The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-28

drama on the boundlcss prairie; OF retire to the
Wild jungles OF Africa, and bring IT out before
the roaring lion and tho fierce rhinoceros. AND
the manager said he thought so too.
ACT III.
Honeymorth seemed to be quite reconciled
next morning to his loss, however, and even
looked happy ~ he bounded once more into the
managers office He began to read the third
aud last act, aud the manager said 1t was beauti-
tiful. and even appaudcd the fine passages.
Honeymorths heart bounded with JOY. He
came to the last thing-his great, unrivaled bal
loon sensation.
L seems that he wanted large balloon filled
with gas on the stage. aud the hero, heroine and
heavy Villain were to enter the car and all 90 u
together When at the height u some loo
feet or SO the hero and heavy villsin were to
have death struggle, and the hero was to hur
his enemy to the earth Then he was To clasp
his dazzling In his arms AMI let the curt ia fail.
This balloon ana the death struggle In tho
clouds, Homework said, would attract tho at
tenuon oil the whole city and make a mammoth
Strange 70 say, the thing didn't seem TO the
manager to be quite feasible. lie had no obtec-
ton whatever To furnishing the balloon or the
gas to Ill IL with but how in thunder, he want
eu 10 Know were they going 10 send the thingu up
fifteen hundred feet In the air when the theatre
itself was Only some nifty feet highl This didn't
stlgger llOneymorth In the least. lie explained.
Couldn't the roof be fixed so that 1t might he
removed every nightY Couldn't It be construct
ed something ike the lid of a coffee pOt for in
stance. to 1ucu and shutI Toe manager thought
tils could be done quite readily, but what he
particularly wanted to know was, how was the
audience going to get "A good view OF the DEATH
struggle, wucn the airship was fifteen hundred
feet above their headsY Could they tell the hero
from the villain, or the villain from the balloon
wouldn't 1t be apt to strain their eyes too muchr
lloneymorth thought not. AT very trining
cost. he explained, each gentleman and lady
could be furnished with telescope and he abe
to see quite easily. The manager said that
could be done, OF course, but there was another
thing. In hurting the heavy villain to the earth,
wouldn't he be apt to get In the habit OF iauding
Ia BACK streets or IA vacant lotst 1t wouldn't
d at all to have a heavy villain tumbling down
on the heads Of innocent ncrambulaturs in
Broadway or to have him falling In Chimneys
and stopping UP nucs or breaking down tele-
graph wires aud Iloneymofth admitted that
wouldn't 90, Of course, but he thought that
with few weeks practice the villain could be
landed on the stage every time.
But. after all the gravest objection the man
aRer saw 10 the production Of this sensation
was the difficulty Of finding actors who would be
willing to perform the trying part Of the villain.
Almost any actor, he told the gifted author,
would jump at the chance OF going up in bal
loon, b cause by that means ho could get nearer
heaven than he would he able to do in any other
way out. then, what the most Of them would
be apt to object To was the hurting out part.
They wouldn't mind the descent SO much, but
then the very sudden stOppage at the end oil the
route would, he was afraid, rather damgcn their
atdor. He didn't think they would ever play
the part more than once. lie concluded by tell
ING homework that he must really cut that
last act out and Honcymorth, sadder than the
saddcst sea waves, grOvellinR al the very bottom
Of the pit OF DESPAIR, and with tears streaming
down his pale cheeks. wandered out and home,
and IN IA listless way destroyed the act and all
that remained of the once glorious Double
Edged Despair" was Honeymorth and the title.
He Is all right now. Is Honeymorth-perfectly
serene and happy. because he proposes To re-
write the play, retaining ali the old, and adding
some sjill more startling sensations; and now
all he Is looking for Is some MILL onaire who
Will build a theatre especially for the produc-
ton OF this great drama. Who, Of our wealthy
men, Will come forwardI