| Show STORIES ui THE STAGE I A crowd of old limo folk who had mn connected With tented shwo started In to spin stories the other night All kind of reminiscences hailing been recounted tm one mn recollectIng recollect-ing that JOIn A IIAllijr Jiatnum I lucrenor In I elrouedom hart begun lift eollll post need al and then hkol bought ft Side ihov and not Into the bigger lent by send byfroro thaj tale up to the following story of I > T I IbInum and IMwIn Korrral and the I dwarf who hail Mi arm broken I 1ItO tire tale llurnum had eng > te < t I rorrcot to play I the rolo of Italia In i 11surro Now HI 1orrel wo a powerful pow-erful man and till ai ting Wit forcible I lit I a degree he wo careful In hare an tremrly quiet baby to PAtch up still rarr off In his great wen Itanium hd > been unable to procure a baby that ould lull the Kraal ailor Mr Formta agent had reheann with om 40 infants but they were noisy and creamed loftily when picked I pick-ed up Hoolhlng elrup had been repeatedly repeat-edly 1 tried but II 1 did not halo the de mired 1 effect At the Hit moment IIi tar II-i hum wa flie with an Idea 1 The I warf he dwarft he exclaimed oIle hall play the hl iwd bahyl man the I many attractions 01 Ih aide ishows > Itarnum had on Maw ail a-il arfa very diminutive fellowwhc according la the seelvertiveacontri Won < the very i 11 t thaviorld11 Ilse Hill in I though its was m1I In statute < t1 L letit was 11 I rft r > mighty n rich I rolling ban 1 t I haiio pnifundn r ai Iriglo In inV j I I V Ion an that uf I f f the great trust I I > e tills Iorrcit 1 would not undo r any eoum I nance accept a 4rt I chill is I 111 of ram lit vtlwj klil t and rduit and 1 the dwarf therefore reluctantly ic repled the role of Infan tin the eventful nlghl iiiltably at 1 11rl ai tile youthful Peruvian thi dwart look up him Position on the book From which Forrrit wu lo pick him un and carry him off The tragedian wu Iull unaware of the arrangement and when he caught hold of the child h i ruihed upon the brldg wllh him on Me I ihoilVler He declaimed him heel end an he 9 ox1 on five bridge dil the hoeto It Ilaarra the dwarf lupiwned to look flown and noticed that the bridge imas merely a narrow plank acmM nit open trap which wai at leaat 1 II feet deep Ito WAN on alarmed that he fairly hook with fear and Porret during a pauc was equally alarmed to hear the pup priced liaby eiclalm In a deep ban whisper For Boodneaa take be careful care-ful Mr 1 Turret or jtmII break my darned nerkl Forrcat was so startled for the mom mo-m nt that he left hli Poll poieeaelon and at the name time him grip of the iwor fellow Down dropped tire dwarf to the regloni below nnd when they Picked him up his left arm was broken I Joseph Jtffrrcon wat asked some ten yean ago to Spend a week with n cattle peer Among Ihe guests Kai a haughty and brilliant tidy who wai the ilauthler of an earl I Purpose laid M lr Jefferaonthere must tiny been a homespun flat or In my American manner tint umuied her i for mile made a dead net at quilling me I did not delect II at flrit and an iwered Ill of her Absurd questions about America quite Innocently Khe kept her counlcniinc la well that I might never have dlicotered I I was being made game of were It not fur the Idiotic grin on the smooth loon of one of her boJ lilt admlreri and then I fell for the honor of my country that If the ever made another thrust al me I would Perry i It If I could I had not long to wait for emboldened by her I uircii ihe turned upon me and Mid fly the bye hate you met the numn lately lolyNo No madam I replied with perfoct frlouineaa 1 was out when her maj txtY called upon me She colored slightly and then turnel away and never stake to me again but I waiMvenged An Incident that cauwd some amuse mint In wwlely circles took place ro < nlly nt the Contedle rrancalie In liar > Is l At a Irene rthfiunl of Maurice Donnafa new lay a few mlnutei bo 1m thn curtain went up a lady and leman en t red tI the o I I 1r jutastily I ITo I I-To about 10 1 I I take heir Posts I I tho lady wa 11 vtopped by viglla ouv 1 I Ili lthPnr I don madame YOU mutt take 4 off your hut IOn j I-On receiving a i r Jl11 I decided refusal 11 I j the ouvru lidded Then you cannot remain I re-main Tho lady still recklifte I I and ni PM knoterre YQ q leer humbamt lou4 lOur bL CAMI to Ins fers cue but all In GIll Madamo wai obdurate ob-durate No ihe Alit I ihant go In al Bill Then turning to her und silo mid You lop Ill tend the carriage back for you To thl he restated and Mme Call mlrIciler for II was Ihe former prei Ident of the republic and fits wife In dlrnatly Pulled out of the theater postured the tmu Author ot Cyruno de Ilergcrac hAl a clieerful hublt of illentlng Unpleasant convena tlonallili Not long face a crltlo uld In reipect to I dramHllo situations I think Dumai the elder hud It conild sizable advantage over you Yei1 replied Holland there li I no doubt about It but that ll I Inilgnlflcanl compared another ndvantogo ho poi lenoi What li I that monilrurt Why all his contemporary critics are dead |
