, 1867-08-16

A Comedy in Three Acn.


And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and en,raucts;
And one man in his time plays many parts"
Acr Scene in WGllG ,RallG.
Bill: Halloo, Frank; have you heard the
news7
Frank No, what news7
Bill: Why, Shell has gone
Frank: What, gone?
Bill: Yes, skedaddled, absconded, vamosed
the ranch.
Frank: She'll gone, and not shelled out 10 me,
nor TO his creditors, whose claims I hold
must look to this; (walks away toward the livery
stable) soloquising, yes, gone and not turned
over the archives of his Office to bis successor ;
and what If be has not turned over TO me these
precious documents, and being his successor,
and succeeding not to these. (Query.) Am his
Successor, and what that fool of Judge should
hold that. not succeeding to these, that there.
fore was nc successor, and not what | seem TO
be. and that Shel has no successor, and that,
therefore, there is vacuum, which nature abb
hors, and that there must be new shuttle and
upon this new deal, 1t might be | should not
turn up Jack The deuce upon him.
''Can such things be?
And overcome us like a summers cloud,
Without our special wondert"
Gone, did Bill say, yes, gone, but I'll catch
the rascal. Halloo here Tom, Ito the livery
mani a horse horse kingdom for horse /
Tom Why, what's the deuce to pay now?
Frank: Enough's to pay, Shells gone and
left not penny behind him. Quick with
horse-give me "SilvertaI," and grease his
heels, aud III o'erhaul him.
ACT Q.
Frank is seen in the heat and dust ascending
long hill on the Boise road slowly, saying with
Hamlet
ooh, that this too sclid flesh would melt,
ifsal into n daty
And rushing along with eyes bunging out with
the excitement of the chase, and seeing an old
farmer, and his wife sitting by the door picking
goose holows out:
Frg1k; say did you see him pass =?
Fdmer John: Who pass?
Frcnk: Why, the stage, old man.
JON: Yes, the stage passed these many hours,
and vas going like creased lightning.
Jeln: To his wife All, Betsy, there is some
thing wrong here (tOuching his forcheadl with
that poor man. Saw you the glare ia his eve
andyet he is so fat, withal, >an hardly think it,
B:tsy: The fat don't signify There is many
lean mind in fat body. There WIS Sam, old
MAJ, "Simple Sam" as he was called, why he
woi as plump as my cake of butter, aud as
greasy, and yet witless boy.
ACT 3.
Frank on third day returns, and is seen walk
ing the streets of Walla W.lla with dowucast
lock and thoughtful brow, and saying to him,
sell: "On the first Monday of June, | beat bin,
ano on the first Monday of August he beats me
shaking his head-that lets me out-that lets me
out hut such is life such is life"
Jgdge NJ: Back, Frank?
Frank: Yes.
JUdge: Got him
fsant: No. Got the deuce got dust; got my
mouth full got heat thermometer $50 in the
shade end 1899 in the sun. Why, sir he ran so
that be ten streak of dust for fifteen miles hes
hiud him. Do you think he told the drivers
the stage property had been attached on ahead,
and that be was sent out to save it from sale,
and had them hurry him through at break neck
speed. Old Greeley want put through on half
such time.
Judge; Well, little sold, should say?
Frank: Well, now, | tell you boys Ito the
crowd who were gathering about bim) not SO
badly sold Syou might suppose. "It's au I'll wind
blows good to no oue." | vent by La Grande,
and pressed the plugs and cHyuses into service
aud sent out runners to all the unwashed and
unterrihed democracy thereabouls, and they
came Hooking in by lwOs aud by threes to hear
regular old fashioned democratic speech and
| just spread myself, and scattered myself all
around, and you see | reap the glory and Shells
creditors foot the bills. "A fool aud his money
is soon parted" Ha ha ha ! tell you BOYS,
] spoke sorter this way
Fellow citizens-says 1.-The proptious gales
of heaven have waited from Walla Walla into
your beautiful valley, the humble individual
now before you, and shall begin back to-day
with the creation, aud demonstrate that the
principles Of democracy have never
Boys: Oh, hold up Frank, we don't want TO
near that old speech over
Frank: Well, well, see Dock is looking drv
in there, let's all go in and liquor.
Exeunt all into the saloon, drinking, standing,
and in silence, to the toast :-"Success to all
honest menp