"I didn't know it myself, Miss Stubbs."
"You mean to say you didn't play the newsboy? Oh, Mr. Barton!"
"Yes; but when I left the house I had no idea of playing. It so happened that the young actor who usually takes the part—Bob Hazleton—was sick, and I was applied to by the manager to take his place."
"Then he knew you were an actor?"
"No; I only fell in with him on the train from New York."
"Why you acted just as if you were used to it."
"I am glad you think so. I hardly dared to accept the part."
"Will you play the rest of the week?"
"I have agreed to do so. Hazleton goes home to-day."
"How nice! I must go again."