The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-03-05

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minutes the boy put the magpie
right.
From that time forth he vas scarce.
ly aver out Of the theatre. He soon
made himself useful in ahundred ways
to honest Larry, who, although he
couldn't speak a word OF French, was
a capital pantomimist, and succeeded
in making himself understood. When
ever he came to a dead hitch he went
to the beautiful Miss We're, the leading
lady. who had been educated in a con
vent in the lower countries and who
spoke French, German, Italian, Dutch
and WaIlOon as huently as her moth
er tongue.
Then the manager, who had taken
| to the stranger, was always at hand
with his atrOcious Hibernian French;
besides which poor Piluquesne (that
was the lads name) spoke many En-
glish words, and the youngsters OF the
| theatre spokemany French ones-very
badly, 1t is true, but still intelllglbly
enough.
They generally called him poor
Pill" or Pill for shOrtuesS.
He told them that he was "the only
o of his mother, and she was a
widow" and that he had been a mid
shipman in the French Navy. He
was at liberty most of the day, but
! had to report himself every night at
| quarters prior to lookup hours.
At last, when the end OF the season
came, "Poor Pill" sought Miss We're at
| her lodgings, and breaking down in a
paroxysm Of grief terrible to behold,
| declared that if left behind i'll that
dreadful place he must die. Miss We're
was a young lady Of She
had q mans heart in woman's body,
and having given her word that he
should not be left behind, she there
and then arranged a plan OF action
with Larry.
On the last night the play was
Hamlet" which was finished by hall
past 10. That evening PIP was
conspicuous by his absence. Every
body was astonished but Miss We're
Larry and the manager.
Fitz Edmund, who played Hamlet,
said he thought it strange that Pilu-
quesne had not turned up to say
Goodbye"
Themanager replied: an. Piluquesne
is q gentleman, and knows what he is
about"
The performance was yer altogeth-
er about IL. The carts were waiting
at the door, and Larry and the men
were occupied in packing the proper
ties and wardrobe for the next town,
when Lieut.. Carter Ia grim, lank Of
fcer), who had charge OF the depot
that night, came down with a file of
men and demanded to know in the
most peremptory manner whathadb be-
come of Piluquesne.
"Divil a wan Dime knows" replied
Larry. "Afther all | done for him he
might have been aftherlukkin' round
to give wan a leg up the last night;
but it's just the way with them ur
grateful thieves of foreigners. Bad
luck to them; they're all alike; every
mothers son of em!"
While the subject was being thus
hotly discussed between the lieutenant
and Larry Ophelia's coffin was brought
out and carefully deposited on the
cart beside Yorick's skull, the pickax,
the spade and the shrouding sheet,
/ etc.
That's arum rig out otrayel with
growled the lieutenant.
"Why, sure, captain, said Larry,
you wouldn't have us go borrowing
the blessed paraphernalia in every
town we go to. Suppose. now, the
mistress happened to be stretched out
wild her toes upward, and ak your
honor's butler for the loan of cofin?"
None of yorr lip, you impudent,
b~ogtrotting Paddy" roared the en-
| ragged officer as he ordered his men to
the Fright about lace; quick march"
As the gallant lieutenant turned the
corner, had he been able to look two
ways at once, he might have seen the
property man executing an Assyrian
hieroglyph in the rear. Perhaps it was
just Us well thathe didn't witness that
interesting performance.
Half ali hour later Larry made q
start for Derby. When they were well
out of town he looked round to see
that he was unobserved. Then he un.
did the screws OF Ophelia's coffin
There in the moonlight lay poor Pilu.
quesne, sleeping like s'the baby OF a
GIRL and smiling in his sleep.
aha! Mishter Longlegs," cried
Larry, "you can lock the stable door
now that the horse has bolted, but
you're not SO cute as you think you
are, for all you wear an epaulette or
the shoulder of you that's up tc
your ear
Day was breaking when they got tc
Derby; but, unseen and unsupported
Larry contrived to smuggle his pre-
cious charge into the theatre, wher'
"the boys and girls kept him conceal
ed for a week Or two, till they hat
dubbed enough money to enable then
to send him to London by mail, hay
ing previously squared the guart