Presbyterian College - Pac Sac Yearbook (Clinton, SC)

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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

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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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THE COLLEGIAN 9 to leave the building, but by some persuasion he induced her to stay until the play was over. Soon it was over, and Gray conducted her to the rear of the stage. If this young man is Walter's son, he will not Want to see me. Come on, he replied, We shall soon see. Gray asked her what name he should call her by, and she told him it was Miss Kapher. He found Stone talking with some of his friends. Stone, said Gray, Here is a lady who thinks she knows your father. Miss Kapher, this is Mr. Stone. hliapher! Not Ruth Kapher! he exclaimed. Yes, my name is Ruth Kapher. I suppose your father spoke of me to you, she replied. Ruth! Don 't you know me? Walter Stone. Can it be possible, she exclaimed as Stone caught her in his arms. Possibly the actor's art has deceived you. Wait one min- ute and you will understand. Watch me. As they talked over old times the young Stone by the help of some soap and Water faded into the old Stone. Wrin- kles became visible in his face, and then he snatched 05 his wig, revealling the old Walter Stone. So this is how Ruth Kapher, after Waiting fifty-six years before she went into a theatre, married the leading actor With- in one month after she had entered it. J. S. G. '13. QQQ Compulsory mutation Qionsiozreb historically aah Gliljzorzticallp Compulsory education should be. From very early times it has existed, but the education was not complete and Whole. A complete education, and one of which We should feel proud, is that which develops mankind morally, spiritually, men- tally, aesthetically, practically, and physically. Now at first