《Mirrors of the Queen 》作者：- Richard S. Shaver 【EPUB】

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Mirrors of the Queen by Richard S. Shaver It was a simple vanishing act with trick mirrors and Lola stepping through them—but this time she failed to return… An ANN/A Preservation Edition. Notes I WAS helping backstage setting up scenery when I first saw the Queen. Her real name was LolaMurphy but her act was billed “The Golden Queen” in the Burlesque circuit. So naturally she was “the Queen” to all the troupers and believe me she looked the part. Do I haveto tell you what queen of the strippers looks like You don’t even know Where are you from anyway She had everything tall and perfect and young. She danced like an opium eater’s dream—and shehad golden natural blonde hair to go with it—and plenty of it. The Queen would be better known todaythan Christine Ayres if this hadn’t happened… She had more instead of languid perfection she had adynamic rhythm the song of life was born in her to be movement… I fell She was headed for the top musical comedy movies everything would have come her way. Agentswere after her even then but she avoided them. She wasn’t figuring on a change. I sometimes think thiswas because of me. In fact I know it. She could have had anybody she wanted but she took a shine tome. I’ve had a little stage experience and when the Queen found out I used to work for a magician shehad an idea. I was spending one of my few remaining dollars over the “Burlesque bar” next to the Trocadero inPhilly when the Queen took the stool next to me at the bar. As usual when she appeared on my horizon my eyes popped my mouth sagged open in simpleadmiration and other things so that I am just able to whisper to the barkeep: “Another Tom Collins pal.”Just as if that didn’t mean I was going to be broke and out of fodder money before payday. I could tell toa meal just how far that pay check would go. And it was gone here and now. Then I turned on the charm and began to unwind what meagre salami I could slice