Presbyterian College - Pac Sac Yearbook (Clinton, SC)

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THE COLLEGIAN 7 theatre, and besides he heard her tell Mr. Gray so. He Walk- ed to the rear of the theatre and commenced to talk with one of the ushers. There is an old lady in row F who I think has never been to a theatre before, he said to his friend. What makes you think so, Roberts? I heard her tell Mr. Gray so. He asked me to give her a vacant seatf' Oh! I think that must be the one who came near faint- ing in front of the theatre as she was looking at the bill- board. Look! She seems to be about to faint again. Roberts ran forward and caught the old lady as she was about to fall. With the assistance of another usher he car- ried her back into the lobby. UI will go for the doctor, said Roberts. Please don 't, she heartily said. I want to go back and see more of the play. I will soon be all right. Can't I go back now? I must see more of the play. Just then Mr. Gray came in and asked what the trouble was. Roberts explained what had happened. I am about all right now. I must see him again, and then I may understandf' See whom?', asked Mr. Gray. I don it know what his name is, but he is the young man that has quarrelled with the girl he loves. You know I never saw a play before. Can't I go back now? She was then conducted back to her seat where she talked it over with Mr. Gray. When the curtain fell after the irst act, the old lady ran to the rear of the building and rushing up to Mr. Gray began to talk to him in a very excited manner. Can't I speak to him? No two men can look so alike and yet Walter had no brothers. And he is no older than he was years ago, when we were parted. I don't understand you. Come into my otlice and ex- plain. ' But I want to see all of the play. How long before

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6 THE COLLEGIAN a team for him to manage every summer. lied and Ellis, though Ellis is still a Baptist, did slum work together for two years, after leaving the seminary. Now thigf have charge of the two leading churches in X-, and the denominations no longer clash. Goat has a large country place near Clinton and is happily married. He has several autos and his ine horses are famous all over the South. How did he become so rich? Why, he dis- covered a new way to plant cotton and made his fortune. lim trying to sell him an aeroplane now. Grandpa is a railroad man. He began at the bottom as a fireman and has gradually climbed up till he is now president of the Glenn Springs' Railroad. T, C. was Business Manager of the State Che got his ex- perience on the Collegianl till he persuaded the Editor to public his speech on Compulsory Education, then he studied law. He is now the leading lawyer in Philadelphia, due to his arts of exaggeration and arguing. By this time we had gotten home again and it was late. I climbed out of the machine to settle down again to my hum- drum life, and as Dan sailed away, he shouted, Don't you want to buy an aeroplane? Prophet '12, Q Q Q Mhz Qrtofs Qrt Mr. Gray, manager of the Crescent Theatre, entered the theatre one night accompanied by an old woman. When he reached the door, he turned to one of the ushers and said. Give this old lady a seat if there is any vacant. The usher took the old lady by the arm and conducted her to a vacant seat on Row F. He noticed that the old lady was very pale and seemed almost too weak to walk, but he sup- posed that her weakness was caused by old age and did not think any more about her. He thought, by the way the old lady acted, that it was the HI'St time that she was ever in a

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8 THE COLLEGIAN it will start again? In a few minutesg and if you wish to speak to one of the actors I may be able to arrange it for you. It's the young man dressed in black. What's his nameifi' Walter Stone. Let 's go back to our seatsg the curtain is rising. But that 's his nameg but it can 't be he. It must be his son. One of the ushers, standing in the rear of the building, ask- ed Mr. Gray who she was and how she happened to come to the theatre. I don 't know who she is, Mr. Gray replied. Soon after the matinee I saw her tottering outside and brought her in here. I asked her if she wanted to see the play, and I told Roberts to give her a seat. She said she had never been in a theatre before. At the end of the act Roberts went down to talk with the old lady. Does the theatre make old people appear young? Do I look like an old woman? she asked. Yes, you do, he replied. Does the man in the black suit appear young to you? Yes, he appears so. I must be dreaming! It can 't be his son, because this man is lame just as Walter was. I can't understand. Roberts Went to the rear of the building and sent Mr. Gray down. Mr. Gray in the meantime had arranged for her to see the actor after the play. Mr, Stone, I suppose must be an old friend of yours. Oh no! He can 't possibly be. Compare us two. He seems tn be no older than when we were engaged. But it can't be he. This place is bewitched! I always thought that the theatre was Satan 's inventiong now I know it is! Gray remembered hearing that Stone had had a love aEair in his youth which ended very unhappily and the memory of which had kept him single. He began to think that this old lady might be his former sweet-heart. The old lady wanted