Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-16
ASHE SAW"CYRAN0'
BY George AIDE


THE young man who claims th'
proud distinction of being III
sporting authority of Mrs. Pollock
boarding house attended a perform
ance OF "Cyrano de Bergerac" one even
ing recently. Next morning at the
breakfast table he was telling the book
keeper, the clothing salesman and the
young woman stenographer all about i
''You want TO GO he said. "You
want to 90. It's all right. Mansfield
does IL out Of sight.
"Its something like Shakespeare,
amt it2" asked the bookkeeper
NO, this is something new, some
thing just of Of the bat OF course il is
something like Shakespeare, becuz this
fellow has a hard-luck finish, but il
amt tragedy, either. / don't know
what you would call it, butts all right
at that"
Mansfield wears a big nose, don't
he?" asked the stenographer. Il should
think he'd look awful funny"
Funny? Yes, it is funny, l don't
think. It's about as funny as six flu
nerals goin' into Rose Hill cemetery all
at one time. Funny!"
"Why2 Does he die?" asked the
clothing salesman.
swell, yes, he does die at the finish,
but that's the least of his troubles.
Where he has all Of his trouble is on ae-
count of this girl. You've got to ad
mire a good many things he done, but
at that | wouldn't have stood for this
other fellow as long as he did"
'What other fellow ?" asked the book
keeper. did some other fellow love
the grip"
"oh, murderl" exclaimed the sport
ing oracle, pushing away the cup Of
coffee. 81 see right here that I'll have
TO make a diagram of this whole thing
Now, this is the whole business as near
as | could follow it. Cyrano (Searanoh)
is stuck on the girl She's kiad Of
second cousin of his. The girl likes him
well enough, and that's about all Hes
a sight, you know He's got nose on
him that amt nose at all. It's
handle, that's what 1t IS. Well ;h.s
Cyrano is a braiuA guy, and he's ready
10 fight al the drop Of the hat espe
cislly IL anyone goes tc making any
cracks about The nose That's the one
thing be won't starJ for Hes a handy
fellow with the sword, writes poetry
and SO on. you knoW--an elegant talker,
100, and as soon as you size him up you
can see that this horrible beal is his
one handicap But it's somethin', Of
course, that nobody can overlook
well, just about the time the piece
opens, this girl that he's dead stuck on
comes 20 him and tells him that she's in |
love with a young soldier that's just
come to join the same company that |
Cyrano's with. That's an awful Jolt |
right between the eyes, but this Cyrano
is game up wherever you put him, so
he promises the girl that he'll help the
thing along and look after the young |
fellow, and-oh, yes, he promises her
that he won't fight with Christian"
who's Christian ?" asked the stenog-
napier.
That's the name Of the young fellow
that the girl Is stuck on. He's one Of |
these nice looking boys, you know, good
mp 10 his limit, but a short limit. Well |
he's new soldier 10 this company. and |
some Of the Others have been kiddin |
him and telliu' him that he didn't have
any nerve. He's crazy mad. and Just
TO prove that he's all right he decides to
call down Cyrano, because he's the best
man in sight. Cyrano starts to tell the |
soldiers a story If something that hap
pened the night before and this Young i
fellow, who's sitiin' of at one side.
shoots in a remark about the nose
Wen. everybody jumps up becuz II
looks ten to one that there's goin' TO be
a KILN. Cyrano is right on top of this
young fellow in a second, aud wants 10
know who be IS When be hears the
name he stops thatquick It's the young
fellow he's promised to look after. H
goes back and sits down aud starts the
story again. The young fellow saws
something more about the nose. He
keeps Il up, you know, and the soldiers
don't know what TO make Of il. for It's
the first time on record that anyone
ever made any remarks about the nose
and got away with H. Well. at last
Cyrano sends the soldiers out and tells
this Christian why be can't fght him.
and then the young fellow weakens and
apologies and they agree 70 be friends.
wow. this young fellow is a good
hooker, but, as De SAYS himself. when
they begin to talk e over. he's a frost
when Il comes to taIllin' or writin' let
tiers. 80 Cyrano makes a proposition
that he'll write the letters and tell the
young fellow what 60 say 60 The girl.
and between the two Of 'em they'll win /
hsr cut That's The part Of the play