . you anywhere any"here anyhere " . . You are my myUttle mylittle mylittle Uttle little fillette filiette . . " There was a sudden bewllderlng bewildering bewllderlngchange bewilderingchange bewildering'change bewilderingchange ' change In the small heart shaped tace face taceThe faceThe faceThe The weariness wearmess vanished , the lines ot of otanxIety ofanxiety ofanxiety anxIety smoothed tliemselves themselves out The ThewIde Thewide Thewide wIde dark eyes e ) cs es shone like misty stars stars.The starsThe . , The red lips smiled , a n gay smile srulle that thatwohe thatwoke thatwoke wohe woke a sleeping dImple"You dimple"You dimple dimple"You "You You " called me th'lt thlt that ' , , " she said said'that's said'lhat's saidlhats 'that's thats " ' 1 bat's bats ' why we ran away " CH CHAPTER PTER VI VIAunt VIAunt Aunt Edith dlth came Into the llbrary library libraryas llbraryas as the clock chimed eleven"Well eleven eleven"Well "Well Well " ] Pell . , Stephen 1 ? " she saIdThe saidThe eald saId ealdThe The "Well Well " ' demanded an explana explana- explanahon explanatrop explanation - tion hon trop Stephen rose from trom a chair chafr be be- beside beside beside - - side the fire . . . "Did Did " you enjoy en.joy . the concert ? " . he heHo 1 ' 1r 1tJ , ; Jf ! : r 'T T Jf'T tJ ' e er et eIF r t IF IFI I ; Ho He Wiped Away Her Tear Tears * With Witha a |
