The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-24

Usually his poo stupid Lead had room
onl, Tor one ides but NJ last rs :aana ged t
snug cie in two at one a1t the sans time
His frs Idea was, 90 the siren 9TH Of hi
handsome faee and coaIely carca - TO maxi
a wealthy marriage In ord r To enabl,
him To carry ont tins i ghiy lau1abla OBI ect
he managed, thrUugh'l4i5 fai hers name and
his mothers influence, to- ges hiuf'elf nomi
mattel FOR 4 coruetcy in Che Midlothian vol
un.eers; ami a very pretty figure lie made
III his uniform whenever he had a chance Of
airing 1T His seeoni, AMI it must be con
fesse1 most dominant, idea was to 90 on tbs
stage and make his fortune Others had
done So, why should not he'
At that period there we're not-at Least
not in Curly's set -m1nC marriageablt
young ladies OF LARGE fortune, so he con
templatel SEEKING firth woods and pas
lures new" But there was n difficulty not
wholly upconneced WITH coin of the realm
SO he was condemned 10 vegetaie in Aud
Rcekie,' at least for the present
He was 30" five or six and twenty, and
had never Jcna a hands turn to make him
self useful IN his life; nor. inIe, /; had he
the slightest intention Of so dong Hi
mission was To he or,iui,lcuial. and re knew
H. touii he e. o. tan an opportunity OF
disI lay iLs his manly beauty on the stage
The ~.otnen-heir' ssas specially ould bow
DOWN before sild worship hirn Suilima in,
spiration He would get up al amateur
performance Tor the purpose of providing
the Hlg FLANDERS Of lie Helrilei With
brecchc-. To illustrate the impol lance Of
small clothes, the comedy OF "The Be.le'-
stratagem' was elected, and Curly was
to lie noricunit. He had aighted on his
feet. He was lo'n com 'dian-ho had ami
nal spirits in ahuu lance his laughter was
contag ious, AMI h. was suhlnnHly and un.
consciously imrulp. That he was good
looking no one could DEM. In fact, when Sin
Georg4 T.ucLwo,i rXelaimrI: Contour
the dog, how band. olo he hook r. every
one indorari tho opinion. Ncz5 day the
block hea Is in thu pl t'"s pronounced him a
genius tnl!-tndEts.--tAft. in fac, lie had
only to sh him III n Lon Ion to extin-
guisii Charla' krmje, Eiliatun, Jones and
the rest oi til Lonlon players. The resi-
dent hrh5 concdian VS. a very distin-
guished actor, bat, of course, he wasn't to
compare with the new Doricourt
Curly'' mother, Il Strict tre5by terrain, by
no means approved Of her datib,g's dis
grazing the house % Ca NJ, bell l,y exhibit-
ing himself as Stage PLACER, aul several
differences of opinion aro7' between item
On the SUBJECT. These ial%lri eliminated
in fit of apol leEy, which cut short The old
laly'S life and his means Of living, as, OF
course, his mothers annuity terminated
with her existence. To do the led Justice
he was very fond of his mother and her
loss was n great blow 10 him Sine had left
him small hoard of two or ttrei hunI ed
pounds, which she bad sciaped together
with great difficulty; but he soon mad
ducks and brakes ot that AM it was
melting away rapidly when Harry John
ston, the Scotch Roicius,' II ha was called,
came down from, London for Il few nights
to star" in his native city. Johnston was
n very handsome man and Il very tine actor
His acting was revelation 10 Carly, who
became q relhot part sun. and distinguished
him elf by lie GcmOistra:ivr l'fNnr Of ms
admiration. On he las nig ut ut Iisaugacl =
m2nt tie Rcscin' llltti.iu;c that he hal
Lcen driven cut OF Lun,oI in consequence
Of ha wing taken { lie liberty to thrash that
fiat Adonis Cf forty The Prince Regent,
for insulting his (Johustou's) wife, and that
he lad taken the theatres II Aberdeen and
Dundee, and was now gong to setia down
in mana cement in his native land. Next
day Curly got one of the actors to intro
duce him to til, new manager, AMI sue
ceedel there and then in obtaining an eli
gagement. lie had achieved one step ON the
road to fort tune.