The Washington herald., 1914-09-13

amt always been peaceful and quiet
like it is now, m'friends, and the
comp'nyI have the honor to repsent
is engaged in providin' a series Of
movies that'l teach the young some o
the past glories of their ansisters. This
here section has had its Injun fights,
its revolutionary struggils, and they was
tough ones. Some o your own ansis-
tiers was killed in infancy night here,
yes, ruthlessly murdered in their era
dills Some of EN- wasn't, and by
them that survived was you handed
down to what the poets call posterritry.
Them awful scenes showin' with what
splendid fortuitousnes your ansisters
won our liberties for US we hope to
come to later. This time, however,
m'friends, we're goin' to produce a
series of pictures showin' first the pirate
cave, with Captain Kidd and his IA
nous band of bloodthirsty pirates, op-
eratin' in your midst, or ruther the
midst of your ansisters."
The forerunners of modern sur
gerry" whispered Rawson with a grin
The pirates is seem continued
Hinkley, "at leisure, playin' games,
etcetery, when suddinly off in the dis
tanoe on the dancin' waters o the sea is
seen the treasure ship sailin' slowly
along, unconscious of her danger, from
Injia to Bostin, full o jools of priceless
value. We see the captain and his
pirate crew settin' out after it, dis
guised as simple fishermen. Then
comes the fight, and the capture of the
treasure ship by Kidd and his rufian
followers. After the capture Kidd re-
turns to shore, bringin' with him the
treasure chest, which he proceeds to
bury, and there, m'friends, is where you
come in. While the pirates is buryin
the treasure a company of colonial
milishy, led by a young lootenant, whose
h-ancy is the daughter of the captain
OF the treasure ship, the girl havin
swum ashore durin' the fight and warn
ed the lootenant of what Captain Kidd:
been dom. makes a sudden dash from
out behind the rocks and catches the
pirates by surprise. They have fierce
battill. Half a dozen milishy and ter
or fifteen pirates is killed, and finally
Captain Kidd, after a rippin' fight with
the lootenant, hndin' himself overpow-
cred. knocks the lootenant down with
out killin' him, and run for his boat
accompanied by two of his band, all
that's left alive. and escapes, leavin' the
lootenant and his fancy standin' VIC
torious on the spot where the buried
treasure is"
Thunderous applause greeted the un-
folding OF the great scenario. 1t was
pronounced par excellence the drama
of the age, and the populace greeted it
accordingly.
Now, m'friends," said the manager,
when the cheers had at last subsided,
what we want you to do is to be the
colonial milishy. 1t would cost US ten
dollars a head to bring a milishy up
here from Bostin and meal 'em and
bed EN-, and in view of the fact that
we're putin nearly twenty thousand
dollars into the production we don't
feel like spendin' that amount extra on
an imported army, when, as everybody
knows, the woods OF Aspinquid IS reek-
in with actors. l don't know whether
you fellers realize it or not-chances IS
you dont-but there's been a good deal
of talk all over the country about your
actin. Why, only last Friday down to
Bostin a well-known theatrical man
ager from New York says to me
Hinkley,' says he, have you ever seen
any o the work O them Aspinquid
actors? / hear it's great he says, and
we gotta get some new blood and some
pep into our actin fellers or by Je-
hosaphat the stage'll be on the blink
I told him no, hadn't seen any o your
work, but that m'friend Bimbley, the
dramatic critic on the Bostin Bugle,
had. and he'd told me you was the most
remarkable bunch he'd seen outside
o. Paris, France, where most o the reel
actors comes from these days. So you
see, m'friends, you can do it if you
want to, and I'm authorized to hire a
force O twenty soldiers right now at
two-hfty per. VIII you do it,"
The response must have been graft
flying to Hinkley, for in less than four
minutes there were enough volunteers
to form two companies. To tell the
truth, had all could do to keep from
enlisting myself.
why don't you put your name down,
Billie?" I whispered to Rawson, as the
enlistment proceeded
"Td rather be a camp follower" said
Rawson. And, besides, an army is
always better for having a reserve to
draw on in case of disaster. You and
| don't need to mobilize just yet"
q think I'd rather like to take part
in movie show" said l. at must be
lot of fun after the pictures are made
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