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Tit IB STARTS TUB BTOItY
Hlliabeth Ann Ducrow,- known as
"Sunny," works In n plofcle factoiy.
She has atpirattons for something
hinher and (oil Bert Jackson, who
works at "the pickles" with her, that
shr intends to rido in a motorcar some
day. Bunny lives in a narrow, dtrttr
street with htr aunt, who is prmnblt.
.(tipld oiid improvident, Sunlit and
Uert are hunprv for a day In tho
country and, lacking the finuls, thru
tlno on the sheet for pennies and-aro
arrested for "vagrancy," hut pardoned
bu the magistrate. Leslie Montresso ,
a welt-known actress, sers Hunnu in
court and is impressed, with her nrip.
InaUW. Bhe brings Bunny and lfcrt
before Mas Ilemmingway, manager 0
the ptay In which she is appearing,
lie, too, is 'impressed and engages
sunny at two pounds a week for thine
years. Bunny, always loyal, insists
that he give a part to llcrt. She has
ae
inn tii 'undred a year and ruunn
about in taxioabs, Iferlt" There is
some difficulty in getting into the
theatre, as every attendant sends
bunny and Bert etiewKerc. Finally
they got to the managers omce ana
Mr. liemmtngway remarks to Ms a
tociate. Mr. liostheimer, "I've got an
,,u that, with luck, she'll drive thr.
uwbHo era.'' "I believe , you,"
said. "Yes, I belleve you '"
AND IIKItE IT CONTINUES
he
OflAFTKIt V
(letting On
IriOU the Arm time In her llfo Sunny
' had received ft parcel. It had come
rom a well-known West End shop.
'I don't know nothing about It !" Mrs.
Melkln said. "It como by a cart. Thoro
k is i"
Simny opned tho parcel. It contained
1 drew, ntno undorclothlng, and 11 good
pair of boota, but as to who Bent It
,hero whs no Indication.
"Some ono trying to do mo a turn,"
1I10 said. "I wish thoy wouldn't who
vr It l. It's about my size, too!"
It vrnt a plain but neat and nervlco
tble drew of black BOi-go. It wna tho
lery first brand-new drone Sunny had
ivr ownod In her life. She put It on
ind looked at hereelf In tho glass.
'I wish I knew who sent It'." she
raid "I'd send It back. I don't want
aiors from no ono '" .... , ,,
"Vou're on ungrateful child!" Mrs.
MpIUUi said. "After mo navln' and
tcrapln' She paused,
.y)U you" Sunny soaped "you got
mo this?"
Mra Molkln htmllated.
Well. If I did. ain't you my own sls-
ttr's child?" she said. "What's the 'arm?
1 like to soe you look nice, I do; and
me saving and scraping "
"You old darllngl" Sunny said.
She be'.levod It. She believed that her
aunt had, sent her the clothes, while, as
a matter1 of fact, Mrs. Melkln know no
more about it than Bunny did.
"Scraped and scraped, 1 did ! she
nld. "Put It by, bit by bit, for you,
niliabeth Ann !"
"You're an old dear!" Sunny said.
I il take from you what I wouldn't tako
fiom nc ono elsol"
Sho win wearing the new dress and
huota and tho new hat tho following
day when she met Bert.
Ho looked at her In surprise, but said
nthlng. - ., u u
"A present from aunt I" she said.
How do I look, Bert?"
He looked at her and blinked wth his
melancholy eyes.
"You look a fair knockout, Sunny!"
he said. "Sort of make me wonder all
the time If It Is you !"
"It's nothing to the clothes' I'll havo
ere day'" she said. "Como on!"
They hurried on. They had to bo at
ifhearsal at 10. This time there was no
difficulty about their admittance. The
mm In tho llttlo boxolllce smiled good
'morning to Sunny.
"f.ot your little lamp vvun you nun,
I je'" he said, looking at Bert.
What happened nfter that Sunny could
lemember only ns a confused kind of
rtrfam She found hereelf on a hugo
singe There were no footlights. The
Brest auditorium whs a blnck void,
through which shrouded candelabra
dluniered In ghostly fashion
v'omn one unit shouting and ravin?.
There were n number of girls and a
1 umber of young men who were going
through some kind of a performance.
"Now, then, ycu'ro In the chorus,
aren't jou?"
Bert found himself roughly torn from
Sunny's side. Uo was hurled Into a
co-rier among a lot of young men, who
looked at him superollloUBly
They were going through a kind of
fanre accompanied by n song, Now
'ii'j thrust out their right nrms nnd
r"owil a step toward the center of the
m me
Thc were singing something about n
f I from Ohio Sunny watched them ;
pis" watched Bert. Bert looked Intensely
ui happy lie, too, thruit out his right
i m and took n step with tho rest lie
w.m trylniar to sing, but ho wriB woefully
en of tune. Sunny smiled. I.lttle by
'"tie sho began to laugh. Others stand
In; about her followed tho direction of
hr eyes and saw Bert. Then they
liiiehrd Soon every one was laughing
That chan at the end there looks
in e a funeral I For goodness' sake kick
him away'" some one. said. "Look at
Leave him alone" It was Mr Hem-
r ncrtuy who had come on. Leave htm
in ' lie looked at Bert "Say noth-
l"? to him It him go on his own way.
I got an Idea '".
He spoiling the chorus," tho stngo
n inager said
I ve trot inv nwn ldea. .lakes ' Mr
llemrningwav said "Let that fellow
k oiu for the present, at any rate "
nv good: as Von llko !" Mr. Jukes
nlil 'Now, then, ladles of the chorus "'
he hfllowed. "Como on, you 1" He
Rlarod at Sunny "You arc In tho cho-
n.s I suppose
jppose ' Hurry vouraelf;
walked deliberately across the
unny
mite
h re havn I irnl In Htntid? shn
I suited
"'ei Into your
place '" the stnge
A gill matin room
InanagLT bellowed
lior sunny
lies n one of his tnntrumx tills
I ruomlmj : cnt nut nf hnrt li urnni,
Ittle ' ihe muttcretl "Itn'H n lienut ntiv
1 Hit SometiTTlpH u u'nrun licnul thtin
lo-hers What's vour name?"
Sunny What's yours, "
Sunny what?"
P'linnv nllr nnmdij ultnnt,! 1... ntltr
ln t it?" .Sunny said "Mine's Sniinv
1U( row and vrmrH lit Himnv U'r.M U'hn
Klie jou that name? 1 menu you
vaunt-
'SIIOIICh!" ehouterl tlln Ktnir.i num.
lager
Now then, ladles!"
Tho orchestra MtrilMr lit! nnrl tUr. rhn-
J ih hurst Into wing Sunny did not sing
lor the simple reason sho was hearing
me fiiorus for tho first time
Sing UD '" th Mlnizn mnruiirnr intl,i1
V her "Hlinif It. what are vnn here
fcr?'
Not to bo hollere.l at by you
said
Sunny
Then,
ltnce.
waa a sudden nnd deathly
Bl-
"hats that'" tho manager demand-
1(4
What I said Is,
'(IW C'.tll I NillL- Mil
Kll I llntt't Imilll Ilia Miin.tiln,. m. ..-"
. i ix iiught to know It'"
ouirhi ' lime !, n i1,,,!),)
I you know,
ipiierry Jam
or iiiHliuice, 'ow to make raw
ir go off out of applts anil coloring
Jim flavoring nml birdseed? You
fouldui do It could ou, unltsH yitu waw
He still til .it her
I (ldtl'l Unfile ...l.t .. ..n i
Iain... i . ... T'i J" It' WimillK
si-oui hut i ,io knw this If you want
nnd Minis. .if ,,niMi.,..
'I don't Hlltinv unl.l .'f.,i,i f ..(.'
fw"r' lu' ,So kptl' i01"' liulr "" "',l'-
You 11 trit Ncwl u.. i. ..ii i.
Hde i Mimij miittend
cn.n .' !m'. ,. Munny said. "But I ain t
altiw.! . "Il,'r"1 "' ') no one WIlklllH
ai the faeloij ti lul It oncu, then lie .iv
lP.i to II ho'"
llr I!fmmlni.t . ii. i.... ... .,.
""ge manugtr In .. low tone
Itini
"n len will, hm i ,,,,' i,, ,,,.
H i i --- i
'"long tho ehorui- You'll huic to
Itini,. , r uu,..r ' lf "ho goes on
on
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Co,.;""' left off illilhpeiliiK to Usf'l
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sho MhlHiicreil
lU ti V , ""Ui'l'l l I give to King
mat. 1 lutoiv 'cr, too " She paused.
lrn.1L
wouldn't
1 glvo to sing
some trouote in itvcpmu d?vi i vuvycu
iin. and "Whatever 'appWs, it's my
fault," Bunny said cheerily. "It'll be
,, fault, won't it. when you're act-
Miss Montressor, her song finished,
looked round. She saw Sunny, and
enmo straight to her.
"Well, llttlo girl," she said pleasantly,
." you are hero! And how mnnrt you
Sho took .'unny's hand In hers nnd
hold II whllo she una talking to her;
the other girls looked, on enviously.
J.osllo Montressor wan a great star, to
know her Intimately, as this girl seomed
to. was an honor not to bo scoffed at.
Thoy looked at Sunny with new re
spect. So, too, did the stage mannger.
" vnn noiiccauio mat no icit nunny
nlono after that
"How did you got to know her like
that?" tho girl Who had stood next to
Sunny asked.
"Me and her was had up at tho same
police, court I don't know what she
was charged with," Sunny said, "but
mo and Bert was chargod with singing
n tho street Wo got off; so did she,
It ftAAtvia '
Tho girl laughed ; she thought It was'
somo joKe or sunny h
"My name In Daisy tie Venn." Bhe
said.
"You tolo mo Just now "
"No, I didn't; It wne your mistake,
I said 'Sunny what?' I mean what
was your other name."
"I am an Idiot, ain't I?" Sunny said
"I'll Introduce yoii to tho othcra They
nro rather a decent lot. take theip all
round. How about your dressos for
"I ain't bothering," Sunnv Bald
."But you'll have to see the Wardrobe
about them " Sunny nodded.
"I will; only there ain't no hurrv as
I know of. Besides. I shan't want them
long."
Tho other girl looked at her.
"You'll want them for the run, unless
you get fired." Sunny shook her head
"I shnn't stop long in the chorus," she
said. "Not that It Isn't all right being
'n the chorus," she added ; "only I pre
fer to havo a part of my own "
"I daro say you do," Miss do Vtnn
laughed "So would most of us Hut
parts don't grow on every tree, mi girl "
"It's a-growlng on the tire I'm sitting
unuor, and presently one's going to drop
on me'" Sunnv said
When the first strangeness hud worn
off, Sunny adapted herself to circum
stances with ease. Sho learned the
words of tho choruses nnd the neces
sary actions ; even the stage-manager
had no fault to find with her. lie was
not nnturally a bnd-tempered or nvllly
disposed man, ns most of the girl
thought; but tho stage manager's life Is
not all bcor and skittles when n big
new production Is being made ready, as
ho told Sunny one day when thoy were
the best of friends.
sunnys part as tho long-lost dniii
" s
'a.! A
icr rracueu irom mo picKlo ractory
of the brlo"ct. It consisted of soi
linns unaer twenty lines, wnlcli 'mle
icnrneu morougmy Inside half nn hour.
She was what Is called a "cuilck study."
It don't hardly scorn worth whllo me
getting myself up and all the rest of It
to como on and say Just that '" she
said to Bert.
"You ought to have a song," he snld
'I ought; but I ain't got one"
I was thinking about a song ns 'ud
suit you," Bert suld
"You'" she said "Why don't vou
write It out?" Beit nodded gloomily.
I s pose every ono'll laugh at It If I
tip ; but I'll havo u shot nt It I got the
tral tho other night nil right," he added
cheerily "Father gave It to mo whtn h..
heard" about mo leaving tho plcklo fac
tory." Bc'r?""nd t0' Sunny Kald' "Dil1 H hurl,
,."Samo" us usual 'bout,- he said
thoughtfully. "I'll have a shot at that
there song tonight," he added Ho W( nt
his way.
"Got tho song?" Sunny asked lilni. as
they mot the next morning on their way
to rehearsal
Bert nodded
"It didn't turn out ns well as I
thought," he said. "No one 'ud look
at It. It b no good Any'ow, here vou
are " Ho brought out a dirty piece of
paper, and Sunny stopped In the road
way to read the penciled words
"Bert, .vou never wrote thlH'" she
sold.
' Me r did ' ' ho snld "Whv not'"
"Why. Ifs fine' It Hulls splendid I
I m going to tnke it straight to Mr.
Heminlngwn
"It's no good. Ho'll turn It down.
,,i ,f ' 'CK US DOlll OUt,
he said
urn s me use :
"I'm a-going to tako It to him
hnitr " Crttnn,. ..M
any-
..v.. . Ti,.i,i. num.
"Well, Miss Duorow?" Mr Ham
mlngwuy asked a trifle Impatiently some
hours later
Sunny came smiling Into tho oflloe.
Mo. and Bert hns been tnlklng." hP
f'". I,1,01;' ,,lllnls " my part 'ml go
better If I had a song to sing "
"I daio sny," ho said dryly ' Now
I m bus , I'm borry, hut "
.i ,u, . ' wro,e ,a KonB ,hat ll thought
iiVifu0 "f" U. Is H'a ca,1e' Picca
lilli 1.11 , and
i'1'. P01 ',U) tlme- ' ,,e Ha'd "Its not
"Hero It l," Sunn said She thrust
tho dlrtv .-crap of pnper In front of him
Mr. llommlugwav glanced nt It. He
'ifl'ated, then ho took It He read It
through It was not bad Jt com.
menced '
"I'm Piccalilli I,ll,
And I work In PlnviHML,
S!!f.k,nK Ul I'ibels on llio jam,-
ho ivroto this?" he asked '
Bert did done It out of hK own
head, hunii said. "Up thought I might
H1II& It
l.enve it hele, he snld lirleih
think about it "
"I'll
"Havo a look thiough this," Mr Hem-
iiuiiK"y xiiiu homo llino later to the
musical director, "and. It vou think vou
enn milling. It. hung wnie tort of a um,
to It Tile meter stems .ill light
Slgnor Portettl noddid t. looked nt
the impel
".Nit'o Kwlngy he h.ild "Tei iiiniti
tumltv. Himlty Yes, .ill right,
over It prut-ently "
For three days Sunn he.ucl no mnio
about the Hiinp. licit had forgotcn il
except that he had .i vague idea that lie
would ho illsuit.sed fur huving dnntl to
write It
Sunn had Ik in nt lehcinl a ,(
She liml liuulti a few friends and pet
Imps one or two enimles -(Jlrls whose
nn I u res had soured ,i little by earn ot
lieglirt, b vurs of having to rimnln In
the b.iclcgiouiMl while ihev saw oilais
and nowtr tomers forge uluud, disliked
her
"Wall till tho llr-t night, she'll
to plecch, they ,s,ild And they Impeil
that l hey would prove true mnphely
.iiica iiierow wnnieo," some
sain
Sunny went .She found Mi Hem
lilliiKwnv with the inuhlcal dliector
"That hong, ' Mr llemtnlngwav s.iul
"Slgnor I'osftu hn.s x u to muni.
Think ou can (iitrh the tune?"
"Tri mi-," Kuiiin said
The slgnor unt down at the piano in
the office and placd tho air. It wus it
very latihv. bright all the veiy thing
for tlln words. The words had been 'il
tered a llttlo hero and there, but they
stood much as Beit had written them
"(Jot it '" Mr Heiiimlngvvny asked.
Sunn nodded Sho hummed the tunu
to herself
"l.lvel, isn't If Wonderful being able
to write out mimic like that I hhould
not have been able to think of It In a
thousand cnrs "
Slgnor I'nhelll hmlled Jo wsn ripen
to .i Utile llniuiv. .ind this was genuine
admiration Iin looked at liu i i
"Now, ilin. iw lr It over, cs, he
snld "Come"
Hlu supple tlngeis (ouiheil the kev s
"llonl he rrlghlenid, - jh
WI1V k.llll
Ilumnlug
"Not me, ' Sunnv smiled She smiled,
Minvving hei w Idle teelh Willi Ihc mlg.
Innl tinpi i in her hand, in guide bet in
the mittei of words Sunn s.mg llm
song oiu Nevei urn e did liei c,u- il.i
her fnlhi t-ho ban got the tune nmivcl
ousl. "I'd like to do it again 1 II do it Int.
ler next Mine," she said engiilv
"All ilc,ht, Mr lleinlngwii -tiul
"Sniry In liouhle nu, I'oseitl "
Thin lioii' Sunn let lirihilf go Mie
inn mini Hia n wiiiIh, klif phi aetliniH
iiitn her wiig
".'iiii. Iltinmliigwii said liileil
"You II il" Send ,la Uhiiii tn me '
Sunn Inn I lid bin k In the xtngc
"It's 'nil ilb'ht, ' she wlilM"eil in I let :
"The've pill woiuleilul miiimIc t.. -.11111
jing, ami I 111 m siiig It .11 1 Hemming.
v.i wnnl In see ' 11 .it nnii '
"Its tin- .n l " I'll'l mill Ii r til. 'I
knew It It's nil up ' H went wielili-
11
ll.ilf .111 iH'iii I. it' 1 In 1. line bin I,
Tien w.i" .1 iimllll"il Ini'k on Ills t .ti
nt I, s bunds .1 pine ol p 1 P'l cnicklnl
"Have mi live pnllUlli 1"! 1 In- I Igllts, nf
I In mh ill.. ' he Mild 1.1 Sniinv "rive'
l.imli ' I '1 " sin It s .1 t .ii ti '1111 lliougli '
Sunnv l.mglKd
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