“Well, what about them?”
“Got full reports of ‘True Blue’ in ’em. Great stuff, I tell you!”
“Well, this is interesting. The papers must have given the play a good send off?”
“Great—simply great! Here’s the Dramatic Reflector, the leading New York paper, and it has almost a quarter of a column about the production of your piece in Puleob.”
“As much as that?”
“Yes. And the Snipper gives you a good long notice, too. The Reflector says ‘True Blue’ is a winner from the start, and you are a dandy in your part. The Snipper does not give the cast, same as the other paper, but its notice is just as complimentary. Here, read ’em, read ’em!”
Frank took the papers and read the notices. His face showed his satisfaction.
“It is better than I expected,” he said. “Now I understand how it happened that I received notice in St. Jo that there was an opening in New York for the week that I desired. The manager of the theater had seen these notices.”
“That’s about the size of it,” nodded Hodge. “Oh, you are on the straight road to success—you are forging to the front.”
“Well, I have hopes of getting there,” smiled Frank.