New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-28

soul: If YOU don't keep quiet, Ill have you
put out OF the housed"
The lady who owned the watch began to CRY
then, and that made the audience symPathlze
with her.
why don't YOU hand back her watch:
several people called out, and others made re-
marks that were not complimentary 10 the Doc.
Shut up, YOU savages, You monkeys ne
yelled. Shell get her watch as soon as l have
time to conjure 1t back from the whlthernesS
of the beyond
THERE was a temporary lull; but anyone
could see that the play wasn't taking halt
50 well as 1t had gone at the start; and Angel
Willie, when the Doc came back OF the scenes
for a few minutes, suggested that we get the
husband of the watch owner to come back at
the end of the act so that we could TX up some
kind Of a settlement with him. But the Doc $
leg hurt him a good deal, and he was sore be
cause his rendering Of the Sollloquy had been
spoiled; so he remarked that he WASH gong
to give up any money II II could be avoided
and he thought It could. Long before the act
ended the people got to asking insulting queS-
tons about the automobile we were going 70
give away, and that, together with more de
mands for the return of the watch. made It al
most impossible for the actors to make any
Roadway.
Angel Willie and the rest OF US were worried
a good deal about the automobile, too The
Doc had refused from the first to let US know
what his plan was, merely saying when We
asked him about 1t that the automobile would
be there all right when the time came We
were all pretty nervous when the curtain went
down at the end of the second act. Everybody
was yelling or stamping on the floor, and l
didn't like the looks of things a little bit
THE Doc scrubbed numbers on lot Of little
pieces of paper, put them IN his plug hat,
and then Went out before the curtain lhere
was a wild whoop as he appeared and ne held
out both hands in an appeal for silence
Ladies and gents, friends and fellow clti-
zens," he said when they quoted down, We
are now going to have the drawing, and l VIII
ask some boy TO step up on the stage and be
blindfolded. But before we proceed further.
| have a little advice to give to the holder OF
the lucky number. | hope he viii not break
any of the speed regulations with his automo-
bile, and | will further caution hlm to be care
full not to run over any old people or children
or other livestock. There IS also another con-
dition that | must ask him or her who holds
the winning number to observe After the
ticket has been drawn the winner Will come
around to the stage door and receive his or her
property; but ne or She as the case may be,
to quote the words of the poet, IS not to eN-
hibit the automobile until this performance IS
ended. Come up. my little man. he said, turn
ing to the boy who was waiting 10 climb on the
stage, and we shall let you select a number.
After ne had tied a handkerchief over the
boys eyes, the Doc picked up his hat and said,
" Now dip in and take one ticket
The boy did so, and handed the slip of paper
to the wizard, who looked at it and said:
Zone hundred and thirty-three wins the auto
mobile
Wheel h ,wled man in the gallery. I've
got it,"
Without waiting to be invited. he rushed
down stairs and came around 10 the stage en-
trance. When he got there. the Doc was wait
ing for him with the package | had seen HIM
buying in the afternoon
Here's your property" SAID the wizard
" Remember that YOU are not TO show It 10 any
body till after the performance.
The man was big, dark looking pottery
worker. and he ripped off the paper rs soon as
the package was put in his hands. He had a
toy automobile that must have cost seventy
five or eighty cents, and | think he was mad.
Without saving a word, he rushed past the
Doc and the rest of US and got IN front Of the
curtain.
Here It isl he yelled, holding up his auto
mobile. Come on, boys!"
NOBODY had to tell me that the perform
A~ ance was over. l caught Clytie by the
hand, and We made a quick exit, getting out
side before anybody had time to head off
There was a dark lane back of the ODera House