The Morning herald., 1875-10-04

Western for one hundred doliars. In
sale, of course, had its provisos: that tn
authors name should go with it at al
times as an advertisement and / fancy tina
it must have been sold with sort of re
versionary interest remaining in the ven
der, TaylelIre. = ~
The bargain was made, contract signed
and after the messenger who brought Tay
leure the money had borrowed twenty-five
dollars from him and left, the playwright
found himself possessed of reputation and
seventy-6ve dollar bonus accompanying
the repute. -. 8
In very short space of time he learned
that Western was playing the piece--in
Pittsburg, by-the-way without billing
him as author and to eliminate matters.
Needs, her protector, answered Tayleure's
note Of inquiry with an insolent epistle,
in which he claimed that he-Meeds-
had written the drama, and blunderingly
styled Tayleure as black-mailer
and presuming scoundrel for claim
ing authorship and attempting to
extort money by the force of his claims.
Astonished, T. wrote sort Of challenge to
Needs demanding reparative satisfaction,
and threatening personal chastisement at
their first meeting, if it was not accorded
HIM. Then he took breath and pondered
over what he had done. Needs was noted
as desperate, and of desperate family.
He had killed his man, in Boston, and his
brother had dittoed his action in New Or
leans. And to make the matter more in
teresting he promised to be in Baltimore,
open to all engagements of all sorts, a
fortnight from date. Tayleure armed him
self with club and got ready to carry out
his threat. The fortnight was over; COM
ing out Of Ford's opera house he met
Needs accompanied by two men, one Of
whom was Whalley, the present husband,
and Bill Sykes of Lucille. The meeting
was embarrassing. ... u. !
"You received letter from me-" de-
manded Tayleure of Needs.
eyes; and I'll attend to your case to-
morrow at ten O'clock" answered the
entering the opera house.
The dramatist waited about the lobby of
he theatre until the three men were COM
ng ont. lie stood near the ticket box and
hey passed him. Needs had a crick in
lis neck that compelled him, either from
labit or necessity, to throw his head up
yard and backward at regular intervals
)ne of these intervals occurred as he passed
'ayleure, and the latter s1pposing it to be
gesture of contempt, and worked up by
is emotions, slapped Needs in the fee
leeds started back and grasped his pistol,
the side-pocket of his overcoat, and re- ;
'cated, attempting to draw it, while Tay- ,
cure followed, striking at hi.l with his
Inc.
"keep back, keep back, or pll fire."
louted the gambler, showing the pistol :
1d the side OF his overcoat-he hadn't
me to draw the weapon-and still re- $
eating. IL
1t was too late for his antagonist then,
owcver, and he still pursued. They t
inched, assistance came, and they were t
'parated before Needs could have his :
cad broken Or Tayleure furnish himself
corpse to the coroners jury. ., /
Tayleure wrote more after this, but Il
riting in Baltimore, that metropolis of
mbstones, ,yclepted the Monumental City, 1
hiding your intellectual light under a :
lshel, and looking for the lost coin in the a
'rkness. There are but three literary a
nters in America-Boston, New York tt
I'd Washington. The latter is only Begin Il
ng to be such, and that from its cosnoro. ="
C nature. After serious thought and :,
age advice he determined upon trying p
ew York. II
Are you afraid to go?" asked Bouci- tt
ult Of him. 'Don't go. Are you will e, n
g to venture? Go and take your d
ances."
tie took his chances, with pretty admi- II II
ble success. a.
In 1864 he was in England. W W
One of Mr.. Tayleure's plays has been G
fortunate to a painful extent That is lI
ieinrich and Hettie." 1t was not b;s u U
ut, however. Baker & Farron offered N j.,
m $1,000 for an original play. He ac- H
pied the offer and one evening when in II
mpany with several literary gentlemen ps gs