StNicholas [serial] . begin; and then the house actedas if it was all made up of boisterous just went wild. The company behind the curtain was quite alarmed; they did nt knowwhat to think of it. The young man whoplayed the juvenile parts ran over to one of thepeep-holes in the curtain, and from this pointof view saw Kitty Carsons performance. Here s fun ! he cried — Kitty Carson isgiving them a curtain raiser, and they ve justgone crazy. There she is now, sitting in one ofthe boxes. The orchestra began to crawl out of the littledoor under the stage and take their were all
StNicholas [serial] . begin; and then the house actedas if it was all made up of boisterous just went wild. The company behind the curtain was quite alarmed; they did nt knowwhat to think of it. The young man whoplayed the juvenile parts ran over to one of thepeep-holes in the curtain, and from this pointof view saw Kitty Carsons performance. Here s fun ! he cried — Kitty Carson isgiving them a curtain raiser, and they ve justgone crazy. There she is now, sitting in one ofthe boxes. The orchestra began to crawl out of the littledoor under the stage and take their were all friends of Kitty Carson, and shesat quite still, and looked about her quite coolly,as if she wondered what all the disturbancemeant. She did nt appreciate that she wasplaying the part of the leading lady. Themembers of the orchestra did not know what tomake of the disturbance, either. A few moments later the plush portieresbehind the box were pushed aside, and a beau-tiful little girl of ten, all dressed in white,. KITTY JUMPED INTO ONE OF THE PROSCENIUM BOXES AND THEN UP INTO A CHAIR. stepped in. She gave a little cry when she sawKitty Carson, and took a quick step forwardand gathered her in her arms. Kitty Carsonwas quite embarrassed; she was nt very muchaccustomed to little girls. Once there hadbeen a little girl who played Little LordFauntleroy at the theater, but Kitty Carson 22 A SINGULAR PERFORMANCE. [Nov. had nt known she was a girl, and as she wasafraid of boys,— she had made their acquain-tance on the street before she came to thetheater,— she had kept herself well out of sightall the time Fauntleroy held the boards. However, this little girl seemed so gentle,and so pleased to hold her on her lap ; and nowthe audience applauded in a kindly, friendlyway, and the little girl thought it must be forthe orchestra, which had just finished playing. The tall gentlemanwho came in with thelittle girl laughed andteased her, but she satstroking the black catall through the
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