Life — February 4, 1904 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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over which the frayed sleeve hung down, guilt- less of cuff. ** Had be anyoue belonging to him?” “No,” answered the landlady, “the had told her onct when he first come, that he was alone in the world, without kin, cat nor dog belongin’ to him. An’ she guessed he'd been bangin’ around from pillar ter post fore ever he came there, he looked that frayed and worn-out. But be was powerful in bis actin’s and ravin’s, and she gucased he cared for no man.” In spite of the imagination of the landlady, Rencourt did not die, but after weeks of linger- ing fever, emerged from the hospital weak and listless, poor in pocket as ever, but again intro- duced into a world in which he must renew the struggle for place, power and fame. As his uncertain steps guided him falteringly down a thoroughfare, past one of the prominent theatres, he caught the name of his own play upon which be had been working—which he had nearly, yes, finally—he passed his hand across his brow—finished the night he had been taken sick— in large type on one of the billboards. He stood and looked at it. Wy In the nursery, Resinol Soap, the new meuicitial soup, is es pecially valuable, While’ cleansing the skin, it nourishes the porrs and promptly curesati eruptions peculiar tobaby. Boo. nES to eczema, INC yet effective, No merely striving to make a good ale, but a/ways exert- ing every effort to make it befler— that’s the keynote of Evans’ success. The proof is at your dealers, pee Part teendorsed by many prominent physicians. It ise denvative of the famous ekin enunent Kesinol. 2. Sample sent free, Resinol Chemical Co,. Baltimore, Md., U.S.A. | This was one of his fever dreams. Then he was still sick. Had he never recovered? Was | he still in bed? Would he wake the nurses bending over him? the name of the playwright. and find one of He looked for It was not his! plo, He felt his pulses quicken; the old throb began nin his temples. Yes, he was still delirious, He would wake up in the hospital. But he hung around the theatre all day with flushed face, andat night, witha few stray pennies which he found in his pockets, he bought a ticket and went in. It was a first night. A new play and a new playwright, and the pit was filled with critics and reporters and a fashionable throng of gayly- bedecked women. Several men were lounging at the back, and as the curtain rose on the first act, one man came half-way down the aisle at the extreme left and stood Icaning against a pillar, By his eager, strained expres- ston and heavy breathing he attracted some attention, which was soon turned to the stage, however, and the usher abandoned his attempt to urge the man’s withdrawal to a more secluded stand, From the first it was a success; it was the play of the season. The name of its author was assured from the beginning of a cleverly-por- trayed, masterly-wrought bit of realism, which showed convincingly the touch of an artist hand and the power of a genius, The man by the post grew quieter as the play progressed. His breathing became less labored and almost secmed to suspend itself in the inten. sity of his absorption. The acting of those in the leading rdles, which so successfully inter- preted the author’s intention, seemed to draw him out of himself and give him keen delight. In scene after scene of clever exhibition of power on the actors’ and actresses’ parts, he exhibited his appreciation by low exultant laughs or in- drawn breaths. His expression became more animated and excited, and at the final fall of the curtain, as the thunderous applause broke forth, (Continued on second page following.) JW ALEXANDER, HENRY B MYDE ONLY A FEW FLAKES at a time — but what an accumulation all together. Only a few dollars at a time invested in an Endowment Policy in the Equitable — but what an accumulation for your maturer years. And while the money is ac- cumulating for you your family is protected. Arply to GAGE E. TARBELL. 2nd Vice President For full information fill out this coupon. or write THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY of the United States 120 Broadway, New York, Dept. No. 27 Please send me information regarding an Endowment -if issued at + +ssyeare of age, comicbooks.com