The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-01
PART sECOND-WILL OUT.

PART SECOND--WILL OUT.
Three days afterward Harold arrived
in small town in east Tennessee. AS
soon as he arrived he strolled up the
principal street with his violin case in
his hand, and entered a barber-shop
where he intended to have his side
whiskers shaved off and his hair cut
short, which would almost completely
change his looks. During his journey
he had, i've won't enquire how,-ob-
tanned five dollars, with part of which
he had bought new hat-as he had lost
his old one on the trip,-and as the rest
of his clothes were in good order, be
made good appearance. While he was
being shaved, another gentleman, who
was also being shaved in the other of the
two chairs of the shop, said to the barber
who was shaving him:
81 say, barber, do you know of any
good viOlinist in this town, who l can
get to play for us at the hall tonight?
l have engaged piano and pianist to
accompany, but have not found vio-
linist."
"Well-I don't know" said the bar
Der, hesitatingly. "Bob Riley is con-
sidered the best catgut-scraper here, but
he's out of town now. | don't really
know who you could get"
"That's just my luck" exclaimed the
other; "but if it can't be helped, it
can't; and | suppose We will have to do
without music. I've told the manager
often that it would pay to carry mu-
stefan with the company, and not have to
depend upon what we can pick up at
the towns we visit"
At that moment the gentleman barber
had finished the left cheek, and turning
his head to that side, began upon the
right cheek just as Harold's barber had
finished his right cheek, and turning his
face to the right began upon the left.
Then as the occupants of the two chairs
faced each other Harold said:
did l understand you to say just
now, sir, you wanted good violinist?"
EYES," said the other, 81 am the adj
vance agent for Nellie Ellis Comedy
Company, which plays here tonight and
tomorrow night, and / want to find a
violinist to furnish the music for us; do
you know where l can find one?"
81 am at your service" said Harold,
i consider myself first-class violinist
[ am stranger here-having arrived
only an hour ago-and, as / am looking
out for something to do, | would like to
play for you. / think / could fill your
bill"
"Then you are the very man I've been
wanting to see," said the advance agent,
"and, if you would just as leave, when
you are shaved, we will go up to the hall
together. Can you play duets with a
piano?"
eyes"
"Then l will have the lady ] have en-
gagged come up to the hall this afternoon,
and you can practice together for to-
night"
Harold was naturally musician, and a
violinist of decided skill, and furnished
excellent music that evening and the
next. After the performance was over
on the second night, the manager and
advance agent had a talk together, and
they proposed to Harold that he should
become an actor. He would receive
small salary, and would have to take
small parts, and furnish the music.
Should he develop any decided talent
IOT tHe pIoltsSiOh, TIC Wouiu NC given
every chance to rise as rapidly as he
could. Would he GO? Nothing could
please Harold better tor several reasons.
He had always, from early boyhood, had
fancy, almost a passion, for the stage,
and he felt sure he could act small parts
successfully. Besides, travelling with
theatrical company under an assumed
name, he had but little fear of--the gal
lows. His crime would never find him
out, and he might yet rise to wealth and
fame. He soon made bargain with the
manager, and when the troupe left the
next morning, Harold went with them
as Cecil Basye, the name which he had
assumed.
In very short time Cecil developed
great talent for acting, and, as he soon
learned to like the business, he studied
necessarily, and put his whole energies
into the profession. We cannot follow
him through all his varied adventures
for the next four years, during which
time he travelled with different compa-
MES all over the United States, steadily
advancing in the profession, until we
find him, five years after he left N,
playing the leading parts in large,
first-class dramatic company. He had
risen to the height of his ambition; for
he was famous, and his name adorned the
fences and bill-boards in colored letters