Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-03-04

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love duet. This = cIerer and delieiopss
" absurd. The music resembles thsl
seaiIy tripping chorus ID pinnf1re -
Frederic and The young ladies' are a. tht
point Of departure when hey agt' auF.
pFised ~ the re-entry u tko Kssas<
King and bin followers. wlfo heizss =
young ladies. whom they propose g.
merry there and thea ilroagh tliesgen
'cy Of
dpeioF q divinity
Who resides il ths FlkinlkY-
A course OF action. which i arresle. . :.
Mrhes whe = prr - = dfsIass
babIe s..nseq0ence
Hold, monsters Ere yOur pirate caravmnsefy
Proceeds, against our viii, 10 wed u al,
Pay bear sulInd that ~sarsw wsrdsin chancsry.
And father Ii mAj0r-genernll
This announcement Is followed by
the entrance OF the major-geneFal, in
the full uniform Of bis rank, who intro
daces himself ia q patter. song in which
he describes himself As possessed Of ev-
cry accomplishment under the sun-ex-
cept the practical details Of the militia
~ calling: bn -
know our mythic history, King Arthur's and
Ianswer hard aerostics. pvea pretty taste for
quote in eiegiacs, all the crimes Of fHeIIOgaba-
ius.
confess can iioor pecularities parabolus.
can tell undoubted Raphaeis from Gerard Dows
- V~fFm
know the crOaking chorus from the 'Frcgs''
Of Aristophanes.
Then can hum fugue Of which I've heard the
music's din afore
And whistle all the airs from thatinfefnal non-
a. sense stPinafore.''
fean write you ont washing bin in BabylOnic
cuneiform.
And tell you all the details Of Caraetaeus uni
form.
In short in matters vegetables, animal and min
erai,
am very model Of = modern major-ginerali
Having introduced himself, the ma
ior-genefal is horrifed to hear that the
pirates propose to marry hls large Sam-
lily on the spot. 1t suddenly occurs to
him, however, that one PECULIAR Of
these soft-hearted pirates is that they
make rule Of never molesting a. -
phan. "They are orphans thems ses,
and know what il is" Awaiting m
self OF this fact he appeals TO th;sk i
an orphan to spare him and bis -
ters. and his appeal is successful
pirates are moved to tears on 1
that
These children whom you see E4
Are all that can -alf my ownsz =
And the Pirate King atonce release them.
explaining his motive for so doing 10 the
following lines:
Although we live by strife,
We're always sorry to begin IT,;
And what we ask Is life
Without a touch of poetry in II,
At the mention Of poetry the pirates
and the ladies' are moved TO Eneel and
sing the following hymn to her:
Hail, Poetry thou heaven-born maid,
Thou giIdest cen the pirates trade.
Hail, flowing fount Of sentimentl
All bail Divine Emollientl
The young ladies are at once released,
and they, with Frederic and their faith
er. scale the rocks by which they descen-
ded, waving an adieu to the pirates,
who indulge in wild dance of exulta-
dion at the triumph of their guiding
principle as the curtain falls on the FIRST
act.
The second acttakes place in a ruined
chapel on Gen. Stanley's estate. The
General is in a state Of terrible depres-
sion, owing to remorse caused by the
contemplate lie by which he escaped
from the pirates clutches. HIS dangh-
ters endeavor. but vainly, to console
him, and he has come to kneel at the
tombs of his ancestors and implore their
pardon for the disgrace he has brought
upon hitherto unstained escutcheon.
II is little TO the purpose that he is re-
minded OF the fact that be only bought
the property year ago. His reply is
unanswerable.
Frederic, in this chapel are ancestors-you can
not deny that. don't know whose ancestors
they were but know whose ancestors they are,
and as their descendant ssby purchase (if may
50 describe myself. shudder 70 think Of the dis
grace that have brought upon them.
Young Frederic, the ex-pirate, who
is by this time formally besrothed to
Mabel, and who has obtained acommis-
sion in the Eleventh Hussars, is that
night TO lead body OF policemen against
bis former associates, and the police en-
ter 10 receive the Generals blessing be-
fore departing on their hazardous ex-
pedition.
y
The frame Of mind in which they en-
bark on this duty is revealed in . song
by the sergeant OF police (Mr. Clifton,
which is chorused by the rank and file,
who use their clubs as trumPets:
when the foeman bares his steel,
AR (trumpingl- Tsrantara, tarantaraI
We uncomE0rtable feel;
ALL- Tarantaral
And we find the wisest thing,
All TarAntarA, tarankaral
Is to slap our chests aad sing,
ALL TarznterRl
For when threatened with eneafss.
Az Tarantara, taransa1aI
And your heart Is In y0ur b0ofa
Az Tarantaral
There Is nothing brings it round,
Az Tarantara, tarxntaea
Like the trumpet's martial sound,
AEE- Taranfarnl
They receive the Generals BLESSING
and withdraw, Mabel taking q fond
farewell Of Frederic, who Is left alone
to prepare himself for the coming strug-
gle. To his astonishment, Ruth and
fha Pirate Ksno av,rear "A fha wsn1n.~