The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-22

Grau eagerly seized and declared his in ea'on vi P'o
ducins The African. at the time 70. "enos III"
an order upon the opera treasury for ono HUI ureo oo
lars, pr agreement With order joel p.'s'ed to
Maretzek aud returned with receipt, Max not S'eng
any way to hold out longer Upon second thoue 1''s'
however, way was discovered. Joel sent back 90
Grau by Mare,zek to demand the cash for the order
Here was q dilemma. In his ccstacy In the morning
Grau had forgotten his pocketbook. Tho money
received N the ticket Office had boon do
posted in the bank. About one hundred dol
lars in small change was In the dmwer
but Grau knew that MAretze would refuse TO receive
this the ground that tho change not legal ten
der for five dollars Having chockmsted Maretzek
by paying Joel, Grau was now ehecknsssa In his turn
But with that chwairy renavkaie in his nature he
tooh the receipt from his pocket snd returned IL to Ma
rezck's deputy, saying Here Is tho receipt Keep
till psy you the money in the morning" Jss'tcok the
receips TO Aaretzek, who with sardouc smile, took the
boat fov Staten Island leaving secret orders with his
employees.
NO SHIP, NO TEE, NO xFErcxN.
On the evening Of the next day The African wD to
DO perf0rrsed and carly the morning Head Centre Grau
might have been making his way TO the caaconst~
with hundred dollar balls in brown paper par
eel under hiy In vain he lowered about the ticket
ONCE all tho morning rushing cut into the street at in
ervals and gazing expectantly up and down. Invaip
artists Of tho big barn scourthe vicinity Mare
EEK or joel TAe hours few quickly BY and stia there
tidings " the lost Al length Joci, who
seems 70 be particularly unfortunate to his hiding
places recaptured by Graus myrmidons and brought
before the Head Centre. Grau now felt that he was
safe; but he mistakcn,nhis life He had
secured JOEL but he had not securedh indispensable
ship and tree Joel would not tako theone hundred deb
lars He declared tsst he had authority to do SO,
49, - WI
Maretzckf Joel politely replied Marezek at
Staten Island. What timo would he come up TO the
cityS Joel didn't know; but he rather thought that
Maretzek intended to stay away all day Grau looked
at his thermometer and turned pale Evidently there
time to to Staten Island get order for the
properties and return in season for this evenings per
Torrance. Would not Joel take the money and the
responsibility and deliver up the ship and tree Joo
decidedly would not Grau tried little argument. II
Of Then aIittle persuasion. Joel was mex
orabIo Grau few TO the property man Tho property
would like to oblige but It much as hts place
worth. Grau appealed to Kngsland Kingsand
said that 1t was a hard case but could do nothing
Grau, thus rebuifed upon all Sides with difficulty
prevented from commtting violence upon himself He
would no; listen to tho suggestion that perhaps intel
gent public might be satisfied with COED singing and
not miss the tree and the ship. Hc. insisted that
without tho ship and the tree The African
nothing and vowed thai than DO ysy OF disap-
pointing the public In this way he would commit the
hari-kAri, or happy despatch. Tho scsne was most
painful and affecting. The spectators wore bathed in
tears Grau detected dcsparng, incoasolabie; Joel
frightened trembling hut resoutely obeyng his orders;
Kingand nervous agitnted but powerlsss; the under
strappers awcstrucr and fearful II ever We have
tive school this picture will be transferred TO
and become historical.
GRAND FISALE-vIRTuE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on
SOUR APPLE TREE
The shades H night wero falling fast Ma
r,tzek dsembarked from. Staten, ISLAND boat and
stole quietly up 10 the cataeombs To gioat
over the result OF his scheme 70 nniha'e tho Head
Centre whose successful troupe. had annhiiated him.
All the ivelong day had a. The island smoking
his pipe drinking his lager beer and watching the ARR
walls from New York ready 70 s<eAsfdlc into the woods
the approach Of any ono Who looked like messenger
from GnAA Al he turned into. fourteenth street he was
surprised tho catacomhs Lighted up Then there
performance going ons What had happeneds
Was possible that Joel had turned traitors No the
thought maddcnng 0rau must have changed tho bii
and offered other oesra In place OF The Mroao
Torn by these doubts Mro,zck SUNK about tho bulaag
striving TO catch motto OF the music Yes IL MAS
Tho African, beyond . doubt, and the singing Was
superb Had joel whore was Joci' In tho lark
ness at the rear tho Academy Marezek enconasred
his familiar also listening. also astonshed also Gull OF
surmises A whispered colIoquy ensued and hare'zck
was treasured lie determined 10 enter the oi scoms,
hM Graus apology the public for the abse~cc Of The
ship and tree and Join In the hsscs and rsoans which
were to his rival forever A he entered the door
| no Crau was be Clearly he was hehind the
| scenes endeavoring TO compose little apollo
re,ic spcceh Marctzek had only time 70
| rather his Bohcmians around him and inform
them Of the catastrophe which TO come, when, all
Il n. h..v nd afte ouDl NJ He
rashed into the pArquet andcould no boiIcve his
| there was a shipi Not his ship; but better one
ship tina, looked real and bore s strange splen
ddiy Mnretzek hurried behind the stage and seized
upon one OF tho carpentcrs He saw the ship but be
wanted 10 know vDcther Gran hal procured tree. The
carpenter informed him that the tree was all right
Where did IL come frumf Why, II Was the tree used In
| La Fdvoriia. Msretxek staggered back. That b
| not mancanilla tree" mo but we have
put some extra branches on II and II will
do Mare,zek was done He tried TO rally his courage
He stood a the door with his hands IN his brooches
pockets rdicui,ng everything and asserting that the tree
VAS tho sour apple tree" upon which Jea Davis has
been 70 often hunga joke carefully printed In one OF
Marctzek's Bohemian papers the nex, day. But some
body else vas hung the apple tree besides JEFF
Davis Marezek's pretence Of laughter sas all forced
| lie had played bold game and lost His ship was "a
utter wreck compared 10 Graus He W" fairly freed
now THE MIRACLE VAS EvrEcrgD-surrs HANDY
| TO HAVE m THE HOUSE,.
Let US return TO the Head Centre ana shall zee by
whs, means poor Mccks plots thus turned 70 his
destruction and how instead Of spelling Grams season
be only deprived himself Of the one hundred dollar
which Grau willing pay him. The night Is darkest
Just before day Joy and sorrow are twin ssiers Al
tn very moment thu, Grsu was sunk In the deepest
despair a ray OF light dispersed the gloom One Of
orsu's servants this ray Of light Disturbing The
picture which have described, BY pushing himself %
the 'front.' This person inquired " Grsu whether there
wasn't ship something In that BIG, black vse that
Gran had ief, up the house when he started Oh "a
Havana 30 suddenly Al these words Gran s'spped
his forehead with his open hand jumped 10 his feet cot
a pigeonwins that would have done no discred, "a
Fanny Eisser, OF rsgion; called hinself foot IDIOT
and other pc, declared that the servant was bis
/ exsxxhcfx talk "a