Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-08-03
Trials of a TIcke.Ttaker.

III luC ihCdeAG SOSA 1e4NN@y
gets measured for g front seat and compla-
Gently anticipates an evenings amusement
the few following facts may be tound new
if not entertaining. Be that as it may they
are culled from actual experience and, as
our neighbor. Solomon Isascs, would say,
.sThey are novelty gocts my friend" But
Icok il Is nearly time to open the doors.
Get the checks ready. Where is the
ticket box Janitor, have you looked undeI
the seats.
"Yes, sir, and found two boys hiding
till the doors opened. They said they fell
asleep there in the afternoon"
''WelI, already, open the coors. Tickets.
Don't crowd so.
The first man presents pass. He ha:
helped to juggle baggage.
.tSland backl won't take dead head
ticket to begin with; that would be bac
luck. Yes, you may laugh, but it is an il
omen. Well, all callings have their sign:
and superstitlons and even the theatrica
profession have theirs-and why not
Their Shakespeare's plays are full Of then
ticket, sri"
'Just want to look in for a second:
am looking for Jim Jones; just want tC
take peep and see if he's in there"
No. sIr ! can't go in-"
Bat I'll come right out
s'Oh, I've no doubt The last man thai
told me that, did come right out-wf er
the play was over. Stand back, please.
Ticketsl"
81 am the engineer at the Leather Steak
Hotel. Can't you pass me :"
''N.w why should we pass youf"
81 tend the boiler and heat the Louse. y
"You DO, eh do you know that We pay
fifty cents per day extra for the use of this
heat but go in and be-be happy and try
and keep the temperature in my loom just
little warm. Ticketsl
a drive hack. am waiting for
some folks brought here. Can't 90 in-
side little whiiei | brought two OF your
ladies up from the depot to-day"
"Youf you did. and you wanted to
charge them dollar too much, aud you
insisted on fifty ceats overpay. There is
the ticket box right there-gO and invest VI
Exit hackman muttering vengeance ON
Snowman.
''Say, mister, will you lei the Two OF us
in for quarter? Dat sll we's got"
No, sir you've got more money thanthat
"HCpe may die if we have"
''Well. you can't get i'll. -
Swell. will yer let us in for forty ccnts.'
'Th .ught you had only quarIerl"
We'll, dis feller LIE found fifteen cents
IN his pocket"
go in and keep quiet"
Mister, give me u check to go ou,i''
mo; no checks given TIL after the
first act"
''But | want to 90 out.
''Weil. go; I'll remember YOU
But look he is met by committee of
ragged urchins outside. There is some
thing dark a; d pOrtentious in their looks.
Listen: ''Say, Shorty, did yer get a
checkl' No; he won't give any till af-
ter de first act." Say, fellers, dat's all
right after Shorty goes in Ill wait little
while and go in wild u crowd and when he
asks me for my check FL tell him dat he
sed he'd remember me- =" fhis boy is the
leader Of the gang, necessarily 50 on ac-
count of hs cunning and audacity. He
goes-he succeeds. A second tries. but the
imposition tails and he is elected in an un-
comfortable way. Now the faiGre and de-
moraliZatiCn of the secJnd boy is blessing
in disguise, for it makes him fea.ful of
ways that are crooked, while with the first
the SUCCESS of his scheme leads him in.o
path which ends in the Stale prison or an
ign miuious death.
The first act is now finished. There is
a rush for checks at the door. -Four
beers this way" But look the small
boy is Matching new conspiracy against
the doorkeeper, Of course. a gang oS them
surround one of Their number, who is the
proud possessCr of check. They talk in
a whisper They retire to the sidewalk.
There is some deep, designing plot on foot,
more potent than the first. By the light of
a street lamp they examine the cheek. No
bank detector could look more searchIngly.
SAY, Skinny, let's see all dem old tickets
you gOt-de ones you hooked from de
show" The tickets are brought to light.
The colOrs carefully selected to match the
genuine check as near as possible; a knife
shapes them 10 the desired size. To the
uuaccustomed eye they are fac simile.
Among the crowd that hurry past the door
keeper, eager to regain their seats, the first
boy edges his way. He reaches the door,
quickly hands his check, shoots like bui-
let, and is lost in the crowd. He is scarce
Iy in when the fraud is discovered The
next boy tres the same game, but the door
keeper is on the alert. Exit small boy
with his coaI-tail full of boots Poor boys,
al hope is gene. No; stop! There is
one recourse ieit-lhe back door that leads
to the stage. Ah,n BARLEY Campbeil's
company was in Elnira recently, | hap
pened TO be on the stage, and was stand
ing in the prompter's corner. | thought
l heard an unusual noise, of crowd hurry
Ing down tine stairs. Ii appeared Us
though the sounds came from under the
stage. called the attention of one of the
stage carpenters to it. He said the no St.
did nvI proceed from Under the Stage but
from some of the members of the company
that were dressing up stairs. turned up
the stage to attend to something. On COM
ing back again met two boys. One was
comfor,aOly seated by the stove, the other
looking through the wings at the play
Boys, what are you doing herei" ''We
worn here" what do you do ?" ave
help wId baggage" You didn't with our
baggage. How did you get ON the stages"
I'VE lad Il ticket" Jun, snow these
bows uul through the front door"