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Show -248- "Goodby, old chap." The dog dutifully put out his paxr. When they xrere a l l outside, including the Son-in-law, xrho had folloxred the guests to the s t r e e t to see them safely axay, the Professor asked his daughter about the Canadian. "How good is he?" he asked. "As an actor, I moan." "Not as good as he thinks ho i s , " xas her strange reply. She went on to explain that he xas among the f i r s t at the theater to befriend them when they joined the company. She didn't think, though, that he xrould be here much longer. He xas dissatisfied xrith the roleqj. he had been given and xas talking of returning to Canada. The children, their impatience almost a t the breaking point, xrere dancing about, asking if noxr xasn't the time to open the presents. Their mother xas firm xrith them. "Wait t i l l your father gets back. You don't want to open them without him, do you?" They ran to the top of the s t a i r s . When he appeared at the door, they called for him to hurry. It xas time to open the g i f t s. i"Noxr, you jest hold your horses, younguns," he said in an exaggerated western accent. "Them presents a i n ' t gonna run axay." He told the older daughter to get doxm under the tree and arrange the presents. "Make a l i t t l e pile for each person," he told her. "Then |
