The "all-stars" were no more than striving young Thespians, who were kept playing throughout the heated term with this uncertain enterprise, solely because necessity was in command of their destinies.

It was not for them to enjoy a summer in ease and indolence.
"Never mind, dear," said she, turning her green parasol so that it obstructed the intense but complimentary gaze of no less than a dozen men; "our luck will change.

We won't be barn-storming for ever." "We've one thing to be thankful for, little woman," said Jackie, his face brightening.

"We go out again this fall in the same company.

That's luck, isn't it?
We'll be married as soon as we get back to New York and we won't have to be separated for a whole season, at least." "Isn't it dear to think of, Jackie sweetheart?
A whole season and then another, and then all of them after that?
Oh, dear, won't it be sweet ?" It was love's young dream for both of them.
"Hello, what's this ?" exclaimed Orlando the Thousandth, pausing before a placard which covered the lower limbs of his pictorial partner.