, 1879-03-09

Office on Union Square about i've minutes
when telcgraph-messeuger came in WITH ols-
match for him. Opening it, he read:
Can send you ''Piua1ore" party At once
F-D g. Z--M-R-MN.
Eight words 25 CENTS. Collect
Mac was about to reply, when district tele-
graph-boy dashed into the room with a city
message, which ran thus:
Am now making up q travelling company to Play
.'Pinafore through the country. i. ana Gan send
them to you for week. eena 1ep's ~ ST.
Theatre
"All right" said Mac to the boy. "Tell him
III be up there by and BY"
The messenger turned and charged u1adly
from the office. As he passed out through the
door, two other lads came In. One was from
the telegraph office, and the other was appa-
reutly an ordinary errand-boy. Both carried en-
yelopes addressed to J. H. McVieker. The old
gentleman took each letter, opening the tele-
gram first. It read:
Louisville with - Pinafore" next week. Re
ccipts for four nights here, Sl2. 600. VIII come
to you one week for 90 pfB cen. Eross receipts
Collect, 25 words, s.. so.
Mac began to get pale, but he opened the
other message. It was worded as follows:
We are turning away Thousands ev{y nehtWStds 81 S'od
ahead, but can let you nave week IN CulcaSo luz
95 per cent Of gross. Reply by bearer;
j. c. fn-F-n.
The old gentleman now grew excited. But
he had sclt-command enough left to order the
boys out of the Office. They hadn't fairly left,
though, when there came an ominous runbllng
from below, and, in another instant, at least
twenty messengers, Of every conceivable shape,
size, and degree Of personal cleanliness, dashed
in. Each of them held, a note, and each note
was addressed to j. Il. olcFlck Inc veteran
managers hand began to tfemple as'he opeueo
the first. 1t was:
Am now travelling With P,anafore" and ~ max max
people, and my principal feature 1s stsees
each day Tnrning away pe9p1e every nst ~ I'M nn
CONE ~ - 1ictct. from here to CHI
~ gtoe'' s'u ~ ""'" r McD-S-u-cH.
Fiftv-two words: collect 81 rs.
Ma ,oe,od hut n,id Nv the tima he had
Aae gasp.u' nas p,a tha |ha3IwaT n and sidp-
Ieiu tac oAtu ~ tneseau tJ e1o.a.;h ho,e a,d tha
MaaA Me!S bo., ,,a+;a tSat thara uas rtot IN
polee eau ue'A T,rantV n,;nu1es Later natoon
of % ofiicors arrived and cleared: the pavement,
ao' : - Ivy Gin TInion romnanv csme rpnninr m
the ntslei4 unloa - snaa,sa anie, c5caf
me saree1, 1,r mnen m " ~ eafe 1nnn,e VIA an
ahos Ma1 ma9 y = IS, n,on,b He manageG howevcr
to reach o9t ieeply anu lake as tbeas nts "
"as lro'ii en1eas7o a.u eo.ta n..s~" - $50
Seven hundred and twenty Pinafo!e . compar
mes appneu 10. tinle al !hc;r teiae!oms are
per ceae and III insist on having tbeir fares
sdvanced. Treasurer is already insane, and Sharpe
hss 'e6 n terror: nv own reason is totterins Ad-
yisc me, Fifty one words. PAID. HORACE.
11oc fo;nted several hours nassed before he
wax restored to consciousness, and it was feared
that be would die. But he recovered gradually,
schcne was tn Hy M a long dispatch Of about
son ...nrds sav,no he i7iIn,f want sPnafore.H
wn,Idnst have II at any p.icc, and swearing O
solemn oath that be would slay the ,arst man
Mno W a salu tne to eTerv man who Ind pre-
r;onslv uwired u MIN. Aid since that unhappy
~" b.' hos csrried a shotu11n on al] occasions.
R;t he he wears an anSious. hunted look which in-
e,,;res = oreat deal at symnathy and every time
bc sces ti,ree-sheet poster Of tsPinafore,n be
hl,a IN NE foce and pets away as fast as
~ sdi ~, ns o'ue AZ '4'S AA~s' "1e1 eS'~
he 4. ~ +a,.o-onhod sotpr7av nicht Mr.. Me-
wicker has purchased Tie risht to produce ".
G;ihert's :. Fnnared ), in seven States. The
-. .n :; ,,dorhtei1v a wise one and there
no1I LILLY - - -, 1ooJ dea1 If money IN f. Tho
;o4. oro a1raadr at work mon ti1e niece. aud
lo p dn;,,a +ha he:t thev Ennw how tn rob The
na;t;aff, uu.nf, +;,to,v,e-s Wr ahhor hos made
eroat e,sccas. ~ thc niav in Ncw York a. one
e1 .ooJ;s, ,,,,darz+o1i when n ie stated that
~ '+hnr'a ehare ~ thc nrofits so far reaches
tho -.ar1 t;dv s,;n, n ea1, or ohout 81 nm At
th; 'stJ ce ~ tho 1,me fhe +hicvae stcn IN and
-. ~ al9 +l,ro,,rh The cottii ii1trv snr-
W., thov ~ 4 1nI,}:h conies t the comedv WITH
~; u.sa t,a ~t 80 an, royoItv rnotovcr eycentinr
Vue t p-.1isr wb;ch these peR
t @ otha- rtrnc;ons II heI,.o,Tncrs md
sn. lo1 senu' o11Ia aIatta-. hnya a. comc r. a
nss.ass a..s: e.. ;aaaoa 1rba1 On honest mon-
@ pae!.s ,aba rho' ia's ;s s1ccessfut wit1 niere
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lo5ates ~ .e Wy nn. - lie ehara n 1he
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