The Arkansas banner., 1848-06-27
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.ss- saos TIE ACTORS gTRATAGEM. .3 'fsewgs Rredsrisk Conke9waa wonderful man, naa thss.sxt vazily great sfagsdiaH after GaErick, . nntil time- lt Is well known that he died inihis ssty and his boass 1sst h s. Panic eestc- Rand, ' h4 nonnna1nt etedlesi by the cider Kean, wss rspair1 snAsI the direction of hs son Charles just before he ieft for England, and suffoanded as SOS t4by iron railing lock- substantial enough 5 Go iaxi feE a esntuFy to csme. q Ast *9lt Cooke was an sxiraotdinary nssns and extrsordl- nasy isct only sss an actor, bat in conversatiof. Broacia nAE1azs{ect and Ne vss sstre to take the .. Ills klehFpl was Aplsndia piece q ucing, per baps IR some pafts Buperior ie Kean In tear. he vas certainly beyond sny actor we eyer saw. Ills passion was violent in the character, but 1t was Ire V nssorsag oia man. not young man, 3vle-
 When under shS issladsheeo of brandy the drank poihing sb bongera he Iudicrois as he was syef- beaging aud auaEEelsome, yet sih the position ot the geNtiamap ncser left him. There was some- thing iR Rhjs;sppeasaace and manner that fascinated one, and whilst ypu piisd him forthis vice, you saalA got help liking ths man. e.A
 His btnevoience was remarkable, thing not un. edmnon. Nish actegs Mhen--in funds
 On caA Session when hs was playing at our "DnfY Lane.n he was missing fram Tehersal- thkltsay we HAihli was Lear. He was then sop ping atJemm5 Dsydehss, who kept the Tontne. e chist hotel and ceaes-hoase oi the city at that
 
 ta of Eoekes supposed hs had been spsesins !: over htght. and was ssasl in bet. Down he went to Dry 'Jemmy' sad he. il wisb you'd wake Mir. Cooke up, and tell him wish ty see him. 7ss} e .1f, Cooke hssnt bssa hsms al night. Mir Dun- Of started Dunlap on atamp. He went to Hodgkinsons, Bakers, into Eloat Lane, 10 the Eng fish beer house, the City Hotel in fact hut no MF. Cooke could bs foand four o'clock came, Oniy two hours before the curtain would risc but MF Cooke was still absent. a9f ss..s
 This Is too bad, said Duslsp, walking scr6ss the sssge, mediiaiing soma excuse to the audience for the non-appearanee sei Cooke. 1 8
 sRiaiae yop, Alr, but l. saw Mir. Cooke at Tim OUonnel's, said sn Irish scene sbifteT, not min ats since gigen 'em specmens of King Lsir he ', goin' 10 play it to-nlght' e.s ; 8ae
 Tim 0'Donnel kept a small porter house iu the little old Dutch building al the southwest corner of Ann and Nassau streets, torn down last spring. There Mir, Dunlap proceeded al once, and sure enough. Cooke was acting Lear free gratis for no hing,' to an admirable audience chiefly of the flower ten thousand ~ s
 MT Cooke, said Danlar. in quiet way, for he knew his man. .eomc, let's 70 to the ihsatfe.p
 An. ha.'he exclaimed, taking Dunlaphy the arm. end leOking At hin EilE m diotic zane, poor rOms Come, come, let us go'ssf
 You are the Husband of Reganis
 les ef Goasrlls Cordelia, all, if it suits yoa.'
 Then must say you got d-----d likely get o: children. Geatlemea, ,Eoed night and lowing wisn eourtiy grace. suffered Dunlap to lead hiun a. The manager got hiEa to his dressing room, lock sd him in from fhe outside asd took the key, well knc~iog shs, Cooke would Do. off agaia t Iett to himsek provided he did not get little sleep, which latter rest was exactly what Dnnlap wished. for Cooke was himself cgAin after brief stun bar
 Presently the same scene .hiiter who narrated Cooke. whereabouts V as s.ssing by bis room when -swIiat ho. Bsrnardo' esPat Drscoit, Mir. Cooke. if you p!aise.'
 Al the same. Si Patrick might have been, a Dsisteli for all know or care. Bring me some Brandy, St, Pat .,.i.,. .!caatsfr year dcor's locked '
 Do you see that, Pat DriscolE' said Cooke, thfusttag five dollar bin thro uyh the key hole.
 'PIsiss your honor, I io sir ,..., Then bring mea pint of pure brandy (no wa- No baccy, sir! .No.' v
 Pat wondered what Mf. Cooke could do with a pipe without baecy.' As to getting them inside to s ssm he nevef though, aboatit. He accomplished 'Mr. Cooke, Nr; Cooke, beIe's the brandy and Good. Now break of the bowl of ihe pipe, put the stem in the brandy and stick through the key hote, ana nOle t While kuck.
 Cooke ex.tacted the whole of the liquor ia this manner, and when pothng was Jeff, said--''Go to the devil, St. Patrick ss
 Cooke never performed Lear better than he did that night, The hohse was crowded, aud iaiily shook with applause. 'i'@
 When he was undressing the character in his room, he sent for Pat, and giving hlsn wenty dol lar bill, said
 That's Your share. % should have forfeited two hundred dollars tonight but for you. tny regular iriend son of St. Patrick. Arran, none oi your blarney. Be of with you
 talents, and eFroE Cooke disd-staii we say h-- dsaseus drankard. The lesson to be gathered from his life IA one ot deep meaning, not onIy 10 the meinsefs q his profession, but to. every one. The man of ability who gives way to tno,neniary indal- genee se'dom retfaces his strps,and when he