The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-06-06

Inc BLACK CROOK ls wicked and
malignanA sorcerer-veryr s0rcy 70.
every body. In his youth he travel.
ed With A.gift show, doing n,aeic: bat
at length retiring to the heart of the
Hartz mountains, he devoted himself
to the business of sorccring.
by the aid ef a familiar spirit.
whom he could sarAmon Mt will, he
invented spells with which to torment
mankind He invented even worse
spells than Nasty does, which is use
less. Feeling lGmsclf-dyiugope day.
he socks thas haunted glen of the
llartE mountains, for the purpose of
seeing bis familiar, and obtaining
new lease of life. lie has servant
named Greppo, a mere drudge, who is
of1ptle account either to Hertzog or
to the play Together they proceed
to the valley Of death in the midst Of
, terrific thunderstorm. brought from
Phih iclphn by MIR. McDonough at
great expense. The familiar appears
in the form of skeleton, tells the
Black Crook he can do nothing for
him in his stiait, and advises him to
appeal to Zamiel, who is the boss
Devil of them all After a dreadful
incarnation the dread spirit of Zamiel
tikesl in a rcd dainc. aud with such
hbrI acebhpAuimehts as mako the
Black 0rpek look blaekor and crook
eder than ever.
lie sees that he has raised the
deuce the very deuce Of Hdrtz.
Zamiel blazos luminously in red fan. &.
mel tights, aud holds in his red right
hand large toasting fork, painted
all over With scopeberfy juice. The
drudge is frightened nearly off the
stage, and it would be Just as we'll If
he was quite, and didn't come back
again At no time in the play does
he rise dbove altioo spot Of Haris, 4
zamiel surrounded by gibbering
ghosts, in sheets and half sheets,
skelotons, &C., demands
"What wouldst thou, child OF
clay2" ls
Hcrtzog Ono child of Clay's either)
replies, Life life. Let me live, aud
| will be thy slave"
Then reioins the devil in Solferino
-"Give me a human soul every year.
and you shall live Z o r-e.v.e.r. Fail
to do this, aud your doom is sealed"
Considering the smallness of many
souls, the price was not an extrava-
CANT one.
An able aud efficient devil then
appears with the book, in which the
compact is written, aud the Black
Crook signs it with pen OF fame.
Zamiel expresses a preference for
young and good-looking souls, and
advising him to begin with Rudolph,
the poor artist (no fat artist being
known to him at that timo), disap-
renrs amidan extrayagance of red and
blue Ere from New York and Phila-
delphia.a u0s, ,r'so s.tu
We next see the poor artist in the
Wolf Counts dungeon. The Black
Crook visits him, aud tells him that
the young miliner, Amina, is ofnoble
birth. He promises him untold
wealth, exempt from taxation, if he
will give him mortgage upon his
soul. He even offers him a tavern
stand. Then to spur him on, the
Black Crook shows him vision OF
his beloved Amina being set up with
by another artist who wasn't quite SC
pooras reCyas. 0t1lA.a HgUa
Rudolph driven to a high pitch Of
excitement by the vision, ngrees Il
the terms offered Tho Black Crook
is so elated with his SUCCESS that hi
J forgets to have the mortgage signeC
aud properly stamped. which, as viii
he seen by the constant reader, wa
the fatal error Of bis life, He give
Rudolph ring, which he tells hin
will admit him into the mystic cavern
where the treasures are stored. He
then turns his drudge over TO Ru-
dolph for a servant, and the two de-
part on their expedition.
The next scene represents the grot-
to OF Stalaota, the Queen Of Hdrtz
Nothing in the Arabian Knights car
Eequal this The ea-nymphs-hnd
you never see nymphs more beautifu
-repose on every hand, but are a.
wakened by Dtagonfn, a sort of ami
able green monster, who iuformi
them that their Queen is in danger.
lie khows1t because the maon i
fuller blooded than ever Stalacti
appears at this mUment, in gorgeous
, attire. and relates her rescue from /
deiestable monster, by two gmortals
! who prove TO be the poor artist put
} his develish poor companion. She
dispatches Dragonfn to conduc
! them safely TO her presence, which il
done.
The Queen entertains Rudolph il
various ways. She shows him th,
beauties Of her palace, and direct
, her maids and fairies to thread thu
giddy mazes ofthe dance, which thel
I do with hardly thread Oh. The!
, dance with sufficient yigor TO dance
everything of, il they bad anything
on, which they haven't to speak Of
It seems to me that when they dres
! for this dance they put on as little a
! possible, Rnd then take of that littl'
Just befIre coming on the stage. A
l looked at them l Iblushed clear t,
the outer rim Of my opera glass
Somebody asked me to write "tak,
, Off on this dance. l couldn't St,
] anything TO lake ofi
7 StaIaeta, who by tho way, is dress
ed mostly in ISta6c tights, promises 4
r assist the poor artist in any way
! build an art gallery for him, or any
thing; hut he only asks her to ali
8 him in STRENGTHENING out the Blacl
: Craok, aud releasing his betrothei
: from ths power Of Count Wolfstein
which she agrees to do.
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