The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-12

der at the gaudily-colored paper and
the agents ingenuity in utilizing the
old broom.
The paper up, the reserved seat sale
was arranged and the town ''dodgcred'
with small bills. This brought on
another night. The next morning was
passed by the agent in bed, as he was
almost paralyzed with wcarincsS. Aris-
ing at noon he proceeded to talk shop
the only method now left him to
further excite the populace- He talked
all afternoon, rapidly and necessarily,
to anyone and everyone who would
listen to him, until, at night, he
ran across the leader of the town
band, with whom he made n dicller TO
have the band play in front of tho ope-
IA house in consideration of their be-
ing admitted free and one extra ticket
apiece. The following day at noon the
company was due. and at eleven o'clock
the agent reached the depot Il mile ont of
town. and, seated IN the midst of a will
dernesS of cotton bales, waited. by the
time the train. was due his thoughts'were
suicidal, as, after mentally summing
up the cOmpany's expenses in the town
and comparing the sum with the prob
able business, he could see nothing but
overwhelming disaster for the doomed
players. On the other hand rose the
uncertainty of their coming, as he had
left them playing to very small houses
and the chances were that they could
not raise money enough To leave Little
Rock. However, to his unspeakablc
relief, the train finally pulled in with
two members of the organization Sa-
luting him through the windows His
dOleful misgivings were partly realized
when but eight members of the com
pany stepped off the train. They eN-
planned that Our Boys" could be done
with eight people and, clincher,
they added that no more of the cOmPa-
ny could have come anyway, as getting
the eight there had been pinsh. Pro
ceeding up to and striking the main
street the company were greeted by the
extensive and gaudy billing-the most
novel their eyes ever rested upon. Man
tell, Daver port, Barrett. Rose Coghlan.
Mccullough, ALVIN JOslin," j ulia Mar
lowe Sothern, Annie Ward Tiffany,
Seaman. i, " Anderson, O'Neill.
X ne, Robzpr Rhea. Sully, and a host
OF rers e0ue[lv well known, stared
then the fa-u -rom every point of
vanJas all u appear in Our Boys
that ev uF The sale at seven o'clock
dllpunIC dollars ana Il nan Win
p-.,sS At + r. cents and one dollar.
Pr.a,,di ? srer al early supper, to
he temple s .-st resort. the company
Z. "a. Lv1 tie Stage and assisted the
Po. h-Ean ~ ne .hca,cr To light up.
This was a 'nnje affair, - foot-liGhtS,
side-l SIT and al other lights consisted
of talon .an.Ies. The manager and
agent -,,. ,seir stand al the head of
III.
public's pleasure Two ricllcty chairs
and al .r iry-eoDd> DoN comprised the
box of .- Tn Dis. ordant footing of
the bai# vi h.uu distracted any sad or
appre Aoupn5, they might have
enter nee. 1g th- immediate future,
and 90 s. u. forly-four dollars had
acc. c.r.l.s.-5 - Eu~ about enough To
sq-ars a. H,--- OF the agents contract
in m ri. tos,u outside of board bills
and ~,-..r4 r,ip 10 Little Rock. As they
we're 'p --d 20 20 ahead the manager
disappeared back upon the stage and
preceded the entertainment by appear
IN Pa front II the curtain and diplo-
mar as'ig e.. planning how it happened
T1-. twenty artists were billed and but
e ..nr would appear. After thoroughly
HnEs-ifyiug and muGdling the audience
me retired. made up and Our Boys"
var presented.
Arriving at the hotel after the per
formaucc a council of war was held.
Their total cash consisted of not quite
seven dOllarS-this total being made UP
from their slight pocket change and the
few dollars remaining Of the door re-
ceipts OF the night. They had, after
breakfast next morning, when they
hoped to leave for lSttlc Rock, an eight
dollar board bill To meet. Then came
the difficulty Of railroad fares. Not
much, to be sure, but they had IL not
At this gloomy hour the agent, sudden
" recovering from brown study.
dartcd from the room and shortly re-
turned bringing with him the marshal,
to whom. in the presence of the entire
company, he appealed in a long and af-
fccting speech relating to their pecu-
MARY standing.
The marshal never weakened until
the agent pathctically referred to the
ladies of the company, three in number;
when he produced unc-half of the rent
mOney-tcn dollars-and gave il to the
agent on behalf of the company, good
naturedly undertaking to see the matter
explained to the owner Next morning
at about 1880 o'clock the company,
after paying all Indebtedness. departed
for Little Rock, where their tale of woe
was soon told to the remainder of the
now stranded players. a week passed
and the town knew them no more.
inside pockets" were delved into, and
this took away the ladies and about one
third of the men the first day-some
going home and others to the various
dramatic agencies in New York and
hal
wires hot in appeals to friends and rel
atives, and in a couple of days one-half
the others had disappeared. by pawn
ing iewelry all but three of the com
pany managed to get away. What be
came of the three? They may be there
yct.-Detroit Free Press.