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Show BOUCICAl'LT'.-. H lUUIIIt VU." HOW THCIIUUCTET OP CON" Sr!ClB5TM 1TSH.F TO Till. jikITatist OfallllieMorTssotar toM about tho rUjwTisbt Dion Bouclrault, c.UiIii to njy'niinJ, &yaXevr Vork Star riter, is taif " amuslus cs the niatmrr In which he carae to write tho IW dram which he rt-ganlctl rt-ganlctl a hlgrtrtt uecw. The chaiacUrof'C'on the Shaugrauu" was taken from n-al HV, and kir-gttl kir-gttl Itself to IJ&ucicauIt under pitrJllir circumstances. At the time tin had for many jeaw bvra ulomt from'OuUIu, and ntur&ed to that place to till a Uirvo wet-Ja engagement en-gagement In the olJ Theatre Itajral, liich was afterwani burned down TbuIndltUutl Who fumL'hed the suljnt for tHe Jot was a fullou fcuuwu all bTLr the cuuutry " "Canlhtriu' Jaik," vrbo eketl tut a precarkus uxuten.e by fo'lowlug tho mail c-o&elir from one tou u to another. Hi u atUrtii exactly like ''Lvu," a ;1 ltu wu ufltn knotn to run frum twenty to thirty iuilc-4 behind tbv luiil coach with' out stopping Oa tlie irsj he kept up au uiiciafioi; ra log oa tit' 'tidd e'anil was genrrally reward-ol reward-ol by a frhow er of coj ir8 and tiuah llerLy tlittparrngi lUuiloauIt was tu ej-ttl In "Tlie Collet u Uswn" at b o'cfcU. vu that lartlcuU. Ut,hL Katly In the morning In rjve.to tliocountrj rvUtiit: vt a ua.tiiy fnemr, 1 early ear-ly thirty i.rt.'K awaj, aaJ h re-Jialueu re-Jialueu H iUi lli InUtr until urarly iti'i kn.k in tlH tv.uiiiir. Tina lite hut liaratMtoi &t trutlt-r, aud undeilook Iv take tht. -rtur up to Uic .ity Inguod$trason. flirj had pro-cc-eded on tlwjurutx about rtftin inikMWhcna llmud rtorni bn.ke The trotter Imu-Jie friKliti .n-u bt tlu llghtuiue and tvvamu iinmauage-able. iinmauage-able. hen It Witt Siullr got uu-dei uu-dei coutiul It woa found thai It had prairtdalrg and that it was lin-IhivmIo lin-IhivmIo tu reach Dublin that uiht. There wire no railn-uj s at that tiinr within tuauy mtlt?. Jiouclcault waa frantic, aud attiruard admitted that hi iie-trd, in lawsluallon, 11 c tries of tlie ydlir goJfcat hi) noli 411 artuc. . U'lillf both gentle mvii were aliurlng ttH-lrl'i futtULe the hulvn UT.r thrill mned aiiu U Ih IthiU ' Cantln-nn' J k." Itouil cauli'r. friend at onie nlz.d the vimImii I nml otrmtl him S guinra if he would UVk. lorrow or steal a horn, that wcu'-t take Hum lo Dub-iii. Dub-iii. Jick muted a moment, thtn uiuttiilus to him til. Therui.ljr wan herMi tbt can il.i it,' he dka peared -llently In Hit datkne-!-. Tulli ten ilImu'cs ibjin-d Ufon Jack judo bU aeatancc, ""nd tin two bega'i tu think ho had forgotten Jiwu. lie 1-n.usbfc with htm a .-earing aniiual, oa mlng whiih UoucU-Etili'i frtetKl gti-s nlnm-l Write with f.ar. "Why "lie wld, 'that i '' '-.Neeer mind what It ta," taldJack grallly. "Jutl Iul, n-clu.iiuiwtliibj.lt. Theubtk !i dme in Mlcnct; thin Jack, uku.K tin; ruins and warning the itlier tu to keii stlU, urov raj.ijly tovrarJ tho city. On rairliin the -trettit the animal tertamul ulth flight lul Jaek urged hhu on, aud Bouclcauit nchl the drverlnc-room drverlnc-room of the theatre Just a the onhrstra tlrurly up Hie ortiture. Jaik not only got l.s5 guluuu- Luta eoneidetab!. rum from tho actc. The mtln paint of the story by in Uie fait tfut tlie animal Jack had 'tolrn waia ran-.irM, tho property of n we'l known inuubcrof the Irish ictragr. It Iratl Men vmVml fur a g stake in l.iu,Un I and many tl.oussiid unds bad Uxn wagered upon it. Jack get the animal back to the stable mttl carefully grooui'd il. The norm, did Rice two weeks later and won. The t ry of that nrtcin mile rMe to Dubtiii ami lucicitnlt'K tin.1 introduction to Con was nerir tcM, hoarevir, until many jear tatrt-, when 'The Slmiigraun" wh prodiico! |