Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-11


discovered a remarkable fact as to the
variations of climate that can be found in
Kentucky, for whereas the Shelby estate
When Eliza left it, was enjoying tropical
summer, the broad Ohio, on the border of
the same state. was full of icebergs. OF
course it is possible to suppose that she had
consumed six months or in reaching the
river, and had thus given the season time
to change. but the speed with which she
rushed in seemed to make this hypothesis
untenabie. Haley and the bloodhounds
were on her track, and already large pos
ter on the wall of the tavern proclaimed
"One Hundred Pounds Reward for a Run
away Slave from which it appeared that
kentuckians prefer the English monetary
system. AS soon as Eliza saw the poster
she felt faint and sat down on one of the
chairs. and when Phineas Fletcher present.
ly came in she conided in him at once be-
cause he was Quaker and said thee" and
thou, and because, as she told him, he
had SO good and kind face. l should my
self have taken him for Jesse James, but
Eliza knew her man, and when the blood
hounds were presently heard baying, he
shut her up in large closet for safety.
Canine Tails of Woe.
Haley soon appeared with his myr1nidons
and two bloodhounds. The bloodhounds
were very large and fat, and they inspired
real terroI-not in Phineas Fletcher, but in
Haley and his minions, who were obviously
afraid lest the animals should lean up
against the scenery and go to slesp so that
it became necessary. from time 20 time, to
tread casually on their tails 20 keep them
awake and baying. Haley had some talk
With Phineas, and presently wanted to look
IN the closet, but when ne grew insistent,
Phineas, like a true Quaker, pulled a pistol
out of each boot and stopped Kim. Later
the myrmidions attempted the same thing,
and then Phineas pulled two more pisto OILS
from somewhere down the back of his neck
and stopped them. Then Haley went out to
get more myrimidons, and PhineaS had to
give up; so he rushed Eliza out of the
house, and she ran across the river on the
ice just as in the book. her passage being
visible from the window. The audience
ma turally felt a good deal of sympathy with
Eliza, but for my part l was more con-
cerned for Haley and the myrimidons,
since, in spite of the rigor of the climate
which filled the river with icebergs, they
We're all clad in linen busters and overalls
and l am sure their legs must have been
very cold
Still further along In the play we were
introduced to the luxurious abode of St.
Clare in the city of New Orleans and to
the details of his domestic menags. A good
deal of the action took place in the garden,
a noble plaisaunce inclosed in a dense
TICKET of flr-trees, and with contig Ious
mountains topped with snow. Miss Ophelia
was very prominent figure in these scenes
She was very ample lady with a bunch Of
keys at her waist and a rubicund counten-
ance, and her language was intimately sug-
gestive of New England, for she said How
shiftless,' at least once in every two min
utes, though sometimes, when she varied
the form and said, Now, that's really very
shiftless, you know" or "Drat it, you re
really quite too shiftlessr' one couldn't
help sUspecting her of being secretly an
Anglomaniac.
Couldn't Pick Up the HIS.
She was greatly concerned with the gen.
pral disorder what @ called ha
ard went about picking up everything that
anybody dropped. except the his, st. Glare
was also an interesting character though
1t was darkly limited that he was given to
dissipation, and, in fact, he showed this
symbolically by parting his hair in the mid
die and always appearing with cigarette.
which he was continually allowing TO go
| out and then relighting. Once, however,
after he had been no doubt particularly
wild. he came in slapping his brow and ex-
claiming. '.Oh. my head!" and then Uncle
Tom dealt with him very effectually.
"Mahster," said Uncle Tom-who by the
way, always wore his hat in the drawing
re om-"do you know where such courses
hend?"
No" said ST. Clare, rather feebly
Then let me tell you. mahster," said
Uncle Tom. with his deepest voice, "They
bend in ELI"
After this st. Clare smoked no more
cigarettes, and always parted his hair on
one side. But he must have had a relapse,
for when he was brought in one evening.
stabbed, 1t was stated openly that the az
fair had taken place in "a drinking bar
The last scene showed George and Eliza
safe on Canadian soil George was full of
emotion. He announced that at last he had
reached a land over which the flag of
Hengland foated, where 'ealth and 'ope
were possible to hevery one, and where,
| has hall men knew. Britons never, never
could be slaves. AS he said this he took
cut of one OF his coat-tails a large cotton
pocket handkerchief which displayed the
British emblem, and spread it under his
cue for the orchestra, which struck up
''God Save the Queen whereupon every
one in the audience arose and the play
erded with great enthusiasm.