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

have hastily given. / perceive that you
comprehend Then all Is well congratu-
late you
THINGS looked very encouraging up to
within half an hour of the time for the
performance to begin. People crowded
around the ticket Office long before the
doors were opened, and we We're all in high
spirits, until the perhdy OF Richards the
property man became known The Doc
was about half made up for his part, when
the sheriff appeared and attached the re-
ceipts on behalf of Richards Angel Willie
threw up his hands and wilted. Things
had been going against him 50 regularly
that the poor boy had no spunk left, and
he walled
i knew it / knew it was too good to
be truel Oh Lord why didn't | take
Uncle Johns advice and buy u candy
store instead OF becoming a theatrical
manager
" Be calm, my boy, be calm, SAID the
wizard, who had come out Of his dressing
room with his shoes in his hands and his
shirt hanging outside Of his trousers.
" You forget that / am the head of this
combination The money which our
genial property man has attached IS mine
Does he presume to say that ! owe him
anything
The sheriff who was doing the attach
ing turned 10 Richards when he found out
how things stood and told him the papers
he had procured were worthless That
ended the attachment proceedings; but
didn't ike the way Richards looked /
had a suspicion that he would do some
thing disagreeable before the show was
over, and would have mentioned the mat
ter to the Doc if | hadn't been called
around to the front just then to settle
with the owner of the house Before |
could get back on the stage again the cur
tain was up and the performance had be
gun. Richards played a small part; so
they had not been able to order him out OF
the theater | found him sitting on a soap
box back Of the scenes, mumbling to HIM
self and looking as If he wanted to set fire
to something.
THE first act was a hummer | was sur
prised at the Docs acting. He hadn't |
learned many of his lines; but he faxed |
beautifully, quoting poetry III large hunks. |
and ringing in speeches from Hamlet 20
every little while with great effect The |
audience was one of the most enthusiastic |
ever saw Everybody was in good hui |
NOR. This may have been partly on &C |
count OF the automobile that some one |
was gong 10 draw at the END OF the second |
act. There wasn't an empty seat in the
house
Angel Willie said it was the first time
since he had begun to be manager that
such a thing had happened. He was full
of enthusiasm, and wanted me to use my
influence with the Doc to get him to re-
main at the head of the company.
Clytie made big hit, too She looked
so sweet and beautiful that everybody in
the house went wild over her the minute
she stepped on the stage. But she never
looked at the audience Her eyes We're
always on the wizard, and | couldn't help
whether he really had her un
der some magic spell, or whether she did il
because he had ordered her to \ good
many things had happened which made
me think that he possessed a mysterious
power Of some kind, and there had been
many other tricks which convinced me
hat it was all a trick. But She played her
part very well. what little there was Of It
or her to play, and Miss Fennimore was
50 jealous when the curtain went down
hat she refused to go on again unless they
would let her introduce ragtine song and