The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-22

tatfers and sore OF foot. having evidently
walked weary way. There was q fear
some, furuve look in his eyes. and his de-
mssnor resenbsed nothing so much as
that Of hare close pressed by hounds.
The prelin.nar:es had been complied with
and be had already donned the garb Of
oiue. when the officer from Illinois an
peared or the scene. II was for robbery
nighway robbery. There had been a little
cara playing in saloon The cattle
grover aad shown large sum OF money.
IN some way he was lured TO q dark place
ana two men checked ana robbed aim Tom
was traced 10 ST. Louis and then followed
INTO the Tar West. He made bat little
show or fight. The trial. which took
place IN Springfield. resulted in a sentence
mat landed him in Joliet. Three years,
less allowance for good behavior. soon
passed. and the convict drif;ed hack 10 ST.
LOUIS n course of time. There had been
changes In the theatrical world The
Somique had gone out of existence. Some
OF The people who had passed in and out
ths stage door went East and won wealth
anu place a. the head OF the play bills.
ION Clark worked {. little when he could
get work 10 do, ana made spasmo<fic eff
forts 10 brace up" and save a stake"
ms avowed purpose and one great desire
being TO get 10 New York He never be-
came confidential enough with any one 10
tel why he wanted TO go 10 New York,
hut ne Kept posted on dramatic aoings.
and got IN the habit OF repeatedly asking
where Tony Pastors theater was. He
never got enough money together. how
ever. to bring the New York trip within
the range of possibility. Besides. he
drank great deal. and otherwise travelled
gutterward. One pay day. when he had
very little coming 10 him. he forged an
order Tor another mans pay, stole the
foreman's overcoat and fled till he found
an open saloon. possibly half a block
away. Arrest followed, and a term at the
workhouse. and he never recovered. Tea
days later p.tiahle piece of cold clay re-
motley resembling a man was iisaed out
OF the ALPHABETICALLY fished out. for the
shiny water OF the slunls half covered the
body. The dripping thing was sent to the
morgus, and later carted off for pauper
burial at the very hour when the woman
who had SO gayly tr!pped out and in the
Coniqae's stage door only a few years be-
fore. now grown wealthy and aggress.vely
and oppressively healthy staggered about
the Grand opera house stage and sang:
Hear dem bells: don't you hear dem bells.
Ringin' out de glory OF de lamb.
This is from n New York paper:
May Irwin is worth Seoo.eoe II learned
years ago that it is important to have
money IN TINS world. III you haven't mon
ey you might as well be dead Ii hasn't
always been plain sailing with me- Why,
I've gone hungry, actually. When my
sister and I went on the stage" she con-
tinued, I'VE received a salary OF $50 a
week. and from the time began getting
comfortable salary there has never been
a year when l have not saved money I
lived with economy. When first was on
the read lived at hotels that cost $50
day. while people who were getting half
as much salary went to more expensive
ones. I have no extravagant tastes I
wouldn't walk across the street for all tho
jeweIry in the world, IL / had to wear 1t,
and / don't care a snap for fine gowns.
/ made up my mind fifteen years ago that
/ should not work all my life. / know ex-
actly when i shall retire from the stage
and spend the rest OF my life in enjoying
the fruits of my labor
These verses were written by Rudyard
Kipling:
The fool was stripped Of his foolish hide
Gwen as You and ID,
Which she might have seen when she
threw him aside
(But IL isn't on record the lady tried)
So some OF him lived. but the most Of him
even as you and -
And It ISN'T the shame. and it isn't the
blame,