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.ndO'VpneZ
a Story of -
Spanish Conquest of Mexico.
BY r. M. BIRD.
had called himself, } though must need.
believe your inexperience in all matter:
of war might render such an attempt ex
ceedingly difficult, if not altogether i'm
possible"
Senior" said the secretary eagerly, "
have the wish, and doubtless the
ability, in course of time to learn all the
duties, and to acquire some of the skill
of a soldier, and under so noble a leader
as your favor | am sure should advance
much faster than ever l did in the learn
ing of a clerk. And, in addition to the
little service l might render with my
sword, | have such skill with the pen as
might be of good use 10 your honor"
II have no certain assurance" said
Amador, that / shall have any occasion
10 use my own sword; il is utterly beyond
NV j,Oapinafio A diScavar tn what nee
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;, THURSDAY, DECEMBER
"and let it be some mitigation to your
surprise, ii my correction sound like a
hull o to Lnoru hat I I'M his Lix, ?,
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IN Qll Az g
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
This remarkable historical romance
opens the year following the landing Of
CoTteZ in Mexico 4 young Spanish noble
man, Amador de Leste. arrives in Vera
Cruz, looking for his kinSman, Knight
Calavar, melancholy man who had left
Spain and Joined the Knights Hospitaler
In Rhodes, but was now reported to be III
Mexico Amador interviews the Admiral,
who tells him how the triumplas of Cortez
have fired with jealousy the heart OF Ne-
lasqueZ. Governor of Cuba, who has sent
him 10 conquer Mexico. and now the
armies Of CoTtez and Narvaez, sent by
NelasqueZ, are about 10 fight. A mys-
FERROUS Moor, taken pr soner by the Span
lardS, ~ sent with his son TO Gen. Mar
Vaez. Anlad0r sets cut TO find his kins-
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MENT: WASHINGTON, D. {
covered away, will not be surprised to
find his coming expected and his pres
--,Ion,,,ad Iy tho (.o,u-.,
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and ranked as company of military,
but the greater part being the ordinary
native laborers, who served the office OF
mules, and bore on their backs the bur
dens of the invaders. They were the
Tlameme or carriers of Mexico.
| Some five or SIX score OF these Swarthy
creatures, followed by dozen Castilian
cross bowman and a single horseman,
brought up the rear. They stalked in a
line one after another, each bending to his
burden; and in their uniformity of equip
| ment, gait, muscular figures, and solemn
visages, added not a little to the singu
larity of the spectacle.
The eye of Amador though at first at
| tracted by this singular train, dwelt with
| more surprise and curiosity on the cross
| bowmen, who were sweltering, in common
with nearly every Christian of the party,
| under the thick and uncouth investment
OF the escaupii, a sort of armor which the
invaders of Mexico had not disdained to
borrow from their despised enemies.
This consisted of nothing more than
garments OF wooden or cotton cloth, cut Is
much after the fashion of Spain as was
possible, quilted SO thickly with cotton
as to be able to resist the arrow heads
and lance points OF the Indians; which
virtue, added to the facility with which
it could be obtained and adapted to every
part of the body, gave the escaupil a de-
cIded preference over the few pieces of
iron mail which the poverty of the COM
batants denied them the power OF ex-
tending to the whole frame.
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The unaffected surprise, and even conS
sternation, with which the follower ok
Narvaez heard the neophyte thus speak
OF his leaders enemy, might perhaps have
urged AmadoT 10 the utterance OF com.
mendationS still more uHequtvocal, hac
not his eye at that moment been caught
by the shadow on the sand vi mar
stridElg nearer to the TANKS of Fogoso
than be had supposed any footman To- be-
His own position was near the side OF the
company OF mus<eteeFs and spearmen
mentioned before; his followers, not being
willing 70 Obtrude upon the privacy OF tho
cavaliers. had fallen little back. ana
the Morisco, as he took il for granted, was
tagging some distance behind.
His surprise was therefore not "a littio
excited, " hen, looking round, he beheid
the AlmOgavSr so close ut his side as 10
be able 20 overhear all that was said, and
drinking his words with an expression Oh
| the intensest interest.
son OF dog cried Salvatielia. who
beheld him at the same time, and who
was not unwilling To- vent some OF the gan
! that AmadOr had raised an his bosom
upon so legitimate object, Il viii see II
cannot teach thee how io thrust thySeH
among soldiers and hidaigOS
softly, senior caballeroi' cried Amador,
observing the Captain raising his lance;
strike not Abdaila: for | have II IN my
power to inform you that. although IN
some sense your prisoner. and To the eye
OF a stranger most helpless and wretcneo
variet, he has shown himself to be pos
A
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l cgiIG M&fSohsN
or by his excelle,1cy s
| Captain, Juan SalVati,
"Senor Salvatierra,
| thanks" replied ANA
Ii know not what ava
claimed the approach
individual as myself,
reason, receive your {
fully"
81 have with me herr
with a stately condess
| your fellow -voyagers
among whom it would
| indeed if any had forge
| honorable a companion
| Those cavaliers OF
the caravel," said
| Amador dryly, who
COnCeS 10 tiuihi
me as a companion,
do me thereby a
greater honor than !
am DESTROYS TO no
myself. My compan-
ions are, as you may
see, my two nienrat-
arms; TO which we
will at present aud
the young scsfor
Fabueno, whom, as
the secretary OF ms
excellency the Ad-
miral Cavallero, | am
not indisposed TO ac-
knowledge.
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days that followed the struggle between
North and South, the carpetbagger is a
historical parsonage, and one of the most
interesting that this land has ever pro-
duced The play deals with a retired Chi
cago auctioneer. who Is made governor
of Mississippi. He goes to fill the posi-
tion with every business instinct alive to
its Observation-Disclosures developed and
sharpened by the hard knocks of the
world lie finds himself in the midst of
a people untouched by commercial war
fare. tender chivalric with the simple
kindness of children. Gradually methods
that had heretofore seemed to him per-
fectly legitimate begin to appear shady,
and. by comparison. his immediate asso-
ciates, adventurers and adventuresses OF
the most pronounced type, stand revealed
in all their dishonesty. AT the time of
action the prejudice between the North
and South was so intense that the ma
tives do not hesitate. in their gentle way.
to let the governor feel the immense dis
tance between them.
He falls hopelessly in love with beau
tiful widow. who is also beloved by his
political rival a hero of the war. and
daily the feeling between the two men
becomes more strained. There is a mys-
terious murder, and an unjust accusation.
which results In a duel of intense dra-
matte interest This is not duet In tie
ordinary stage sense, combat bstweeh
hero and villain, but a struggle between
two men equally in the right. each COM
manding respect and sympathy. lhe
Carpetbagger' Is full of comedy OF the
brightest order. and some of the lines
fairly scintillate with epigTammatic Wit
There is plenty of sentiment, too, and
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CoIumbin-s.The Carpe,bngrer-

Tim Murphy, the well-known charac-
ter comedian. will offer a new play this
week at the Columbia. 1t is called The
Carpetbagger." and is the work of Opie
Read, the novelist, and Frank S. Pix
ley. newspaper writer, of Chicago. The
local production will mark its first met o.
politan presentation, but the comedy has
been seen in some of the largest cities of
the West for the past four weeks and
should come here in smooth running or
der. Wherever THE Carpetbagger'' has
been done 1t has made a hit of stupen-
dous proportions. Critics and audiences
have united in praising it as one of the
greatest American comedies of recent
years. Its success. so far, has been of so
pronounced a nature as to warrant the
belief that In it Tim Murphy has found
an excellent vehicle for his undoub.ed
talents-a play that is bound to bring him
great artistic and financial reward.
The star is said to have surrounded
himself with q company of exceptional
strength. 1t is headed by Dorothy Sher-
rod. a very beautiful and exceedingly
clever woman. who holds a prominent
position among the younger actresses of
the country. Other members of Mr.. Muir
phys organization are Ogden Stevens
Gerard Anderson. James Manley, Olney
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try Accordingly, he brought over the
Strand Theater success, "A Brace of
Partridges," in its entirety; and his judg-
ment proved correct, for the play and
players made an instant success in New
York, where they have been appearing
since the beginning of the season at the
Madison Square Theater. They come di-
rect from that house to the Lafayette
The company is without star the men,
bers having been specially selected 10 i'm
personate the characters for which they
have been cast Mr.. Frohman saw the
play while in England, ana was so much
pleased that he decided 1t to be just what
he was looking for. He forthwith ar
ranged with Albert Gilmer, its manager,
to bring the production over just as 1t
was
The comedy takes its name from the
fact that the two leading male characters
are cousins by the name of Partridge
who bear a wonderful resemblance 10
each other. The two roles. of course. are
doubled on the stage and one man, IL
Reeves-Smith, plays them both. One of
the cousins, the Hon. Arthur Partridge
is the son of an impecunious lord, who
wants to marry him off to a South Afri-
can heiress. He, however, prefers the
daughter of the landlord of d certain coun-
try inn where he has stopped on a bicy-
Gle tour His relative, Alfred. turns up
a the same hostelry, and there ensues n
lot of amazing blunders and complications
such as always happen in farce come
dies the casts Of which include two char
acters that can't be told apart In the
end Arthur weds the landlords daughter.
while Alfred, who is sadly In need of
funds. carries off the heiress
The company, as has been said, has no
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,attona,-The Bostoninns.

A large seat sale prefaces the engage
ment of the Bostonians tomorrow night
at the National. This splendid light op-
era company returns here again with a
strong list of artists, which includes
names familiar to every music lover.
Noted among its singers are Henry Clay
Barnabee, William II. Macdonald, Jessie
Bartlett Davis, Helen Bertram, William
E. Philip, George rockingham, William
Broderick, Harry Brown. w. II. Fitzger-
aid, Charles Hawley, Josephine Bartlett.
Carolyn Daniels Lloyd Rand. and Nor
man Champion S. L. Stddiey is its mu-
steal director The vitality and populari-
ty of the Bostonians remain as strong as
ever and the eagerness with which the
public has besiesed the Nationals box
office gauges the warm regard with
which this organization is held.
Concerning The Ssrenade, Which is to
be the bill for Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day. and Friday nights and the Saturday
matinee, nothing too good can be said. 1t
is brimful of melody and contains more
than fifteen popular numbers. The scene
| of action is laid in Spain during the eight
eenth century, and the story recounts the
I adventures of Alvarado, a dashing bari
tone of the Royal Opera, who has carried
on a filtration with Dolores, ward and
fiancee of the Duke of Santa Cruz. This
Irritation has been maintained by means
of "A serenade. and the dukes only means
of identifying his rival is the song Re
moving his ward to his home in the
mountains, he unwittingiy hires AIvarado
as coachman, and thus disguised, the
| dashing baritone is ensconced in the same
castle with his inamorata. Meanwhile
| Colombo. a broken-down tenor; Gomez a
| stage-struck tailor. and Yvonne, 4 dam
| seuse appear on the scene and the tenor.
| while teaching the familiar serenade to
! the tailor, is overheard by the duke mis-
taken for Alvarado, and incarcerated in
| the tower.
The action is then shifted to the
! grounds of a monastery and an adjoining
| convent Dolores, who has been placed
| in the convent by the duke, effects her
escape by means of an exchange OF
! clothes with Yvonne, who seeking her
, recreant lover, Alvarado, has followed
! him into the monastery. The subsequent
appearance of Romero, a bandit, in dis
guise, and the arrival of the stage-struck
( tailor into the monastery bring about
a recital of the serenade and the chorus
| of this song is waited over the garden
wall, reaching the ears OF the duke, who
has returned and has learned of Dolores S
disappearance. In the last act all ends
happily in true comic opera style
On Thursday and Saturday nights "The
Serenade'' will be supplanted by the ever
! popular Robin Hood" Both operas will
be embellished with beautiful scenery and
4 elaborate costumes. A brilliant chorus
and an enlarged orchestra are to he
prominent features.
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HnII Caine to Lecture.


After great deal of persuasion on the
part of Major ]. b. Pond. the noted novel;
ist and author, Hall Caine, who came to
this country solely to attend the produc-
tion. of THE Christian" has been induced
to make few platform appearances be-
fore his return to England. The first of
these appearances, which will necessarily
be limited, will take place on next Friday
afternoon at o'clock. and the second the
following Sunday at Sis o'clock, at the
National Theater.
The entertainment to be presented is not
a lecture, but a story. Mr.. Caine tells a
tale that occupies the entire evening, and
Is therefore really a spoken novel. which
he has never written and probably will
not write.
This unique work was suggested to the
author ten years ago while travelling in
the East. when he noted the rapt interest
OF the crowds in the market places while
listening to the fables of their entertain-
ers. The idea of adapting the Eastern
performance to the Western world was
first carried out by him in short tour
which he made in Scotland during the
winter of 1897. and the experiment proved
an extraordinary success. The largest of
the country's music halls and theaters
We're packed nightly.
The story which Mr.. Caine tells is en-
titled Home, Sweet Home" and is said
to be very simple. tender. humorous bit,
constructed on the lines of the large fam
lily of sketches which lind such exquisite ex-
preston in Washington lrving's Rip Van
Wrinkle" Mr.. Gaines method of telling
1t Is also very simple. He makes no eff
fort at acting, but merely narrates, al
though often with great dramatic effect.
The sale of seats for both entertain
ments will open at the National tomor-
row morning.
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kernan,s-.Xenetin nur1exnners..

No combination presented at the Ly-
ceum Theater is more sure of hearty
welcome than are those that come under
the management of the Irwin Brothers
whose reputation as producers is well
known. For this week the brothers offer
their Venetian Burlesquers," a striking
combination of the highest order. Those
who contribute to the vaudeville portion
of the entertainment given are Winnie
Richards, the English "burlesque queen"
Newell and Shevett in their daring feats
on the horizontal bars; Harlan and Yost.
singers and comedians; the Sisters Car
montelle, in their original sketch: Russell
and Tillyne, Srotesque acrobatic come
dians; Howard and Mack, with a little
nonsense: Rice and Eberlan the peers of
all illustrated song singers; Jennie Cliff
ford. soubrette, and the Versatile Trio.
in its latest success, 1.-The Eccentric Wis
itor." The performance will conclude with
musical burletta The Street Fair"
which is said to bubble over with mirth-
provoking situations
The times., 1898-10-30
FRIENDS OF LAST WEEK.

There are many lawyers in the world
who would not be satisfactory as supreme
court judges and there are numberless &C
tors of prominence whose ventures as
stars have hardly proven encouraging to
the public or themselves. Sometimes,
with the latter class, the fault Is in the
vehicle employed, often because of over
powering ambition on the part of the
aspirant. but nearly always through the
fact that the player has mistaken him
self and does not possess the distinctive
merit necessary to one who desires to
head his own organization. There are and
have been many instances of this fact
Burr Mcintosh and Ferris Hartman
among them-but none more pronounced
than in the case of Jefferson de Angels.
who came TO the Lafayette last week III
THE Jolly Musketeer." Mr.. de Angels
Is comedian of rare worth and has
many essentials of success. but he lacks
the keen individuality. the pronounced
characteristics and the distinct manner
isms necessary TO altitudinous theatrical
ambition. All Wheelan, VINO was with
Mr.. de Angels in THE Little Trooper
is perhaps as funny fellow as ever liv-
ed, and there are many who will declare
that ne has taken the palm from his
employers many time and Oft
Still Mr. Wheelan could not and would
rot pretend to hold the center of the
stage long at a time, and nothing could
be more impossible for him than a star
ring tour So with the present aspirant.
Mr. de Angels has a ready wit. quick
appreciation of humor and number of
other qualities that make his antics real
ly laughable and his performances pleas
ing. He dances better than any come
dian on the boards-unless Eddie Foy
all. an intelligent and capable entertain
er. but he cannot star with success.
There IS nothing about Mr.. de Angels
by which the public can remember him.
or that is sufficiently characteristic to
make one care more for his pranks than
those Of any other buffoon. He does not
possess the cleverness and eccentricity
Of Frank Daniels; the drollery and vo-
cal power Of De Wolf Hopper, or the
refinement and capacity of Francis Viii
SON Two seasons ago, when Mr.. de An
gels failed in The Caliph. the opera
was blamed. now the comedian has every
thing that could be desired in the way of
vehicle. and still is incapable of max
ing a hit. This is too bad, for Jeff is
good-hearted. hard-working. enterpris-
ing young gentleman. But he and Miss
Fox are only a half-star each. \ COM
b!nation might. therefore. prove desira-
BILE.
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the drama even at the risk of great pc
cuniary loss. Its proprietor. a man of
rare ability and genius. has taken an ac-
tive part in securing for the theater
many of its most inalienable rights and
inestimable privileges. The sheet has
founded and assisted at least one society
which has done noble work in aiding and
encouraging needy actors: has secured the
passage of several clauses in the copy
right law that were not only necessary
but bid fair to be forgotten otherwise;
has steadily fought a great theatrical
power that seemed at one time ready TO
enguif the best interests of the profession,
and has done many other notable things
of which very little has ever been said
because the Mirror is too clean and legiti-
mate paper to do much boasting. Both
the periodical and its proprietor are most
worthy and 1t is to be hoped that next
Christmas will not mark the last prosper
Gus twenty years Mr.. Fiske can celebrate
by great deal.
The times., 1898-10-30

After a week of tame mediocrity, if not
Of absolute inferiority, in local theatres,
the sight of billboards bearing the IA
miliar names of the Bostonians, Tim
Murphy William H. West, and a metro
politan success or two seems welcome re-
lief. The engagements which begin their
terms here tomorrow are of a most
promising order and, if they fulfill their
own prophecies, six nights of interesting
entertainment are in store for Washing
tonians. One of the most notable book
ings of the season is on at the Columbia,
where genial Joe" Luckett and bellig-
erent "Bilr' Dwyer announce the return
of the Timothy Murphy mentioned above,
who has not honored his native city with
a visit since his last return in "A Texas
Steer" This time the erstwhile Maverick
Brander offers new comedy in the shape
of Opie Read and Frank Pixley's THE
Carpetbagger." The piece has been put
ting in a most prosperous month in West
ern cities. and indications are that the
local stay will not mark an exception.
Over at the National those universal IA
vorItes, the Bostonians, are to present a
repertoire of their old and recent tri-
umphs, Herberts delightful ''Serenade'
being the bill for every night in the week
excepting Thursday and Saturday, when
De Kovens ever-popular robin Hood"
is promised with cast containing many
of the original people. Charles Froh-
mans latest English importation, "A
Brace of Partridges," comes from the
Madison Square to the Lafayette. William
H Vests big minstrel combination
holds the stage at the Academy
RusselIs ''Venitian Burlesquers' appear
at Kernans. and a good vaudeville enter
tainment may be witnessed within the
portals of the Bijou.
AS has already been said, the attrac-
tions of last week were not quite up 10
the standard, and the result was a period
of bad business all around. Many of the
houses did fairly well, but none accom-
plished anything more than that, and an
average of the general takings would not
prove of a nature to be used in the ad-
yertising of any of the combinations.
Jefferson de Angels and '"The Jolly Mus
keteer" achieved partial success at the
Lafayette, while the comedians ex-co-
star and present competitor, Della Fox,
brought badly drilled company to the
National in a badly written play and
hence did not appear before the crowds
TO which she is accustomed. The Broth
ers Byrne, clever acrobats, attempted TO
foist an inferior show upon the local pub
lie in their Going to the Races" and,
while the gallery boy was undaunted in
his desire to see the affair, the Columbia
did not prosper as might otherwise have
been the case. Undoubtedly the most
meritorious performance in town was at
the Academy. where Howard Could and
almost the same organization that ap-
peared two seasons ago at the Columbia.
presented 1.-THE Prisoner of Zenda' in :,
most notable manner. THE Finish OF Mr.
Fresh" was done at the Grand, Rice and
Barton brought an exceptional show to
kernan's, and the Bijou, with its usual
attraction, did the usual business The
week was hardly noteworthy in auy way,
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BiiOu-ynudeyiIIe.

Manager Grieves has provided another
excellent bill for the coming week at the
Bijou. Among the attractions announc d
is the biograph. The machine used has
been at Keith's New York Theater for
the past year. k6elaide Roattine is a SO
under engagement, and her clear soprano
voice is diametricaly opposite to that of
Emma Carus, who Will appear in the
same bill. Thomas and Quinn. the c.ever
talking comedians: Matthews and Morris.
In brand new sketch: Horace Golden.
who Is considered the greatest OF al
palmists; Harry and Sadie Fields, a
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In the midst of important business stars
are not likely to be especially good M
tured- This rule. however. did not seem
to apply to Della Fox when a Times man
approached her at an afternoon brusb-,,n
OF THE Little Host" lie was greeted
warmly and in response to the customary
line OF queries she remarked: "It may
now be forgotten that / was the original
Editha in Augustus Thomas drarnatiza-
tion of The Burglar We have not used
that fact in our press notices for several
years-nOt indeed since have been head
ing my own company. People said | dill
the childs part pretty well. andH will not
dispute their verdict after all thes= sea
sons-so many that l positively decline to
state their number Those were happy
days; no worry about investments then:
all sunshine and no shadow. Still. l think
that | prefer the surroundings Of the
present"
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Academy-west,s Min.,rc,..

will be this weeks attraction at the
Academy of Music. Mr.. West takes
pleasure in stating that neither tine nor
labor has been spared in presenting to
the American public in his performance
such one as has never before been at
tempted.
A perusal OF the personnel of the
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some of the situations are so intensely
exciting as to recall the days Of the good
old-time melodrama. But above all the
play is a comedy, and supposedly one of
the best that the American stage has
ever seen.