Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-02

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1ftbecca fell intos the uhhbit Of glancinl
over the partially filed house night afte
might 10 sod whom alaal|ule uleRtierf Thl
| habit caused her to nOtice man Of lsomt
twenty FIVE yearsNof age, with bronzcp face
and full brown beard, who wildly ap
plauded her and seemed gcomHletely alb
sofbed In watching her movAmdfts ON
night he appeared with an enormous ban
qfet, which he essayed 10 throw two pl
three times; but then his courage failed
him, and, after fourishing it before tht
eyes of the audience, he held It pladldls
in his lap during the eyening. Rebeccf
found herself, as II were, Ehscfnated by
him She saw that she pleased him
and yet he was modest and abashel-7
a sort of Behavior that was new to Mis-
Pottlesey both on and off the stage.
Ga0ne night in AIail, Rehe ecas Ma com
plaincd of a toothache. and declincd'to ac
company Rebecca t61the hcatre. RQbgcea
was perfectly contcntod at this, and deter
min ID to take u street-Car homie aftqr the
performances In doing so an adventure
with adrtnkcn man fell to her lot
/ am now going, bya bald and ulgar
nishtd narration of facts TO sacrifice an
opportunity. of making fame and fortune
rs a writer. With my knowledge OF, the
exquisite humor of the farce of "Foodless
| might fill several pages with descriptions
Of the person and behavior Of this drunken
man.. ills language, too, might flow from
my fertile pen with the fine effect it is SO
easy, by dropping eve!y alternative vowel
and every third consonant, to transfer to
paper the drunken dialect of fiction and
- I xrgi1I a sim IA.
| simply record that the drunken man
asked Rebecca for kiss, and Rebecca told
him to " go. awayn y that the drunken man
then moved forward, and some one behind
hun knocked him down on the sidewalk,
where he hay pedceably. Here, again,
nip,my description in the hHtl, and briefly
state that Rebscca immed diately recognized
( in her defeuder her modest admirer with
Che full beard. Is ~ .N16J
l am very much obliged to you.' sir,
said she. 3'.'l b"7I V-Tp3 ~
( :" Not SO mich as am to you,' he re,
turned. Then, in disconnected manner,
The broke forth1-y Ew TTR9r
40 Miss Pottlesey.- think you are the
greatest actress | ever saw 2 a
ReBeccaiaughed "Theh you can't have
seen many said she, 'IBut L cannot
stop here any longer Ishall be pleased il
you would call on me next Sunday evening,
That may more fully thank you" 4
Need | say that the invitation was ac-
rcepted With etfusion that heiwent one
way, perfectly silent for joy, and that she
hummed comic songs to herself adj the
way home in the herse-car. ~
II Sunday came in It's tfpe, md Rebecca
sat waiting for her visitor She did not
bQve to wait long As soon as it could
possibly be called .evening, the bell rang
and he. appeared. Rebecca and Rebecca 5
Ma both arose. $500 ~ tEf
Il am so glad to see you! ~ said Rebecca,
taking his bat "This is my ma, AR
Do you know | forgot 10 ask your name
|"My hame,P said the stranger is Bull
lington--George Burlington"
'' George Builington" said RebeccGs
Ma. -.
he looked at her an instant; and then,
with one tremendousscry Of ".Motherr he
caught her to his breast Rebeocas Ma
did not die; she did not even faint; she
only cried, and he cried; and Rebecca her
self had just presence of mind enough left
to go out of the room and cry and laugh,
finally winding up her performance by
giving three small piping cheers to herself,
and indulging in sort of war-dance. Then
she went back, and heard George Builing-
ton tell how he worked his way roundthe
world hack home and how he grewfich
by luck in China, and how he, came Back
and hunted for the1nother hc-supposed he
had lost forever
THAT was all owing to me-" said Re;
becca, remOroetullX- 8
Il 70 ,aHeyop, said George Bullington
OF course, every one now sees thaend.
OF course. Rebecca- couldn't. do without
her Ma; and, of course, George Bullington
wasn't going to5be deprived Of dis natural
parent without struggle. Then, on sub
sequcnt visits, instead Of Rebecca's leaving
the room, as at first, Rebecca's Ma disap-
peared The result of all this has been,
that Rebecca PottIeseyhas lefea vacancy
in the position of sDubrette 10 be filled at
the Phenfx. This sirnmefswir witness
the departure of Rebccca and Rebeccas S
Ma to San Francisco, where Mr.. George
Bullington's business headquarters are to
be. . This informadon i gather from a
letter to my friend the manager; to which
letter postscript is attached, which, as it
is decidedly misty TO the manager, and OBJ
scure to myself, place before the eyes Of
an intelligent public: 4
"P. s, II desire to say word or Two nnyse1f,
before shaking your dust OF my feet forever.
When used to Get 10 the way, hydon't you
blame your attackers; for clumsy they were, and
clumsy they are, and ever will be, unless charged.
In concluslonI would remark, that 1 regard my
self merely means to an end; and, as such,
trust you will fayorably remember she who now
-sigpgs, herself playful 7T1tT FEnEccA's MA
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