Show I 1 AL A pathetic burnt cork incident while lethe tha cleveland wera playing in norwich conn recently an incident nc ident oc currel which shows how hose who apparently carry the ligh lightest test asart in their efforts to amuse often orco their gaye gaiety gayety ty through sheer will ower it will be remembered kemem bared that during lie he first part of the entertainment john and barney fagan are intro incel and tal take 6 their places on the end da the night in question mr wais waa it anding in the wings made up an and d ready eady to go on the tha orchestra was be binning rinning the music that was his cue when a messenger boy handed him a telegram mr pagan fagan tore open tha th rellow fellow envelope and read fattier father Is dmd dead come home it at once MAY MAT for aa instant mr fagan put his hand to his eyes then the musio music having finished he crum crumpled plea thabit the bit of ill paper in his hand shut his teeth and rent on oa strangely enough the first ones anes put to him by the interlocutor reab la follows well barney how is ia your father hes gone gone do YOU yon inezi mean that he is ia dead yes hos hes dead well he led an upright life besand yes Ye sand and he ha died upright he how was hung aung those in the wings who were abaro of the circumstances watched mr pagan fagan closely tout but all the change they could detect were the tha hard lines in his face fac 0 and set jaw which showed even through his bis makeup AU all through the scene he carried out his part bravely but when it was waa over he came into the wings and broke down crying like a baby and there were many who cried with wit a him boston post |