The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-08-31
DoNALDsoNvILLE, La SATURDAY, AUGUST Il, 1907.
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
A Blood and Thunder sIelOdrama as Seen
Through the Eyes of Street Arab.
"olivette" at the White City.
Mushroom Shape Holds
Ing it's Own.

Nnlle Twas Walblng On the neutra
ground in Canal street for Coliseum
car Monday afternoon, l became sc
absorbed in the description of play
which newsboy was giving to &
crowd of his fellows, that let severa
cars pass by unheeded till the rowdy
little raconteur was routed by the ma,
lesty OF the law. An edging, pushing,
wide-eyed coterie of newsboys were
surrounding him, and his story OF
''The King and Queen of Gamblers, .
which is showing at the Dauphine
this week, ran something like this:
saw, say, fellers, i wuz gran.
Youse kin bet youse life dat Dauphine
t'eatre is awright, awright, an its
mine fer de pit every Sunday noight
If business is ter de good an I got
de dough. De foist ak happings
along in a mountingus region o. Cal
iforny outside de sBlazin' Star Hotel,
Wot's likewise gamblin' house, an
say, fellers, it's skoit wot runs dat
joint, an her handle in de ploy is
Dolores, Queen o de Gamblers. She
wuz hot one, awright, awright.
'J Jack Diamont, King O de Gamblers, ,
is de hero's noime, an de leadin'
loidy has Sylvia fer handle. Den
dere's a peaehy little soubrette in de
push wild yeller curls and a short
skoit, an a red shoitwoist an Gin
GER fer a noime, an she's de kid o.
big. Bill Wot is de Wells. Fargo
agent at dat joint. Den dere's a NUT
noimed Black Pete Wot is de villun
o. de piece, an 'Humpty Jones wot is
q claim jumper an anodder bad egg,
an English guy wild one o. dem
glass eyes, wot gets stuck on de sou.
brette, an a few odders in de cas-
wordy o. honor'ble mention. De beau
full heroing Sylvia sidesteps out In the
foist ak wild her pore ole uncle wot is
natural born gambler, an he has q
poiper on him wot is directions o.
how ter git ter mounting Were q
real live gol' mine is hangin' roun'
loose. Den Humpty Jones wot knows
about dat poiper soaks him one wid
gun, an de ole feller keels over fer
dead. JUS den, in blows Jack Dia-
mond, de main guy o. de piece,
smokin big black an dressed fitten
ter kill in one O dem stove poipe hats
loike de swells wears ter de French
Opery, an long black coat an
hunk o. ice on his lef' mitt lat looks
Ioike headloight. De heroing gives
a sereech an falls over de body o.
her pore ole uncle, and den all de
miners an will west fellers an de
Wells-Fargo agent an errybody in
de cas- comes hot-foot outen de
tBlazin STAR ter fin out wot all de
racket's about. Den de bad man wot
done de shootin' up an loys de bloime
on Diamond Dick, an, de goil up an
shrieks: Its q lie, tell yonse, he
never done itl'' But de skoit Wot is
de Queen o Gamblers an Black Pete
wot is her pal, soys dey toikes
Humpty's Woird fer it an dey believe
Jack Diamond did done it cause dey
jus natu ally wants ter be partners in
dat poiper deal, wen Big Bill Only
reco 'nizes his ole pal, Jack Diamond,
an errybody shoikes han wild erry-
body but the yilluns. An soy, fell
lers, mebbbe dere wuzn't few guns
visible ter de naked eye. De whole
bunch on de stoige wuz JUS achin' ter
shoot up erryting in soight. De
secon' ak is de inside o. de parlor o.
Dolores, Queen o. de Gamblers, wot
is de mudder o. de heroing an don't
know it, an dere's hot goime on an.
Dolores an Black Pete cooks up
scheme ter beat Dave Ripley, de uncle
o. de goiI, outer de poiper wot tells
Were de gol' min is. So dey inter.
dooces col deck an woipes de ole
guy out. poiper an all, wen il steps
j ack Diamond and toikes a ham in
de goime hisself. Up ter dis tonne
j aek's been moikin goo-goos at de
heroing, an he sits in de goime ter
win back de precious poiper fer de
soike o. de woman he loves. Jack
w'ispers ter Ginger ter start ruff
house wen he sneeZes, an den wen
de bettin is de hottes' an dere amt
no more money in de bank and even
de valuable poiper is in de pot, Jack
gives a sneeze an Ginger lets fall a
soup bowl or suthin' an errybody
jumps up ter see wot tells de matter,
an Jack rings in a coli Geek hisself
an wen errybody settles down ter
business agin, Jack shows four aces
again de Queens four kings. Gosh
ding, fellers, 1t wuz gran! After dat,
dere wnz shootin' ter burn; errybody
fires off his gun careless loike, but it
ain It in de piece fer nobody ter get
kilt. In de told ak de ole uncle gifts
shot by Black Pete trough de window
% de house vile Jack Diamond is
alone wild him, den Jack toikes de
poiper from de ole guys pocket ter
keep de villuns from gettin 1t an in
rushes erry body, includin' Big Bill,
an JACK Diamond is 'cused o. de
murder. Wen dey soiches him an
foin's de poiler on him, dey toikes
him ott tar striuu him mn hnt do