The Red Cloud chief., 1888-05-11
AN APRIL FOOL
A Dramatic Story Good for All
Seasons Of the Year.
In Three Parts,

In Three Parts.
Mr.. Napoleon B~onaparte Brown, an eccen
trio elderly millionaire. has taken his nephew
Mr.. Horace White (whom he knows to b<
hopelessly in love with a Miss Jane Gray
a bright young American girl, a~ssistan,
teacher Of Italian in a fashionable yOune
aides seminary in his native city. New
York;, and his niece, Miss Winnie White
TO Italy 10 study art. The three are housed
in fine apartments in an old palace, the one
room used as a studio containing easels
tables. chairs, a sofa, hassOck. some un.
finished pictures, studies, fragments OF
statuary-in short all the aesthetic furnish.
ings usual to studios. When the story opens
Miss Winnie and Mr.. Horace White are dis
covered sitting before their respective easels
in altogether different attitudes.
PART I.
Winnie Casting a troubled glance towards
her brother)-"'HOrace!"
Horace-"Weui'
WInnie-'DO You use permanent blue or
Prussian blu with crimson lake when you
a to get the right purple for thisdrapery!''
Horace don't use either. Hang it all,
Winnie, I'm getting desperate"
Winnie-''Horace White, what are you
talking aboutr Let me see your picture!'
Horace-'-O, it isn't the picture-but see
it-see idol" (Shows plain white can
vaS).
Winnie-"Well. upon my"
Horace-'Winnie White. if you were q
sister worth having you'd not sit there
'ponning' your word, but help your poor,
unhappy brother out Of his deep. his miser-
able affection! wish all the pigments, oil
and turpentinc we're"
you don't like to paint"
Horace do like to paint: it's q jolly lot
of fun when Pm inspired: but how can q
sit up and paint purple drapery. Ugh"
Winnie-"Horace."
Horace-"What is it,"
Winnie-'Did you tell uncle all about it"
Horace-"DidI. Well. you'd have thought
so if you'd have seen him"
Winnie-"What did he say"
HOrace-''He said: Young man. il you
dare to think of such Q thing you may say
goodbye to your uncle. for I shall disinherit
you. DO your hear me! Disinherit you.
You're q fool-an out and out fool and,
Winnie. what is to become Of me-"
Winnie-'O, you'll live through it-boys
always do"
Horace-'But you don't know the half
Winnie-"Which half"'
Horace-..She's h~ere-here ut this very
minute, in Rome.'
Winnie-"Well. what Of thatr
Horace-'That's only One-half-the better
halfw
Winnie-'Is there a worse half, Horacel
Speak.
Horace-'There is-and II Is that 7 babe
hor clio, mo. for vCinnia vro nv, .lr.aaJ
-marriedr'
Winnie-'Horace White! o. Horace!
Ny brotherr"
Horace-"There. there. Winnie. don'ttake
or SO. 1t was a bit sudden, I know; but 1
was des,,erate-and also of age-and SO We
took a walk and-wcre married before We
sailed. She followed as l babe her. and. oh.
Winnie. we depend upon you to help US out
of our great din;culty-say You will, Winnie,
say You will"'
Winnie-''If 1 can. Horace. NI-but there
comes uncle-heIl see we've been crying
let US fly for our lives" both leave the
room hurriedly.)
fMr. y. Il. Brown enters the room, walks
up to the nearest easel and begins to exam
inc the picture upon it critically.)
Brown-"Ca2ital! Capital Ill make art
lists of the young people yet! Beautifully
done-tender shadows-eXquisite reflect
lights in that drapery-ah. my little Winnie
a talented girl-a talented girl! II her
brother had only a quarter of her fondness
for art-but. there. The boys a genius
without a doubt. 4 capital thing for them
that / could fetch them to Italy to study art
Italy. the Cradle of the Beautiful! 1t is
my delight to watch the unfolding Of their
different styles-one all tenderness. the
other all holiness: Let's see what the dear
boy has done this morning! HE picks up
canvas from where it has fallcn.) Grca.
Scott, Not a tint on this Roman twill! It's
that Jane ~Gray-Jane G~ray-that's exactly
who il Is! Jane Gray-and she has come
over to perfect her ~Italian'-may the imps
take her! Now, I never saw the young
woman. and I never will see the young
wom.n-but I've had Jane Gray dinned into
my ears until I'm sick of the sound of the
name. O.. she's . designing creature-a
shrewd, crafty. diplomatic little wretch.
angling after the only male heir to the
great Brown estates. IH settle her and
she'll find that coming over here to perfect
her Italian won't goodwin with me- What's
that!"
winnie enters and greets her uncle afec-
tionately.)
Winnie-'.Your " winnifred - good
morning, Uncle Nappy. And have you seen
my work. and are You pleased."
Brown (fr~owning)-''O, In delighted"
Winnie-'.What is il, Uncle ~Boney-you
look angry
Brown-'Angrys Well, can't I look angry
II sm an.ryi That brother Of yours