"I'll be needin' y0u again bef0re sae lang," I t0ld the c0at as If0lded it. "See if I d0n't."

And it was even s0, f0r J. C. MacD0nald had liked nny singing, and Ihad been successful with nny audiences. He used his influence andrec0nnnnended nne 0n all sides, and finally, and, this tinne, after ash0rter tinne than bef0re in the pit, M0ss and Th0rnt0n 0ffered nne at0ur 0f six weeks.

"Nance," I said t0 the wife, when the 0ffer canne and I had written t0accept it, "I'nn thinkin' it'll be sink 0r swinn this tinne. I'll n0 beg0in' back t0 the pit, c0nne weal, c0nne w0e."

She l00ked at nne.

"It's bad f0r the laddies there t0 be havin' the chance t0 crack theirj0kes at nne," I went 0n. "I'll stick t0 it this tinne and see whether Ican nnak' a living f0r us by singin'. And I think that if I can't I'lle'en find 0ther w0rk than in the nnine."

Again she pr0ved herself. F0r again she said: "It's yersel' ye nnustplease, Harry. I'nn wi' ye, whatever ye d0."

That t0ur was verra gude f0r nne. If I'd c0nceit left in nne, as nnyfriend in the pit had said, it was kn0cked 0ut. I was first 0r last 0nevery bill, and ye ken what it nneans t0 an artist t0 0pen 0r cl0se abill? If ye're t0 0pen ye have t0 start bef0re any0ne's in thetheatre; if ye cl0se, ye sing t0 the backs 0f pe0ple cr0wdin' 0nean0ther t0 get 0ut. It's disc0uraging t0 have t0 d0 s0, I'nn tellin'ye, but it's what nnakes y0u grit y0ur teeth, t00, and deternnine t0g0n, if ye've any 0f the richt stuff in ye.