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He took Mr Pilkington by the elbow and drew him up-stage, lowering his voice to a confidential undertone. "And now, listen," he said, "I've something I want to talk to you about. Between you and I and the lamp-post, I don't think this show will last a month in New York. It don't add up right! There's something all wrong about it." Mr Pilkington assented with an emphasis which amazed the manager.
"Let me meet a slick little up-stage fellow that doesn't have to look two ways before he walks the wrong beat in daylight; let me meet a fellow like that, and where does it get me?" "I'm no saint, Marj, but there ain't a beat in town I'd have to look two ways on. Ask any cop " "Does the slick little up-stage fellow get my number? He does not.
With a final low bow he backed up-stage, and the heavy blue curtains tumbled into place at a half-seen movement of his hand. As the lights went up, Eric watched the customary recrudescence of restlessness.
Have learned Enid Faye is out of Pentangle and can be engaged for about twelve hundred if you act quickly. Why not cancel Lamar contract after "Black Terror," if she continues up-stage? "I caught the name Lamar," Kennedy explained. Then an expression of gratification crept into his face. "Miss Lamar was 'up- stage'?" he mused. "That's a theatrical word for cussedness, isn't it?"
If Bondsman had lacked any further proof of his master's intention to journey far, the canvas telescope suitcase would have been conclusive evidence. The dog sat in the doorway of the office, oblivious to the clerk's friendly assurances that his master would return poco tiempo. Bondsman was not deceived by this kindly attempt to soothe his loneliness. Toward evening the up-stage buzzed into town.
As it happened, the driver of the up-stage out of Oakville was Jack Martin, the son-in-law of Mrs. McLeod. He and Uncle Lance being acquainted, the old ranchero's matchmaking instincts had, during the day's travel, again forged to the front. By roundabout inquiries he had elicited the information that Mrs.
On the platform stood the girl with uplifted arm, holding her cup, now, to catch the wine of sunrise; and on the delicately chiselled face was a faint smile which seemed to hide a secret. When the first ray of yellow sunshine gilded the big skylight, a door up-stage opened and the sculptor came in, wearing his workman's blouse. He regarded his handiwork, as the curtain came down.
Perhaps Mr. Folsom had better talk over the affair with Mr. Sargent." "That is what I am here for," said Wilton. The man of law smiled pleasantly, and said that he saw no reason why the difficulty should not be arranged in two minutes' quiet talk. His air, as he sat down opposite Wilton, was soothing to the last degree, and his companion drew me up-stage.
His heart is in his dollars and Millard even suggests that he is none too scrupulous." "If he had an affair with Stella," I rejoined, "and she became up-stage the note you found suggested trouble, you know then Manton in a burst of passion " "No!" Kennedy stopped me. "Don't forget that this was a cold- blooded, calculated crime.
I may be wronging him, but there have been times of late when one might almost have fancied him a trifle up-stage. All that was gone at our last encounter. He appeared glad to see me and was most cordial." Sally found her composure restored. Her lecture on the night of the party had evidently, she thought, not been wasted. Mr.
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