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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1916-12-21, Page 2Tea is an Every -day Luxury STEADFASTLY REFUSE SUBSTITUTES Black, Mixed or Natural Green. 120$ THE LAPSE OP . ENOCH W•ENTWORTH By ISABEL GORDON CURTIS, Author of " The Woman from Wolvertons" CHAPTER XXVII,—(Cont'd). 1 of that situation as Dorcas Went Hullo;' said the young editor worth does. There are minutes when heartily. "Pm glad to see you back it doesn't seem as if the girl were act - and glad you've come back to such a I mg—she lives the character from House, Why, ft's one of the biggest start to finish. She fs not playing I every saw in New York. You fel-'Cordalia.' she fs Cordele .' I told you lows must be raking in the shekels. Oswald she is a wonder. I have It sloes look that way,"Oswald! been following the ch'ama as a critic for years, and one gets to be hardened, smiled. "I don't know how long it; the emotions are not susceptible to will hold out. The play has alreadythe appeals of the average player, but gone far beyond my expectations." fin this scene particularly Miss "It ought to last through several! Wentworth grips me in a most won - seasons. Generally a drama that! way. She is so simple and pulls at the heart strings has a clutch, sincere in her methods that one can- on the purse strings of the public. , not realize that she is acting a part. Besides, you've a great card in your; She is great." Wentworth, to say nothing of Merry. J "I believe you are right," acknowl- She's out of sight. Why, I've run in,' edged Oswald. heaven knows how often, for that; Before the third act began the house third act. I can't think of any big' settled down to that silence which actress who could get as much out! means intense anticipation. When cArifA S WANTED E FOR THE ROYAL NY Two thou -end Canadians are wanted for the Royal Naval Can. adieu Volunteer Reserve towards manning the new chips of the Imperial Royal Navy. 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But the supply, thanks to the great rubber plantations in Britain's tropical Dom- inions, is easily keeping up with the demands, and raw rubber, despite a war tax of 7W7o, is actually cheaper today than before the war. So, though the fabric and chemicals used cost nearly double, rubber footwear has not gone up very stitch in price, These conditions naturally are leading thoughtful, thrifty, patriotic Canadians to save leather just as much as possible by wearing rubbers, overshoes, high rubber boots and heavy farm rubbers. In addition to the very substantial saving is cost, rubber foot- wear has decided advantages for wet or cold weather around the farm or in the woods. The men like its waren, dry comfort tinder all conditions, and the worsen like the way it sheds the dirt instead of bring- ing it in to melt and track around the . hou eFor s a the children, too, particularly if thev are walking g a long r wayto school, rubbers and mean a real deal in warmth, comfort and' protection against dblds. " Doing Without" Rubbers orOvershoes Ts Simply Thoughtless Extravagance 11 the curtain fell, the applause rose to a deafening clamor. One player after another appearedtotake an en- core,.' Last of all carne Dorcas, She stood on the stage alone, smiling and bowing. • Her face was radiantly hap- py, When the curtain dropped, the applause began again, Wentworth appeared, leading Merry by the hand. The face of the older man looked pal- lid and the red scar cut lividly across his forehead, A. stillness fell upon the house. It seemed to Oswald as if the pdople waited intently for some unusual event. There was a tenseness in the quiet that prevailed in the audience that seemed to forcast something dramatic. It equaled in intensity the interest with which the most telling climaxes of the play had been received. The very air of the two men standing side by side in the center of the stage seemed to promise a sensation. Enoch Wentworth raised his hand with a gesture which was strangely dramatic for a man who was neither en actor nor an orator, Like a flash Oswald remembered a day when he sat watching a prisoner at the bar. The man had been condemned to death; a moment later, with a stifled cry of terror, he stretched opt his arm 1 for mercy and sympathy. i "Ladies and gentlemen," Wentworth began, in a voice which was low, but so marvelously distinct that each syll- able carried to the farthest sent in the house, "this is not a curtain speech— ? you have not called me before the foot - !lights to -night; it is an explanation. I It is a—confession." Enoch paused as if mustering 1 strength to go through an ordeal. Isle felt the curious scrutiny of a thou - !sand eyes. "It is a confession," he ' repeated slowly, "a confession which i has been long delayed—" He never finished his sentence. Merry stepped forward and laid his i hand upon the man's arm with a cling - I ing grasp which was full of affection, ' even while it pushed Wentworth aside. ! "Allow me." Then he laughed. ' "Good people, one and all, who have, so long been friends of mine, this is my confession, late in the clay, as my friend Wentworth suggests, but it is mine. He was simply breaking the news to you that I wrote 'The House of Esterbrook.' " He hesitated for a moment, then Enoch touched his arm as if in pro- test. Merry smiled and gently put him aside. A. whisper of startled! surprise ran through the house, fol- lowed by a moment of hush, then ap- plause. It subsided slowly. During. the tumult men and women who kept' their eyes upon the stage saw Went-,' worth turn as if pleading vehemently., Merry answered with a few decisive' words, then he stepped down to the foot lights. "We have saved this confession. ladies and , gentlemen," he began bravely, "not to create a sensation or to further .advertise the play but each one of, you must realize how the pub- lic distrusts a jack-of.all-trades,. Many of you doubted the ability of Merry Andrew to touch human emo-0 tion ever so lightly, and came that! first nig'..t with eager curiosity to see him in the character of 'John Esterbrook.' How much more would you have hesitated if you had known: that this same Merry Andrew was the author of the play? Hence the secret,; to deceive you until an honest verdict had been rendered. To -night I re -I lease my friend Enoch Wentworth' from the role he has carried for ten months. 'I also wish, before you, to acknowledge a large indebtedness to him. For years he has been the! truest friend a man ever had. He has believed in me, encouraged nze, and to l his untiring labor you are indebted for much of the perfect detail which car. lied 'The House of Easterbrook' to success. He has helped me in the! dark hours when success in my profes- i sion seemed to be something I could never achieve. When I have been dragged down by the devils of despair: his was the hand that lifted me up and, with kindly deeds and encouraging words has kept me striving for the place which at last seems to be not entirely out of reach. I need not speak of his last great proof of his friendship for me, you all know how he almost loot his life in saving me from almost certain death, Good people, I owe much to Andrew Merry, and it is a great pleasure to acknowledge it in this public manner." The audience saw Wentworth stare as if in utter amazement when Merry began his confession. Then his eyes grew misty, and when the young actor turned to him with an affectionate smile, he gripped the hand held out to him as a man ,loos when he can- not put love or gratitude into words. Across the footlights men and women realized vaguely, through the strange human insight we call intuition, that another drama was being played be- fore their eyes; a life -and -blood drama, where the feelings of strong men were deeply stirred. "Good Lord!" said Singleton. Oswald turned with a start no if he had been aroused from sleep, 'Che newspaper man stood at his elbow with a look of bleak astonishment in his eyes. It passed quickly, however; he was a trained newspaper man, all Ms Haws instinct•, were aroused, he was en the track of a story. Here was something he must get to the bottom of. lIc scented a mystery and was immediateiv on the alert far anything that might give him a clew to start on, His paper must have this big story, it was big, he was sure of that, Ile turned suddenly Lo the man at his side, "What's Lack of all that?" he asked. "T can ut I rstand that Merry wrote the play. I've known T;noeb Went- worth for years, and 1 was never so '9. staggered in my life as the first night when I saw `The House of Ester - brook.' I went to the office after- wards to write my stuff and I sat for ten minutes—dumb, stupid—trying to figure out how Wentworth, the 'Enoch Wentworth I knew, could have writ- ten it. How long have you lctiowr this?" "I have known it," answered Oswald quietly, 'Just as long as you have," "Then I'm right," cried Singleton. "I knew Merry was lying when he stood there on the stage giving us that bluff about Wentworth carrying the secret for him, Merry wrote it all right. I might have • guessed. it long ago. I say, do you ]snow there's a devil of a big story back of all, that?" Qswald's face grew stern. "You see I know both of the mon so well," went on Singleton eagerly, 1 "Why, they were a regular David and Jonathan pair ever since I met them drat. Enoch was forever setting Mer- ry on his pins. The actor would go off, Heaven knows where, throw over a part, and drop off the edge of the world. I don't believe he dissipated exactly, he simply tossed his money; away and went downhill. Wentworth would hunt him up and drag him back where he belonged. He straightened l up suddenly n'hen he began to play 'John Esterbrook,' You can't even I pull him into a poker game now. I guess I took the winnings at the last game he stood in for. That night I had a great mind to hand the money back to him. We said `Good -by' about daylight, He looked pessimistic and glum. No, he wasn't glum eith- er; Merry never gets glum. 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The working force was told to find it, and has been work - ng since without success. Govern- ments are exact In their small finan- cial dealings, and even in the United a' clown -and -out, don't -give -a -damn ex- pression that morning. I can see him yet. Suddenly he disappeared again When he came back Wentworth and he cut each other dead, That Paget woman affair began, then Wentworth saved Merry's life, Why, it's a tre- mendous story!" Oswald turned abruptly. Something in his quiet gaze made Singleton shift his eyes with a start of guilt. "I want to say a word to you," the Eng- lishman's voice was stern, "and I want you to repeat what I say to every man in your fraternity. There may be a big story somewhere behind this—I cannot tell. If there is, if an enmity or a misunderstanding did exist, if there was a wrong done, or if any- thing lies behind these two men which we do not comprehend, leave it to them. They have buried it. Don't turn ghoul," he pleaded, "and dig it up, simply to make a curious, heart- less world buy your paper for a day or two. I am told there is a bond between newspaper men, like a warm- hearted brotherhood. Wentworth belonged to that brotherhood;—he does yet—remember that," Singleton stretched out his hand with an impulsive gesture. "Thank - yeti, Mr. Oswald. You're a good deal of a man. I never knew you before. We all need a jog on the elbow once in a while. A newspaper man grows a buzzard when a story is in the air. He forgets how the other fellow feels: T'I1 pass the word around. I can promise you that not a man among us will do anything but take Merry's word for it. His confession is a big story in itself." "Thank you," said Oswald with a cordiality which few men had seen in the dignified Englishman. a He stood talking with a group who gathered "hbout him at the close of the play, eager as Singleton had been to discuss Merry's dramatic confession, when an usher interrupted them. "Mr. Oswald, you're wanted back of the scenes," said the boy. Under the white glare of electricity a little group stood on the half -dis- mantled stage. The people in the cast were there—property men, the call boy, electricians, ushers, and the humblest employe of the house. The actors still wore their stage garb and make-up. Dorcas' hand was linked in her brother's arm. For a moment Oswald stood watching her. Her face was flushed, her eyes shone, she seemed transfigured by happiness. tee- Merry stretched out a welcoming harfd to Oswald. "We've been wait- ing for you, Oswald, to round out.our circle," he cried gaily. "I had a Scotch grandmother. When she reached the western wilderness and built a home, she made her husband carve over the chimney -piece: 'Were a' sibb tae ane aniether here.' Once, when I was a little boy, she explained it to me. I understood. The English language won't translate these words, but they mean that there's nobody here but the best of friends. Because we are a' Bibb tae ane onither here to -night I want to bleak a secret to yap. It is a mare wonderful secret than the news 1 gave to the audience." Merry looked about him with a quick, boyish smile. "I used to say I could not make a curtain speech to save my life. To -night I feel as if I were blossoming out.: I seem cap- able of speeches behind Lhe curtain as well Os in front. i suppose happiness makes an orator of a man." Ile laughed joyously. "But --to my secret. This dear lady, whom you all love and honor, has promised to be my wife," He held out his hands to Dorcas and caught here, their he .drew her into his arms as if they stood alone in some empty corner of the world, (The End), D C). 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