| Show 7 1 J Y BOOTH OF MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE E 1 uTHE THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN 4 i PENROD ETC ETC- r 4 r I I cap 4 J 2 BY OT EM kS ae SYNOPSIS I CHAPTER I I Sheridan's attempt to Cake bAke a s. business ss man ol ot Me his son on Bibbs by tatting him In the the- machine shop ends In Ingoing going to a sanitarium a 11 nervous v r CHAPTER II on II-on On his return Bibbs Bibb lemet la le laa met a t at the station by his hll Mater cuter Edith CHAPTER III He ands himself an In In- and unconsidered figure re In Inho Inthe the he ho New House of ot the He Hees Heu gees es u Mary MarT Vertrees looking at him from froma a summer Bummer house houle next door CHAPTER IV The IV-The The Vertrees ell old town family and Impoverished call on the rich newly and afterward discuss dis cuss cue them Mary lary puts Into words herr berI her ber Brents' Brents r rent I unspoken W wish that she ahe mUT marry a of the b nB Sheridan n nW boys s. s CHAPTER V V-At V At th the Sheridan house housa- hous arming ban banquet ju t Sheridan spreads him him- elf Mt f. f Mar Mary frankly encourages es Jim Sherl- Sherl aa DI e attention and Bibbs hears hean he is u to tob b b. b sent back to the machine shop CHAPTER VI VI Mar Mary tells her mother 6 about out the banquet and shocks her mothr moth moth- r by br talking of ot Jim as a matrimonial CHAPTER VIII VIII-Sheridan t tells Bibbs be b. must to go back to the machine shop aj as soon oon on aa as h he h. Is enough In spite of ot plea to be allowed to write writ CHAPTER IX Edith and Sibyl Sheridan's wife wit quarrel over Bobby Dobby Lam Lam- borM orn Sybil goes KOCS to Mary for Cor help to keep Lamhorn Lamborn from marrying Edith and Mary Marye Maryco e co leaves hALve her in the room alone CHAPTER X X-Bibbs X Bibbs has to break to toMs Ms his I father the news of ot Jims Jim's sudden death CHAPTER PTER XI All XI-AU All the rest of ot the family family fam tam ily helpless In their grief Bibbs HIbbs becomes temporary master of ot the house At the funeral he meets Mary and rides home homo with Ith her CHAPT ri XII Sheridan pleads plead s with aith Bibbs to return to the machine shop for tor or his fathers father's sake and lind h h. h con consents CHAPTER XIII XIII-BIbbs purposely Interrupts interrupts inter inter- s a a. tete tete-a-tete between Edith and Lamhorn He lie tells Edith that he overheard overheard overheard over over- heard Lamhorn making love to wife CHAPTER XIV XIV- XIV Mutual Mutual love of ot music arouses an intimate friendship between Bibbs Hibbs and Mary lary Well Im I'm telling y you u Mrs Ils Il's by says they haven't got sot a thing Just absolutely nothing nothing and and they dont don't know anywhere to turn She says the whole towns town's been wondering what would become of oC cm em The girl had plenty chances to marry marry up up to a L year yeu or so ago but she was so 80 Indifferent she ehe scared the men off otto Gracious they were lucky Marry arry her The man that found himself tied up to that girl girl girI- Terrible funny terrible funny said Roscoe with sarcasm Its uIt's so bo funny tunny I broke a L cut glass decanter and spilled a L quart of of- of Walt Waft t she site begged see I saw a It big wagon drive up and some men go into the house Well I thought Id I'd see so I slipped over over and and It was their piano They'd and were trying to sneak it out after arter dark so catch on on Again gain she rave cave way to her enjoyment but resumed resumed re rc re- re as her husband seemed about to Interrupt the narrative Walt Wait a minute cant can't you Yes they'd sold it and I 1 hope they'll pay some of oC their debts They owe everybody e and last week a L cal isal al dealer ma made e an awful fuss tit at the door with Mr 11 Vertrees Their cook told our upstairs girl and she said she didn't know when shed she'd seen nn any money herself Did you ever er Lear bear of oC such a case as that girl In your YOUL life Ute What girl Their cook That Tha t Vertrees Y girl Dont Don't you see they looked ed on our coming up into luto this tIlis neighborhood at UK as their last chance they were just going down and out and here bobs up the Ute green rich Sheridan Sheri Sheri- dan Jan family So they send her out to pet fet a L Sheridan sItes Sheridan she's got to get et one onel And she slue just jURt goes in blind and Jim was landed landed theres there's theres no doubt about that But Jim was lucky he be didn't live to stay 11 l. ri n and aud nd its it's n a good thing for tor him Sibyls Sibyl's lh mirth hart hard vanIshed van van- and she Ill with nt ra ru all WI she couldn't get et you you were d. married arid ind she couldn't get Jim been because use Jim died And there they were wen dead drad broke Do you kno know what she did Do you know what she's she doln doing No uNo I dots dOll Sall Ro cne gruffly Jum I Sibyl voice ro rose rORe e sail and culminated c In Ina Ina Inn a n scream of or renewed hilarity She waited In tn the gru graveyard and drove drone home Lome with bum from Jims Jim's funeral Inver spoke to him biru before Jim wasn't y cold She rocked herself lt back bock and forth divan Bibbs she Rhe shrieked think of ot it Bibbs Jt nn m but woma I 1 for tor nil all that i be A forS r for o r r she but bul 34 wh whet f he be was wag y h mother Mrs Mr C Okin eking V th the theof of Vind River f K ll ried sled at al the ngo ogo ngoa 1 O o 0 y ya a mother at 14 H t i. i Daily Bally was was married S w wa is S a father at 20 e e i i kt rr Just th the same fie old lady set et lt herself herself herselt her her- self to pump me about it today Bibb Oh my Lord lUbbs But Roscoe looked So its it's funny to you yon I is It Tt It sounds kind kIwI of or pitiful to me I should think it would to a woman too Oh Ob it might she returned sober sober- In ing It ml might ht if it those people weren't such faced frozen smart flecks Alecks If It they'd had the decency to come down off oft the perch a little I 1 probably wo wouldn't think It was funny but to see em sit lt up on their pedestal all the Ute time they're c. eating dirt well dirt well I think Its It's funny That girl sits up as If IC she was Queen Elizabeth and expects people to wallow on the ground before her bel until they get near enough for tor belto her bel herto herto to give ghe em a good kick with her old patched patchell shoes shoes shoes-oh oh shed she'd do that all allright right right and and then she pow powders ers up and goes oes out to mash mash mash- mash mash-Bibbs Bibbs Sheridan Look here her said Roscoe heavily hen I dont don't care about that one way or another If It youre you're through I got something I want to talk to you JOlt about I was going to that day Just before we heard beard about Jim At this Sibyl stiffened quickly her eyes became Intensely bright What Is It Well he began frowning what I 1 Iwas Iwas was going to say then then then- lie He broke off ott and md becoming conscious th that t he was still sun holding the wet napkin in his band hand threw It pettishly into into into-a 8 a corner I never ne expected Id I'd have hae to say anything any thing like this to anybody I 1 married but I was wu going to ask you what was the matter between you and Lam born horn Sibyl uttered a sharp monosyllable Well ell JI felt I felt the time had come for me to know about It he went ent on You never told me anything anything- You asked she never Interposed curtly Well wed we'd got In a L way of oC not talking much said Roscoe It lilt looks to me now as If It wed we'd pretty much lost the run of or each other the way a good gool many people do I 1 dont don't sa say it wasn't my fault I was up early and down to work all nil day and Id I'd come home tired at nt night and went to go SO to bed bell soon as asId asId asId Id I'd got the paper read unless read unless there was some good musical show In town Well you seemed all right until here lately the last month or so I be began to see something was wrong I couldn't help seeing it It Wrong rong she Rhe said What hl t like You changed you didn't look the same game You were all nIl strung shung up and excited excited excited ex ex- cited and fidgety fidget you got ot to looking and run down Now then Lamborn Lamhorn Lam Lam- born horn had bad been going with us a good while but I noticed that not lon long ago ugo agos s elf b 1 I r r t tI I 1 Want to Know W What at You Say Over the Telephone to Lamhorn I you got to picking on him about every cory little Utile thing thinS he did you got to quarrelIng quarreling quarreling quarrel- quarrel Ing with him when I was there Utere and when I X wasn't I could see you'd been quarreling whenever 1 came came in and he heW W was 8 hereDo here herc Do you object to that thaU asked Sibyl bre breathing g quickly Ye when Yee when It It Injures my wife's wire I health he lie returned with a quick lift un of ot his Its eyes ces to hers here You ou began to run rundown rundown rundown down just about the time you YOI began belan fulling out with him bim lie ne stepped close to her See here Sibyl Im I'm going going go go- In ing to know what i ii SI means meant Oh you arel are she snapped That Tha t was what you were goIng to say nay the ther b her r day Yes Yea What else have you tonight tOr I ight bt be he replied with grim grimI grimN N 14 I want to knOw w why you h In him you want to see ed Fed coming here She made made a u- ulo lo bug longlow lOW Si sound o of comprehension comprehension com rom before she said l ll And Ind what wha t. t else elie dill did Edith want you to ask me I want taut to know what you jOil sn say over I the be telephone to he Itc said fiercely Is that thit nil all Edith told you to ask me Inc You saw her het when you rOll stopped in there on your JOUl way home borne this evening eve eve- ning aing didn't you Didn't she tell you then what I said over the telephone telephone tele tele- phone to Mr 1 r LaJ No she bhe he didn't he hl vociferated hi his voice oil growing g louder She said You h tell U your O lr wife to stop telephoning Robert Rob Roh- ert crt Lamhorn to come ome and nUll see sc her because belaU be be- laU cause he lw isn't going uin to do It That's what she said Awl And I want to know what it means meatus me I 1 intend Intend- A maid appeared at fit the lower end cud of ot the tIll hall Dinner i is ready she he said salt and aud giving the troubled pair pall one glance wont went d demurely Into luto the dining room Roscoe Hoscoe disregarded the Inter Inter- I intend to know exactly what has been going goinS' on ou he lie declared I mean to tu know Just what what what- Sibyl Ibyl Jumped up almost touching him standing face to face with him bins Oh you do she cried shrilly You Yon mean to know Just what's what do you You listen to your four sister Insinuating Insinuating insinuating ugly things about your wife and aud then you come home bome making a 11 scene before the servants anti and me in u their theft pr presence sence Do Vo you ou suppose that lint Irish girl gitl didn't hear every word you said id You go in there and cat eat your our dinner alone Go on Go and eat cut your our dinner alone alone because because I wont won't eat ent you And Ancl she broke away from the detaining detaining detain detain- ing grasp he sought Bought to fasten upon her and aud dashed up the stairway pant- pant lug Ing He heard the tIle door of ot her room slum slam overhead and th the sharp click cUck of oC the ke key key- In the lock CHAPTER At seven o'clock on the last morning morning morn morn- ing lug of oC that month Sheridan passing passing through the upper hall found a conlIe coupie con con- pie lIe of oC scribbled sheets of oC note paper lying on the floor He lie recognized the handwriting and sheets in his coat pocket intending to give ghe them to George Georg or Jackson on for tot return to the theO O but he forgot and carried them downtown with him At t noon he found himself alone in hi his office and and- having a 8 little leisure remembered the bits of manuscript took them out and glanced at them Having satisfied himself that Bibbs' Bibbs were only a sample of oC the kind of oC writing his bis son sou preferred to the Ule machine shop he decided Innocently enough that he would be Justified in read reading lug them I It appears that a a. lady will nod pleasantly pleasantly pleas pleas- I antly antty upon some windy wind generalization or of ofa ora ora a companion and will wear the most i agreeable expression of oC accepting it as the law and ami then then days days afterward when the thins thing is a mummy to Us its promulgator she she will inquire out of a a cle clear r- r sky Wh Why did you sa say that the p people ople downtown downtown downtown down down- town have havo nothing In ht life liCe that a chicken hasn't What hat did you OU mean An And shama she sha ma may say It in a manner that makes a H sensible reply rep Or very you you will be beso beso so full of or wonder that she remembered so sn seriously Yet what does the rooster lack He has food and shelter he lie Is warm in winter winter winter win win- ter his Isle wives raise not one line family for or him film but dozens lie He has a clear sit sky shy over o him he breathes sweet air he walks wals in his April orchard under a n roof of ot flow flow- ers He lie must die violently perhaps but quick quickly I Is Midas Midas' cancer a n b better way The Tho roosters rooster's wives and children must die Are those of ot Midas immortal His life lite 1 la is shorter than the life of or Midas Judas but Midas Midas' life UCc Is only a sixth as long lone as that of oC the Galapagos tortoise The TuIe rooster U is a dependent he depends upon the farmer and the weather Midas lIdas is a dependent he depends upon the farmer and the weather The rooster thinks only of or the moment Midas provides provides pro pro- I vides for tomorrow What does he provide pro pro- provide vide for tur tomorrow Nothing that the rooster will not have without providing The rhe Ire rooster and the prosperous worker the they are born they grub they love they grub and love grubbing the they grub and they die Neither knows beauty neither knows knowledge e. e An Arid And l aC after r all nil when Midas lIdas and the rooster dies there Is one I thing Midas das has had and ad rooster has not Midas has had the excitement of or accumulating accumulating lating what he has haa grubbed and that has been his life liCe and his love and his Isis god He Ho cannot take that god gad with him when he dies I wonder if the worth worthy gods are aro those we can an take with us Midas must teach all to be as Midas lIdas the young must be raised In his religion religion- The manuscript ended there and Sheridan was not anxious for more mor lIe He crumpled the sheets into a ball deposIting depositing depositing depos depos- It with J vigor ol in a n wastebasket beside him then the rl he consulted a a Cyclopedia of Names nm I. I which a book hook agent had l somehow sold old to him years b before tor a n volume now lOW first t put t to n use o for the location of or Midas Havlu Having read t the 11 legend Sheridan walked up n nod clown n the exhaling the cite bi ith of contempt Dam fool be mumbled He lie felt I very lonely and iut this was dally daily his hardest harlet t hour boor or r a n long longtime longtime time be lIP and 1111 lien Jim J had hall lunch u d together tog habitually at a I small restaurant near the Sheridan building where they spent 1 twenty minutes in the consumption consumption consumption tion of food oo and twenty In talk with c cigars But nu t now Sheridan remained alone III In his o office be he had not gone one out outto outto tc to lunch since Jims Jim's death no nor did behave he be he have anything sent to him him him-he he fasted until evening It was the time he missed he-missed Jim personally personally per per- the th most the most the votes voice and ee eyes 8 and nd brisk imd- imd and alert ft all businesslike businesslike- But Rut Sheridan's sense of ot |
