Philip Curtiss

Name: Mummers in Mufti — Chapter 17
Author: Philip Curtiss

Mummers in Mufti — Chapter 17 (1922)

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“Mummers in Mufti — Chapter 17”, published in 1922, is a work by Philip Curtiss. It explores elements such as Bellsmith, Israels and manager.

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Philip Curtiss, Mummers in Mufti — Chapter 17 (1922)

“ Even Bellsmith could establish no particular connection of reality between those pictures and his present errand.
His reverie was broken by the sharp voice of the ticket-seller behind him.
"There you are! There's your man!"
Bellsmith pulled himself up with a start and saw that a round, swarthy young man had come in silently through a door at the end of the lobby and was standing waiting. He was dressed in black as complete as deep mourning, even to the black derby hat which accentuated his heavy eyebrows and full, olive skin. ”

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Philip Curtiss, Mummers in Mufti — Chapter 17 (1922)

“ At the end of this twilight zone an oblong of brilliant light cut the darkness from an open doorway, and to this Israels led the way.
In a theater, space is as valuable a consideration as it is in a sleeping-car, and the private office was nothing but a cubbyhole tucked under a flight of stairs. A desk occupied almost the whole of it, leaving scarcely two feet of space where a man could have stood erect. ”

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Philip Curtiss, Mummers in Mufti — Chapter 17 (1922)

“ Even men accustomed to public life, like Israels, grow strangely human when placed in an unfamiliar position. The young manager picked up a tiny fragment of paper and began rolling it absently in his fingers, while his face assumed an expression of grave deliberation. By some odd flash of intuition Bellsmith felt that Israels had read somewhere a book on office management, or command of men, or something of that kind, and was unconsciously putting himself into the proper pose.
"Now, Mr. Grossmith—Bellsmith is it?" began Israels, "I don't doubt but what you 're serious enough in this business. ”

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Philip Curtiss, Mummers in Mufti — Chapter 17 (1922)

“ Without another word, he picked up his book and continued reading. With a queer, gulpy feeling, like that of a country boy in search of his first job, Bellsmith turned to the empty lobby where now even the janitor had finished his sketchy and superficial sweeping. ”

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Philip Curtiss, Mummers in Mufti — Chapter 17 (1922)

“ CHAPTER XVII AT a certain moment just after six o'clock, when electric lights still compete with the fag-end of daylight, when the working crowds have gone home and the pleasure crowds have not yet returned, when provident souls have perfected their plans for the evening and improvident souls have not yet been forced to make up their minds, when, in short, early dinners are not completed and late dinners are not begun, there comes a curious, vacant "patch" in the routine of a provincial theater, a little odd moment of emptiness hardly equalled in all the rest of the day. ”

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Philip Curtiss, Mummers in Mufti — Chapter 17 (1922)

“ Was out with a show of my own before I was twenty-one."
Bellsmith smiled. "I see that I am going into the business late in life."
"You 'll learn fast enough," replied Israels, "but you 've got to grow up in this business to understand it. Before—"
A sudden shrill ring of the telephone bell interrupted him, but it was only Bone-head calling to say "On your call to New York, Mr. Gay is not in and is not expected."
Israels slashed up the receiver and looked at his watch. ”

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Philip Curtiss, Mummers in Mufti — Chapter 17 (1922)

“ At twenty minutes to eight the telephone shrilled out again, and Israel grabbed the receiver, now as excited as Bellsmith.
"Hello!" he shouted. "That you, Mr. Gay? This is Israels speaking. Israels—with the 'Eleanor' company. I'm speaking from Leicester. Say, Mr. Gay, just wait a minute, will you?"
He turned suggestively toward Bellsmith, but Bellsmith was already on his feet. "I 'll wait for you in the lobby." ”

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Philip Curtiss, Mummers in Mufti — Chapter 17 (1922)

“ I want New York, Lenox four, eight, nine, six. FOUR, BIGHT, NINE, SIX, and I want to talk with Mr. Gay. G-A-Y, Gay. Same as 'merry.' No, no, no, Mr. Gay. And say, sister, if he is n 't there, tell them— O hell! ”

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Philip Curtiss, Mummers in Mufti — Chapter 17 (1922)

“ A sudden new suspicion came to him. "Look here. You 're not acting somebody else, are you?"
"Not a soul."
Israels was still unconvinced. "We don't want to wake up and find we 've sold our booking to the A. & E. crowd or something of that kind. The Holberts would wring our necks. Why won't to-morrow do?"
Bellsmith suddenly let himself go. "If you really want to sell," he remarked frankly, "I would advise you to do so now. ”

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