. Theatrical and circus life;. the manager, when ayoung man rushed in and performed the pantomime ofhanding Mr. Kayne a telegram, which the latter pan-tomimically opened and calmly announced that he hadjust received news that he had just won the prize of$50,000 in the Kentucky State lottery. He didntmake as much fuss over it as any other man would overfinding a half-dollar on the street. The news musthave pleased him, for he remarked : — Boys, Im in luck. What is it? said Billy Kice. Fifty thousand dollar prize, replied Mr. Kayne. What did I tell you? said Eice. A Take us out and treat us, sai
. Theatrical and circus life;. the manager, when ayoung man rushed in and performed the pantomime ofhanding Mr. Kayne a telegram, which the latter pan-tomimically opened and calmly announced that he hadjust received news that he had just won the prize of$50,000 in the Kentucky State lottery. He didntmake as much fuss over it as any other man would overfinding a half-dollar on the street. The news musthave pleased him, for he remarked : — Boys, Im in luck. What is it? said Billy Kice. Fifty thousand dollar prize, replied Mr. Kayne. What did I tell you? said Eice. A Take us out and treat us, said Cushman Didnt 1 tell you I was a Mascot, said all called for lemonade, and Mr. Kayne compro-mised the matter by agreeing to take them all to Europeon a pleasure trip if they would pack their trunks in 378 THE MINSTREL BOYS, five minutes. A chorus was then sung and the trunkswere announced packed. Jimmy Fox then cameforward and announced that he was captain of thePinafore. The other members of the company must. JIM CROW. have been looking for him, for they shot him dead witha vociferous bang! and then proceeded to sing4 Glory Hallelujah, over his corpse. This broughthim to life again and he was readmitted to the excur- THE MINSTBEL BOYS. 379 sion party. One of the vocalists then sang OldFolks at Home, and at its conclusion Mr* Kayne askedif there wa3 no one else to whom they wished to say good-by, but all responded, No, not one. Yes, there is, said Mr. Kayne, and the orchestraopened with. The Girl I Left Behind Me. The rehearsal was interspersed with very sweet littlemelodies, which redeemed such verses as this : Our trunks are packed and our passage is paid, Sail oer the ocean blue ;Of the briny wave were not afraid, Sail oer the ocean blue. Then Cushman sang : — Oh, fare you well, St. Louis girls,Fare you well for awhile;Well sail away in the month of MayAnd come back in July. Rice retaliated with : — Fare you well, you dandy coons,Well show you something
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