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BY ROBERT DICKSON (1836, NEA Service, Inc.)
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ages are found in Kendrick’s business ‘Accounts, Marcia is more shocked than ‘heartbroken. She realizes she was never dn love with him, McDougall is attentive until Dorothy Osborn, who dislikes Marcia, leads him
There is 8s bank holdup and police commandeer the Canfield car to follow the bandits. The car is wrecked and Doth Marcia and her father are injured. driving with Dorothy, Somes upon the scene and takes Marcia and her fathef to a hospital, Their inJuries are not serious. © * Although Marcia’s arm is in a sling, 3 is decided that she will take part in the amateur play te be presented soon. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
HE dress rehearsal of “HalfAcre in Eden” defied all ama- . feur play traditions and went off . splendidly. No one forgot his lines, ‘there were no accidents due to faulty scenery, the lighting was effective, the costuming expertly done, and even the nonprofessional “stage hands, who could hardly expect to get any glory out of the most successful presentation, did their job with professional dispatch.
Tired though they were by the last week’s intensive rehearsals, the members of the cast felt that they and their properties were in the best possible condition for the big night, and even Mrs. Henderson, worried by responsibility, looked ~ forward tothe fruit of their labors with a reluctant confidence. And finally every one concerned { in the production went home, in various conditions of nervousness and anticipation, to await the one . brief night toward which the ef- * forts of many weeks had been expended. » ” ” "JDPRUCE M'DOUGALL attended the performance of “Half-Acre in Eden” as the guest of Mike and Jcan Bradford. Tickets to each show presented were included in the membership privileges of the Stagecraft Guild, and the Bradford family membership entitled them to iwo tickets. Mike, with what he hoped was a good pretense of unselfishness, suggested to Joan that she use their tickets for McDougall and herself. She retorted that she wouldn’t dream of depriving him of the pleasure of seeing the play, and cheerfully took a dollar of his ~ money to buy a third ticket for their guest. McDougall, left to his own devices, probably would not have attended, but, having arrived and resigned himself to His fate, he had to admit that a workmanlike job was on view. _ As an artist, he found chief interest in the scenery committee's products, and yet, having expected be bored by an amateur produc- ~~ tion, he found himself almost as in- * - lerested in the play as if he had . * been in a Broadway theater. ~ Surprised, he wondered if this group of suburbanites always gave 80 excellent a performance. The answer, had he put the question to a veteran Stagecraft Guild playgoer, would have been a negative.
2 - ” EJ o > BAcKsTacE, as the show got under way, temperatures had risen because of the presence in the audience of Lloyd Burtis, one of the most successful New York producers. His entrance into the auditorium had been discovered at once and reported to the cast as the curtain was about to rise, and - Significance of unknown propor- . tions was added by the fact that Be aiiendeq a company with Reid erson, husband of t » iy | the play's
- It was recalled that Mr. Burtis Was an old friend of the Hendersons, and the director's mysterious statement concerning an important event on the night of the show seemed to give greater promise. ~~ Just what his attendance could ‘mean to the Guild and the town, both of which, Mrs. Henderson nad said, would benefit ‘through the forthcoming surprise, the cast could not fathom, but it spurred them 7 to 8 finer performance, nevertheless. Accustomed to playing before audiences of families, friends, and neighbors, they felt that the nresence of a professional producer demanded greater efforts than usval, and they responded to their utmost.
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of the cast. ; Mr. Burtis’ promise, she could now announce, had been to offer a Broadway opportunity to the player who gave the finest performance in tonight's show. He had required only two acts to make his choice; the offer had been made to the young lady selected, in the presence of her parents, and accepted. Miss Dorothy Osborn would have her chance on Broadway! Not, of course, as a stdr, but still it would be a chance. Mrs. Henderson thought the Stagecraft Guild and Bobbs Neck could both be proud of this result of amateur effort.
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HERE was an actual ovation. Frank Osborn: and his wife, having waited backstage during the announcement, attempted to return to their seats duping the uproar, and called forth: an even greater demonstration, much to their embarrassment. And when the third act curtain went up, Dorothy, who was on the stage alone for a few moments, got such a reception that she was almost in tears, and her recovery, under the circumstances, was evidence of an inherent capability to observe that hallowed injunction of the professional actress, “The show must go on.” Her part in the play was finished after half a dozen minutes in the third act, and she left the stage to another burst of applause. Through the whispered, but nonetheless hearty, congratulations of those clustered in the wings, she made her way to the dressing room she shared with several others. There alone for a short while, she put her head in her arms and wept.
born, their daughter and a member :
was perhaps the greatest emotional] moment she would
own brewing, found this gift of actual triumph a purely sweet draught. She who had dreamed of success, imagining she could be haughty, disdainful, at its realization, suddenly found the world
gracious. . She who had hated her lack of money and persistently charted .a gulf between herself and the more fortunate, she who had hated che girls who enjoyed the material things - she was denied, had found the congratulations of both cast and = audience—her friends and neighbors!—too - real to admit- of gavy; they were simply glad for er! t And the warmth of it overwhelmed her so that her veneer of hardness was taken away as, soon, she would . wipe off the make-up which
had fitted her on the stage a while
ago. She was not long enough alone
to have regained her composure | when the entire feminine memiber- | ship of the cast, at the show’s con- | clusion, crowded into the dressing] room to renew their congratulations, and, when finally she was dressed | and ready to go home, she found |
waiting for her in the auditorium, making an excited ‘circle about Mr. and Mrs. Osborn, such a group of townspeople that she could not restrain her tears. - Dorothy at last went home with her parents—triumphant, lifted ‘to the stars, and yet strangely humbled, strangely different from the Dorothy Osborn = who had come here this evening, .in cheap : car and cheap clothes, and feeling their cheapness. ’
(To Be Continued)
OM CARTER waited for old John Raney in his rowboat at the river's edge and thought bitterly of the move he and his father must make from Liveoak Ranch. Ed Carter, Tom's father, had said that Raney, who held a first mortgage on the ranch, wouldn’t foreclose. Of course, they hadn't been able to meet payments, interest,
John Raney were. lifelong friends and had been partners years before. That, he had said, would make a difference. Raney, however, had foreclosed. And now, he was coming to take possession. “Well, he: had a legal right to,” Ed. Carter had said wearily. “He pretended to be your friend,” Tom had retorted, “and now he’s foreclosed for less than half what he knows the ranch is worth!” un ” 8 IS father had shaken his head. “He was a good friend, in years past. I'll try to remember those times and forget what's happening now. After all, it’s his legal right, and we'll get along.” Tom had stamped. angrily out of the house. It would kill his father, he thought, to be torn away from the ranch that had been his home so long, but John Raney hadn't hesitated. It seemed he’d forgotten everything but money. And as if
ter at Liveoak Ranch, he had sent orders to Tom to meet him with the boat at the crossing. Tom grasped the oars angrily as he waited. He was not accustomed to taking orders. He had waited half an hour when Raney, astride his white mare, finally emerged from the woods on the river bank. The old man tied the horse and stepped into the boat. = s 8 . S Tom, with powerful strokes of his oars, shot the boat out into the current, Raney looked across the stream at the rolling hills of Liveoak Ranch. “It’s a wonderful place,” he said. “You know I've always envied your father for having it. As sweet a cattle range as I ever saw.” ‘ Tom did not answer. So Raney was gloating over his father’s :nisfortune! Seated in the stern, his sharp eyes and sharp nose turned toward the ranch, he looked like a vulture, Tom thought with disgust. His jaws clenched. They reached midstream, where the current ran swift. Tom, absorbed in his bitter thoughts, was paying little heed to the direction in which he was propelling the
He was suddenly brought back to his senses by a shout from Raney. He turned his head. The boat was heading straight for a rock. Too late, Tom tried to swerve. “Look out!” he cried. Then they hit. : 8 a = : + MOMENT later, Tom was in the current, fighting to keep
was swept downstream. Raney’s bald head bobbed close beside him. The old man was struggling hard,
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where the boat hit. Raney coughed, wiped the water from his face, then grinned. “Let’s get to the house,” said Tom curtly, “before we catch cold.” Later, wrapped in a blanket and sipping a hot drink before the fireplace, John Raney looked at the Carters. ;
down to business,” he said. “Tom, will you get that big leather wallet from my coat.” . 8 = ”
OM ground his teeth as he found the water-soaked wallet and brought it to Raney. The old vulture couldn’t forget business he were dying!
papers in the wallet. “And I'm sure we’ll keep on being.” “Of course,” said Carter quietly. “Maybe you think I'd forgotten
acted for your own good.” He extended a dripping document,
there in the river and lose this. Here’s a new deed to Liveoak Ranch, all clear. Just pay me when you can, Ed, and let me come out and sit by your fireplace sometimes’ THE END. 1936, United Syndicate, Inc.) ; The characters in this story are fictitious.
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