, 1879-04-24

rude bench, and rat down ALONGSIDE of It.
There was nothing In the rest Of his dress
to Indicate either extreme poverty or any
thing bordering on the condition known
as wcll.hce'cd. 4 loose cont omeWhat on
the blouse style, pants Of 10 distinctive typc,
high vust, n tuTn-down collar With d wcll.worn
bAck stock underneath uni descending to tic
rr.ion be,leatl hfs vest, completed hts AttIrc.
Mu.t ne;s..u,nlcr such circumstances would tAyo
betrayed spsnu excitement, however little. LIZ
eyillccl none, but vas ns cool and setf-pus-
scsscd as II nothing extraordinary had occurret].
The reporter lost no time III cutting insfae
that cell. md putting him through thc uslal
interviewing exercise. II 1t wasn't thoroughly
successful. It was owing to the hlac*-fcaturcd
young mans bringing up lie is Just frusn 81.
l.uus, a,rl tsn't cAact!y up to Chicago ways,
but pructlcr On theatrical people and the
resulting acqunnta1lcca FORMED with newspaper
men will NJ doubt fix liIh up SO that bclng III
tcrytcwcl will be 10 pleasant u1.a casy Il process
as shooting itself.
"yllat is your namca" asxed the reporter, by
way Of g[cinE the Thing starter.
"Mark Gray"
"l1ow old arc youf'
"Twenty-thrcu."
Hr luuis older than TINT, but pcrs,ars tlat Is
owing IL thu cultivated appearance Ut tile hair,-
tic theatrical apfng, as It were.
"Catuu from st. Loufs, didn't youln
"Ycs."
"Wlun did you leave thcrc1'
"Monday hight; got here Tuesday morning."
"Whns did you du iu St. Luu!s1'
sDry-gooas salesman Ill t'r rlboou depart
,ncnt uf Scroggs, Vandcrvoort l. barney, Oil
Fourth street, ntar st. Charles"
"Did you 1care yonr tobf"
t.Yes; Saturday night"
"Wbyi'
"Askcd for more wages and ,llcY wouldn't
give IT,"
"Wnat did you come mp llerc forl"
"Io shpot Duoth.''
rhls was snid III tte most mattcr-of.fart way
Imaginable.
"What prompted you 10 try sllAt sort of
thIng1"
son TINT am silent"
Evidently t.lc motive was to be worked out
gotten Rt gradually.
"You got here Tuesday morning, ch7''
"Ycs.''
"Whesc have you been stoDp'nsa''
TAT tue hotel near the Illinois Central DE-
pot"
"Wliat did you do Tucsday3"
'0ll, touk In thu town.
IIo Ea1 thls with the strained, hlasc stYfc Of
u farin.I,al un Ills first visit tn tile city.
''DId you meet Booth wlillo taklll; 1t iur'
"So.r
"tio to any place III tho cycususi"
"YeA; to tllu tlleatrc."
"Wllich onci"
"ScVicker'si"
"Why didn't you nop him, then, II you vera
| In fOr tllut sort Of tlfngf"
"Well, wasn't rrady, tl.at's ALL"
"Weru did ynu 20 to-luyi"
"Went TO llavcrlY's this afternoon
"Am you wcMt to Ncv!cxcr's sn,sl!gtt to
have a little matinee of your nwnin
SWELL went to tlo what ltu.'
"Dkl you takc aimi"
"fcs, asll Thought | had The ttrpI, on him,
sure. Don't SEQ llow | lnisscd HIN. tiucss |
ought to lave Ind littla tnoru practice though,
before tried it,
liu satd t'ls With sMllo tl,at was gloomy, but
| contagious.
"Wcll, DO Yuu regret what has hanpcnedf
| Yuuve got yourself intn II rather batl box"
"Oll, ldon't know at,oMt that but EcGFct
that 4lItin't bring him down."
| This was tho very csscnco Of eo!d.b!oodc1-
| ness.
"DId Booth ever 10 yon an nIuryl"
mo, l can't say l'c tlld to mo-"
| "WclI, to any friend Ut yourslh
ayes, suppose so."
"WIlu WIS tIIu frteidi"
| hWtil, l'tn sllrlIt utl that. They may pump
a tittIu out Of mo on lilo trfn, hut not lnucl.t
"Was II a nlatl Or WunlaiIsH
"Wuil, I'm not going t" tell you, say.''
| 1t was necessary to 20 ut 1t in q SILL mora
| roundabout Why,
"11ow lung have you lvod In St. Loulsl'
| "Was lurn ntld raisca there, n,ll hHye lived
there all my lito hut about thu last tou years."
"A1lsl'whcre did you live during that t1uel'
"1n krokuk, 1a."
"tiot any folkss''
"ies.n
| "Fat!.er livIngl"
"Yes, my latllcr IL living"
'rhrro was peculiar accaut on the last word,
ns II to Imply that thu uld gcutlc'ias. lind sono
| difficulty In drawing tilu bsuath ot lito.
Mother liylns3"
ayes"
"Whetol"
"ln Kcohuk-wssh mY stcpfathcr."
There seemed to bu 4 surt OF dlsltko against
! tho adopted mulu p4rcnt, Judging from tho
tonc.
"dot my other relatives In Keokukl"
| "Ono siatus.'
| ,s'IIow Old IL sllol'
"Twenty.nva."
"WEat did you do III Keoku&1"
~ was In thu dFy-goods business there, too.n
"Wtth wiom1"
| "Ypunker uros."
'"Wheu tlla you leave tnema"
| "I.ast fall"
"An.l how long did you work for acroess,
YanderyouEt tE Narneyih
"Eyor siuce-about eight months.'
"Uld you ever aspfro to tbs dratna yourselfl"
| "Nun
| This i3 said with deal ot aua scoru.