The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-07-19
A STRANGE INCIDENT

There was = group around one Of the
tables in the Union Place Hotel cafe
the other day Charley Thorne. Stuart
Robson. Tom. Morris. Wheeler. Steel.
Macksy.. kenwari Philips. and otherS
were taking shop, aisd the careers of
iournall.s and nrtor received the con
sideration they deserved. One of them
was laying down the lsw about some
question II ethics and from thing
o. arusher the conversation tarued ota
fatality. and the power of luck.
II believe in luck said Tom Mr.
ris. 50 Some people arc born u II. and
others can't get II. 40 ptsrser low they
work. Look at the Union Square it's
lucky theatre. and yoa can't take
that away frosa II. -
" rtin,.rnter," saidi Stuart Robson,
in that peculiar voice of his. which is
funny whether on or of the stage; "a
story Of Oakley Hall told me some
wears ago about fatality. aud the story
for some reason or other impressed me
strongly You may say the termina-
ton was coincidence. but supersti-
oas people. aud people who are not
tisuperstitIoas even. will always lend
willing ear, and more credence than
tliev wouId wish 20 avow. 20 a story Of
this kind which can be authenticated.
Give Us the story" cried Charley
Thorne. and others joined In the
chorus"
" suppose the story is the property of
Oakley Hail." said Robson. So you
must give him the full credit Of it. II
MAS when Mitchell had the Olympic
You all know the tough fight he had
with il. and lie fought like half dozen
red Indians to keep the place on its
legs And You, of course. know he
came out triurnphantly from the fight.
and made the record Of the Olympic
ore If the brightest snd--"
Give us rest Ola that" said
Philips. 1--WE want the story"
Amt telling the story. got TO
bright ST." As l was saying, one Of
the brightest the American stage has
ever yet known. Don't try to shut
me down. Ii was long time before
the people of New York knew how to
appreciate Mitchell. and if had time
Id tell you why, But now I'm telling
Oakley Halls story
IL seems O. me you're doing any
thing but that" broke in Wheeler
| never Saw such d ID queer
10, of people To tell anything to in my
life" said Robson. with mock indig-
nation which WAS equal TO the best eff
fort on the stage. Well. it was the
beginning of the third sason at
MITCHELL. The season before trad
come 10 rather disastrous close. but
Mitchell knew he had hit 'em. because
the houses had always gone on better
ing. The full company was on the
stage. aud the rehearsal of the play 10
b. produced that evening was going on.
suddenly some one called attention 10
All enormous spider which was crawling
down oue OF the wings. The ladies got
frightened. as women will at q spider,
you know and ran away. The men
tnrned To look at the spider Sure
enough. i. Was an enormous fellow. II
lcisurely crawled down the stage, aud
then lcisurcly crawled across. Every.
body was - much interested in its
movements. that nobody thought OF
killing it. Arrived At the left entrance
il began crawling up a tree. aud WAS
soon lost IN the flies. The incident
caused only momentary pause and the
rehearsal went on.
The house opened. and the season
was most prosperous. everything going
we'll The house closed at its end as
usual: once more the day came for re-
opening. and once more the company
was on the stage for the last rehearsal.
One of the ladies suddenly gave
scream, and all looked in the direction
she pointed. Why. i. is that same
spider said Mi,ehell take care nobody
touches it, They all stood still. and
the spider. like the year before, walked
down one wing across the stage. and up
on the opposite side. The incident this
time created good deal Of talk. The
house opened and the season was even
more prosperous than the other. Again
the summer came around. The house
closed. and Manager Mitchell an
nouneed the reopeuing. On the day Of
the last rchersal. they noticed he was
nervous and iidgctty. Somebody asked
him the cause Tm waiting for my
lucky spider he said. and sure encugh
the snidcr came in the same way. aud
took the same walk across Thus, 10
the surprise of all. each ss,ason ON he
opening day ii became the habit for
IA. whole company to look out for the
spider and watch It's movements III "a
sort of = se and r,.lIgsuus silence. Mitch
ell himslf would sooner have lost
Thousand dollars than not have the
spiter come On is life he hung his
own SUCCESS. and only feared that from
wear g. YEAR il bad died AZ the end
OF the ninth season prosperity WAS rs
great as ever. ard on the day the tenth
MAS 20 open. the company stood on the
stage once mere. paying much more at
ten,ion - the expectancy Ct the spiders
advent than 20 the reherssl AZ the
regular time il came walking down
slowly, its movements, 40 doubt.
s,iifsned by sgs. Malestically It
reached the floor, and like All emperor
began lis yearly progress across the
stage. All Was silence except the
i.bi,er Of some Irish women cleaning
al the hack of the stage. suddenly one
Of these exclaimed: oh, look. the
nasty thing and rushing forward, she
put her fS1t on the spider. aud crushed
cut ~ life hsf,re anyone could inter
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