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Show TRUE TO LIFE. "Thanks," said tho tragedian; "many thanks for your good opinion. I always utuily from Nature from Nature, Na-ture, sir. In my acting you seo ro-Heeled ro-Heeled Nature herself." "Try this cigar," said itu admirer of Nature reverently. "Now, where Old you Btudy that expression of In-tenso In-tenso surprise thnt you assume In tho second uct?" "From Nature, sir from Nature. T sccuro that expression, I asked nn :ntlmnto friend to lend mo flvo pounds. Ho rcfusod. This caused mo no surprise. sur-prise. 1 tried Bovcral moro. Finally 1 asked ono who wns willing to oblige mo, ami as ho handed mo tho note I studied In a glass tho expression of my own face. I saw thoro surprise, but It was not what I wanted. It wns alloyed with suspicion thnt tho note mlpht bo a bad one, I wns in despair." de-spair." "Woll." said tho other breathlessly. "Tlioa an Idea struck mo. I resolved re-solved upon a despcrnto courso. I ro-turnedtho ro-turnedtho flvo pounds to my friend Iho noxt day and on his nstoundod couatenauco I snw tho expression I was" In search of." Itoyal Magazine. |