Show Cousin Reubins Reubin's Theatre I TELL you boys I did have a time when I was in the city I saw sawall all the show windows and I went to the shoot- shoot in gallery and and O O I went to the theatre My but it fine Ill I'll tell you about it You know Ive I've got a cousin Melissie in the city She's awful pretty Well she went with me It happened that at dinner they was talking about H Hamlet Ham am- am let Melissie was sayin how shed she'd like to go and nd so o I just up and said See here Melissie if you'll come along with me well we'll go and see it She smiled and said Thank you Cousin Reubin I should like it very much Well next day early in the morning I went t to the place where they sell the theatre tickets and I says to the man See here boss says say s I II I I want the two best seats in the house for Hamlet tonight He shook his head and told me that all the best seats were taken Then we went inside and he was a me how all the seats in the boxes and in the dress circle and allbut all allbut allbut but two in the parquet was gone and was trying to get me to take these when I just up and said See here dont don't you get any of your fool tricks on me I guess I know which seats is the best Youre You're trying to save them high seats up there for your friends but you just let me have a couple of em Why you youcan youcan youcan can see all over the house from them So he handed me two tickets and I paid him the fifty cents and says as 1 was going out You see you can cant can't t play any of your pranks on me It seemed an time before night but at last it came time for me meto meto meto to get ready I tell you I looked fine for I had bought me a new red tie You'll see it the next dance that comes along It did set me off well As soon as I was through dressing I went in the parlor and was for Melissie when j she came in prettier than any girl you ever saw She passed me her jacket and asked me if I would help her heron heron heron on with it I says You bet and was it on and her sleeves in when I tore one Of course I felt very bad but she says Never mind Jane will fix it So we started out O a if your could just walk with her She has the littlest shoes you ever saw and such pointed toes And her sleeves they were so pretty and they made such a anoise anoise anoise noise whenever you touched them When we had walked about half a amile amile amile mile I saw a candy stand not far away and telling her to wait a minute walked as fast as I could to the stall and after tasting everything to make sure that I Iwas Iwas Iwas was getting the best for my money bought ten cen cents ts worth of peanuts Them peanuts was the best I ever tasted in my life When I got to her I didn't tell her what Id I'd got at all and we just walked along as if nothing had happened We soon reached the theatre and I noticed that she looked at me a little funny when we started to go up the stairs leading to the third circle but then I guess it was cause the people was lookin at her After we was seated I just pulled from my pocket the bag of peanuts and put puta a handful on her lap She was a little surprised but I gave her another handful handful handful hand hand- ful and then emptied the rest in my pocket and saying fair halves threw the bag upon the floor She said that she had more than she wanted but butof butof butof of course I wouldn't have any more though I knew she had more than half She was awful funny over them after all she put them all in her coat pocket and saved em till she got home But the play it was fine You ought alight to a aseen seen that old fellow throw up the sculls and the ghost you ghost you ought to a aseen aseen aseen seen it Why it would a made your very hair stand on end And Melissie she liked it awfully but she always alway kept her veil over her face and she seemed kind kindo o 0 nervous I guess the play must a abeen abeen abeen been a little too much for her and she was afraid her face face- was white And when we came out of the theatre she he acted just as funny for when we passed a lot of stylish people you should a aseen aseen aseen seen her how she dodged behind me The play must a been a little too much for her But it was fine and I tell you boys whenever you go to the city you must go and see the theatre C. C Cj j |