Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1888-05-05


young American as poor as himself, just
behind the Curch of San Martino, in one
Of the oldest houses of old Naples. So
poor were they that they could hardly
ever afford model, SO they used to take
il in turns to sit to each other. Cecil
Dacre and his friend Orlando P. Jones
we're both rival artists, but Dacre had
an additional talent-he was o farceur
of the first water. He hadn't been six
months in Naples before he attended
before the committee of Monte di Miseri-
cordia and suggested that they should
pay his debts. 81 am poor" he said,
al am persevering, and 1 am deeply in
debt-so deeply that can get no more
credit. Pay my debts, give me a little
! cash to go on with, and you, gentlemen,
will be doing your duty. That is your
4 raisoR d'etre."
But the committee laughed and bowed
Mr.. Dacre out, declining to accede to
this very modest proposition. On an
other occasion Dacre, becoming indig-
nant at the pertinacious way in which
his movements were watched by one of
his neighbors, who was accustomed to
stare at him from his balcony opposite,
! drove up to his door late one evening in
street cab. The cabman got down from
his box, and female figure wrapped in
a cloak was carried carefully into the
house by the artist and the cabman; the
two men reappeared in the street, the
artist mysteriously placed his fingers to
his lips, paid the cab-driver, and the
man drove off. The little drama was
well lighted by the solitary gas lamp
that stood in front of the artists lodg-
ings. The inquisitive neighbor was at
his post and carefully noted all the de-
tails of the mysterious affair.
Atnoon the next day four officers, ac-
companied by the neighbor, presented
themselves at Dacre's room door and
Knocked loudly for admission in the
name of the law.
Only at the third and very impera-
tive summons was the door opened by
Orlando p. Jones. The supposed Grim
inal was discovered seated at his little
liable, on which lay q blood-stained
dagger; his face was buried in his
hands.
''Signor Dacre," said the chief of po-
lice, 81 call upon you to surrender, and
demand to search your apartments.
This gentleman" said he, pointing to
the informer, detected you last night
conveying the body of dead or insensi-
bic female into this house."
The infOrmer, being an italian, i'm
mediately struck an attitude.
81 YIELD" said Dacre in broken
voice; the proofs of my crime you will
md IN the next room."
Two of the agents advanced and
seized the supposed murderer by the
arms.
81 should recognize her at once"
cried the informer. "The poor creature
wore dress of bright blue color; saw
the edge of it from under the cloak in
which she was enveloped."
The bedroom door was flung open by
. The leader of the little party. In the
center of the room was lay figure in a
bright blue dress; it was standing on its
head. - ..-
The police instantly released their
prisoner.
'Let this be a lesson to you, SIR" said
Dacre to his too curious victim in
voice of thunder. "whep you dare to n
nuoe upon privacy OF gentlemen and
men of honor"
And then Messrs. Dacre and zones
omphe.
less sublime but equally ridiculouS>
JOKE was perpetrated by Dscre upon an
unfortunate old lady who had the mis-
fortune to dwell upon the second floor
the great house of which the comrades
occupied the sky parlors.
one was devotee, her one harm
- amusement being the keeping of
so immense gold fish in big glass
Pooe ON her balcony. With diabolical
genuity Dacre, by means of piece of
ssfing, bent pin and small piece of
neat. angled for the two finny monsters
sno formed the Joy of the old lady's life,
caaght them, fried them in egg and
nread crumbs, and then restored them
= tneir once happy and transparent
In the Cafe Verdi, Cecil Dacre once
AMY declared, after rather hilarious
;eakiast, that he would cause twenty
lnocent citizens of Naples to be arrest
- witnin the hour. The Cafe Verdi is,
we know, situated in the Piazza del |
Dacre went out and purchased
ge gall OF string; he made loop in !