Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-08-08
HAMLET.


and parted his hair in the middle. His
father had been ruler of the Danes, but
the old mans brother having grudge
against him, thought what fine thing it
would be to get away with him and
marry his sister-in-law, Hamlet's mother.
So sure enough, he creeps up on the poor
old king one afternoon, who had fallen
asleep with big book on his knees, and
a silk handkerchief thrown over his face
to keep the flies off, and pouring some
bug poison in the kings ear he gives him
his quietus. The poor fellow never
kicked once, but died in the garden, and
his wicked brothers. marriage with the
queen followed the kings funeral so
quickly, that Hamlet got mad about it.
and meeting two or three of his old cro-
MES, he said that the roast chicken and
the ice cream that had sustained the
mourners at tho wake, was used az
kind of sde-dish at the wedding break
fast. Hamlet was one of those fellows
like Theo. Tilton, who went poking
around the house in his nights shirt and
bothering the people that wanted to sleep,
and as he thought, his mother had been
in great hurry getting married again,
he took q sort of dislike to Claudus, the
dead kings brother, and his new step
father, and gave that party bit of his
mind Cd two or three occasions. One
night Hamlet had been out pretty late at
ri
was getting home IA best he could, WHEN
he ran across a couple OF policemen, who
told him that they had just seen the old
man up the street, and he had given them
terrible scare. Hamlet wouldn't be-
lieve the yarn, and was going to report
them at the Mayors Office for compile
of hilks, but they begged off, and told
| him if he would meet them on the same
corner the next night, they would show
him the old mans ghost. So the next
night they all met, and sure enough the
| old chief appeared, in all his war paint,
and, reckoning Hamlet aside, told him
the whole circumstance, and made a sad
complaint. Hamlet was sad dog. and
had, no doubt, often made the old man
angry when he was alive, but when his
fathers ghost appeared to him, and
ratified along with II tale of grievance, he
made Hamlet feel very bad, and before
the ghost wrapped his tail around him
and vanished, he made Hamlet promise
that be would get even with Claudius,
Now there was an old man lived in the
next block named Polonius. He was a
good old soul, held pretty good posi-
ton, and thought the world of his son
Laertes and his daughter Ophelia. Ham
let and Laertes were great friends, anC
the former was badly struck after Ophelia
and used to send her flowers, and hat
made up lot of verses about her, ant
bought a diamond ring to give her on heI
next birthday. But after Hamlet saw
the old mans ghost that night h,
was different individual, he let hi
hair and beard grow 80 you couldn'
have told him FROM Mormon, and went
incoming around all day with a bool
under his arm and his nose in the air
He went back on Ophelia altogether, an,
that poor little thing sat worrying he
little brains and thinking what in tn,
world had got into Hamlet; 80 one morn
ing at breakfast she asked her father
who was breaking couple OF soit-boile,
eggs in his glass, what ailed Hamlet
Polonius gave her scolding and tolt
her Hamlet was a regular beat, that b.
had been SEEN playing faro at the corne
, saloon and standing the boys off TO
checks, and that the young fellow wa
likely to go crazy any minute and b,
didn't want Ophelia to encourage hin
> any more, etc.. and got into dreadful
stew about it, told his daughter She,
better go and finish them shirts of hi
= and look over the stockings and no
3 bother her head about that young scape
> grace any more. Poor Ophelia done a
she was bid, and though 1t nearly brok,
her heart. she kept on sorting stoeking
and making lam until enc morning sh
couldn't stand it any longer and threy
y herself into the water barrel at the cor
. ner of the house, When they fished he
out she was dead, and her brother Laer
o tes, like a great ass, blamed Hamlet TO
it and swore revenge. During this tim
n Hamlet had become almost lunati
9 himself, he went to his mothers sittip
room one day and nearly scared the poo
e woman into fits, and then pitched int
n the old man and made Us though h
}. would like to give him a settler. 81
bad companion as bad as himself, an
o between the two they put up job o.
n Hamlet's step-father, and got lot c
It strolling Punch and Judy performers t
q give pantomime which, though it mad
the baby-Hamlet's little step.brother-
laugh, it worried Claudius very much
o Well. Hamlet and his pal Horatio WEI
II strolling through the graveyard one do
o chatting the Rravedigoer and kickin
u around among the skulls, when VIII
should come in sight but the funer,
procession of poor Ophelia. When Ii
q ertes caught sight of Hamlet he con
r menced calling him oil manner Of har
- names and dared him to fight. but SON
"a of his crowd stood in with Hamlet an
wouldn't let Laertes touch him. Claud
ius, who had never got over his scar
s. was always wondering how the diekeu
4, he was going to get even with Hamle
7. for be was afraid Hamlet might go an
swear out an indictment before the graz
=, jury or something and have Claudius pl
- in Jail. But Hamlet was clear grit,
O. never squealed, but went moonir
q, around as usual, and at last Claudins b
P. on plan. He had some chloriders
" work on dump over the divide, and u
;, der pretense Of seeing how they we
> fixed he sent Hamlet with letter to Il
boss chlorider. Hamlet wasn't so m,
o. but what there was little method in b
,e madness, and before he left town
went to bis restaurant and dipped Il
letter in his soup and opened It.. 1t co
70 tanned a request from Claudius to Il
n biggest and ugliest of all the chloride
telling him to throw the bearer doy
i one Of the shafts, and promised hi