The Resurrection of Mary Mabel Mctavish
“Doyle puffed as he jogged down the street to the Roxy.
It was hard not to. Last night, he’d seen the crowds who’d come to laugh at the Marx Brothers, weep buckets for Mary Mabel. It was a response replicated across the country, the girl’s connection to the audience confirmed by the call he’d received that afternoon from his editor at King Features. On instructions from the Chief, he was to head back to Canada tomorrow — to the girl’s hometown, Cedar Bend — there to scare up locals “who-knew...-her-when.”
Doyle grinned. In no time she’d be on tour. With the press syndicates hyping the tale in a race for readers, how could she fail? It didn’t matter if folks believed her; her status as sideshow curiosity would pack ’em in either way. Doyle pictured sold-out auditoriums, jacked-up ticket prices, and sacks bulging with freewill offerings. “Fifteen percent, fifteen percent,” he panted, legs trotting an ever-quickening pace as he calculated his cut of Holy Redemption revenues.MoreLess
It was hard not to. Last night, he’d seen the crowds who’d come to laugh at the Marx Brothers, weep buckets for Mary Mabel. It was a response replicated across the country, the girl’s connection to the audience confirmed by the call he’d received that afternoon from his editor at King Features. On instructions from the Chief, he was to head back to Canada tomorrow — to the girl’s hometown, Cedar Bend — there to scare up locals “who-knew...-her-when.”
Doyle grinned. In no time she’d be on tour. With the press syndicates hyping the tale in a race for readers, how could she fail? It didn’t matter if folks believed her; her status as sideshow curiosity would pack ’em in either way. Doyle pictured sold-out auditoriums, jacked-up ticket prices, and sacks bulging with freewill offerings. “Fifteen percent, fifteen percent,” he panted, legs trotting an ever-quickening pace as he calculated his cut of Holy Redemption revenues.MoreLess
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