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Show NEARLY A PANIC. Actors I?ebcartinsr a Play Cause Excite lnoiit In a Chicago Hotel. There came near being a panic in the reading room of the Great Northern the other day. Archie Boyd, the actor who used to play Den Thompsons part in "The Old trbinestead" and who starred last season in a new play of his cwn called "The Country Squire," was here some weeks ago to consult Con T. Murphy, Mur-phy, the playwright, as to alterations in this play. He wanted a new second act, and after talking jnatters over with Murphy he left the latter hard at work on his manuscript at his Lake Bluff home. One day last week he wired Murphy that he would meet him at the Great Northern at a certain time and read over the altered play with him. The author was on hand at the appointed time, and so was the star. Together they repaired to the reading room and set about their task. Mr. Murphy read quietly until his enthusiasm overcame him. Then he threw caution to the winds and exclaimed: "My God, you have stolen my child!" A guest from Oregon, Ills., looked up from a letter he was writing to the folks, and then he edged uneasily toward to-ward the end of the table. ' 1 'Tis false, ' ' roared Boyd. 1 'I am no kidnaper." "You lie!" exclaimed Murphy in loud tones, throwing the manuscript aside, and the man from Oregon started for the door, while a commercial man from Toledo leaned back in his chair to see it out The author and star had shifted to a quiet love scene, when Landlord Eden came in at the request of the Oregon man to see what the trouble was. When he told the latter what was up, he apologized apol-ogized profusely and wanted to buy pop for tho parry. When Boyd plays in Oregon, the stranger will be in the audience. au-dience. Chicago Times, |