The San Francisco call., 1899-10-21
Journeyed Many Miles
But in Vain,
MANAGER REPORTED HIM ILL
THEN HE TURNED UP TO SAY
HE WAS WELL.
Local Comedy Of Errors in Which
Several Well Known Local En-
tertainers Unwillingly Fig
ured Monday Night.

Two towns are laughing over the mis-
hap that befell the Knickerbocker Quar-
tet and their company on Monday night
last They were to give a performance
at Petaluma but failed to connect, and
the story of that failure Is the cause of
the merriment mentioned before. The
Knickerbockers are the following: Her
bert Williams, William Elliott, Douglass
Crane and L. A. Larsen. They were to be
assisted at Petaluma by c. b. Newton,
elocutionist; J. Warren Lucy, pianist;
and Miss Shipley, cornetist. The arrange
ment was that all the company We're to
take the .. m. Tiburon boat. When the
boat started roundup was made by the
manager of the aggregation. To his grief
and to the CONSERVATION of all, Elliott
was missing. He was not on the boat.
Here was a pretty how de doi' Once
another member of the company-one of
the quartet-had failed to connect when
| a concert was to be given in Nevada
County The unsympathetic mountain
eers, when three singers only filed on the
stage to represent the quartet, gave the
heroic trio first the CLASSY eye, then, be-
coming heated, they Missed the dlscom-
flied singers from the stage. An ironclad
agreement was then entered into between
the singers and the manager by which
the manager was given powers that
transcend those popularity supposed to be
vested in the Car of all the Russias.
The passengers on the Tiburon boat were
horrified at some expressions that they
| heard concerning the, missing Elliott.
bIanched the hair of the missing vocalist
ike to driven snow. There were words
of despair and woe to move the Sphinx
to tears. , -,
This was the general conclusion of the
company before the boat had touched the
north shore of the bay. There was moth
ing left to do but telegraph to the people
al Petaluma that the entertainment was
off, and this was left to the ingenuity of
the manager to do properly he was equaaI aI
allies went on the cars to San Rafael.
! There they debarked and prepared to re-
turn to this city, sad and depressed with
| q sense of defeat. This was the message
! that soon greeted the eyes of the manager
Of the hall in Petaluma where the enter
tainment was to have been given:
"Elliott Is sick. For that reason enter
tainment must be postponed.
When the party reached this city on
! their return one of the knickerbockerS
volunteered to inquire into the mysterious
| failure Of Elicit to connect He went 10
| Oakland and there saw Mrs. Elliott. The
lady was surprised to hear that Elliott
had not gone to Petaluma. She had no
knowledge of his whereabouts, and she
was alarmed when she found out that he
was missing.
dress-sut case and wearing a look of eX-
treme anxiety was riding from San Ra-
fael at the top speed of span of we'll
kept horses in the direction or Petaluma.
He reached that charming place n due
tine, not long before the hour set for the
entertainment TO begin. He put on 4
dress suit hurriediy and sauntered around
to the hall To his surprise there Were no
lights in the hall. He hunted up the man
ager and asked some questions
It's no use. young man. answered that
Individual There will be no concert for
you TO attend here tonight, and you may
| just as we'll go home. l had dispatch
from the manager of the Knickerbockers
from San Rafael saying that they could
not come because Elliott was sick"
Great Scott, man! What are you talk
ing about? Why, 1 am Elliott"
The manager Whistled. The vocalist
saw it all then and grinned and prepared
to make the best of the night In Petaluma.
| His late trip across the bay and his hard
drive to Petaluma had been of no avail.
He had carriage hire to pay, and had lost
his expected returns from the entertain
ment that did not come off Since then
the matter has all been patched up. An
other date has been fixed, and Petalumans
will find their tickets are still good.
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