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...Johnson's Dramatic Interlude The Story. Two rivals aspire for the hand of Rita Kilblaine, nee Majendie, beautiful young widow of an old roué. One of the rivals is Dan Haggerty, he-man from the flannel-shirted West. The other rival is one Captain Daingerfield, who, by way of contrast, is no wizard at business. In fact, his obliging old uncle has settled an allowance of $20,000 a year on him with the express stipulation that he is not to attempt any more business...
...Lovely Rita lives in a Manhattan mansion with her vain, affected mother, possessor of a "shrill falsetto which carried well in restaurant and at the opera," and her father, whom she adores. When the story opens, her father, caught on the short side in Wall Street, is faced with financial calamity...
...seems that Rita had been rather rough in her treatment of Heman Haggerty, for whom, by the way, matters are further complicated by the presence of a wife in an insane asylum. Though he will not divorce the companion of his early struggles, nevertheless he loves Rita and has hit upon a novel way of bringing her to her knees. It turns out to be Haggerty who engineered the corner in the stock market which is threatening to ruin her father. Since Haggerty is the only one who can save the old man, Rita sends for him and informs...
Time passes. Rita waits in suspense for him to hold her to her bargain. But nothing happens. Indeed, Haggerty goes off to Mexico, cleans up on a little oil affair down there, and even appears before a Committee in Washington. Also, his wife dies in the asylum. But still nothing happens. At length, unexpectedly, he returns from Washington, asks her to marry him. She refuses haughtily, though she will abide by the letter of her bargain. He swears he knows she loves him, she swears she does not. Just to "show" him, she summons Daingerfield to the conference and calmly...
...engaging téte-à-téte ensues, while Rita waits in suspense outside the doors...