Show I 1 1 country friend I 1 happened to bo at liberty ono ing in now york when edwin booth chanced to be playing king lear probably tho lat time be played that part before his death in the man sitting next to me I 1 recognized an old friend of my boyhood days whom I 1 had not seen for many years and though booth was on the stage giving his magnificent impersonation of king lear my old friend could not repress the expression of his joy at meeting me why harry he exclaimed 1 I am awfully glad to see you I 1 so you come to see ned booth play king bear did you I 1 come in from the country to aeo him play hamlet last night and I 1 ho dian didn look a day older than he did 20 year ago he was so chipper and peart that I 1 thought id como tonight and see lum play king lear and im gettin tired of that old anea with the long white beard on hair nn carrein on up there an its a goll darn swindle an it they dont make that old rat dry up an bring out nod booth an let him play king lear im goin to have my money back 1 l henry E dixey in new york |