The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-07
Uncle Toms Cabin.

During the thirty-five hundred times
that Mrs. G. c. Howard has played Topsy
she has met with many laughable adVen-
lures. It was necessary on one occasion
to leave on a midnight train, after the
performance, for a distant city in which
to play the following Monday night.
Hurry as they did, the curtain fell very
late, only giving her time to sefze her
travelling cloak and baggage and reach
this outgoing train. With the Eva of
this tour by the hand, and her anxious
Howard, loaded with satChels, the party
boarded the cars while in motion out Of
the depot.
Mrs. Howard, who had no time to wash
up, attracted little attention, being accept
ed as the nurse Of the lovely little Eva,
but once ensconced in their section, +"
the original Topsy seized a toilet satchel
and made for the ladies' dressing-roOm.
A young colored girl, considering this a
good opportunity to get acquainted with
the other darly nurse, followed her in
and then she beheld her supposed cOun-
tryWOman undergoing transitiOn-the
inky fluid poured over TOpsy's face each
time leaving it a lighter shade.
Then the colored girlsto not upon
the order of leaving, but left at once,
shouting through the car : shes done
come white; fo' de Lord dat nigger is all
washin' off! Pears like it was de soap
Run, boss, an I never will forgin you.
Only get me some of dat ar soap r'
Thus the excited darky whOOped up
and down the car till every passenger
was on end with curiosity and anxiety
to know if a collision had taken place,
and many hearty laugh was had with
the quiet little lady, who had done
come white" the night before.
During long run of "Uncle Tom in
an eastern city, the family of the gentle
Eva went to housekeeping; and during
the occupation of the elder forces a small
bOy-brOther to Eva (the Eva en- this oc-
CasiOn being Miss Lulu Prior)-strayed
away and was lost in the strange city.
Moving was suspended and hunting com
menced but the child was not found.
Audiences must not be disappointed,
however, and so the poor little sister was
forced to array herself for the part, wash
off the tears, and try and forget that her
little brother was lost. But during the
evening the runaway was found, and the
parents, to relieve their little daughters
mind, took him directly to the theater.
The death-sCene of Eva was on; Top
sy, with her apron on her head, Crouched
on the floor. Seeing, out of a corner,
the recovered youth, Topsy said in a
whisper: "Hold young NebuChadnezZar
up"
Eva lay on the couch-St. Clair bent
over her with the question:
What do you see, Eva, darling% To
which the dying child was only to reply:
-jOy-peace," and fall back
dead upon the pillow.
Just as Eva raised her head feeblV,
lifted her hand, and commenced the bro
ken sentence, she spied her rebound bro
ther. With cry of joy, she extended
her little arms toward him, and broke
out:
"Oh, see-see, he's foundl he's there,
and 1 never thought to see my little bro
ther again )" then recOllecting her part,
she gave a great gulp of fright, fell back
spasmodically to the studied words, and
cried out, "Loye-joyLpeacew and
dropped her head upon the pillow.
The scene was never more affecting
sobs were heard on all sides. The speech
was so heartfelt that the audience felt
sure it was a part Of the play-that the
dying Eva was supposed to have a vision
of lost brother, waiting on the mystic
shore for the launching of the little life
leaving this-and many of them, no
doubt, feel cheated to this day of a clever
point by the cutting down of Eva's death
speech to the words, Love !-ioy!-
peace"