The century illustrated monthly magazine . e caught by the nobleness of his char-acter and his innocence of crime, as thougheach one of these villains recognized howpersecuted he and Bob had been. As the play progressed, their enthusiasmincreased. Whenever Bob was hounded by adetective or ill treated by the old Jew, theywould howl their indignation at the actors; andwhen he came out unscathed at the end ofthe play, a monument of persecuted inno-cence, they cheered to the very echo. Thisperformance rendered me extremely popularwith some of the old lags of Hobart Town;and I was often accosted on
The century illustrated monthly magazine . e caught by the nobleness of his char-acter and his innocence of crime, as thougheach one of these villains recognized howpersecuted he and Bob had been. As the play progressed, their enthusiasmincreased. Whenever Bob was hounded by adetective or ill treated by the old Jew, theywould howl their indignation at the actors; andwhen he came out unscathed at the end ofthe play, a monument of persecuted inno-cence, they cheered to the very echo. Thisperformance rendered me extremely popularwith some of the old lags of Hobart Town;and I was often accosted on the street bythese worthies and told some touching taleof their early persecutions. In fact they quitelooked on me as an old pal. These cour-tesies were very flattering, but the inconven-ience that I was caused by being poked inthe ribs and winked at now and then, asmuch as to say, All right, old boy, we know,— you Ve been there, rendered my favorit-ism among these fellows rather irksome. (To be continued.) Joseph Jefferson. 9*£MMtMS^. ot
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