The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-02-18
THE BACHELOR.

Almost every theatrical company
has it's story-teller who whites away
the tedium of long Jumps with
laugh provoking anecdotes. Needless
to say this individual is usually about
the most popular person in the organ
ization. With THE Bachelor the
ely de Fitch comedy to be presented al
the Elks' Theatre is not without its
story teller who is Miss Kathryn Hut.
Gibson the little ingenue who, scored
such hit when she appeared here in
Girls" and who IS now featured in
the playwrights latest comedy. Miss
Kathryn Hutchinson was born in the
South and here in typical story as
she delights to tell it.
She says ut isn't any story because
Donnegan told Father and Father told
me, and it is old rs the circumstances
happened before l was arranged for,
but l know it is true because father
said SO and he went to church-some-
times. 1t was little town, l won't
tell the name but it begins with b
father and mother lived there then.
A show came to town and l played
three nights East Lynne, Romeo
and Juliet and "ren Nights in a
Barroom" and did fairly we'll. Texas
used to have bad name for lawless
ness, but don't think it was half rs
bad as the stories made it. You know
we only had one Ben Thompson and
one King Fisher and two or three
other desperadoes, but the best part
of the people were just like father and
he was all right.
"We1l, the show had to leave town
at three o'clock and the depot was
about three miles from the hotel.
Dornegan was the night watch and
wore a tin star to prove his authority.
About half an hour before his time he
turned into the hotel and excltedly
called for the manager of the show.
Most of the male members of the
troupe were down stairs and the man
ager presented himself.
"Have any of you boys got guns" he
asked. Il saw couple OF bad looking
men lust now on horseback and they
may be going to try and hold up the
bus
"The manager Intercepted his boys
and with himself he figured four re-
volvers Of various brands. The color
ed boy who met the trains had genu-
inc Texas .45 and the bus driver re-
vealed a small cannon. When the la
dies of the company came down they
began to ask questions about the ex
element and to pacify them were told
hat cinnamon bear had been seen on
she road and the boys were preparing
10 Jake shot at it.
"Well the bus started on run for
he station with the manager OF the
how and Donnegan at The rear end.
They had travelled about half mile
when horseman was seen galloping
n pursuit Donnegan fired, but not
% kill. and the manager and half a
iozen others followed. At this recep-
ion the horseman wheeled off and
tut across field.
I'VE scared that varmint off "roared
and everybody joined in con-
on the escape. The
horses were whipped to a gallop and
soon reached the depot. The first
hing the company noticed was the
andlord of the hotel dismount1ng
rom pony. Flying at the Manager
ne roared Nice party you are! what
n b,azes were you shooting at me for?
Only he didn't say it SO elegant as
hat. The manager quickly explained
,he situation appealing to Donnegan
% substantiate his statement. The
landlord let out laugh that would
nave shamed hyena. Road agent,
IN? Well if you had been held up he
OF got much for you left your
\ allet and money on the counter and
found it. grabbed pony to catch up
With you. Here's your money. Ev-
Try body had good laugh at the man
sger and Donnegan-and Donnegan
old father and father told me-.
Mr.. Paul Gilmore will appear in
sam S. and Lee Shubert's Original
New York Production OF Clyde Fitch's
1.-THE Bachelor" on next
Monday, Feb. Goth. .ees1
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