New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-27

cyclr pedias, after the expenses of printins
and distribution had been covered. ana
after the magazines had been ordered.
Great cheering followed this announce.
ment from all but me. Here l had shnt
myself up in this humbug, for heaven
knew how long. on the most important dav
! of my life, l would have given up vii.
lingly my cyclopedias and my chance at the
profits" for the sake of seeing Fausta At
! five o'clock. If l did not see her then
what might befall her. and when might I
see her again? An hour before this car.
| tainly was my own; now it was only nina
by my liberating myself from this prison
Still l was encouraged by seeing that
everything was conducted like clock WORK
distributing the books. We formed onr.
selves into queues as We pleased, drew Onr
| numbers, and then presented ourselves at
! the bureau, ordered our magazines. and
took our c. clopedias 1t would be- lor @ at that
rate, by half past four. An Omn bas 10; gbt
bring me to the Park, and a Bowery car
| do the rest in time. After a vain disens.
sion for the right of exit with one or two Of
the attendants, l abandoned myself to this
hope, studying my cyclopedia.
1t was sufficiently amusing to see ten
thousand people resign themselves to the
same task, and affect to be uncOncerned
about the green and red figures which were
to divide the "profts." l tried to make
out who we're as anxious to get out of
that tawdry den as l was. Four o'clock
struck, and the distribution was not done.
I began to be very impatient. What if
Fausta fell into trouble l knew. or hoped
| knew, that she would struggle to the
Astor Library, as to her only place of
rescue and retuge-her asylum. What if |
failed her there! who had pretended to
be her protector Protector, indeed"
she would say, if she knew was at a the.
atre witnessing the greatest folly Of the
age. And if l did not meet her to-day.
when should meet her! 1t she found her
find her-gOod God! that was worse
where might she not be before twelve
hours were over! Then the fatal
trunk: ] had tod the police agent
he might send it to the St. Nicholas,
because l had to give him some
address. But Fausta did not know this.
and the st. Nicholas people knew nothing
of us. grew more and more excited, and
when at last my next neighbOr told me that
it was half past four rose and insisted on
leaving my seat. Two ushers with blue
sashes almost held me down; they showed
me the whole assembly sinking into quiet.
In fact, at that moment Mr.. Burrham was
begging every one to be seated. ! would
not be seated 1 would go to the door. I
would GO out. Go, you please" said the
usher next it, contemptuously. And 1
looked, and there was 10 handle! Yet
this was not dream. II is the way they
arrange the doors in halls where they
choose to keep people in their places. I
could have coliared that grinning blue
sash. / did tell him l would wiring his
precious neck for him If he did not let ms
out. l said l would sue him for false i'm.
prisonment; would have writ of habeaa
corpus.
"Habeas corpus be d-d!" said the officer.
with an irreverent disrespect to the pallad.
ium. ''If you are not more civil, sir, will
call the police. Of whom we have plenty.
You say you want TO go out; you are keep.
ing everybody in
And. in fact. at that moment the clear
voice OF the mayor was announcing that
they would not go on until there was Der.
feet quiet: and | felt that was inprisop-
ing all these people. not they me.
Child of the Public" said my mourning
genius. "are you better than other men!''
So eneaked back TO seat No 367l. amid
the cOntemptuous and reprOachtul looks
and sneers OF my respectable neighbOrs.
who had sat where they were told to do,
We must be through in moment. and per.
Aaps Fausta would be late also. Ii only
How often hav. J wished that since. and
Tor less reason.
Silence thus restored, Mr.. A., tho
mayor. ied forward his little daughter.
her, and babe her put her hand
into green box, from which she drew out
a green ticket. He took it from her and
read, IN his clear voice. again. NO. 2973r'
By this time we all knew where the 1.-TWO
sat. The "nine hundreds were
not far from the front. so that it was rot
far that that frightened girl, dressed all IN
black and heavily yelled. had 20 walk, who
answered 70 this call. Mr.. A. nat her.
helped her up the stair upon the stage, took
from her her ticker. and read, "JerushA
Shilling fleet. OF Yellow Springs. who. at
her death, as it seems. transferred this right
to the bearer"
The disappointed 1899 Joined in a rap.
furious cheer. each man and woman to show
mat he or she was not disappointed. The
bearer spoke with Mr.. Durham. in an.
'wer to his questions. and with good deal
u 0stentation he opened a check book.
1llet check and passed it to her. she
signing receipt as she took it and trans.
erring to him Ter ticket. So far. in dumb
'how, all was we'll. What was more to my
purpose. 1t was rapid, for We should have
been done In five minutes more, but that
ZONE devil tempted some lOafer in gallery
% cry, Face lace " Miss Stillingheet's
egatee was still heavily yelled.
In one horrid minute that whole amphi.
heatre. which seemed to me then more
ruel than the Coliseum ever was, rang out
With cry of "Face. facet" | tried the
Ounter-cry OF "Shame! shame!' but l waa
disgrace among my neighbOrs, and
"unter cry never takes as its prototype
loes, either. At first. on the stage, they
1ected not to hear or understands; then
here was courtly whisper between Mr..
'urrham and the lady; but Mr.. -. the
h In, in.
family interfered. 1t was evident that sho
'ould not unyeil, and that they were pre-.
ared to endorse her refusal. In moment
lore she courtesied to the assembly; the
mayor gave her his arm, and led her out
trough side door.
y. the yell that rose up then! The whole
stood up, and, as if they had lost
ONE vested right, hooted and .shreked.
Back! back! Face! facet Mr.. A -
eturned, made as if he would speak, came
'rward to the very front, and got mo
lents silence.
IL ls not in the bond, gentlemen said
9: Inc young lady is unwilling to IN.
Oh, ana we must not compel her"
ace! facet" was the only answer, and
ranges from upstairs flew about his head
nu struck upon the table-an omen only
,ar1ul from what it prophesied. Then
lere was such row for five minutes as
ope L may never see or hear again Pe0-
10 kePt their places, fortunately. under .
ague Impression that they should forfeit
ome magic rights if they left those num-
ered seats. But when, for moment,
'e OF policemen appeared in the orchestra.
Whoie volley of cyclopedias fell like rain
pom 20 tneir chief, with renewed cry OF
Face face"
AT this juncture, with a good deal OF
ao~ieage OF popular feeling, Mr.. A-led
'r"ard his child again. Frightened to
cath the poor thing was, and crying; he
ed his handkerchief round her eyes hastily