Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
In the personal column Of q daily pa
per there appeared one day this seduc.

Come days afterWard one OF Inc 600,
Captain Castle, received the following
letter: Il, q
Ny DEAR SIR-The particulars that you
have taken tho trouble to furnish me concern
ing your social position, ETC.. satisfy me com.
plete!y. As to the wishes Of my ward. ] shall
only say that the sight Of your photograph has
much to tho contrary. Therefore have de-
terminsd to bring about an interview between
you and her. will you therefore make IL con.
venient to 60 next Wednesday, the 15th OF this
month, to the Folly theater, wearing white
rose in your buttonhole2 My ward and will
occupy box No. IL, and we shall be charmed
to receive you between the first and second
acts Very truly yours. ".
Captain Castle shot out Of his chair
as If impelled by Q spring, and did not
pause until he had reached the ticket
of!ice-of the Folly theater. Give me
an orchestra chair for the 18th, !" he de-
manded. ,s.@5j'.s;&, B.
.None left. The whole house is sold
out for that day"
Captain Castle insisted, but in vain.
The countenance Of the ticket seller, did
not soften. and he finally pulled down
his wicket and turned again to his daily
paper, while Captain Castle walked out
Of the lobby, much cast down. As he
stopped on the sidewalk, shabby gen
teel individual with shocking bad hat
approached him. sft5
"Want an orchestra seat, mister?''
''Go to the DEVIL Z, 1:
II got good seat for Wednesday,
the 18TH Z +.
"What's that?'' ri
Its good seat, mister. i'll the first
row." ~ 81 4.
"I'll take it. How much" q
''Fifteen dollars. ," r
''Great snakes" said tia captain,
lido you want to rob u MANI 9,S@Sg 7
"You car t have it for u cent less, -
said the ticket peddler. The whole
house is sold.'
The captain made wry face, but he
wound up by paying the money. The
evening Of Wednesday, tha | 18th, was
one of the most notable in the annals Of
the Folly theater. The auditorium was
packed like Market street Cal. and the
orchestra was quickly populated with
gentlei,,en in swallow tailed coats, each
one wearing white rose j.. his button. I
hole. Every box was filed, with one
exception--Box No. a.. Between the
acts the swallow tailed gentlemen
swarmed through the lobbies, but it was
particularly around the door Of box
No IL that they were thickest. It Was
like human anthill. The second
act commenced. Yet box No. IL re-
manned Theoretically closed, full of
nothing but air. And yet toward this
box there were cast anxious chances ever
and anon from the we'll dressed crowd
in the orchestra. While all this was 60
ing on in the theater, a band Of actors
were seated around table in q beer sa-
loon at the back Of the theater, swal-
lowing mountains Of frankfurter and
sauerkraut, and washing it down with
gallons Of beer. At the head Of them
was old Bagot, the Dutch comique, who
was presiding in the most paternal man
net over this feast It was Bagot for
whose benefit the show was given that
night. p ID. .,
Eat all you want, boys said he.
Drink all you want. Old Bagot has
money to burn tonight" ajl
~ = You bet your sweet life you have, .
replied one Of the actors. why, such
i benefit as this will enable you to re-
tire on your money. ,
AT this moment, Miss Tottie, the
Parlor Patti, who had just finished her
turn in the second part, burst into the
beer saloon, pale and disheveled.
Whats the matter?" cried the con-
vivial band -
s.Oh, it is terrible, " said the parlor
Patti. "They are fighting in the orches-
ira" !. ~. e. - e +
"Fightinga Who?'' s...s}-. b., r.,
ooh, al those swells In swallow
tailA They are beating one another
over the head with canes, and nobody
knows why. =
II know why" said old Bagot tran
GULLY. IT'S all on account of box
No. ~. 25.s5s. ... Sfsa .as - !
'.But there is nobody in box No 49,"
said the paralyzed Parlor Patti.
Exactly. That's why. 4
And old Bagot added a. he slowly
closed one eye: ''Box No IL is a little
snap Of my own. wanted to be sure
that the theater should be filled, and, BY
Joye, it is. San Francisco Argonaut
Wampum. ia..
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