The Portland daily press., 1880-03-31

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4 hearted pirates they are once more true 70
their maxim of never hsruin- orpharls. and
their king observes
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1 With this the baud resigns al wishes for TIE
| girls in 4 general chorus. all kneeling. tempo
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Han Fes.ry, thoa he-ssn-hern m4id-
Thou gildest cen the pirates trade.
Hail. roWiag fOun; Of sentiment
An hail Divine Emoliienf.
The young ladies are at once released. and
they, with Frederic and their father. scale
the rocks by which they descended. waving Al
adIeu 70 the pirates, who indulge in a Wild
dance of exultation at the triumph Of their
| guiding principle as the curtain falls on the
first act.
THE SECOND ACT.
The second act is ushered in with graceful
orchestral introduction. The scene is laid in
the ruins of a chapel in bright moonlight The
y daughters are assembled around their father.
and sing.
He is disconsolate at his deceiying the pirates.
His conscience troubles him. and he thinks
that he has cast a slur upon the escutcheon Of
his ancestors.
told them terrible story.
And this has diminished my glory.
Frederic, however, pacifies the papa's feel
ings, saying that the stucco is not dry yet, as
the castle was bought only a year ago, and as
to the ancestors buried in the chapel, they are
not those OF the major-general. Indignantly
this worthy replies: Frederic. in this chapel
are ancestors-you cannot deny that. 1 don't
know whose ancestors they 1cere but know
whose ancestors they are, and, as their descend
ant by purchase Gf may so describe mysef)
L shudder to think of the disgrace that i have
brought upon them"-a piece of Mr.. Gilbert's
wit which never fails to bring down the house.
Frederic, who is now in the uniform of an Off
Ger in ii. b. NJ. IS army, Eleventh Hussars, says
he is about to attack and annihilate the pirates
The Inajor-general wishes to bestow his blessing
upon him and his men before they leave on
their dread adventure" and upon Frederic's
signal these heroes appear in the shape of ten
policemen, costumed like the London .i'Bob-
bies, armed with lighted bull's-eye lanterns
and the customary clubs, and headed by very
comlcal character With song, accompanied
by the mems faithful imitation of bugle
sound, the sergeant informs the listeners of the
duties and peculiar situations of policemen--as
policemen would view them if they were all of
such sarcastic mind as Mr.. Gilbert. Mabel and
Kate implore the policemen to do their duty,
to scorn death and be brave. A lovely bouquet
Is given to the sergeant, who fastens it to his
button-hole, saying that the outlook for death
is not very cheerful ''but it is evident that
these attentions are well meant"
s%erg-When % the foeman draws his steel,
Serg-we uncomfortable feel,
Cho-Taratara
serg-And we find the wisest thing,
Cho-Taratara! taratara!
Serg--Is to slap our breasts and sing.
Cho.-Taratara.
Serg.-For when we're threatened by the enemies
Cho-Taratara taratara!
SeTg-And our hearts are in our boots,
Cho.-Taratara.
Serg-T There is uothing brings them round
Like the trumpets martial sound.
Like the trumpet's martial sound.
Cho.-Taratara! taratara!
They receive the generals blessing (which
does not seem to have the effect of raising their
spirits, inasmuch as it is confined to a recon-
mendation to ''go to death and go to slaugh-
ter and withdraw, Mabel taking fond fare
well OF Frederic, who is left alone to prepare
himself for the coming struggle. To his aston
isnment, Ruth and the pirate king appear at
the window at the back of the stage and, hold
ing pistols to his head, mplore him not to
slaughter them until he has heard what they
have come to tell. Under the circumstances,
he is scarcely a free agent, and they proceed to
tell him that, after his departure, they dis
covered that he was apprenticed to tkelr band,
not until he reached his 21st year, as they had
imagined, but until he reached his 2fst birth
day-a more material distinction than might
at nrst sight be supposed, inasmuch as he was
born on the 18th of February, in leap year, and
that birthday will not be reached until A. ID.
1870 The situation is set forth as follows:
For some ridiculous reason-to which have no
wish to appear disloyal
Some person in authorityI don't know who-but--
- very likely the astronomer royal, -
Has decided that although for such beastly month
as February; twenty-eight days general
rule are plenty,
In one year in every four its DAYS shall be counted
nine and twenty.
By singular eoincidence--I should wonder if it
fairy,
You were made victim to this clumsy arrangement,
;th nashg eesn - Dorn IN leap year. ON the twenty
And SO by simple arithmetical process you will
That although you have lived twenty-one years vet
HIVE we e. e. by birthdays, you are but five and
They all laugh heartily at this queer conjunc-
ture. Frederick asks, naively, whether they
I noio nlm 70 that paper, but they reply that
they merely refer the matter to mis- sense of du-
ty. This appeal has never failed them, and
Frederick again becomes one of them; but,
when on the point of leaving, he holds back
and tells them the terrible story that the old
maJor-general is not an orphan (and what is
worse, he never was one). The chief sees at
once that the major-general invented this "fib''
to save his contemplate life," and oaths are
uttered vowing the major-general to DEATH
The chief and Ruth depart to return anon with
the whole band. In the meantime Mabel ap-
pears and is apprised by Frederick of the leap
year incident. whats to be done?" he asks
her, and she consents TO wait for Thin until his
stsbirthday, Feb. 90, 1910. He then leaves
once moro to join the pirates. In the mean
time the unfortunate Boobies return Ques-
TONED by Mabel, they state that they have no
leader Frederick commanding them no long
err. and they sing song and chorus with the
refrain" that "a policemans lot is not hap
py one" so arranged that the last words or
syllables of the sergeant are caught up by the
chorus of nine and rendered unisono Then
follows scene something as follows:
Sergeant
Tho in body and in mind Taratara,
We are tmidly inclined Taratarai
And anything but blind Taratarai
10 the danger that's behind; Taratarai
Yet when the dangers near Taratara!
We manage to appear Taratara!
As insensible to fear Taratarai
As anybody here. Taratara!
Chorus (spoken)-As anybody here.
Mabel-Sergeant, approach. Frederic was to lead
you to death and to glory.
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