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1823
"You will write to me when you are away, dear, won't you?" says the heroine. A mere human being would reply: "Why, of course I shall, ducky, every day." But the stage hero is a superior creature. He says: "Dost see yonder star, sweet?" YOU WILL WRITE TO ME WHEN YOU ARE AWAY DEAR WON'T YOU SAYS THE HEROINE A MERE HUMAN BEING WOULD REPLY WHY OF COURSE I WILL DUCKY EVERY DAY BUT THE STAGE HERO IS A SUPERIOR CREATURE HE SAYS DOST SEE YONDER STAR SWEET
hose boots, and when the baby is crying for food, it occurs to us that it would be better if, instead of praying to Heaven, he took off those boots and pawned them; but this does not seem to occur to him. He crosses the African desert in patent-leather boots, does the stage hero. He takes a supply with him when he is wrecked on an uninhabited island. He arrives from long and trying journeys; his clothes are ragged and torn, but his boots are new and shiny. He puts on patent-leather boots to tramp through the Australian bush, to fight in Egypt, to discover the north pole. Sometimes he is a gold-digger, sometimes a dock laborer, sometimes a soldier, sometimes a sailor, but whatever he is he wears patent-leather boots. He goes boating in patent leather boots, he plays cricket in them; he goes fishing and shooting in them. He will go to heaven in patent-leather boots or he will decline the invitation. The stage hero never talks in a simple, straightforward way, like a mere ordinary mortal. EAST THREE AND SIXPENCE ON THOSE BOOTS AND WHEN THE BABIES CRIME FOR FOOD IT OCCURS TO US IT WOULD BE BETTER OF IT INSTEAD OF PRAYING TO HEAVEN HE TOOK OFF THOSE BOOTS AND PAWNED THEM BUT THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO OCCUR TO HIM HE CROSSES THE AFRICAN DESERT IN PATENT LEATHER BOOTS DOES THE STAGE HERO HE TAKES A SUPPLY WITH HIM WHEN HE IS ERECT ON AN UNINHABITED ISLAND HE ARRIVED FROM LONG AND TRYING JOURNEY HIS CLOTHES ARE RAGGED AND TORN BUT HIS BOOTS ARE NEW AND SHINY HE PUTS ON PATENT LEATHER BOOTS TO TRAMP THROUGH THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH TO FIGHT IN EGYPT TO DISCOVER THE NORTH POLE SOMETIMES HE IS A GOLD DIGGER SOMETIMES HE IS A DOCK LABORER SOMETIMES A SOLDIER SOMETIMES A SAILOR BUT WHATEVER HE IS HE WEARS PATENT LEATHER BOOTS HE GOES BOATING IN PATENT LEATHER BOOTS HE PLAYS CRICKET IN THEM HE GOES FISHING AND SHOOTING IN THEM HE WILL GO TO HEAVEN IN PATENT LEATHER BOOTS OR HE WILL DECLINE THE INVITATION THE STAGE HERO NEVER TALKS IN A SIMPLE STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY LIKE A MERE ORDINARY MORTAL
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