The $500 Check — page 260: what you’re looking at

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BERT’S FIRST STAGE APPEARANCE 241 hearsal, his teacher said: ‘‘ You’ll do; that is, if you don’t get rattled.” | ** W hat’s that ?”’ ‘‘Get an attack of stage fright, and forget your lines.’’ ‘*I won't do that,’ said Bert confidently. ‘Then you'll have no trouble. Now, stay here till you get a sammons from the call boy. J must make up for my part, though I don’t appear, elther, till the second act. Remember - that we rely upon you.”’ ‘Pll get through,” said Bert confidently. By this time our hero looked forward eagerly to the moment when he would appear on the stage. He felt excited, and yearned to distin- gcuish himself. He wanted to justify the stage manager’s hasty, and, it must be confessed, rather imprudent, choice. He waited in the wings till he heard the call boy’s summons, and then made his entrance as instructed by Orville. He glanced at the audi- ence, but only got a confused impression of hundreds of faces. He did notallow himself to think of them, but addressed himself to the business of his part. A part of this was to Gomichoo “S (E(@) m