The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

distance up from Georgetown. Had, in fact,
to get lot of natives and paddle in small
boats good part of the way and twist around
waterfalls. There is dense tropical growth
along that river, and in the boiling sun
malaria and fevers were bred. They attacked
Americans and Europeans with unusual fatal
ity. 1t took only q little time in many cases
for these fevers to get grip on man. and un-
less he had strong constitution he was
Liable to be carried off. The natives stood it
well. They did not seem to be affected like
the outsiders.
"These natives worked for 81 or little more
day in the mines, and l found them very
tractsble and useful. My company made
money. 1t was really interesting to note the
development of wealth in those mines.
'The British residents down there are very
slow. There are no people like the Americans
to push forward and make themselves felt
With them, to see that thing was good was to
act on it. They were generally successful.
The British were too slow. Still, notwith-
standing the richness, would not advise any
of our California miners 10 go to British
Guiana. 1 think, on the whole, they will be
happier, and In the long run as prosperous,
here"
Every actor of prominence has had his ups
and down in the profession. It is almost nee
essary that the follower OF Thespis should buck
that his nature may be mellowed and his mind
broadened by the hard and lasting impression
of experience. There was a time when Tim
Murphy was lighter in purse and heavier in
heart than ne is this season. 1t was in the
days before he crossed Charley Hoyt's horizon
before he had been given the small part of
Dodge Work in ga Brass Monkey" the acting
of which, however, gave Hoyt ''line on the
ability" of the man who was afterward to make
CO. It..
They were the days of Murphy's callow youth,
under his headgear. 1t was then his won't to
organize company OF amateurs in his home
city, Washington, and go transforming for
weeks at a time.
On this particular trip the attenuated MUIR
ply had led his aspiring actors and actresses
down into the country school district of Vir-
ginia At Culpepper there was q hall which
also did duty as an opera-house Murphy for
gets now whether it was "Ten Nights in Bar
room" or "Julius Casar'' which was down for
production that night. tany rate he used to
take tickets at the door until near curtain
rising time, then rush back on the stage, make
up in desperate hurry and be ready for his
cue.
This night at Culpepper the hosts were slow
coming out to buy tickets at 10, 20 and 80
cents and the house was mesger when time
compelled h1m TO give up the door to the rural
manager and go on the stage. He severely
cautioned the house manager about letting in
people without the price and skipped to the
rear.
When Murphy obeyed his cue and stalked out
on the stage what was his amazement to find
| the hayseed manager sitting in the front row.
AS soon as his time and business would permit
him he went down under the stage to the door,
through which the orchestra emerges and dis
appears and yelling at the rustic asked what
in thunder he was doing there.
Mr.. Rural Manager, having in mind only the
terrible warning Murphy had given him to
prevent the possibility of letting all his country
friends in TO see the show for nothing, yelled:
"Thats all right, Mr.. Actor; they KANT any OF
| them git in on yer. I've locked the door and
got the key in my pocket"
When Murphy finally induced him to go
back to'the door there were fifty or sixty people
waiting patiently for the doors to open.