The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-24

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duced. Dare bets several hume red pounds
on O'Brien in fuIl view of the audience.
and just before the fight begins 0'Brlen s
second, who is also Daily sstannch friend and
supporter. discovers that his right glove
has been '.doctoreds" and thus exposes
Dare's trick.
The contest begins. and is most exciting
while II lasts, but in the third round John
L. s terrible right is sent straight from the
shoulder TO the jGgular OF his opponent.
and Pug O Brien's aspirations for pugi-
hstic fame are thereby most e;fectual.y
sqUelrhed for the time being. He IS sent
down like thousand OF bricks by the blow,
and the master OF ceremonies Jack Bar
nitt) counts ten while he Is still lying limp
and apparently liieless. But the excite
meHt Is By no means over. Before the
spectators have time TO enthuse properly
the queens officers break in mon the
scene, accompanied by John DAILY. who has
been industriously gathering evidence to
convict Dare of his own IA hers murder
and exonerate himself. Dare is placed nm
der arrest, demands the proofs. is shown
that they are overwhelming and then, like
a properly behaved thwarted scoundrei, he
laughs cynical laugh. wishes every body
good day. with great display OF sang
froid, and is about to take mis- departure
with the officers when Martha approaches
y
This unlooked-for performance COM
pieteiy unnerved even this hardened and
accomplished rascal, who makes state
ment which knocks the fleece out of the
cloud which has been hangingo over Martha.
The champions suspicious are thus dis
PEELED. and he says:
Martial"
Martha says:
'Jimin
Everybody is happy except Dare, and
there the play ends.
When went down TO see how the big
fellow was progressing / found him Dig
ging worms preparatory to taking q try
with rod in the beautiful trout stream
which runs through the grounds. He wore
a flannel shirt and a pair of knickerbockers.
soft felt cap and blue silk cravat. From
one of the hip pockets protruaed the cor
ner OF what seemed TO be pamphlet, but
which proved TO be his part. Every few
minutes he would throw down his bai,-box
and shovel to take Neep" at line on
which he felt himself q little lame. As we
drove up John said:
'.'0n, Martha, Martha, ii you but knew
the cruel thrust you've given me, you'd
ind 1t IN your heart TO feel some solro'--
Confound this place, there isn't worm
within hundred miles. don't think.
Then he turned ami broke off his solilo-
guy to welcome US. Harrison began TO un-
harness the animal which had brought US
from the depot. but he made slow work OF
ii.
LET me show you how to do that trick
the brawny fellow said. and he had the ami
NAL ready for his stall III a jiffy. Dinner
was served quite early. and soon after John
lit q cigar and started off BIZ himself.
When we came upon him in his iayerite
haunt, in a pretty grove several hundred
yards away, ne was looking IS serious as a
judge and repeating his lines over and
over. Our presence did not seem TO dis
turb him in the least and he continued I'M
til he had recited his entire part.
John, let's have rehearsal. /" exclaimed
Harrison.
..All right" said the big fellow. with
smile, hut / m afraid won't be in il. =
"Oh. you'll be all right" said Harrison.
reassnringiy- At any rate, there's no
harm in trying"
How are you going to have rehearsal
anyway ?n John asked. Surely you re
not going to bring the whole company ont
here :"
.'0f course I'm not. but we can have
ell the same. You go ahead and
do your part. I'll attend 10 the Others"
So Harrison began TO read the play while
John and myself stepped back from the
small clearing into the brush. When John
got his cue, for which he was on the alert,
he stepped boldly out and repeated the
lines which are written for him in the first
act. Any one who has ever heard John L.
Sullivan's basso-robusto voice viii readily
understand that ii he commands a villain
to stand back, and uses it in all its volume,
that villain will stand back without repe-
tition of the order.
80 they passed from the first act to the
third, where John stands at the door. of his
forge holding back a party of invading oih-
GERS. Harrison assumed the part of the
villain, and the dialogue leads up to a
point where the villain declares that he
will search the house himself, warrant or
no warrant.
.Now. john" said Harrison, this is
your strongest situation. Let me see how
well you can go through with IL.
John started in, and throwing out his
chest hurled a broadside at the
villain in these words:
"Stand back A mans house is his castle
and will protect mine. Ipronise 70 brain
the first man who attempts to enter here
or search my house. and l never break my
word. Ny brother is not here; neither IS
he a murderer; but if you want the man
whom / think murdered General Dare
and he cast whitening look at Harrison
and pointed the finger of scorn in the same
direction, take him. There he stands.'
Accustomed as he is to strong dramatic
situations and heroic declarations that are
frequently heard on the boards Harrison
was completely Knocked out by the cham
pion's seriousness. and ir certainly did
look at one time as though John had il in
for Harrison himself The big fellow
seemed 10 be in dead earnest. and If in
reality party OF officers tried to invade
Johns house. and he said stand back - TO
them in the same tone In which be said il
to Harrison, its Thousand dol
lars TO a pair of cheap sleeve-buIsons that
the constabulary would pause in their
tracks. Harrison said he WIS delighted
with Johns progress after he recovered his
self possessions but he suggested that John
modify his voice little next tine. 80
they went through the act again, and the
big fellow followed his instructors sEgges-
tons as 10 emphasis and expression care
fully.
At first he paid little attention to his
method of delivery, but finally be read his
lines with much feeling and expression.
Harrison coached him as TO his attitudes,
and before this unique rehearsal was over
of him in the play with little or no prompt
ing.
act when he orders back the officers, is q
trifie too dramatic for q novice, and FREE
auently while reading the long lines which
he repeats at the close OF this act he could
not repress a smile, bus he was serious
enough when he cared 10 be. He has some
business st the opening OF the act,
and he thought that this sort of thing
suited him better than the meledramatic
portion.
When Harrison had rehearsed his big
pupil to his hearts content John started
for the house on dog-trot and brought out
the rods and bait-box- Batting the hooks
with the accuracy and dexterity Of an ex-
perienced fisherman. they both cast their
lines into beautifully shaded brook, few
rods distant from the barn.
John lighted a cigar and watched in