"The paper says that there have been several hold-ups lately, and it is
believed that they have been done by the same ones who made the assault
last night. I am anxious to see Rod to hear what he has to say."
"Perhaps the boys will have to stay as witnesses, Daniel."
"Sure enough!" and the clergyman put down his cup he was about to raise
to his lips. "I never thought of that. And this is the night of the
concert, too. What will Captain Josh do without the boys? I must go
over and tell him the news. It will certainly upset his plans, for he
depended so much upon Rod."
That same morning Anna Royanna, while at breakfast, read the
description of herself and her singing in the Opera House. This did
not greatly interest her, for she was beginning to weigh such articles
at their true value. It was the custom now for papers to say pleasant
things about her. It was the same wherever she went. She recalled the
time, several years before, when the same newspapers had so
begrudgingly given her a few lines concerning a certain performance of
hers. She had to plead with the editors then. She was not famous, and
how a sympathetic article would not only have encouraged but assisted
her as well.
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