The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02
Unappreciated Shakespeare.

A few days ago young GJlfley, whose
father lives on Croghan street, organized
theatrical company and purchased the
dime novel play of 90 Hamlet" The
company consisted of three boys and a
hostler, and Mr.. Gurley's hired girl was
to be the ss Ghost if the troupe could
guarantee hef fifty cents per night
Young Gr1rley suddenly bloomed out
as professional, and when his mother
asked him to bring in some wood he re-
piled !:
Though I am penniless thou canst
not degrade me !! -
You trot out after that wood or I'll
have your father tro1nce YOU" she ex-
claimed.
Z" The tyrant who lays his hand upon
me shall die replied the boy, but he
got the wood.
He was out on the step when a man
came along and asked him where Lafay-
cite street was.
Doomed for certain time to roam
the earth replied Gllrley in hoarse
voice, and holding his right arm out
straight
II say-you, Where is Lafayette
street F" called the man.
"Ah. Could the dead but speak
ah = continued Grrley.
The man drove him into the house,
and his mother sent him to the grocery
after potatoes.
81 go, most noble Duchess % he said
as he took up the basket, 's but my good
sword shall some day ayenge these in
suits "
He knew that the grocer favored the
atricals, and when he got there he said !:
cart thou provided with a store of
that vegetable known as the 'tater, most
excellent duke :"
's What in thunder do you wanta
growled the grocer as he cleaned the
cheese-k knife on piece of paper.
Thy plebeian mind is dull of conlpre-
hension y answered Gurley.
ssDon't try to get off any of your non
sense on me, or I'll crack your empty
pate in a minute!" roared the grocer,
and g Hamlet" had to come down from
his high horse and ask for peck of
potatoes.
What made you so long?" asked his
mother as he returned.
ssThy grave shall be dug in the cy-
press glade 70 he haughtily answered.
When his father came home at noon,
AIRS. Gurley told him that she believed
the boy was going crazy, and related
what had occurred.
t'I see what ails him" mused the
father this explains why he hangs
around Johnson's barn so much. .
At the dinner table young Gurley
spoke of his father as the g illustriolls
Count, " and when his mother asked him
if he would have some butter gravy he
answered
"The appetite of warrior cannot be
satisfied with such nonsense. -
When the meal was over the father
went out to his favorite shade tree, cut a
sprout, and, the boy was asked to step
out into the woods and see if the pen
stock was frozen up. He found the old
man there, and he said
g Why, most noble lord, I had sup
posed thee far away
5 g I'm not so far away but what I'm
going to make you skip ;" growled the
father. 9. I'll teach You to fool around
with ten cent tragedies! Come up
here -
For about five minutes the woodshed
was full of dancing feet, flying arms, and
moving bodies, and then the old man
took rest and inquired
g There. your highness, dost want any
more e.
ssOh no, dad-not a darned bit r.
walled the young g manager, and while
the father started for down town he went
in and sorrowfully informed the hired
girl that he must cancel her engagement
until the fall season. Detroit Free
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