The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-16

peepnOle lldC eNeISDOuy WdS pullluS lLlelF
to their ears, which 1 took to be a sign that the
orchestra should stop and the play begin. With
great difficulty We succeeded then in clearing the
stage, and rang up the curtain for the first act.
The interior of a counterfeiterS den was now
revealed, with a barrel in the center at which
Ned, with a false nose and a frowsy wig, was dis
covered busily engaged in producing. by means OF
a flat-iron and a single one dollar bill (Which we
had great trouble in raising for the occasion)
thousands of counterfeit dollars! His assistant
was kept busy carrying it to the box at one side,
and sneaking it back each time, and talking fast
so as to keep the audience from catching on TO
the one one dollar bill.
When to all appearances the bill had been suf-
fciently multiplied, l made my appearance upon
the scene as the Secret DetectiUe. / was dis
guised by a big nose and side whiskers and had
on a pair of blue overalls, tied about my waist
with a string, since they were too large for me.
had on a great coat beneath which was concealed
1ny star as big as a cup (the cake cutter in fact),
which | took great pains to disclose to the audi
ence, thereby giving them the tip as to who |
was.
Il knocked at the side door, and after they had
put the dollar bin where l could get it handy,
and had put away the fatiron, they let me in.
Il asked for a nights lodging-they refused!
Il then pulled the dollar bill out of my pocket
and offered ten dollars for lodging for a single
night.
They accepted! They took the money, and
sent me upstairs to bed.
II crawled up the ladder and laid myself out
fiat on a kind of a shelf at the back; and catched
Them.
by this time, one of the neighbors boys, Tom
Jacobs, came in representing a rich stranger.
They robbed him of the same one dollar bill
which he had managed to sneak as he came in
and chucked him through a trap door into one
of the bins.
of course they were all talking, making up
their own speeches, telling the audience all that
it was necessary for them to know. Pretty soon,
after they had given me time to go to sleep, they
got out the tlat-iron and the dollar bill and went
to work again.
II then UQre q QrhlStle!
This was the signal for BOYLE Voolfolk, the
policeman, to appear. He didn't come!
This left me and Tom Jacobs in a very en-
barrassing position. l didn't know what had
happened; nor did the others. They whispered
together, and they called Boyle in a stage whis-
per.
bed came another stage whisper from behind
the scenes. Here was a pretty mess, but Buck
showed himself master of the situation for he
stepped to the front and said:
Ladies and gentlemen: Owing to the uneN-
pected delay in raising the curtain, our policeman
has been carried off by his father and put to bed.
We will have to wait, therefore, till the old gen
tleman goes to sleep, when he will sneak out OF
the backs window and return and the play will
go on. Meanrhi1e the lemonade and peanuts 1ciN
1e passed on the ushers.'
The curtain now went down with tumultuous
applause and the red circus lemonade and pea
nuts were freely bought by the waiting patrons.
This was also a scheme by which Buck expected
to nav for the candles next day.
me OTclleSITd HOW DeSdl 10 get III lGS
lint the musicians We're soon bought off with pea
nuts and candy. and Boyle Voolfolk getting back
much sooner than we expected. the curtain went
up and the first act was finished in good style.
The policeman appeared. The counterfeiters
We're captured, and Tom Jacobs was released from
the bin.
ST descended from the loft and showed my star.
Ned CRASHED his teeth, and shook his fist under
my false nose.
at acas great! And the curtain went down
again with tremendous applause.
Act III. opened with a love scene in a garden