The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-03-12
la SOINANBILA.
An Entirely New Version of Ii
Produced by the ''MichaeI
strOGSft" Company.
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81 Lou~ Po,t-DD.ls,b.
The Haverly's Michael Strogoff"
company now playing at the Grand
opera house, had little experience yes
terdav which seemed at first as serious
as il was subsequently ridiculous.
Monday is the salary-day of the COM
pany, and the accounts are always made
up on the day before, so that actors and
musicians can be paid promptly as they
present them elves at Manager Gulick's
room in the Laclede hotel. On last
! Sunday Mr.. H. w. Johnson, the treas
nrer of the company, made out the pay
roll and found that he would need $1,000,
which amount he drew from the theater
Sunday envening and brought up to the
loom occupied by himself AMI Mr.. Guiick.
In the morning everything went smoothly
enough. until the first batch Of
musicians came in Tor their pay, when, to
lis horror. MIR. johnson discovered that
he had just SIS 20 to pay S2,7G0 worth of
claims. Mr.. Gulick was at once notified
and the members OF the company were
Informed that the accounts were not
made up and they would have to cal
gain ar 4 O'Clock Treasurer Johnson
hunted tor the money in every conreivl-
bic place. and finally rave up, convinced
that he had been robbed. Mr.. Gulick was
in quaniary. hut he knew that Mr. lla-
verify would be very angry if salary days
we're Let go by without salaries, and lie
tel, graphcd accordingly TO the "nld
man" telling him that it was impossible
10 explain. buf that johnson had mislaid
S2,10h and would he please 10 send that
amount on by TELEGRAPH? or
course the receipt OF this tec-
gram eNGiiel Mi. Havcrly no little.
He sent the money and an urgent de
mand for particulars. But there were
no particulars to send. The money was
gone, that was about the whole story,
and whore it had gone to or how it had
gone Nj. Haverly knew as much AS any
body III st. Louis. The salaries We're
paid, aud at the performance yesterday
evening there were two gentlemen feel
ing pretty badly, the manager and the
treasurer After the play was over Mr..
Gulick went off with some friends and
did not get back until 3 this morning.
In the room the gas was still burning,
and Mr.. Johnson was kneeling before
his trunk sound asleep. In his hand
was Il letter III a lady's hand, her photo
graph was before him, and on chair at
his side a great big bundle of money.
Mr.. Gulick at once awOke him and asked
what was the matter. johnson did not
know. He had gone to bed and to sleep
and that was all he knew about it.
"And what money is this?'
Great God, that's the money! said
Johnson, jumping to his feet and hIr-
riodly skimming through the pile of
notes. "Nwenty-seven hundred-its all
here" aud the chiliness OF his costume
did not prevent the eXuberant treasurer
from dancing war dance around Man
ager Gulick, who felt good enough him
self to join the May. The explanation
is very simple. Mr.. Johnson has fallen
a victim to the charms Of Il young lady
whom he met in England, and he has re-
repeatedly got Mp III his sleep and read
and re-read her letters The lost money
he has put among them IN the best
place where money can be hidden.
Several bottles of champagne were
broken this morning over the happy
recovery, and peace once more reigns
i'll the ranks of the Michael Strogotl'