. St. Nicholas [serial] . she would help get her ready, so that Mrs. Fair-leigh would nt have to bother. And Dreddysays that Blanche is a clever girl, and that ifshe would help her everything would be allright. And at last her mother said she mightact. I thought you d be glad to know it, soI came right over to tell you. Well, that s a piece of good news, Les,Charlie replied. I ve been really anxiousabout that part. I was afraid Mrs. Fairleighwould nt let Mildred play, and I dont know IS92.] TWO GIRLS AND A BOY. 521 anybody else who could have taken it. You sionals ; and that it s best not to l
. St. Nicholas [serial] . she would help get her ready, so that Mrs. Fair-leigh would nt have to bother. And Dreddysays that Blanche is a clever girl, and that ifshe would help her everything would be allright. And at last her mother said she mightact. I thought you d be glad to know it, soI came right over to tell you. Well, that s a piece of good news, Les,Charlie replied. I ve been really anxiousabout that part. I was afraid Mrs. Fairleighwould nt let Mildred play, and I dont know IS92.] TWO GIRLS AND A BOY. 521 anybody else who could have taken it. You sionals ; and that it s best not to lead people to just ought to see her, Will, added Charlie expect too much, cause then they wont be enthusiastically, turning to his friend. She is disappointed. The folding-doors will do well just the girl for that character—pretty and enough for a curtain, and, besides, when theyre ladylike. closed the audience wont hear the noise we The clothes-horse, which was a high one, was make in getting ready, as they would if we. MILDRED IS GOING TO ACT! LESLIE, RUSHING INTO THE DINING-ROOM. first covered with red cotton, Charlie standingon a chair and tacking it on while Will after-ward ruled lines on it with a piece of chalk,the whole being intended to represent a redbrick wall for the garden scene. Creepers andvines were to be stitched on to the cotton toadd to the illusion. There ! said Charlie, at last, as he steppedback with his head on one side to look at theirwork. I think thats going to be pretty good,myself. • I wish we could have a regular stage andfootlights, and curtain, and everything, saidWill. So do I, said Charlie; but we know they are going to use the roomfor dancing as soon as the play is over, and ifthere was a stage they could nt. liesides, pasays that if we put up a stage, people would ex-pect to see real scenery; and if we had realscenery they d expect us to act like profes- had only a curtain ; and there wont be anysmarties peeping in to see w
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