Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . in were silhouetted against the wall beyond. He stoodmotionless, staring out over the footlights, past the doorwhich he was guarding. His spear he held upright in hisleft hand. The play proceeded. Presently came the time for Shy-lock to make his entrance. That was the cue. Thedoor opposite slowly opened. The old Jew stood in theentrance. Everyone on the stage and in the audiencewas aware of his presence, I presume, except the thinguard at the door at which he was entering. About thistime, that guard conceived the idea
Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . in were silhouetted against the wall beyond. He stoodmotionless, staring out over the footlights, past the doorwhich he was guarding. His spear he held upright in hisleft hand. The play proceeded. Presently came the time for Shy-lock to make his entrance. That was the cue. Thedoor opposite slowly opened. The old Jew stood in theentrance. Everyone on the stage and in the audiencewas aware of his presence, I presume, except the thinguard at the door at which he was entering. About thistime, that guard conceived the idea that he was holdingthe spear in the wrong hand, and that he might shift itover unnoticed, provided he did it quickly. So, as Shy- M, emortes o ofB. rown 459 lock stepped forward, he swung the spear around. Itcaught Sir Henry a right smart slap in the stomach, andhe looked vastly surprised. The guard looked surprisedtoo. He took away his spear, bowed solicitously, andsaid, I beg your pardon. I trust I did not hurt Sir Henry did not wait to discuss the question. He. St. Stephens Church and the Engineering Building waved him aside, and proceeded as calmly as though hewas accustomed to having men poke him in the ribs witha long stick. The quality of mercy is not strained— The rich tones swept out over the house, and no one inall that audience had thought for anything but the grandpassage. That is, no one but Beef Wheeler. It so hap- 460 Memories of Brown pened that Beef weighed close to 200 pounds, and hehad been run into a boys size suit of armor. It fittedhim soon, very soon, and very completely, and to climaxthe situation they had closed down the visor of thehelmet. The result was, that, to all intents and purposes,they had immersed him in a Turkish bath. It becamewarm inside that armor, and the longer he stood thewarmer it got, and, the outfit being practically a shell, allthe weather slowly percolated up inside and accumulatedin the helmet, and since, as has been sa
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