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Show 'l'JL\.(; I·; DY. ter Well, all day hi 111 au<l the king was han l at it, rigging np a stage, and a curtain, and a row uf candle. for foot-lio·hts; and that ni<,-,r ld tl1c hon ·e ·was jcnn full of 1ncn in JLO tin1c. \Yhcn the place couldn't holcl nn 1non·, tl1e duk<.' he c1nit t (•nd in ,.o.....·, door and went nroLu1cl the hack \\'a,\' :1 nd con1c on to tlw .-tagc and ~tooclnp before tl1 .} en rt n in, and made a Jittle peech, and praisc(l up thi: trngcdy, ancl . aiel it \rn. the 1nost i hri1linge l on t bat C\'C'l' \Yi:l, ; and so he· went on a-bra aging about tlw tracrcdv, and about Edn1uncl ](c•an the 1~ld cr, ,,·hich wa to b ~ pl:ly the 1nain principal part in it ; and at last \rhen 1H''<l got C'\Terybody'., c·xpectat ion .. up l1igh <'Dough, he roll eel np tltt• curtain, and the next n1inute i.he king co1nc a-prnnc:ing cntt on "SOLJJ . ., 2:!7 a11 fours, naked; and he wa paint d all over rillg-"ltn~aked-aiHl~ trip<·d, all orts of colour~, aN .. pl<·ndicl n a ritinbow. AIHl-· bat JH'V r 1nind ih n:-. t of hi , outfit il \Ya~ j u:t wild hut it· \ras awful funny. Th I)COl>l 1no. i kill <llhcnl f'}V<'S ]auahiutr · b b' •nHl when the kino· got done cap •ring, and capcn·<l off hl'hind the scenes, they ron red nnd clapp d and tonnccl and haw-hawed till he co1ne hack and done il over again; au< l aft ·r i hat, they tna<l<· him clo it anoth r tinH·. "'T·1 1, it \Yonld a Jll<Hle a cow ]aLtgh to .'('<' the 'hine. that ol<l itliot cut. Then th duk he lets tit curtain do\ n, :nHl how" to ihe people, and Ray .. th gr <It trnged.Y will be pc rfonnc<l on] .Y t wn nigl1l.' 1nor , on accounts of pre. ing London cngagrnH·llt~, when· the . at i illl sold ar ndy t r it in I>rnry Lanr; a11<l t h<'n hr lHak .. th 1n anothc•r ho"-, and ays if 1H• hns HtH~C'<' ded in plea~ing t hrn1 and instructing i hrn1, he 1vill be d<'eply oh1 'cg<'d if t hry will1ncntion it to their fri ncL ancl ~'t'f t h<'Jll J o cmue and L> ~('(' it. '1\H'nty p •oplc ings out: '~\rhat, is it over'? 1 .. that u!l!" The duk • ay, ' y<.'s." Then thcrr \va~ a fine tinH'. E\ rryhody sina. out" old," an<l rose up 111ad, a11d Wei.' :tgoing f()r ihaL siage and the1n tragedian~. BnL a bier, fine-luoki11g lll:tll j tnnp~ ltp ou a b ne h, and ~hout s : " 1 [old on ! .T u~t a word, gcntlen1en." They 'f oppc(l to I i ten. '~ '"'" arc sold-1ni crh t y badly ~old. J~uL \V doll't want to be th laughing-. toek of thi .. whole' town, I rcc:kon an< l ne\· r hear th lasL of this thing a~ long as ''"c 1 i n •. ..\ro. \\'hnt w want, i, to rro onL of here quiet, and talk t llis .. how up, and sC'll ih 'J'est of the to,rn! Th n w ·a all be in th(' smne boat. Ain't that s n 'ibl '? •· ( ' Yon bet iL is !-tlH· j cclg' is right ! ·· <'rcryho<ly . in a onL) '~All right, then- not a \rord il bont illlJ .'ell. Go along hon1r, ancl i.Hlvi~c cYrryhody t co1n ~u1d . '<'<.' the t rngf'cl y ." (J 2 |