The Washington times., 1910-11-23
BATTLE TOO REAL
IN AMATEUR PLAY
Tiny Can't Stand for Rough
Treatment and "ComeS
Back"
PARENT COMPELLED
TO JUMP INTO RING
And Then a Great White Light
Strikes Understanding Of
James Dugan, j..

Tiny was at first oastAfor the part Of
Roscoe, the heroic aeroplanist, rescue-
OF fair women, and the SLAYER Of in
Vulnerable villains. renesades, and IN
dams
That was when Tiny was manager
and the show was billed TO appear in
Tiny's attic. Later when the slaughter
OF the Indians in rehearsal began TO
knock the plaster down on the dining
room table, Mrs Morris voted that the
performance be given elsewhere. and
Tiny was simultaneously relieved Of his
managerial responsibilities and the ne
ccSsity OF TesCUinS fair maids and
Strengthening the twenty-odd villains
that the play afforded
For two more days following his
deposition he rehearsed as Don Gumbo,
the AirsPirate, and. for enc other as
Milton, the messenger boy
Last Two UsuTped.
These last two were suecessiveiy
usurped by Jinks NcCIung, who had a
regular bandanna handkerchief TO tie
around his head and 2 scarlet silk sash
for his waist, and Willie Lee, whose
brother had promised TO let him wear
his cadet cap and old uniform coat
II was the merest chance that In his
rapid fall from the head OF the com
pany toward the berth Of scene shift
er Tiny was able To fall into a minor
villains part and gratefully hang on
For all Of which the. Fairgrounds As
ISOLATION Protective League later had
occasion 70 be profoundly sorry, and
Bertrand Morgan, who at ais mothers :
instigation had wandered through Mil
tons Paradise Lost with more OF
less understanding Hkened the chance
Job that kept Tiny in the show 10 the
foul gust Of air" that bore our old
friend, his Satanic Majesty, up when he
was falling IN the great vacuity, and af-
fOrded passage for his wings 10 Mother
Earth
There WIS q packed house in the base
meut OF Spud CIarke-s home that even
Ing. prim young misses and clean rosy
little boys, with a sprinkliug OF old
folks come TO encourage a worthy cause.
Altogether the house was estimated By
Jimmy Dugans 70 whom had fallen the
place vacated by TiuE'S first fail 10 be
worth about $ 10 the Playground AssO-
CiatiOn fund.
In the very front row sat James On
gan, ST, author Of the gorgeous ana
sanSulnary melcdrama- and for two
ana a maker 3 dozen OF villains had been
smoothly and CredTtatly removed. The
hero had followed the stolen heroine
rom Georgetown 10 the coal mines Of
Siberia, and after kicking a. whole raft
of lSRas and OVitChS into kingdom come
and pushing over several prison walls f.
order TO reach her, stood beside her,
graspinS her sleeve awlwardIy in his
numerous left hand
Ready for Murder.
This was Tiny's cue 10 come forward
and be murdered With a bIooI-curdIfne
whoop. not in the original manuscriu,
at all. Tiny landed in the middle of
the stage. and, Jerking his trusty dag
ger from his belt started in 20 carve a
name for himself Jimmy turned ard.
seized his arm with a You are foiIeI.
villain-surrender-'-
Followed business Of stage wrestling.
calculated 70 make the dysneptic sea
sick In one OF the more violent See
saws Tiny triPped In the sash OF The
Air Pirate. who lay slain at their feet.
and went tumbIing 10 the floor his head
hitting the boards with a resOuudflE
thump-
This was supposed 10 be the coup de
grace It remained for the hero 10 push
over one more prison wall. wreck the
imperial palace at St peterSourg can
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come sailing nome with the holds loaded
with ingOts Of silver and gold bullion
Button always had such satisfying
sound.
with his hand tangled up IN Ethleau
Flinders sleeve, while some CEe drew
the curtain over the third act He had
no premOuitiOn Of the wrath TO come of
Tiny Morris, who, with a swelling
knot on the back Of his head. rose be-
hind him His nrSt hunch that every
thing was not being run off according
to rehearSais was when Something huge
and heavy landed on his ear bringing
an fnfinity OF darkness, puucuua1ed with
flashes Of flaming aurora boreali-es
and other celestial phenomena.
He got up from the hoor where the
life-siZe WallOD had landedR him and
Erasped a hazy dark object that he saw
before him
Much Energy Used.
In the next ten seconds he devoted
enough energy upon one Tiny Morris
20 annihilate a regiment Of villains.
MI Dugan. ST. recognizing this as his
handIHork. and seeming a bit too much
realism in the heft OF the punches be
ing dealt ont upon the boards, reached
the scene in a bound Jimmy relin-
quished his grasp upon Tiny's ear and
Tiny untangIed his fingers from jim
rny's name They both burst for the
door through the audience 8Ir- Dugan
started to follow just at the moment
that the property man remembered II
was time TO pull the curtain.
That was how Mrs Clarke, hearing
the excitement and hurTyinE down 10
see what was the matter. found Nr.
Dugan, that paragon Of propriety, dis
eatangling himself from her bedroom
portieres-
without hero, curtains. villain or
playwright. the performance came 10 a
close perforce- Mrs. Clarke sent some
lemonade and cookies down and the
great melodrama broke UP In party,
with later pairings OF TO see some one
home
But 8Ir. Dugan sought in the dark
until he found q dark form hUddled be-
hind a tree.
Jimmy he said, cit would break
your mothers heart 10 know YOU were
fghting This was --2ws TO Jimmy
Therefore coutiIlued 1Ir- DuEaH,
I'm going TO give s to you for the
Fairgrounds fund. provided you don't
sav anything about what happened this
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