Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-26

there, there were at least dozen similar
costumes in group. He looked them
over carefully, but there was nothing by
which he could pick out the special man
for whom he was searching. He went
up to one at haphazard and whispered
to him:
"Sesame.
"Sesa-whatl'' came the reply in q
strange tone.
"Don't you know our password"
asked the detective. ::
Password? Rats! We are not real
thieves" And with laugh he turned
away. Mr.. Barnes felt himself power
less, and besides recalled the fact that
while he followed this will-o' -the.wisp
he was not keeping an eye upon Ali
Baba. Hurrying back into the ballroom,
he soon found him, though he had part
ed from Scheherezade.
About II O'Clock blare upon a COR
net attracted the attention Of the frol-
licking throng. A man dressed as a
genius announced that the time had ar
rived for the entertainments Immedi.
ately every one went into the Aladdin's
cave room except Scheherezade and the
sultan, and heavy pair Of satin cur
tains were dropped, so that they hid the
cave from the sultan's palace.
The sultan lay down upon a divan
near the curtains, and Scheherezade sat
beside him upon satin cushion Oh the
floor. Behind the curtains the commit.
tee busted themselves forming tableau,
those not needed being hidden from
view behind still another pair Of cur
tains, which were Of gloriously beau
tiful blue and served as rich back.
ground. Many of the guests, knowing
that their tableau would not be reached
for some time, passed around and stood
crowding about the doorways of the
hall, to get view Of the first pictures.
Soft music was begun, when, at
signal, the electric lights in the palace
room were extinguished, and the front
pair Of yellow satin curtains were
drawn aside, showing a tableau of Sind
bad the Sailor. Mr.. Barnes, peeping
from behind the red curtain, noticed
that as Scheherezade sat on her low
cushion in the now darkened palace
room the rays Of an electric light in
the cave just touched gorgeous ruby
which she wore in her hair. This he
knew at once was the same which Mr..
Mitchell had shown 10 him, and which
Lucette told him had been presented to
his fiancee.
Scheherezade began to recite the story
Of Sindbad, a monologue for the evening
having been prepared which told in a
few words enough to explain the Sc
quence Of the tableaus. Her voice was
musical and her reading admirable, 80
that very soon there was silence as Of
death, save as it was broken by her
words. As she reached various parts Of
her tale she would clap her hands, and
at once others entered the scene, group
ing themselves to form new pictures.
Thus Sindbad was followed along his
various travels, till at the end the cur
tains were dropped for moment, to be
parted again, showing all who had taken
q character.
Then followed a pretty ceremonial
Sindbad passed out Of the cave room
and approached the sultan and Schehere-
zade. Reaching them he stopped, made
a salaam, bowling low with his arms up
raised in front Of him, and then passing
on, taking a place in the room and so
becoming part of the audience for the
succeeding pictures. Each Of the charac-
ters followed his example, until all had
passed out, when the next set Of tableaus
was at once quickly arranged. Again
Scheherezade renewed her recitation.
Thus fable after fable was told and
acted, the audience in the palace room
growing larger after each, so that soon
the we'll managed pictures received gen.
erous applause.
At last the committee announced that
the fable Of cali Baba and the Forty
Thieves would be the next on the pro.
gramme. The parts to be acted by each
were quickly explained, and all was
ready. AS the Forty Thieves were prac-
tically like supernumeraries in a spec
tacular play, Mr.. Barnes thought that
he would take any position which he
should choose, and 80 stood through all
the scenes as near to Ali Baba as posi-
BILE. At last the recitation was ended,
and the signal given for them to form
line to do obeisance to the sultan. Mr..
Barnes attempted to stand Immediately
behind Ali Baba, and was surprised to
find two other men try for the same
place coincidently. There was moment
of confusion, and then Mr.. Barnes found
himself in line just between the two
other aspirants for second place behind
the leader.
That what next occurred may be thor
oughly understood it will be we'll to
call accurate attention to the position of
the various actors. The palace room was
dark, though light from the
cave room lessened the gloom so much
chat the figures could be distinguished
enough to know whether a man or a wo-
man were crossing the floor.
The sultan, Mr.. Van Rawlston, lay on
a divan, not far from the cave room and
facing it. cheherezade-Miss Emily
on a cushion beside him.
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