Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-02-14

Mr.. Puff1er followed his example. Al
tins seemed very mysterious, and Mr.
Whltfies was lost in wonderment whe1
the overture commenced. Luckily, the
trOmbOnes were not wanted until the
commencement of the drama. The
overture ceased.
Now, look out" observed Mr.
Whiffle's neighbor-"it' you now."
Mr.. Whiffies mechanically raised the
instrument to his lips, keeping a stead
fast gaze the while upon the proceed
ings of Mr.. Puffler, who did his best tc
stare Mr.. Whites out of countenance.
Mr.. LovejoY looked around, and see
ing the trombones perfectly ready,
awaited the rising of the curtain. II
was an agonizing moment. The silence
was positively painful. One might
have heard pin drop. The small bell
was heard again. Mr.. Loveioy tapped
his desk, and the curtain slowly rose
on solemn silence! Mr. Lovejoy be-
gan beating the time slowly, aud had
even accomplished few strokes before
he realized the fact. Turning round to
ascertain the meaning of this extraor-
binary circumstance, his surprise and
bewilderment may well be imagined at
perceiving the two trombone players
hard at work, distendlng their cheeks
to their utmost capacity, nervousiy
manipulating their instruments, and
producing not = sound And the most
unaccountable thing was they never took
their eyes off one another Mr.. Love
JOY was transfixed with amazement.
This Is very strange thought Mr..
Whites. "I wonder when the fellow
IS coming to begin" ts" .a
The little bell tinkled again and
again. Mr.. Russet stepped upon the
stage with some amount of dignity
and left, it without any, under the i'm
preston that he was a trife too soon
Ihe stage manager gentleman OF
exc1tables temperament and much ad-
dicted to the use of passionate. Ian
guage,, who played one of the principal
parts in the piece, rushed from his
room, discharged on the spot the inof-
fensive ''super" who, unfortunately
happened to cross his. path-went,
half dozen at time, down the score
or SO of ricketty stairs at the imminent
hazard of breaking his neck, and, ap-
pearing at a little door Tnder the stage
that led into the orchestra, demanded
in unmeasured terms what the-yery
bad wold-Mr. Lovejoy meant by such
conduct, and why the excessive rude
observation-he didn't go on? Mr.
Lovejoy was too astounded to reply
He could only point in silent wonder,
to the two trombones. There they sat,
putting and blowing vigorously, but
with no result. The stage manager
jesticulated violently, and nearly had a
fit.
The audience, unable to comprehend
what was going on before their eyes,
hissed loudly, and finally. the curtain
fell. Then Mr.. Lovejoy gave vent to
his feelings. He leaped from his seat
and rushed towards Mr.. Whif1es, who
painting after his unaccustomed ,exer-
lions, was wiping the perspiration from
his face, wondering what on earth was
agoing to happen next. No sooner,
however, did he perceive the angry
conductor advancing toward him, than,
with an lntuitive perception that some
thing unpleasant was about to occur,
he made precipitate rush through the
little door and sought salty under the
stage, hotly pursued by Mr.. Lovejoy,
who opportunely came across the for
elgn gentleman quietly sneaking away,
and fell upon him tooth and nail. The
foreign gentleman, being choleric,
knocked MIR. Loveioy down. Mr.
Lovejoy being by no means deficient in
pluck, regained the perpendicular and,
in the language of the ring-let the
foreign gentleman shave it." That in
dividual next seized the astonished
Whiffies and endeavored to drag him
before Mr.. Lovejoy, in order that he
might undergo condign punishment,
when the foreign gentleman slipped !;
they both fell, and the two trombone
players mysteriously disappeared
They had fallen down an unused well
under the stage, Mr.. Whites under
most. There being but little water,
they We're soon extricated, and, fortu-
nately, no bones were broken
The two gentlemen-after rather
exciting interview with the stage man
ager-were shortly afterwards permit
ted to take their departure.
Mr.. O'Leary, next day, was duly in
formed of the disaster, and lost his sit
uation. The same fate befell the IN
fortunate Plufier, who, it appeared up,
on inquiry, was really laboring under
some severe indisposition that threaten
ed to confne him to, his bed 4; and be
ing naturally unwilling to. lose his sal
airy, he provided substitute, like MIR.
Whifaes, utterly unable to play, and to
whom be. gave, in effect, instructions
almost identical with those given to
our hero By Mr. O'Leary. oa~ .r g5a
of his ancestors a sadders and o. wiser
man. He has never been to "a theatre
since, and never thinks without a shud-
der, of his terrible adventure with the
Two Trombones. 81 Fsla 5as .aaar --'