The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-10

the hot one by means of a chute, then he
womb wander off among the buckeyes and
ENJOY quiet smoke
About an hour after McArdle had ar
ranged the chute Forrest, clad in his
paJamaS. would come ambling along on
cayuse pony, and quickly disrobiDg, roll
iGto the pleasant and health-giving we'll
spring, where he reveled like a hippo
Fotamus Ia an African river for the
space OF half an hour. Tom Wand had
noted this daily observance, and laid for
NJ cArdie. One morning when that faith
iui factOtum disappeared in the woods 10
enjoy his cigar after making the usual
chute connection, the Senator emerged
from his concealment and removed the
between the Well-Springs, and then at
a safe distance awaited events. The
equity COriolanus came along IN due time
on his pc y, and without much ceremony
plunged into the hot pool. Wand In de-
scTiblng the incident afteTwaTd said the
roar Forrest gave when the scalding water
closed him about might have been heard
a mile away. He lTembled in his conceal
ment. McArdle must have heard the
mighty blast, too, for be never showed up
an approach to Forrest when the latter
came down from the springs 10 San Fran
cisco.
The almost parboiled actor scrambled
out Of The pool as rapidly as he could, aud
when he reached the bank, looking like
cooked lCbsteI-the Cardinal of the Sea"
so red was his skin, he vented his rage
in the most Dungent Oaths he could COM
mADd. DOMINIC his pajamas and mount
ing his Cayuse, he returned to the hotel,
where there was a circus for day or two.
The angry actor insisted that there was a
conspiracy among the guests 10 kill him,
and he wanted to find out the Conspirators.
,lsyO ha u In
general treatment he had received in Cali
fornia and then the Golden City and its
people came in for some choice left
handed blessings. 1t ended with all the
guests leaving the hotel TO the landlord
and the irate actor Mine host was closed
up shortly after this for noD-paymeut of
rent Forrest had helped to rum him.
Inc heroic treatment to which the in
valid had been unwittinglv subjected
proved, however, of great benefit to him.
Wuen he returned to San Francisco the
rheumatic govt had disappeared and the
sciatica was barely more than symptom
attic. But his i'll temper had increased in
proportion 10 the decrease of his bodily
Ills. Mcguire reminded the actor of the
promise he had made him through his
agent and iactOtum, McArdle, that he
would take advantage Of his improved
health on returning from the springs and
play out the remainder of his engagement,
more in Sau Francisco. The disgruntled
actor remarked, and his remarks were
garnished with explosives, more or less
tlambOyant in their character, that cam OF
bear repeating:
mo; the people here do not like me,
10 not appreciate me. ! have been fooled
In coming all this distance 10 find the only
place 10 the United States-if this be In
the United States-where my name seems
scarcely known, and my acting is not ap-
preciated at all. l play no moTs in such a
place"
There was 30 compromise in regard TO
Maguire's investment of $4,000 in engag-
log the bToKen-dGWn tragedan; that
went glimmerng. Forrest had the money
in his possessiOI-paid In advance-and
there it remained.
Mcguire felt ugly toward Forrest After
a good deal of persuasion he induced John
Mccullough to break with him. He also
tried to win away Mss Lily, his ingenue,
but in this he was not successful McCul-
lough was TeceI wing a salary of only $40 a
week from Forrest; Mcguire offered him
SO, which be eventually accepted. but not
without a great deal Of trouble. MeCul-
Tough was afraid OF Forrest. While In
San Francisco he was literally a bond
thrall to the tyrant Of the stage, and feared
10 call his soul his UwR. For one who later
in his career developed a measure of self
| assertion, his tmldity was remarkable.
ne was very nHCb66ti9 ~ IUIIcSts VINO
could IND no Young actor to supply his
| place, who would be so biddable, and do
/ so much hard work for such little paw.
Forrest never came to rehearsal, his useful
/ leading man took all the dTudgery
! of his principal on his own shoul-
ders. and drilled the players to show
! them what the tragedian would do when
acting at night. Mccullough, in Gealin g
! with the company by proxy, reminded one
| of the servant who came to the cons piTa-
/ tors from Marc Antony with Instruction.
after the death of Julius Cesar:
! Thus, Brutus. did my master bid me kneel,
! Thus did Mark Antony bid me fall down,
And, being PROSTATE thus, he babe me say, etc
Mcguire did Mccullough a great service
in wrenchiug him away from this For
! restIsn servitude. Time proved that he
did himself a greater injury.
Forrest left San Francisco and California
with his heart full of bitterness toward
/ the country and its people. which found
! vent In sneers On every occasion. He did
not for a moment admit he himself was to
blame in great measure for the recep-
ton ne had met with - that advanced
years and disease had impaired his bis
triOnic usefulness, that all he had left OF
the splendid stage equipment OF former
/ years was his voice and fine eiocutlonary
power. He did not take into consideration
I that in his visit he had been enriched by
! $4,000 of Maguire'S money, paid on an
unful6iled verbal contract. and in the
Geysers' medicinal waters had renewed
his health and strength. These advan tages
we're as nothing compared to the hurt OF
his wounded vanity.
IT is told of him. after his return East
that he ridiculed California on every coca
| sion. Converting with a friend one day
on his Pacific Coast trip. the latter asked
him what kind of a climate California
enjoyed.
Climate, sir; climate! There's no eli,
mate you can depend upon. | experienced
! three changes IN San Francisco before
breakfast. What do you think of straw
berries and CT cam on the table and at the
same time a blazing coal fire in the CRATE
| Climate Bah! It's not worth the name. >
| G. T.. BARNES.