The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-14

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come to join us-Mr. Jameson, from III
Theatro K yal, Duidse.' Every one bowed
colilv. nona more eddy than the new
conner The Captain retired, AMI left
Jatuieson to mike his way as best he could.
Evidently the prCenroouI WAS not dispo ed
to FER Il m n curttal welcome. iheatret
are very conservative .nsttu ions and the
CORP, dfamatiquc regarded the stranger Al
an nteriopcr ana 20 sible uespass4sr Oh
VESTED in ereSl>.
rL,r, wn- Il dead silence. At last one in.
,ulent young iuprv, an incpient light com
..ilap, VITO Hal ican taking stock OF jimmie
son tl.ron.b III eyeglass, suprrci!iousS re-
iugrkei:
"Dundea! Hat hem! There is such a
place some g here. l believe il is devote ell
irely to the manufacture OF 'narma'ade."
"Nat entirely, replied Villa. "ri4ey
manufacture men there ocra7i nally."
"Nen sIrs' echorl young hopeful.
yves ani very good men, to-" coItnuej
" lie, With intrer!urba he erhNt'; "Lut
they doi't venture to compete with the
netropolis of the country in the ulanuiac
tur. of puppe. y And turning OIL his heel,
he left the room. The roar OF lau1 hter
which followed hi exit told him that his
tir,t shot had struck bone.
After iha, the fast young men ''let him
severely ulon.. and th" other nieuberi oil
the coupal =, finding h was IA modest and
uuass,uniug as he coul be pugnacinus wheel
the occa aston warranted, began TO thaw, b.
came communicative. and finally reeevel
him with cor iia!lty.
Every dav and every night ae visited ths
greenrooih for week or ten days, but Ito
sign of his name appeared i'll any Il the
cast. Al last. up went The Miller AMI
His Mon" AMI he found himself down for
Grindof. Then Master Willie dill very
riide tlInr Before all Israeli he smashed
til pane OF glass in tho cast case, took out
the ca It of THE Miller AMI His Men," tore
it in pieces, puD it in the fire. and stirred it
up wi tn poker
maGin, f.you can the CONSERVATION Of
the court of st. Petersburg upon behcldng
lvan Nanoyi,sch, ensign in the lmper, al
Guard, walking into the awful presence of
tie autocrat of all the RuSaias, and tearing
up, undo" hi' very nose, The last imperial
ukilse. Then You may form som- liant idea
Of the El nhur@h green, DOM ut this act OF
unparallc q Gidacjty. AT this moment the
stage manage catered to put up tn call Tor
the ichear sal % Tho Miller an His Men"
On tn ic.nw,ng day. The gallant Captain
was Il much astoli5hnl as the rest whe /
Jaini,s N sad, very quietly: You can
sp,ra yourself the trouble OF putting up that
call, Captain; / shall not be here Make
my compliments tJ VI and say ] don't
play Gr,nlo!l'S, or meiolramatic luttians Of
that description 1t was distinctly under,
STOOD that | was to open in Hamlet, and ]
upnn in thGt part and no other. If don't
hear fl ON you ietorc II O'clock Tomorrow
morning Ia Of 10 Lpnlon by the null
Good evening, sir; goos evening, ladie, and
gentleneu.' The moment lie left the room
the place was all aliys With cagcrncs3 aud
expectation
O.d Nj iuel his, eople with a rod OF
iuu. HE means of ,nimGntcation with
England were 81 few, an tia journeys SO
~! cu,ve, that the ma jor,ty of the com.
pany hal 10 grin and bear tie managerial
caprice, however unjust it might be. Ne
one as Vet had the pluck 10 bell the cat
hence every holy regard ID Willie MS the
champion of the company.
The STAG manager pullcl his white nous.
tarip.
'Ii'm Mutiny!' lie growiel; but like
tn lli'5 spirit. and begld, tn, old heggat
shall have il hotW So SAVING he made his
way 10 the managerial sanctum, where he
gave Wlllle's message to the autocrat, with
various verbal embellishments.
Old Nj mer ly scrat chel hi, ear with
bis pen, and sail, Dear M! dear me a re-
maIkable Young man. Do you think he
means iUE.
81 don't think anything about it, sir, I'm
quite Sura of it."
Dear me, dear mo. What time does the
mail go tomorrow"
Twelve O'clock
well. we'll; come to Mo in the morning
at II. Meanwhile, I'll sleep on it."
Next day, mt 1870, Jameson was at the
coach Off a with his baggage. He waited
until l:jD then h. booked for London and
paid his iare,
Twelve o'clock came. He took Lis seat on
the box lc'ide the driver. the guard blew
his horn, the driver Hourishe / his whip. and
was al ont to start, when lot down L,itL
walk cam, the Captain, pulling and blow,
ing like a erampus Waving his ha. and
his handkerchief he called out, '.Stopl stopl'
III driver pullei up, excIaiming:
whats thu row nnwH
"Ncthing,' Gasped til, Captain: ''bui
you. sir! MI. Jameson. come down,,l went
your
Too lat, Captain replied Willie.
Drive ON, coachy,'
But TIL You it's all rightr roared the
Captain.
"llamlet or nothing" said Jamie son.
'Oh! Hamlet, Othello Macbeth-tht
whole lot of them; only, cone down"
''On your honor SIRE
"On my honor as a gentleman
'Al rght!' and Willie sprang down like
"a 2-year- Id Selling his carpet-bag, he
spun over Il half crown almost the last hs
bal lefD to the guard, and returned tri,
umphantly to the theatre. where the BOYS
struck up see the Conquering Here
Comes" to the intense annoyance of old
NJ, who couldn't avoid hearing this
spontaneous outburst of musical mutiny.
The following Monday Jameson opened
in Hamlet, AMI was received with very
great enthusiasm by a crowded house. A
call before the curtain was then not so b M
an honor as it is nowadays, and when At
the end of the play he was callel forward
he was more than delighted. Just as he
was about to make his exit a lady seated in
the privat, box to his ri ght threw him a
| laurel wreath AMI disappeared as if by
magic Although he had barely time tc
catch glimpse oi her pale fac, AMI flashing
eyes, he recognized the mysterious lady OF
the pony chaise at Aberdeen. As soon Us
he left tae stage his quick eye detected I.
card which was attached by piece of rib.
bon. Ca one side these words were written
in boil bu, feminine hand: you told
me once >houli ever ncei friend, l might
rely on yol. need one now"
On the other 81 IL was engravel;
Miss FLORA MACALLIsTER,
Athol House.
Below was written:
AT home tomorrow frcm II to 81
ITO be continucdl