Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-09-24

Csualy his poor stupid head had room
only for one idea Int a. last h.. mana ed 4
snu9.rIa IN two 20 one and the same time
Eis .st IDEA was, on t4e stTen., IN OF hi
La : m. face 9ud cOin-l. chr,t,-,, a. uit,,;,
welthv mar az, II or;i = CnH"lt
Ina 10 CARY out tli., ghlv Ian abe j ct
b. nan"~ed - Il IA 80 ia hers nLuie an
Lis mothers influence. 10 re T. n~eli 1arni
Ia Ell iOr cOrartCY IN The Md !othlan vol
uriee'': e"i p very pre-. fi-H q he ma ie
III hs uniform whenever he hal g chance oi
al n 1t His s'-cOn /. AMI At must be con-
lea e most ION nan, ia was 10 "p on the
stage and make his fortune. Others had
done So, wLv should mol mes
At iha perod here We're not-at Least
not in Cnrly'i set -mauv marriagaal,le
Young ladies of lar.e oriune, SD he CON
tcmpIltei ZEE iinr "frA-h woods ani ras-
lures new" But there was difficulty not
wholly unc7n1ec cd with coin of the realm,
So ha waS condemned 20 vege'a q in Aud
ReekIe." at Last for L O prc-ent
He was NOW five or SIX and twartv ard
had ncver j IA = hauI'- run to MAKE bin
self u fu. IN rs "a: ior. iui"A!, had h
the sigh est mention ii sp Tong HI,
mission va, 70 b. ornaWen'al AMI q knew
1t. Could he ONLY o t. n an Up y unity of
disIla ying his manly b MY o. he : age.
the wcnen-heir, sScs ESPECIAL y oud bow
down before and worship him. Su lime III
spiratlon. He would get M an amateur
perfo' nance for the purpose of providing
the Highlanders of the Hebridei with
brooches. To illustrate the inirortanne Of
small clothes, the comedy of 1.-THE Be e' !,
Etrategem" was selected, ami Curly was
to be Doricourt. He had sighted OF his
feat. He was born com ndian-he had ami
NAL spirits in abundance-his laughter was
conta gous, and he was sublimely and un-
consc ouslv impu1en. That he was good
looking no one could deny. in fact, whan sir
Georgs Touchwo,d exclaimed: Contour
the dog. how handsome he hooker every
one indorsed the opinion. Next day the
block 'ea1s in the papers pronounced him a
genius full fedged-that in fact, he had
only to sh7w himself in Lon Ion to extin-
guish Charles Kemble, Elliston, Jones and
the rest OF the London players. The resi-
dent light comedian was a very distiu-
guished actor, but, Of course, he wasn't to
compare with the new Doricourt!
Curly's mother, a strict Presby terrain BY
no means approved of her darling's dis
gracing the house Of Campbell by exhibit
ing himself as stage player. and several
differences Of opinion arose between them
ON the subject. These jangles eliminated
in fit Of apoplexy, which cut short the old
lady's life and his means Of living, as. OF
course, his mothers annuity termina ted
with her existence. To do the lad Justice,
he vas very fond of his mother, and her
loss was great blow to him. She had left
him small hoard of two or tire, hundred
pounds which she had scraped together
with great difficulty; but he soon made
ducks and brakes Of that, and it was
melting away rapidly when Harry John.
ston, the Scotch Roscius " Us he was called,
came down from London for few nights
to star" in his native city. Johnston was
a very handsome man and a very fine actor.
His acting was revelation to Curly, who
became redhot partisan, and distinguished
himself by the demonstrative fervor Of his
admiration. On the last night of his engage
ment the Roscius intimate1 that he had
been driven cut Of London in consequence
Of having taken the liberty to thrash that
"sat Adonis of forty" the Prince Regent.
for insulting his Johnston's) wife, and that
he had taken the theatres at Aberdeen and
Dundee, and vas now going to settle down
in management in his native land. Next
day Curly got one OF the actors to intro
duce him to the new manager, and sue
ceede1 there and then in obtaining an en-
gagement. He had achieved one step ON the
road to fortune.