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CHAPTER IV.
THE FIRST MAYOR OT' VI.NCF.NWr
e GOVERNOR AWIOTT probably
never so much as heard of the
| dame Jeanne of French brandy
sent to him by his creoie friend
in New Orleans. lie had horn gone
from Vincennes several months when
the batteau arrived, having been re
called to I»etroit by the Hritish au
thorities, and he never return d. Mean
time the little post with its quaint cab
ins and its dilapidated blockhouse, call
ed Fort Sackville, lay sunning drowsily
by the river in a blissful state of help
lessness from the military point of
view. There was no garrison, the two
r.r three pieces of artillery, abandoned
and exposed, gathered rust and cob
webs, while the pickets of the stockade,
decaying and loosened in the ground by
winter freezes and summer rains. lean
id in all directions, a picture of decay
ind inefficiency.
M. Gaspard Roussillon was looked
jpon as the aristocrat par excellence of
Vincennes. notwithstanding the fact
that his name bore no suggestion of no
ble and titled ancestry. He was rich
and in a measure educated; moreover,
the successful man's patent of leader
ship, a commanding figure and a suave
manner, came always to his assistance
when a crisis presented Itself. He trad
sd shrewdly, much to his own profit,
but invariably with the excellent re
sult that Cie man, white or Indian,
with whom he did business felt him
self especially favored in the transac
tion. Ry the exercise of firmness, pru
dence, vast assumption, florid eloquence
and a kindly liberality he had greatly
endeared himself to the people, so that
in the absence of a military command
er he came naturally to be regarded as
the chief of the town, m'sieu' le maire.
lie returned from his extended trad
ing expedition about the middle of
July, bringing, as was his invariable
rule, a gift for Alice. This time it was
a small, thin disk of white flint, with
a hole in the center through which a
beaded cord of sinew was looped. Tho
edge of the disk was beautifully notch
ed and the whole surface polished so
that it shone like glass, while the
beads, made of very small segments of
porcupine quills, were variously dyed,
making a curiously gaudy show of
colors.
"There now, ma cherle, is something
worth fifty times its weight in gold,"
said M. Roussillon when he presented
the necklace to his foster daughter
with pardonable self satisfaction. "It
Is a sacred charm string given me by
an old heathen who would sell his soul
for a pint of cheap rum. He solemnly
informed me that whoever wore it
could not by any possibility be killed
'by an enemy."
Alice kissed M. Roussillon.
; "It's so curious and beautiful," she
said, holding it up and drawing the
variegated string through her fingers.
.Then with her mischievous laugh she
added: "And I'm glad it is so powerful
against one's enemy. I'll wear it when
ever I go where Adrienne Bourcier Is.
See if I don't!"
"Is she your enemy? What's up be
tween you and la petite Adrienne,
eh?" M. Roussillon lightly demanded.
"You were always the best of good
friends, I thought. What's happened?"
"Oh, we are good friends," said
Alice quickly, "very good friends, in
deed; I was but dialling."
"Good friends, but enemies; that's
liow it is with women. Who's the
young man that's caused the coolness?
I could guess, maybe!" He laughed
and winked knowingly. "May I be so
bold as to name him at a venture?"
"Yes, if you'll be sure to mention M.
Rene de Ronville," she gayly answered.
■"Who but he could work Adrienne up
into a perfect greon mist of jealousy?"
"lie would need an accomplice, I
should imagine; a young lady of some
bear"7 and a good deal of heartless
ness."
. "I.ike whom, for example?" And she
tossed her bright head. "Xot me, lam
sure."
"Poh! Like every pretty maiden in
'the whole world, ma petite coquette.
They're all alike as peas, cruel as blue
jays and as sweet as apple blossoms."
He stroked her hair clumsily with his
large hand, as a heavy and roughly
fond man is apt to do, adding in an al
most serious tone:
"But my little girl is better than most
of them—not a foolish mischief maker,
I hope."
1 Alice was putting her head through
the string of beads and letting the
translucent white disk fall into her
bosom.
"It's time to change the subject,"
said she. "Tell me what you have
seen while away. I wish I could go
far off and see things. Have you been
to Detroit, Quebec, Montreal?"
"Yes, I've been to all, a long, hard
Journey, but reasonably profitable. You
shall have a goodly dot when you get
married, my child."
"And did you attend any parties or
balls?" she inquired quickly, ignoring
his concluding remark. "Tell mo about
i them. I want to know what you saw
in the great towns—in the fine houses
—how the ladies looked, how they nct
ted—what they said—the dresses they
wore—how"—
"Ciel! You will split my ears, child.
Can't you fill my pipe and bring it to
me with a coal on? Then I'll try to
tell you what I can," lie* cried, assum
ing a humorously resigned air. "Per
haps if I smoke I can remember ev
erything."
Alice gladly ran to do what was
asked. Meantime Jean was out oq
the gallery blowing a llule that M.
Roussillon had brought him from
'Quebec.
The pipe well filled and lighted ap
parently did have the effect to steady
and encourage M. Roussillon's mem
jory, or, if not his memory, then his im
agination, which was of that fervid
and liberal sort common to natives of
the Midi and which has been exquisite
ly depleted by the late Alphonse Dau
det in Tartarin and Bompard. He
leaned far back in a strong chair, with
his massive legs stretched at full length,
jind gazed at the roof polc3 while he
talked.
In the first place, he had not been In
Quebec or Montreal during his absence
from home. Most of the time he had
spent disposing of pelts and furs at De
troit and In extending his trading re
lations with other posts, but what mat
tered a trifling want of facts when h's
meridional fancy once be.gan to warm
Up? A smattering o£ social knowledge,
fculned at first hand iu his youthful
days in France while be was a student
BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY, Al'lUL
whose parents fondly expected him to
conquer the world, came to his aid. and.
besides, he had saturated himself ail
liis life poetry and romance. Scu
dery. Soarron, Prevosi Mme. I.a Fa
yette and Calprenedc vere the chief
sources of his information touching the
i'.to and manners, morals a i l uayeties
of people who. as he supposed stirred
the surface of that resplendent and far
off ocean called society.
Alice was absolutely charmed. She
sat oil a low wooden stool and gazed in
to Gaspard'lloii.-siH -n's face with dilut
ing eye* in which burned that rich and
radi:!*it something we ca'l a passionate
son!. S!:o drank in his !!a:n!>oynnt
stream of words with a thirst which
nothing hut experience could evfr
r/uei: ?i. He fe!t her silent r.pplr.ase
and the ndmlrir.g iu •' >iu:ii.iry abso p
ticu that poft-ts-rd 1- s wife. The ccn
seiousiK ~s of hi * cJe;i!.»;;tiV.'.v marnet
ism augment«•! the Si.v.- of his fine de
scriptions and he went c;i and on until
the arrival ot Filth t Perot put an end
to it iill.
The priest, hearing of M. Roussillon's
return, h.:d ccme to inquire about some
friends living at Detroit. He took
luncheon with the family, en.l< yln.T tho
downright refreshing collation of broil
ed bird.:, cnioiis. meal cakes and claret,
endini- with a di-li of blackberries and
cream.
M. Roussillon seiwd the first oppor
tunity to resume liis successful romanc
ing and presently In the midst of the
meal began to tell Father Beret about
what he had seen in Quebec.
"P.y the way," he said, with expan
sive casualness in his voice, "I called
upon your old time friend ar.il coad
jutor, Father Sebastian, while up
there. A noble old man. He sent you
a thousand good messages. Was
mightily delighted when I told him
how happy and hale you have always
Alice was absolutely charmed.
been here. Ah, you should have seen
his dear old eyes full of loving tears.
He would walk a hundred miles to see
you, he said, but never expected to in
this world. Blessings, blessings upon
dear Father Beret, was what he mur
mured in my ear when we were part
ing. He says that he will never leave
Quebec until he goes to his home
above —ah'"
The way in which M. Roussillon
closed his little speech, his large eyes
upturned, his huge hands clasped in
front of him, was very effective.
"I am under many obligations, my
son," said Father Beret, "for what you
tell me. It was good of you to remem
ber my dear old friend and go to him
for his loving messages to uie. I am
very, very thankful. Help me to an
other drop of wine, please."
Now the extraordinary feature of the
situation was that Father Beret had
known positively for nearly five years
that Father Sebastian was dead and
buried.
"Ah, yes," M. Roussillon continued,
pouring the claret with one hand and
making a pious gesture with the other.
"The dear old man loves you and prays
for you. His voice quavers whenever
he speaks of you."
"Doubtless he made his old joke to
you about the birthmark on my shoul
der," said Father Beret after a mo
ment of apparently thoughtful silence.
"He may have said something about it
in a playful way, eh?"
"True, true; why, yes, ho surely men
tioned the same," assented M. Rous
sillon, his face assuming an expression
of confused memory. "It was some
thing sly and humorous, I mind, but it
just escapes my recollection. A right
Jolly old boy is Father Sebastiah. In
deed very amusing at times."
"At times, yes," said Father Beret,
who had no birthmark on his shoulder
aud had never had one there or on any
other part of his person.
"How strange!" Alice remarked. "I,
too, have a mark on my shoulder—a
pink spot, just like u small, five petaled
flower. We must be of klu to each
other, Father Beret"
The priest laughed.
"If our marks are alike, that yrould
be some evidence of kinship," he said.
"But what shape is yours, father?"
"I've never seen It," he responded.
"Never seen it! Why?"
"Well, it's absolutely invisible," and
he chuckled heartily, meantime glanc
ing shrewdly at M. Roussillon out of
the tail of his eye.
"It's on the back of his shoulder,"
quickly spoke up M. Roussillon. "and
yon know priests never u*e looking
glasses. The mark is quite invisible
therefore so far as Father Beret is con
cerned!"
"You never told me of your birth
mark before, my datighter," eaid Fa
ther Beret, turning to Alice with sud
den interest. "It may some day be
food fortune to you."
"Why so, father?"
"If your family name Is really Tarle
ton, as you suppose from the Inscrip
tion on your locket, the birthmark, be
ing of such singular shape, would prob
ably identify you. It is said that these
marks run regularly In families. With
the miniature and the distinguishing
birthmark you have enough to make a
strong case should you ouce find the
right Tarleton family."
"You talk as they •write in novels,"
Bald Alice. "I've read about Just such
tilings in them. WpulJu't it be grand
!f I should turn out to be some great
personage in disguise!"
The mention of novels reminded
Father Bcvet of that terrible book
which he hist s.v possession,
!8, 190 i
and he i>ot refrain frota men
tlonJng it i'i .*1 voice that sh'.idderod.
"Rest :'a<y. Kr.'lier Beret." said Alice.
"Tl:,i t j.i one novel I li::v? found wh>!-
!r ilistasteful to me. I tried to read It,
lift could r iot do it. I flung it aside
in utter aisgu-t. You and Mother
E''iissillon are welcome to hide it deep
:is a well for nil I carc. I dot\ enjoy
reading about low. vile people and
hopeless unfortunates. I like sweet
and lovely heroines and strong, high
souled. brave heroes."
"Head about the blessed saints, then,
my daughter. You will find in them
the true heroes and heroines of this
world," said Father Beret.
M. Itoussillon changed the subject,
for lie always somehow dreaded to
have the good priest fall into the strain
rf argument he was about to begin. A
etr:iy sheep, no matter how refractory,
feels a touch of longing when it hears
the shepherd's voice. M. Eoussillon
was n Catholic, but a straying one. and
he had promised the dying woman
who gave Alice to him that the child
should be left as she was, a Protestant,
without undue influence to change her
from the faith of her parents. This
promise he had kept with stubborn per
sistence. and he meant to keep it as
long as he lived.
A v few weeks bad passed after M.
Rouasillon's return when that big
hearted man took it into his head to
•elebrate bis successful trading ven
tures with a moonlight dance given
without reserve to all the inhabitants
of Vincennes. It was certainly a dem
ocratic function that he contemplated,
and motley to a most picturesque ex
tent.
Itene de Ronvllle called upon Alice a
day or two previous to the occasion
and duly engaged her as his partenaire.
but she insisted upon having the en
gagement guarded in her behalf by a
condition so obviously fanciful that he
accepted it without argument.
"If my wandering knight should ar
rive during the dance, you promise to
stand aside and give place to him,"
Blie stipulated. "You promise that?
You see. I'm expecting him all the
time. I dreamed last night that he
came on a great bay horse and, stoop
ing. whirled me up behind the saddle
and away we went!"
There was a childish, half bantering
air in her look, but her voice sounded
earnest nnd serious, notwithstanding
its del-clous timbre of suppressed play
fulness.
"You promise me?" she insisted.
"Oh, I promise to slink away into a
corner and chew my thumb the mo
ment he comes!" Rene eagerly assent
ed. "Of course I'm taking a great risk,
I know, for lords and barons and
knights are very apt to appear sudden
ly in a place like this."
"You may banter and make light if
you want to," she said, pouting ad
mirably. "I don't care. All the same,
the laugh will jump to the other comer
of your mouth; see If It doesn't. They
say that what a person dreams about
and wishes for and waits for and be
lieves in will come true sooner or
later."
"If that's so," said Rene, "you and 1
will get married, for I've dreamed it
every night of the year, wished for it,
waited for it and believed in it, and"—
"A very pretty twist you give to my
words, I must declare," she said, "but
not new by any means. Little Adrienne
Bourcier could tell you that. She says
thet you have vowed to her over and
over that you dream about her and
wish for her and wait for her, precisely
as you have just said to me."
Rene's brown (Vce flushed to the tem
ples, partly with anger, partly with the
shock of mingled surprise and
He v . guilty, and the guilt showed
in hi- -yes and paralyzed his tongue,
so that he sat there before Alice with
his under jaw sagging ludicrously.
"Don't you rather think, M. Rene
de Ronvllle," she presently added In a
calm, advisory tone, "that you had
better quit tryitg to say such foolish
things to me and just be my very good
friend? If you don't I do, which comes
to the same thing. What's more, I
won't be your partenaire at the dance
unless you promise me on your word
of honor that you will dance two
dances with Adrienne to every one
that you have with me. Do you prom
ise?"
He dared not oppose her outwardly,
although in his heart resistance
amounted to furious revolt and riot.
"I promise anything you ask me to,"
lie said resignedly, almost sullenly.
"Anything for you."
"Well. I ask nothing whatever on
my own account," Alice quickly replied,
"but I ilo tell you firmly that you shall
not maltreat little Adrienne Bourcler
and remain a friend of mine. She loves
you, Rene de Ronville, and you have
told her that you love her. If you are
a man worthy of respect you will not
desert her. Don't you think I am
right?"
Like a singed and crippled moth vain
ly trying to rise once again to the al
luring yet deadly flame, Kene de Ron
ville essayed to break out of his em
barrassment and resume equal footing
with the girl so suddenly become his
commanding superior, but the effort
disclosed to him as well as to her that
be had fallen to rise no more. In his
abject defeat he accepted the terms
dictated by Alice and was glad when
she adroitly changed her manner and
tone in goiug on to discuss the ap
proaching dance.
"Now, let me make one request of
you." he demanded after awhile. "It's
n small favor. May I ask it?"
"Yes, but I don't grant it in advance."
"I want you to wear, for my sake, the
buff gown which they say was your
grandmother's."
"No, I won't wear It."
"But why, Alice?"
"None of the other girls have anything
like such a dress. It would not be right
for me to put it on and make them all
feel that I had taken the advantage of
them. Just l>ecause I could. That's
why!"
"But, then, none of them is beautiful
ind educated like you," he said. "You'll
outshine them anyway."
"Save your compliments for poor
I'etty little Adrienne," she firmly re
sponded. "I positively do not wish to
near them. I have agreed to be your
parteraire at this dance of I'apa Rous
siilon's. but it is understood between us
that Adrienne is your sweetheart. I
am not, and I'm not going to be either.
So for your sake and Adrienne's, as
well as out of consideration for the rest
of the girls who have no fine dresses, I
am not going to wear the buff brocade
gowu that belonged to Fapa Roussll
lon's mother long ago. I shall dress
just as the rest do."
It Is safe to say that Rene de Ron
ville went home with a troublesome bee
In his bonnet. lie was not a bad heart
ed fellow. Many a right good young
man before him and since has loved an
Adrienne and been dazzled by an Alice.
A violet is sweet, but a rose la the gar
den's queen. Tho poor youthful fron
tiersman ought to have been stronger,
but he was not, and what have we to
say?
The dance did not coin* off. It had
to be postponed Indefinitely on account
of a grave change in the political rela
tions of the little post. A day or two
before the time set for that function
a rumor ran through the town that
something of importance was almut to
happen. Father Gllmult, at the head
of a small party, had arrived from
Kaskaskia. far away on the Mississippi,
with the news that France and the
American colonies had made common
cause against tl>e English In the great
war of which tbe people of Vlaceanc®
neither knew the cause nor cared a
straw about the outcome.
It was Onele Jazon who came to the
Eousslllon place to tell M. Roussillon
that he was wantetl at the river house.
Alice met him at the door.
"Come in. Oncle .lazon," she cheerily
s:iid. "You are getting to be a stranger
at our house lately. Come in. What
news do you bring? Take ofT your cap
and rest your hair, Onele Jazon."
The scnHloss old fighter chuckled
raucously 1 bowed to the best of bis
ability. He not only took oil 'uis queer
cap, but looked into it with a startled
gaze, as if he expected something in
finitely dangerous to jump out and
seize his nose.
"A thousand thanks, m'am'selle," be
presently said. "Will ye please tell
Sl'sieu' Itoussillon that I would wish
to see Mm?"
"Yes, Oncle Jazon; but first be seated
and let me ofl>r you just a drop of eau
de vie, some that Papa Itoussillon
brought back with him from Quebec.
He says it' 3 oil and fine."
She poured him a full glass, then,
setting the bottle on n little stand, went
to find M. Roussillon. While she was
absent Oncle Jazon improved his op
portunity to tl»e fullest extent. At least
three additional glasses of the brandy
went the way of the first. He grinned
atrociously and smacked his corrugat
ed lips, but when Gaspnril Roussillon
came in the old man was sitting at
some distance from the bottle aud
glass, gazing indifferently out across
the veranda. He told his story curtly.
Father Gibault) he said, had sent him
to ask M. Itoussillon to come to the
river house, as lie had news of great
importance to communicate.
"Ah, well, Oncle Jazon, we'll have a
nip of brandy together before we go."
said the host.
"Why, yes. jes' one ag'in' the broilln'
weather," assented Oncle Jazon. "I
don't mind jes' one."
"A very rich friend of mine in Que
bec gave me this brandy, Oncle Jazon,"
said M. Roussillon, pouring the liquor
with a grand flourish, "and I thought
of you as soon as I got It. Now, says
I to myself, if any man knows good
brandy when he tastes It. it's Oncle
Jazon, and I'll give him a good chance
at this bottle just the first of all my
friends."
"It surely is delicious," said Oncle
Jazon, "very delicious." He spoke
French with a curious accent, having
spent long years with English speaking
frontiersmen in the Carolinas and Ken
tucky, so that their lingo had become
his own.
As they walked side by side down the
way to the river house they looked like
typical extremes of rough, sunburned
and weather tanned manhood—Oncle
Jazon a wizened, diminutive scrap,
wrinkled and odd In every respect;
Gaspard Roussillon towering six feet
two, wide shouldered, massive, lumber
ing, muscular, a giant, with long curl
ing hair and a superb beard. They did
not know that they were going down
to help dedicate the great northwest to
freedom
[TO BE CONTINUED. J
Disraeli and Dlmnarek.
At a dinner given in London in 18G1
by Baron Brunnow to the Grand Duke
of Saxe-Weimar Ilerr von Bismarck,
who was one of the guests, had a long
conversation with Mr. Disraeli, then
leader of the opposition. He then said
that he should shortly be obliged to
undertake the direction of the Prus
sian government; that his first duty
would be to reorganize the army; that
he would then take the first best pre
text to declare war against Austria, to
dissolve the Germanic diet, to over
power the middle and smaller states
and to give a national unity to Ger
many under the leadership of Prussia.
"I am come here," he said, "to say
this to the queen's ministers." Mr.
Disraeli's remark on this extraordinary
programme, which was later literally
fulfilled, was: "Take care of that man.
He means what he says."—"Remi
niscences of Lord Augustus Loftus."
The Names of Tea.
We talk glibly about Pekoe, Bohea,
etc., but few people have any idea of
what these natnes signify.
"Pekoe" In the dialect of Canton
means "white hair," for the tea which
bears this name is made from the
youngest of leaves, so young that the
white down is still on them.
"Soocliong" in the same dialect Is a
quite unpoetlc name; it merely signifies
"small kind."
"Flourishing spring" is the meaning
of "Hyson."
"Congo" signifies "labor." Much
trouble and toil are expended In its
preparation at Amoy, and these are
commemorated in its name.
"Bohea" is called after a range of
hills.
Be What Yon Are.
Associate reverently and as much as
you can with your loftiest thoughts.
Man's noblest gift to man is his sin
cerity, for It embraces his Integrity
also. The finest uses of things are
the accidental. Routine is a ground
to stand on, a wall to retreat to. Be
resolutely and faithfully what you
are, be humbly what you aspire to be.
Disappointment will make us conver
sant with the noblest part of our na
ture. We render men the best assist
ance by letting them see how rare n
thing it is to need any assistance.
Weeds.
A weed is a plant that grows In
abundance out of desired limits. Any
plant may become a weed by escaping
from cultivation. Many plants that
with us are highly esteemed in other
countries grow as weeds, while, on the
other hand, our weeds are in other
countries sometimes highly prized.
The correct use of the word depends
altogether on circumstances.
A Waste.
"The train I was on this morning,"
said little Elsie's papa, "struck a poor
cow and cut her head right off."
"My gracious!" exclaimed the little
girl. "I suppose the milk poured right
out all over the ground."— Philadelphia
Press.
Bettluir Auonc Kinrlinh women.
The habit of betting among women
of the lower class Is one which has
grown with amazing rapidity, especial
ly in the towns and villages of our In
dustrial districts. And indeed no pow
er of law seems to avail much against
the vice.—London Hospital.
When Knighthood Was In Flower.
Citizen—Here, stop fighting that little
boy. Chimmie—Wot, an' me goll look-
In' out de window? She'd take me for
a quitter.- Butte Inter-Mountain.
"If there were no eating without hun
ger and no drinking without thirst,"
said Herbert Spencer, "then would the
system be but seldom out of order."
RIOTS IN THEATERS.
AT ONE TIME THEY WERE COMMON
AND DISASTROUS OCCURRENCES.
The UtrriooH Etprrlrmrf of Mso
rradr la Astor Place, New York.
David Garrirk'a Troubles at the
Drury Laar Theater, la Loadoa.
The general attitude of forbearance
manifested by theatrical audiences of
today has come to be such a matter of
course that it Is difficult for the public
to ftalize that conditions were not al
ways so. The playgoer of today can
have little conception of what actors
and managers often endured In those
faraway times when interruptions of a
disagreeable and tumultuous character
were of almost nightly occurrence. In
deed, the demonstrative character of
the audiences In London became so
pronounced at one time that the man
agers of tbe principal theaters had to
petition the king for a guard of sol
diers. This precaution was not entire
ly satisfying, evidently, for In 1742 the
manager of Drury Lane engaged the
services of thirty prize fighters to assist
the soldiers in maintaining order.
The Lincoln's lun Fields theater was
the scene of a small riot on one occa
sion as a result of the actions of "a cer
tain noble earl," who, having drunk
rather too freely, forced his way to the
stage. When the manager ordered him
off he boxed that functionary's ears.
Blow was returned for blow, and a
mix up followed between the actors and
the nobleman's friends, who, after be
ing driven from the stage, revenged
themselves by cutting and slashing the
furniture and hangings with their
swords. The theater had to be closed
for two days.
An even worse riot was precipitated
shortly after at Drury Lane by the fail
ure to announce the nonappearance of
Mme.Chateauneuf, a premiere danseuse,
to see whom many of the people had
expressly paid their money. The audi
ence, headed by a peer of the realm,
smashed all the orchestral instruments,
tore up the benches in the pit, broke
the chandeliers and even tore down
the royal arms. The house was com
pletely wrecked and a loss of several
thousand pounds sustained.
David Garrick, despite his popular
ity, saw two disturbances during his
tenancy of Drury Lane. Garrick had
engaged a number of foreigners for
"The Chinese Festival," among them
being several Frenchmen. War with
France broke out a few days before
the presentation. Garrick had been
informed that on no account would the
presence of a Frenchman be tolerated
on the stage, but as the foreigners
were cast in important roles It was im
possible for him to substitute other ac
tors. He had the assurance that tbe
aristocratic element would support him,
so he concluded to brave the displeas
ure of the so called patriots.
On the first night the king was pres
ent, and only a few groans, hisses ana
catcalls were Indulged in. The next
night there were loud demands that
the French players quit tbe scene.
When the aristocrats were equally in
sistent that the foreigners should re
main, bedlam broke loose. Tbe mana
ger, irresolute, stood in the center of
the stage, knowing that whatever he
did would be antagonistic to one or
the other element and fatal to his
piece as well as "peace." About him
were grouped the trembling actors.
The gentlemen from the boxes de
scended into the pit with drawn
swords and attempted to seize tha
ringleaders of the "patriots." The lat
ter naturally offered a stout resist
ance, and blood flowed freely. To make
things worse the malcontents finally
adjourned to Garrlck's home in South
ampton street, where they demolished
the windows with a volley of stones.
Six years later Garrlck's announce
ment that In future persons coming in
after the conclusion of the third act
would be charged the full price of ad
mission Instead of half price aroused
the Ire of the masses. The audience
refused to allow the play to proceed,
and one interested man tried to set
fire to the scenery. In that design he
was prevented by an actor named
Moody. Eventually Garrick ordered
the curtain rung down and money re
funded.
Tlie next night the audience, headed
by a Mr. Fitzpatrick, arose in a body
and demanded If Garrick were pre
pared to accede to their wishes. Gar
rick had learned his lesson and an
swered in the affirmative. The house
next demanded that the actor Moody
•hould apologize for having laid his
hands on a gentleman the night before.
Moody, thinking to put the audience
in a good humor, came forward and
with a strong Hibernian accent remark
ed that "he was sorry he had dis
pleased them by saving their lives in
putting out the fire."
The bit of fun, instead of amusing
the malcontents, aroused their ire even
more, and they insisted that the actor
beg their pardon on bended knees.
Moody was not to be forced, however,
and Garrick finally was obliged to
promise that Moody should not appear
upon the stage as long as he was per
sona non grata to the hostile audience.
At the same time Garrick personally
congratulated Moody on his firmness
and promised to pay his salary whether
he acted or not. Shortly afterward,
however, Fitzpatrick and his friends
sent word that the ban was removed.
In 1747 there was a series of disturb
ances at the Aungier theater, Dublin,
which had its origin in an altercation
between Thomas Sheridan, father of
the author of "The Rivals" and "The
School For Scandal," and a young man
named Kelly, who had climbed on the
stage and Insulted an actress. Kelly
had received a "broken nose" during
the argument, and so the next night he
came to the theater with a body of his
friends, hunting for trouble. He found
it. A body of Trinity college students
espoused the manager's cause, and for
several nights the theater was convert
ed into a veritable battlefield, swords
and cudgels being freely used. The
scene was finally shifted to the law
courts, where Sheridan brought an ac
tion against Kelly, who was condemned
to three months' Imprisonment and to
paj" a fine of £SOO.
If New York has not had as inauy
theatrical riots as London It has at
least lint one beside which all those
cited siMtiii as child's play. This oc
curred at the Astor Place Opera House
While the English actor Macready was
playing there In May, 1849.
In IS!.' Forrest, the American trage
dian, had made a tour of England and
Scotland, meeting with little favor
from press and public. lie ascribed
his want of success to the machina
tions of Maeready, who, however, in
dignantly denied all hostility to For
rest. Maeready opened at the Astor
Place Opera House in "Macbeth" on
May 7. On the same night Forrest ap
peared in the same character at the
Broadway. The audience cheered when
he came to the lines:
What rhubarb, oenna or what purgative
drug
Will scour these English henceT
No. 16.
In the meantime tbe scouring had
bee 11 begun at the opera house. Mac
ready was grseted with groans and
hisses, lie tried to address the audi
ence, but Could not be heard for the
din. Then came a bombardment of
missiles.
"Copper cents were thrown," relates
Mac ready in his "Reminiscences;"
some struck me; four or five eggs, *
great many apples, nearly if not quite
a peck of potatoes, pieces of wood and
a bottle of asafetida, which splashed
»ny dress, smelling, of course, most
horribly." So the first and second act« ,
passed. At last, during tbe third act,
a man In the gallery tore up a chair
and sent It crashing on the stage. Mac
ready, however, went ou with hit
pnrt, but when a secoud chair came
hurtling through the air he felt that
"he had discharged his obligations to
the managers of the theater," the cur
tain was rung down and the rioters
were left masters of the field.
These disgraceful proceedings were
unanimously condemned next day, and „
Macrcady, acceding to a request on the
part of prominent citizens, who assured
protection, reappeared as Macbeth two
nights later. TTie house was Dacked,
and crowds gathered outside tne thea
ter. Maeready met with a mixed re-
ception, but no missiles were thrown.
At the end of the first act some of the
offenders were ejected from the house.
At this the mob outside became infu
riated and began to bombard tbe thea- -
ter with loose paving stones. The win
dows and barred shutters were soon de
molished, and great stones came crash
ing Into the auditorium. One struck
the chandelier, while others broke some
water pipes, with the result that Mac
ready's dressing room was flooded.
Amid the uproar the intrepid Mac
beth went doggedly on with his per
formance. Meanwhile the police, hav
ing failed to quell the riot, the military
was called out, 4>oth Infantry and cav
alry. The cavalry, which arrived first
on the scene, was driven back by a
volley of brickbats. The infantry, to
the number of 200, next advanced into
the square, which was in pitch dark
ness, as the rioters had extinguished
all the street lamps. They were greet
ed with a shower of missiles. Several
were struck down, and finally in self
defense they had to fire on the crowd.
Many of the rioters fell, and, though
the rest recoiled, they kept up a run
ning fire of stones. Two brass pieces
loaded with grape were then brought
up and placed so as to command the
approaches of the opera house. No
further attack, however, was made by
the mob. In this riot no fewer than
seventeen lives were lost, while many
more were injured.
After tbe mob had retreated Mac
ready, partially disguised, made his
way from tlje theater to the home of
a friend. The next morning he drove
to New Rochelle, whence he took a
train for Boston. Ten days later ho
■ailed for England in the Hlbernia.
"I never felt such relief," he wrote,
**as in planting my foot on that vessel's
deck."—New York Times.
A Tarnished Island.
On old charts of the Pacific there
are islands set down where now the
navigator can find none. Perhaps they
were there once and have disappeared.
That volcanic islands have appeared
and disappeared in various parts of
the seven seas there is no doubt A
British man-of-war once was sailing
Bear where such an event took place,
and its crew had a chance to witness
that seldom seen occurrence, the birth
of an island.
As soon as it was possible,the Brit
ish captain landed and formally an
nexed the new land to the British em-
plre. TUen he hoisted the union jack
Ind sailed awavEj
He expected to be knighted for his
enterprise, but when another ship was
sent out to take a look at the island
and report upon Ks availability as a
naval post for supplying passing ships
the island had vanished entirely.
The Old Cariosity Shop.
In a narrow out of the way section of
Bloomsbury, In London, still stands the
original curiosity shop known the world
over as the home of Little Nell. The
qnalnt little building has been careful
ly restored and preserved. An Inscrip
tion conspicuously lettered on the wall
announces that this is the curiosity
shop "immortalized by Charles Dick
ens." Although It stands out of the
beaten way In London and is somewhat
difficult of access, the old shop Is visit
ed every year by tens of thousands of
the admirers of Dickens. Of this num
ber a considerable majority are Ameri
cans. It is still used as a shop and
gains considerable free advertising
from its literary association.
TURTLE FLESH.
The Handsomest of the Animals
Gives the Worst Meat. s
No one really knows how large a tur
tle may grow, but certainly there does
not appear to be much if any exagger
ation attached to the statements of
Pliny and Strabo, who, describing the
chelonophagi of the Red sea, say that
they utilized the shells of the turtles
they had eaten as roofs to their huts
and boats for their feeble voyages.
Strange to say, the handsomest tur
tle, the hawk's bill variety (Chelone Im
bricata), furnishes the worst flesh, be
ing so strongly flavored with musk as
to be almost uneatable. This peculiar
ity would seem to point to a diet of
squid since these mollusca arc exceed
ingly musky. But it may not be out of
place to remark here that turtle flesh,
even of the best Borts, is not nice- As
Sam Welter's pieman hoarsely whis
pered, "It's the seasoning as does it."
A diet of turtle steaks or of hashed
turtle or of turtle soup, au naturel,
would soon sicken any one but a sav
age. For sixpence or its equivalent In
most of the West India island towns
one can get n heaped plate of turtle
steak with bread or Jams or sweet po
tatoes ad lib. But I never knew even
a hungry sailor who wanted more than
one meal a week of It, for all its cheap
ness. The fact Is that in the cult of
turtle soup we ore following (a long
way off, it is true) the example set by
the Chinese, who love gelatinous soups
and pay fabulous prices for the nests
of the sea swallows, the bolothuria, or
sea slug, and the sharks' fins because
of their gelatinous qualities. Frank
T. Bullen in Leslie's.
Queer Drunken Manias.
An English sheriff who died some
years since kept a record of the curi
ous cases of drunkenness that came
under his observation. Several habit
ual cases had developed odd manias.
One woman who had been arrested 107
times for drunkenness in twenty-eight
years, had n mania for breaking win
dows when she was intoxicated. An
old soldier, suffering from a wound in
the head, always stole Bibles when he
was tipsy. Another man stole nothing
but spades, while one woman's fancy
ran to shawls and another's to shoes.
A man named Grubb was Imprisoned
seven times for stealing tubs, although
there was nothing In his lino of life to
make tubß particularly desirable to
him. ' ...