The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-25
now CAME To GO ON TEE
STAGE.
From the Law TO Comic OPera-HoW
RyIey Passed his NOvitiate

When wss lad. served tenn
AS Office boy 10 an Attorneys hrm
| II. ". s P.Ec6e
For the CHRISTMAS HERALD.
4 quotation that fits my situation
exactly.
Yes, l was intended for the law, that
is. by my estimable parents, but the
feeling of rebellion must have taken
possession of my soul, while that sou
was yet in petticoats, and on being
fairly grated into a dried up tree Of
jurisdiction, 1 showed my contempt
for administrative justice, in rather
neatly executed double shuttle per
formed on a slanting writing desk.
It was not that objected to the Jaw
for its sake. but that the kind Of labor
it entailed was particularly abhorrent
| to me.
Nv family did not tax e much stock
in afnusements land as theywere deemed
unnecessary q every day life, especially
a boy 's) was forbidden Theatres, Music
halls and variety shows. 1t is perhaps
for this reason that l managed 10 60
every where and See every thing. and
during those stolen revels sowed the
fatal seeds" as have heard them ces-
cribed.
| IL is astonishing what memory l had
in those days. I knew all the COmie
Songs after one hearing, could cary
away any amount OF difficult - steps II
nv eve Tor rather in my feet,) and l
was well y-rsed in the standard plays
having spent many q boarded siXpen'e
TO that end in Lacy's (now Frenca s.
Library.
OF course I had TO read by stealth. out
any one who has seen Lawyers ClerE
decorating q blotter with bottle Of INK
and his finger for brush Will under
stand that he is not generally the BUSIEST
youth in t5wn,
I was not inthe receipt of big wages,
and as had 70 find myself out o.
them. many is the tussle that has gone
on concerning the purchase OF 3 new
necktie, or a new play book. the latter
was generally triumphant, and con-
tiuUed TO beat time with my pen ls-d
| s.Elocute" in nv brief reading
Being a pretty good writer 1 could
generally manage 70 get plenty Of over
| time work, and If / msnaged TO COPY
fifty folios OF an eveuing, "a folio i
seventy two words IL went lor- VI.
towards defraying my amussll=-'
expenses.
With such rem. uaeratiOu in view,
generally went 10 the Theatre tirst. ana
started my work to pay for the l1xHrEl
on nv return near midnight
II was on such an occasion, "a ueIl-
orable night that accident first pre-
sented me TO a circle OF amateurs.
was going TO write "a select circle but
truth is nv motto and l will not.
Ash have intimated, l had been 70
the play and now made my pace prets!
lively in the direction OF my Governor
Office. [ ALWAYS did my writing there
and the head clek allowed me door key
for the purpose of getting in after hours
think those corridos and stairWays-
never looked so gloomy as on that night
with the glare of the fOotlights stII ~
NV eve aud the strains of the orchestra
still in NV ears; however it had TO &c
done so l whistled my way upstairs,
entered the dusty office and settled
down to work with q will.
TWAS burlesque 1 had wItnesstC
that night. and do what l could Ihs
comic lawyer would get between me
and the foolscap; he was so persisIen.
that at last I made a sketch OF him IRON
memory, and the result was so absardH
grotesoue 70 my mind, that l laugheC
out loud, in a manner calculated u
| shake the foundation. In q secOhu'
heard what took to be an echo Only
instead of being fainter than the orignAl
sound, il seemed noisier and 1O4'
prolonged. -,
This was certainly odd behavior On
the part of an echo, and ! listeheH
with bated breath; presently can can ~
sound Of footsteps overhead iobo"7 -
more laughter, and then -ch.e
singing. and banjo accom- Pa;i''--'''
That settled my nights wCr.- 800
| vino conId copv rnusty old SENTENCES
with such revelry going on over one -
head? Not |, that's very CERTAIN anu ~ y,
Green cautiously out OF the othce up -
nsrt iight. and 10 station myseI ~
iistaninS attitude at The door Cd e-.1hdn.
- 70 the work OF n few r-0urL,
7 conId'nt see anything Is the seyhSe,S
1-ss occupied by the ley. but 4 80
be.r every word, and rs song .ts'e' 80
was given. and story after s1O'.
7 was perfectly speilbound. .,o,sd
knew that these rooms were ,s,,,,---ssi-s'
by some young men o. .u alberto
PERSUASION, o1L 1A@ ~
VI .,,,,st nave been glued to that -
- :. least three quarters OF 81 1-Ssr
/ 5vr;th M coat collar turned up Jdsn
w - 800 al tbe drLught,) when $500,
o.1aninS OF the door, OWNS ",rsat
Psss,,Ss on il. threw me WIZ 7flu
PPrecinitation and mush lr'sI'
length into the room ,,,,i,tsi OF
SSch astonishment as was ce Tier be
the faces Of my oehoiusTs '"'
/ imagined than desc 'SS-,,F of the reeA
. taken BY the serum y u an and
Wa 80 time 20 get my sell ~ man
tS, :, Language more emPN
y