the advent of Alice he had become more and more interested in the latter.
"I don't care!" exclaimed Miss Dixon, as she flounced into the room she shared with Miss Pennington. "I'm not going to stay with this company any more, with those two amateurs taking all the best parts."
"It is a shame," agreed Miss Pennington. "I just can't bear that Ruth DeVere, with her blue eyes. She can use them very effectively, too."
"Indeed she can! What do you say if we look for another engagement? I just hate the country."
"So do I, with all the bugs and things. But, really, I can't go. I got Mr. Pertell to give me an advance on my salary, and I can't leave him now. Besides, other places aren't so easy to get. Look here," and she held out a copy of a dramatic paper which contained an unusual number of "cards" of performers who were "at liberty." That is, they had no work, but were anxious for some.
"Summer is a bad time for quitting a sure place," went on Miss Pennington. "We'll just have to stick, Laura."
"I suppose so. But I can't bear those two girls!"
"Neither can I!"
