The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-22


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vuril . InsuecfnFss a diyisibje INTO q Inn -
md ssSuccfcr.r thc Gryf Of Which mry be
sdeouafeIv illustrated In This wsy A
ladv and her dsnGhfef arrive Al The Golden
Lion. 4 hotel II the country. The
moehez l. an exfravaezutIy sentimental
character and 4 rsaesess and haa torn her
dadfhter. Who Il Quietly practical. AWAY
from The city. partly IA order 10 nip Ia rhe
Ind m Affection she has displsyed for 4
yonng hanker md ruartIv IN ordef To 8 com.
mune vffl Nafurer OF cOursc the Young
banker arrives II diseuise feifher an ar
In. lhipvIecked mariner. or Z noble
be9esr deffsuded of his paternxl estates
wifI Col, and he takes rooms in the inn.
and arranpps with The dauchter 4 plsn Of
oDcrstions with the object uf bringing
matters 20 . successful masrimony. 4
landlord ean here he infroduced whose
chicf feature vim be rUtundity Of form
and indignation It his hotel being called
an inn. ss well A. 4 Is boots mindful Of
tips and curious after stray silver in the
pockets of the coats he has to brush The
second word can be illustrated by the
interior Of the Golden Lion at midnight,
the mother being discovered reading
g The Raven" with inferlineations and
criticisms Of her own, with the daughter
Jawuing Iy her side. The latter asks to
be told Of the Castle of Otranto and its
separations, desire which the mother is
only too delighted TO indulge, and is in
the act of describing the bleeding nun,
when the clock strikes twelve, clanking
of chains is heard, and the banker ap-
pears, clad in sheet to represent spec
| ter, whom the mother interrogates and
learns that she must cross her daughters
viii no more. She cannot agree to this,
however, quite readily, so the ghost tells
her of q manuscript hidden in an old
chest in the garnet. She rushes out to
ind it, when the banker throws of his
disguise and proceeds incontinently to
elope with his lady-love
| The third act will represent "In.
spector.n The mother will be found
reading bundle of hotel bills. which she
supposes must be the manuscript in cues
lion and occasronally bewailing the abb
1 sence of her daughter. when the host an
| nounces that news had been received OF
her daughter. The banker again comes
| in. this time disguised As an Inspector OF
| Police: tells long tale of his having res
| cued the daughter from the power of four.
| teen banditti 1.-THE rea! fact being, as be
tells the audience aside. that he could no,
ind a post-chaise to elope wIth), and
finally brings her in. and has her hand
| given to him as reward for his valor
The moral, of course. is, that mammas
should not be too romantic nor daughters
/ too matter-of-fact and any disposition te
doubt that such a conclusion can be fairly
deduced from the plot must be promptly
suppressed. ANY number of charades
can be contrived in this sort of way, bul
it is essential that in this kind of per