A TRICK ACT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 78, 1 April 1905, Page 14

A TRICK ACT.

In "Harper's Masa-sine"' it is reiated how j the elder Wallack once played in a roman-1 tic drama in which, after takinj: an im- ' passioned leave of the heroine, he leaped on A a horse which stood jnst in the wings and G dashed across the stage. Walliict objected B to this nightly gallop, und it was therefore g arranged that one of the supers, who close- 4 ly resembled the actor, should make the I ride. He was accordingly dressed exactly U like Wallack. and sent to the theatre In | the afternoon to rehearse. He carried off | his part well, and the stage manager de- | parted. | Wrt'ttre super was not aatlsflofl, nnd cwn. I ffiTTwiJiff) ° o,, ° r | e__P!T- A -Kian tvitn a wooden lee co-alcl do g It -wc-itl-i Hljs o-*f*e-= si-tAax. I usiotl lo l>c iix a. S cirais, voHiuni i etiiud up on tills Wm f equine aiitl do a :fe**ev stums:*' % "Certainly. "* e3_cla.li.aeti tiie otiier; "tbat • woniti be all right. Go ahead," 8 **You think tbe old part.v vt-oulttn't ob- 1 ject?" said tbe super, doubtfully. a "Object!" returned the player. "Why, | he'd be tickled to death. Do it." | That evening when the critical point i was reached Wallack was gratified to see f bis counterpart standing ready beside the i horse. • '"Lore, good-night—good-night,"- cried f the hero, preparing to drop over the edge jS of tlie balcony. | "Stay;" cried the heroine, cliugiug round | his neck. "You ride perhaps to death!" 5 "'Nay, sweet, say not so; I ride to bon- S our. With thoughts of thee in my heart 1 no harm can come. Good-night — good- j night." . j He ■ tore himself from her frantic em- \ brace and dropped out of sight of the audi- 1 ence. "Go!" he hissed to the man. | As the horse leaped forward on to the I stage the fellow gave a mighty vault and ! alighted standing on its bare back. He ' threw up one foot gTaeefuly and danced I easily on the other, and just before it was j too late leaped Into the air, turned a som- ! * ersault. landed on the horse's back, and jj bounded lightly on to the stage. '; It is recorded that the audience applaud- jj ed tumnltnonsly. but the remarks of Waif lack are, unforuntely, lost. I : ; !