The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04
keep him in navigablo shape, and that's

keep him in navlgable shape. and that's
| all there is about iC'
"He did cook up a scheme When he
| had deposited his leading man at a hotel
| he came to me and, without mentioning
! any particulars. he asked me If | knew
/ where to lay my hands on large, bullet
| headed squash-faced, projecting cared,
| miXed-ale prize fighter with seventeen
] inch biceps and shoulders three feet
! across.
Il just happened to have such on ac-
! quaintauce on my staff ana l told the
manager where he could nnd him. / found
out what happened later on. The mana
ger dug up the pug somewhere out in
/ Swampoodlc. lured him into a rum empo-
RUM got hold of him by two buttonhoiVs
| at once said.
Dye want a weeks easy exercise
with all expenses thrown in, including pro
vision for rum fund and $50 on Satur-
day night II you make good?'
" DO | want t own a yakt an line
o street cars? said the pug executing
couple Of jig steps and moistening his lips
! 'Hurl de spiel an watch me stan up an
take me medicals.
IAN right" said the manager. I'm
theatrical manager, and the company that
1 boss around and pay wages to is playing
here In Washington this week. My lead
! ing man is all right and a proper guy
| when he's not letting the redeye play bean
bag with him, but he's doing that right
now, and consequently he's a pin head
and an also ran. He's on one of his bi-
monthly toots, to put IT plainly and there's
no work in him. He's got to go on every
night this week and two matnees, and
/ you're the husky baby that's got to keep
him in shape to do Il, see. He loves pugs
anyhow, and when | stack you up against
! him / want you to stay right alongside
of him day and night and see that he
never crosses the line-that he's got his
t4s.l1r
around the hours when he's due to put
on his makeup and delight large and APP
preciatiVe audiences l don't care what
you do to him. but make him mind. Plug
him. or any old thing but make him do
what you tell him. You may have to
! scrap, and I'll tell you now that he's
pretty good on the scrap himself but
that's part of your job. We're going to
leave for New York on Saturday night
| al II 80 o'clock, and il you deliver your
man to me In time to catch the train
on that night you get your fifty plunks.
How about it2''
THAT'S like nndin' IL on de DUMP
said the SwampoOdfe pug. and an hour
later he was lean.n over the bar of
downtown hotel with the leading man
They talked fight and the history thereof
for the rest OF the day, and the pug kent
the leading man so interested that he
forgot 10 drink his regular jamboree quo
ia.
Put on the Gloves.
along toward o'clock in the after
noon The pug and the leading man put on
the gloves together IN the actors hotel
room and had a friendly bout for ha.f an
hour or so. When Il was over the actor
was so tired that he recIned on a couch
and went 20 sleep and the pug got him
walked up and ready to come to The theater
| at o'clock, The leading man got through
! his part an right and actually made
/ hit, but as soon as he lett the theat1r he
started in 10 whoop er up again. He fe,l
!. right into The hanis Of the pug and he
was so unsuspic'ous that he didn't no
tice the crafty way the pug had of
switching him off on his frequent orders
/ for drinks. The result was that when the
actor turned IN h. hadn't applied one~fifth
as much not and rebelous liquor to his
blood as he had inteeded.
1.-THE pug had him in charge all the week
and he did his end of the contract with
| the manager beautifully, without exciting
the slightest suspicion on the leading
mans part that he was practically under
guard. The TWO became as thick as thieves
the actor remaining just wo3Zy enough
TO feel a hankeriug for the society OF prize
! fighters and that sort of thng-and the
/ Swampoodlsr with local ring record pro-
duced his man at the stage door in more
I or less fair condition for going on every
/ time. Nobody IN he audience was any the
wiser, but ! had noticed the man just-a-
/ leetle unsteady condition on Tuesday night
/ before he went on, and, knowing his char
/ acteristics he kept ne on edge Tor the
rest of the week. didn't have any trou-
BILE however outside Of the worry l felt
| Perhaps the leading man became a tri-
fe suspicious during the performance on
| Saturday night. a any rate, he tried TO
| dodge his pug friend who was waiting
| for him out at the stage entrance in front
| hty f,agf through the OrgneefFa DIOR
and thus to the front of the house, where
| he started down the steps, looking around
| him furtiveiy. Then he made "a dive up
| the street. The prize fighter was too foxy
| for him, however, and he was right after
! him and beside him in no time. The lead
ling man looked dispeased, but he invited
the pug into cafe to have a drink. The
| pug accepted and they had two or three.
| Now, me man., said the actor to the
pug, I make you me devoirs ana bid you
good-by | have an appointment, yknow,
| and I've got TO keep it, See you again the
next time / come to town. SO long
| " You're goin' away on de 1850, pal,
said the pug wiping his chin and taking
a meaningful tug at his sleeves.
'How's that? asked the slightly jagged
actor looking up with surprise.
| " You re booked T. run over de big
town on de 1850 an it's now 1925 said
the pug, determinedly. I've got a hack
/ outside Come on wit me-
Now, see here the leading man
/ started TO say.
Amt got no time FIR chaw said the
| pug. Come on
! "And he passed bothrof his huge museial
arms around the struggling Thespian's
| waist. lifted him clear Of the ground aud
| Just toted him out to the waiting barouche,
| into which he unceremoniously dumped
| him and gave the word to the driver.
Five minutes later the hack was at the
depot. The manager and the other mem
| bers Of the company were waiting at the
| train.
Jest cash dis white chipr sold the
pug 10 the grinning manager lifting the
red-hOt actor out OF the barouche, and
the manager handed him over crisp, new
| $50 bill"