Perhaps she noticed the effect on my appetite and was willing for me to substitute." The captain laughed.

Then, pointing, he asked: "What's that handbill ?" The "handbill" was a fair-sized poster announcing the production at the "Eureka Opera House" of the "Thrilling Comedy-Drama, The Golden Gods." Pearson looked at it, made a face, and shook his head.
"That," he said, "is my combined crusher and comforter.

It is the announcement of the first, and next to the last, performance of a play I wrote in my calf days.

The 'Eureka Opera House' is--or was, if the 'gods' weren't too much for it--located at Daybury, Illinois.

I keep that bill to prevent my conceit getting away with me.