| Show I Ii THE LION AND AN THE MOUSE GOS COS i ESCAPE FROM SAN FRANCISCO I I HiX tho lime comes I ieR for tor forgathering gathering Into book hole form torm tho ten heart rend rendIng Ing narratives of personal ex tho Hun fun l ea ln few lew will 11 be found 11 In II than of or Hen le I of lt the tho company now 1011 playing tho Ihl Lion and tho Mr Ir Stern l t rn n a veteran wh f visits 1111 to Halt Ink began In the dayn 1111 of John Johl company In the Ihl 70 jO extended dowl doun through the tl SOV SOI and up to Included the piloting of o such Auch attractions as lS Davenport Iuler The Silver Slipper r and unc a IL h t of or other hid In II charge chr e u I Itlo family of ot 16 IS Jayr who Lion 1101 and tho Iho 1 lu organization They h had ended elod n IL big bl and 1111 brilliant p I on In II Han Hal and were wert lilt liltIng 11 Ing hl at nil engagement In III Oakland after the 11 theater each night coming 1110 the bay and 1111 putting up at li the tho Ht HI Hotel To hear Mr Ir Stern Sier nar lal inte rile tM which befell bel after they hud Tuesday ruI dl April Apri 17 1 U I MIC n of ot the 11 Ino t things to 10 Imagine Although he heIt h hI It I now 10 more IOle than Iha I III weeks weeM awny n 1 from hid hil experience hU hl till 11 with wih train ns he what lS he h through and ald the sights he beheld II IIII In II hid hil seven hours struggle to get hl company out of at the tho doomed el I Seated around u lunch table tho oth other er day with wih a I company eo 1 ril I of ot who were congratulating tn him on 01 being in the th land 1 of ot tho living and on Oi hi hIl having brought hIl company linnet through tho of or fO o many 1 n terrors Mr Ir HIIr told tho Ih follow tolo In 1 I I story star stare Ve e ware all HI fast tat 1 leop In the St SI Francis except Mr Ir ln tho ho young man who plays Jen on He le fallen In With Collier and Lionel two 10 old friends who WIIO veto In II San Har oll Just about to 10 nail fi for had gono gon out OUI to ton spend n the night with wih them thol Tho first thing I tho of or my room 1 1001 had tumbled In Il upon UllOn me when I r from my II bed t suffocated he whole room seemed dancing a 11 top fy turvey jig It I mo half a t dozen then jounced rD me up and down It I an nl though It II le would end 1 I knew CIc what the Iho matter was Wl for I 1 had through just Ju t Much another anther earthquake In II Kan Io In IMS though no n such results followed that one I Ilat wan Wil trying to find my I things In tho room when my tele 1 boll 1101 rang I answered tho call calland t and I l I found It came from Crom lann 1001 room to relate rein Ie lR the wires dM not for tOl hours nf Sho ho a n k kM d ma Mie In III a Ir what she had better hUer do 1 J told her to 10 get lel down Into Ih an IS quickly nt possible pop and 1111 that I would moot her hel ni there When w 1 got down 1101 tho we 1 found to 1111 nil 11 the company thell with their baggage except two l wo Mr Ir Parsons and 1111 Mint 1 DU The he wo woo men panic Jl n II stricken n like all the rc t of the Ihl of or the hotel nd nIl 11 look tw ing down toward Market street I we 11 could rould tea o the Hume already out from many ivi the streets nere with wih debris of all 11 Hon und werl It t was 18 nl i 11 most to 10 get about 1181 Iet I be lle 1111 d at lt that the thc city Ill won wal doom doomed ed 1111 my IY only on thought wn 1111 how Ilow to get Ir 11 I all ni the company to t lo no 10 matter what h hI Ind and they obIt religiously ly My r list thought WIH IM to 10 try tr and get u cup of or coffee for the Indies hut but people Iel CUI lle putting up I their and Ild It to get a Iet lasie of oe to lo eat 1 1 or 01 drink Fi 11 Finally nally I found a 1 where the theman th man aid II he hI had just jl l live 11 of ot cot 01 fee left lt I begged helel him hll to lot IN mo le havo them Ihl for our Lulled ami he ho did BO 80 Im Immediately mediately after up 11 bin hil door It wan there that thUI I r met let Myron nice malinger of or The Bahel In III company which wan nt the Iho theater 1 J naked l him what he hewa hI wa II doing and wil ho hn that as nR tho Co r wax WI nn llio he Wil n going to tl hunt another theater where lie hr could hil without Inter If I I t had hod not been h n eo 8 11 11 hI I could bine laughed Man alive 1111 I il dont ou IU know this city I H loom doom doomed ed II You ought to tn think of ff only un one on how yuu ran get ct your away what Im 11 doing and lil that Wil the tho I naw aw of u him hll I got ROl down 1101 to In tho Palace Il lac hotel as I II soon 1001 HH lS I could and expected I i I find 1 but I J raw M ih up the only Oi n 1 few away In and all the clerk at lt Ial il ilace ace ar whom I knew ws tf well said that a nut IUt of t t I qU WI Vc hui hl just received woid wOld from our sti 11 hie said he h that three sides IH of nr them aro nr on 01 I r advise e you 01 to 10 Rot get getan an 11 a I van Vil or anything else II you 01 can and get Rt your people away I look Hok the hint and out ll a 1 man driving with a n largo Inn ex IX horses t I pr wagon by I two Iwo him and linked him hll what whit he h would lr to take scum 11 women 0 I n down to I Ih Southern depot Ut II Third 1111 nd answered Aro re ou 01 th yie women he h Dead sure ur t replied Wol then Ill do It for 30 lift hl I closed With wih him on tho spot Jump Jumped ed alongside of him and him in I as Ii fast n II Im could to In the III St fl 0 hud not ot gone fir far out lut rushed n a man Mno lw shouted Ill Il give 11 you 01 MOO 30 for tor that rig tl My I heart sank for tM a I mo moment In ment as al tho Iho driver looked nt me and andI Ild IldI I HilO to myself 11 Its R all 11 up lP but lie HI HImi was mi 1110 blue and he hp merely mere paid FI If ladled Im 11 going after Is 18 It I J Dead sure Inre He Hl answered T have my word and 1111 I will by It I I told him hll hn would loso nothing hy hr It Itami I ami II he Il Arriving at lt the th hotel we 1 found nil 11 tho Iho company till sticking clone clo e together er or w i Piled them nil ni in and ft 4 Jory ory crowd we looked 11 cm Oil our 9 tolling through h thoi tho e Tho rho up wn wall The streets were blocked Ih people with bricks brick lId ind lIdl refuse l I of or nil sorts and jou Oll can cun Ino III how ho long It took us to 10 get Pt out of tit the 1111 way War of o the tire lire to Third and Towns Town Townsend end where we vo thought we could find the III cars W dare go down street str tt to th ell ns OK the mole r I and heat In III that direction wen beyond Wo had not gone tar far be M before toro fore ft n building came tum tumbling bUng bling down Into the street Just ahead of our horses If It wo had hArJ been boen n 1 fr Cr s fret f et further wo e should been but hUI led Ild Thi Th up on Oil I hind feet but th fortunately held them litem In III check Vo Wu down u Ii Iret to got Kot out of o the Ih uy II of or the tho fallen bull after seemed an eternity wo 10 got lIt to II Third unit Townsend I 1 MW was not much hope thero Th lh agent Willi appealing to In hl men lu III stand lar I by II him to tJ get the hooks books record out of the In III If II my In ns nil to 10 how hoV 1 I coul 1 lIt got away 1111 Im 1111 wild laid I 1 would do Iu anything I r could for or you Mr h hilt but mo 1110 Ih Thero 1111 lf III ono OliO engine hero holI thero IH III no water oh nh to II gi gt t up 1111 with Tho trucks s nio 1111 I 1 dont know l how ho wo 0 could run If It wo we had nn nil Your only hope Is I to tu get to 10 feiry I 1 buck ba to 10 llio tho wagon and told tho driver wo o t get to till tho furry n fill that thal WilY was our only hOI to 10 gel ot to Oakland but we wc slatted I thought beta hl t to 10 go IrO on III toot foot myself m and ML Kl what tho chance were welo of embarking U It IH about a 1 from Third ami to In tho tn hilL but by h a n wagon frum rum an all Italian grocer who wan locking Up II hit his place to 10 It up lip to tn tho Iho llames I mad the tho of ot plO peo plo 1110 were Wel there clamoring praying to bo he allowed to get git geton on till boat hout Thero was Ij only jn JI run running nine ning Hint took about nn hour a n half to III milk mako the trip I paw 1111 the tho only chance was 1111 to get my III people aboard llio Iho baggage loom to I r went back got KOI them together by h Hiving at n creeping In III a zigzag 1 aH fashion going h circuitous routes route to 10 avoid tho Ihu flames we wc at lit last In III tho Iho our faces blister blistered hll ler ed 1 with tho LIlli heat heH molt Fortun Fortunately l I knew baggage II It 1011 now about noon wo al nl almost most 1 faint the Iho All 11 the Ih men could offer orrel us was n n gulp gull of or straight whisky k I you It II braced u up lip admirably Ai tho boat bOllI In III wo we all Rot got aboard her hll first and we WI together In III a coiner by ourselves to I withstand tho ru h that wax wa bound to follow as 1111 coon ns tho III opened to tho throng Never In my life lite did I MB elJ anything Ilko 1110 that rush Men IIII woman chil children dren poured aboard In III nn Instant the boat was alvo with humanity from tho top deck down Into tue Ibl hold When tho order was Ins Riven tn to swing ore off tho Iho were closed clo erl thc tho cell behind was ono that thal I chall noor forgot If It I live 1000 years 1113 Men and women were welo on their knees praying shouting and I nl On AU It was us not lint much lI praying or their thIt loved ones or I kneeling down thanking Jesus for their own salvation 1 pray pra that I may never II O a c sight Bight Well wo 0 jot got to Oakland at lit last la t I conferred with the tho Southern what whal wo we ought ht to do elo I 1 San Hall Juno JUlie wo welo to play phI next hilt but was told lold that town tOWI was M In III julns No matter I paid wo 0 might nn fill WI go thero Ih I Hr HO wo 0 got iol u 11 train crowded with refugees e and at lit length reached Sin San Jose Ju I Wo took a wagon OI and went to 10 1110 theater which wo WI In III mini and we found the tho mana manager lei ger In his hili back lot lol over n I little llio 1110 trying to In cook coo a 1 meal W WI asked him where wo 10 tel set something III n eat ho Iw kindly 1 offered to tf with us 1111 what ho hu hid Thero was no 1111 Mich thing ns m getting rOll food or 01 lodging In that I town wo H tho night of or that uny HI in ins lot in III nun Jose Jo P day Thursday thc tho Sih 1 wo 1 rot got to 10 there wo saw uw the Ihl l iv Angeles up 1111 which Will was the nl 1 we wc had any Idea city It eaf Mf For 11 wo WI picked up our two mining ml members Mr 1 Ml i 1 who hn lint had had somo dreadful of ot their Ohl and wo WI ut Ios nil Intact our OUI there In III with our original booking giving a II for fOl tho San Sail It days s wo could coull get et any word lo In our friends In III tile the cast castor II l lor or before they could get word 1011 to 10 UH Whon tho Iho telegrams final finally ly Ir commenced to roach im III It wan pathetic to 10 lead tho belated mes messages sages Hut thank God flod wo are out of ut utH It H safe without a I Wo WI were singularly fortunate too In III matter of at our for fOI the Iho road company run our OUI car out jut of ot Han Francisco cJ wo 10 able lo gel Irel nil our trunks In for tl our Los Loa An Angeles 11 geles opening Summing up Mr Ir Stern said that no matter what people might IIII ht say a of ot tho Iho ho hI bellied It ion to estimate I that nine II hI I out of every Ier ten 1111 In III Sun sincerely thought till for th Hist few minute on Wednesday morning IS that the Ihl end of the world hurl hud arrived Mr 11 Stern naturally ra II felt on arriving In III Halt Lake Inke like ilkI he lie had a I sort of or Mecca an 1111 on I III tho d M rt rl Ho Hohas has enjoyed himself greatly during hili stay this welk bun taken time LIllie to 10 catch up III with willi his hili accumulated cor correspondence Among other othor letters he hI received In Snit fait Lake was the follow following ing from Mr Ir Foy Io of the Southern Pa Ill fore force In III IIII Francisco I o nat lIat naturally he hI tell feels a R managerial pride In It Han co May 7 j 1906 1006 Mr h Hen Manager Lion tin Ihl Mouse Iou o Co eo Salt Sail Liiko City It Utah Mj 1 Dear Mr Ir Stern Now that I havo hilO hilOa a minutes I want to 10 drop Iroll you a II lino my III con COli congratulations on Oil the hI splendid record you ou i have In holding your company together and completing your Pacific I coast tour after tho Iho Han Francisco l earthquake and ill Ih AM M I It you lost lo t two night at ul San Jose Jo and us fl the th Victory theater In that city Ill was Mat on tho ground you could not ver ery well ell have dono dOllo other othor otherwise wise No one except us 1111 people who tire arc out hell In the west Wesl can the business tact determination and energy to ac ne accomplish what you have done under that havo hlo to pre present sent obstacles absolutely able Just ort off hand I must confess I 1 n 1 how to adequately express R Rth the th appreciation lIon which you have ha earned I can only onh repeat that 1 Ion con you OU on your In im III accomplished what hal ery 11 few men could done under similar condl Yours II ery truly f I V FOY Fa |
