Besides, other places aren't so easy to get. Look here," and
she held out a copy of a dramatic paper which contained an unusual
number of "cards" of performers who were "at liberty." That is, they
had no work, but were anxious for some.
"Summer is a bad time for quitting a sure place," went on Miss
Pennington. "We'll just have to stick, Laura."
"I suppose so. But I can't bear those two girls!"
"Neither can I!"
But Alice and Ruth concerned themselves very little with their
jealous rivals, though they were aware of the feeling against them.
Alice and Paul acquitted themselves well in the little play.
There was only one difficulty--Mr. Bunn, as usual.
He and Mr. Sneed had been cast as farm hands to fill in the
background of the play. When the former Shakespearean player learned
that he was to wear overalls and carry a hoe over his shoulder, he
rebelled.
"What! I play that character?" he cried. "A clod--a country bumpkin?
Never! I will go back to New York first!"
"Very well; go!" exclaimed Mr. Pertell, who occasionally became
exasperated over the actor's objections. "Only don't come back
looking for an engagement with this company."
Wellington Bunn, striking a tragic attitude, was silent a moment.
Then he said, very quietly:
"Where is that hoe?"
With Mr.
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