Booth memorials : Passages, incidents, and anecdotes in the life of Junius Brutus Booth (the elder.) . happier thou by glory crowned to live, Than sleep where laurels fade, nigh Lethes wave ;May age still give thee all that life can give, And love attend thee to a painless grave. IN THE LIFE OF JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH. 139 XVI. « gUfors from bubbling springsHah* rise ax first. N the summer of 1850, while Edwin andMr. J. S. Clarke were ruralizing at theFarm, they were solicited by a number ofthe residents and collegians of Bel Air tofavor them with a dramatic reading, —which style of entertainment
Booth memorials : Passages, incidents, and anecdotes in the life of Junius Brutus Booth (the elder.) . happier thou by glory crowned to live, Than sleep where laurels fade, nigh Lethes wave ;May age still give thee all that life can give, And love attend thee to a painless grave. IN THE LIFE OF JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH. 139 XVI. « gUfors from bubbling springsHah* rise ax first. N the summer of 1850, while Edwin andMr. J. S. Clarke were ruralizing at theFarm, they were solicited by a number ofthe residents and collegians of Bel Air tofavor them with a dramatic reading, —which style of entertainment was greatly invogue in private circles. They willingly compliedwith the request, having previously recited togetherthe quarrel of u Brutus and Cassius, and otherpieces at school, before the not very critical audi-ence of u parents and friends, among whom, con-spicuously and with pleased countenance, sat theelder Booth. As the solicitation was general andadmitted of no delay, they mounted their horsesand rode twenty-five miles on a sultry summer dayto obtain printed programmes in Baltimore. They. 140 PASSAGES, INCIDENTS, AND ANECDOTES were greatly surprised to find that my father, in-stead of offering any objection to their reading,entered into all their plans with boyish elation, andbecame as enthusiastic about it as themselves. Heinsisted upon retaining a number of the pro-grammes to enclose to friends in distant cities, andstrongly urged, if the reading proved successful,they should try the large towns,* especiallyrecommending Havre de Grace. Buoyant withexpectation, the two friends rode back the next day,and immediately commenced arranging a largeroom in the county court-house, which had beenoffered for their convenience. The doors andwindows were instantly besieged by an eagerthrong of rustics, who were anxious to witness thepreparations for the great show, evidently expect-ing that a circus or some wonderful magician wasto exhibit, as nothing more elevated than such per
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