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AS riayeil lii the Princess Opera Honse, Winnipeg, Man., September and octoDer. 1886. w iwii'iu; I'KIMKII \l I IIK nil Ml Ml llll- MWIKHIA 11(11 I'KI'.SS. ■p. lC'J--^)i7} It C wiM.iAM i;i- iio.i- iiKon.iiAi.i.. i\ nil- oiihi- di imk mimsik.k III M.KK I I. IlKK. First, performed in thr I'rincegA Dftmi HmiM, IVinnipeij, Tuesday iSth Si'pteniher, IHHU. SOUND rilK l()( SIX ' I.KT TIIK CVMKAL CUASll AM) rilK WKI.KIX KINfJ" The first American Tour of the Tricky Troubadour Operatic Company Brouqhalls Four Act Burlesque in Grand Opera. THE TEARFUL AND TRASlgAL TALE TRICKY TROUBADOUR OR THE TRUANT TRACKED. A TOPICAL AND TUNEFUL TRADITION TOLD IN TRAVESTY. MAGNIFICENT SCENERY, GORGEOUS COSTUMES, STARTLING EFFECTS. ELECTRICAL, ENTRANCING. EXTRAVAGANT. i20 CAST AND CHORUS. WITH A POAVKKI'I 1. AHKAV OFTALKNT. 120 ©AST OH CoHAI-^AGTEI^b. M.\.\I<1( () Creiiiir) llir \\;ii-l)liii^ rvinilmdour. in Iom willi [.(.ononi, i)i'is()ii;iU(l l)v llif siipi'il) Moms. Doli Kail Hilliiiaiii. who Mil.-- fiTtpii ;illy -..iiiji l)vrii|m'st :it ( )slw>riic {I'ttrt O^hinie.t Vm purtiiiihiis ^co Coiiii C'iri iil:ir s I.liONOK V (S()i)i;in(i) till' wiird of e'luint ili l.iiii;i. l>v tlu- iiu(iiii|nli- ;ilik' m'\W Htitiliavdt- AiiKildi. w W imii|)ii;- IhIIc witli ii f.iscinaliny falscito \ mIcc, t:iv(>riil li\ tlu' < riiwiud Iii'ikIn of the \vi'>-lirii w ilds, uhosf ic.ili/atloii of thf part lias JHiii rhaiiutiii/.od as a di'liiali |n.iiii uf ilhcrcali/.cd h)vi'!ini;ss .. ti<(.i. .\!a)()I< Mm i.MA.N ( oiN-i HI l.rvA ( |{a.,M ihe "vciv \ icIvLd \ ilaiin " .iIsd in li^r with l.iMinoia, l>v Siifnor 1-vrle, a t\ |ii of tin C'nisicaii hfolhcr. Ilistaiiit.' IS known whi rcvt i- llu' Wiiinipi'L; dialijil isspokni. .VzLi li.w (C'ontraltii) the Iiiili.in (iafcn, w lio p.isscs liiTsidf off as Maiiii.-o's uiothir. I>v Miiif. I'.itti Tiilioclii. "She has a contralto soicr which dcsi'ivi-s thf i iiconiiiiiis of thr tii tile inissionaiv j)r',"ss. . . . hci ai tiiii; is \astlv sapiiior to Sialchi." Vide London ( Kni;,) d.iijy papers Fkkha.ndo (Haiiloiu'l C'omiiiandiM-inKvtraordinarv of thf Coiinl's l>ud\ nuard. tin- .Moorish Olhillo of tlie inodcrii mi'lodraina, hy Si^;. farlo S,il\ iiio Wolf, whose acting is siijim'stivi.' of a liappv iiifdinm liflwitn Sluikospc.irc at his worst and stump .speeclifs at tluir hrst ,,. M K. II. .M \k.\iiI.Ii 1-^. !• KK IK ..Mk. II. I), ll I.I.Ol M .NLvsiKK C. W ui t Ul I/. .Ill Imliiin C'liii f. l'\ ( ii'ii. Mikicliilit . "A |iUM-.lrr of nun li notiirictv, whose i h;ir;i(ii.Ti/.iili<>ii of the picie i» iiiosi oriiiiiiul." Miinitiiii /)riiiiiiitii Si/inti/ Mk. J. A. He.m.v I NK/., (•(iiniMiiion to l.i-inioiM, ;i ili.ii iiiiii^ lilllc souhrcttc. ., Mk. I>. I>. Stkwar r 'liiK Ci \KT)s.\iA.\ Mk. T. Mi rciiKi.i. i| Ki< I )■ Sam. M I liiif Mk. J. I'oK tkk .M'l.l.t.. \km Kl 'I A Aim.lNi, lliv (liu-iii of tin- ballet, ihc prima lialU'ritia of the .Milant>-e tlii-aties, vvlio h.is chariiietl the h.iUI hiaii>. of Kuropc . .Mk. W. J. Taam K ImPEMM. (ifAKDs. SlA(.l- HaNI). l\l)IA\.S. l.OKl's DK BaI.I-KT, C"l K V t-T TI NC. C'()K\ nil- IS. KT( .. KT< . I'l'.c iiiilv loMipaiu at pn-sint injoviiii;' the hoiioreil i i)ii-.i(kialioii of Wiiinipen V eiilliived sr.eiely- a I ompanv i,uH\ iiiualiv strons;, appcariiij> at llicir unitcti licsl t(» unfold .1 t.ilf replete with lot al hits and eoinic sonjjs. GUAM) HAI.I,i:r l>I\ KK IISliML.N I ' A stai-treinhiiiii;. featherpluiiied, uorj^eoii.slvai ruvcd COKI'S 1)K H.MJ.KJ ( Hv the hovs of the Kiriiiinent) W liose i>eautiful eoinpkxions are alike the etivv and .idiniralioii of the fair sex. I'ulnrescpie Hosesl I'oneerted .Minuelsl .\ina/oiiian Marches' Da/./lini; Dames! ,\n .nniv of iiirvetlinn eorvpliees, headed In the e\ er-fascinalintf j'reiniei'e Danseuse mi.m: \i:sriti iaaikilim. rile whole a jfr.ind iijffjrejration of l'"Kl)l.lt KIM. F.MKIIs' Ui'.AUi iiai. Sdi.osI Wak ■ uiiuoi'i N(. I nutans I 'rilKII.I.IN(i 'I'dM TuM C'lIOKlSts! l-"anUistii- drills by the iinperiiU ^^iiardb am' their inimit.ihle sla^e lirass hand. Ill KLKSQl !•: IN KV1:HN DhlAIl.! A snpv. rl> ort lustra under the liadership of Uanilniasler Johnson. I'lie lie.mtiful \rias of \'i rtli's opera, "II Trovatori," wi'dded to the Imrlexpie. OPINIONS OP THE Ii?I^ESS. Villi-.. — I hese are only ,i few of the many kind expressions of the l'ni\ ineial and Mi'li'opolitan press. They are w.iiranled. The maitau'er oujfht to know . He wrote thcni iiiniself. h'diiiloof's lii'iKnn (.hi^'nii : "When starlinsf out on their tirsl .\merican tour, hoth M'ile Bernh irdt Arnoldi and her manasjer. Mr. Hrovijrhall, resolved ne\er to adopt the paltrv iiull'ods of ad\erti.sini; which the sn-ealled •'tliviiu Sarah," I'.itti, Marv .\n(iersoii and other Ihirdrale ai'tri'sses lia\ (.' seen (it to lirinii' into voi>iie. M'lle .\rnoldi has not been shot at more than a dozen limes ; she never tanirles lnr name uii with jirinces .iiid iMiy^lish peers: and she docs not ^i\e currency in the dailv ])apers to tiie tact that she is consiillinu her I'arisi.iii physician, with a \ iew to n'ducinL; her \^■ei^•l^t. M'lle .\riioldi relies only on her re))iitation which she h.is made hehind the footlijrlus. Slie has ruled poets, emperors a'lil i;alK'r\ yods. .\ll j^urope lias heeii a slave at her feet; and the iilj>htlv con- cou'S's in her salon I'n the Kiie d( Kouue-et- Voir were soinethini; to livi' for in their C'.mini; ■*'"' to dream of in their j^oiiin." Miiiiiloii Driiiiiiitii S(/iii(i/ ; -" lispi'cialU was llie siniiinn of Siiinor leric worthy of ( ommendation. \e\erhasil hcen the lioiuf fortune of T/ir Si/in'ti/ \o hear such suiierh sinjjfin!;. I le carries the irio al the close of .\ctlwell, and his 'II Halen' and 'Oh batal Hour' were alone worth I lie lickels of admission that were left al this otlice complimentarv. liovhol/nnii'x li,'ol Eslnti' t{,i;isti-r ; " riuri' is an iiiipression that .Siy. Hillmanni IS cold in hi- actini>. Siu h is not so. I le rivals C'ardinali in his wonderful lovi-makinjf in ihe 'l.ird act of "The Trickv Troubadour."' In this .\rnoldi larries with her no airylijjht nothiiin-sorl of a-kiss that is tlu' usual detail of social platitude. Her kiss is not the "che> 'less cold clammy compound of carelessness and inilifference" which characteri/.is the kis^ of Miss Mary .\iidersoii. Hut it is tin outcome of much lare and constant practice and t.ills pleasantiv a~ a poet's dream. Ilir .ludicnces wait with hailed breath its coming, a.» she leans a full head talLr ill. in liillinanni ami svvuops swan-like upon him to lav the full tnhuU of ;iffi( linn tli.il < oiiii— ( liasttlv iMycf fidin ruin li|i>. I'licn.- i- .1 sail viMiiiiiii; lciitlcr:u'S^<, tod, about il, somctliiny; tliat i!iii»hl liu\ (.• inspiiiil S\viiil>urnc to sijfh Oil how Mis^fuHv bli-s trui- bliss is. Hut meanly mean are \inkisseil kisses." Liiyyir ()' h'iiifrly for llif DfJ-ii: r.—" .... (ientlemen of llu' Jur\ look .it the ileliL.ite |ica'li bloom on Madam I'alti-'ruljoclii's cheek as she stands there! Look at her frail, nervous fram,>. then wonder how she has suiceedeil in withstanding the terribly a( live career she has led since she made the Milanese theatres rinjf with the plaudits of ileliifhtcil thousands just five years .iifol . . . . " I'o/oiiy (.r,;k 'jounnilisl : — ■■All Kuropt- has been searched I'l secure the eminent stars now travellinjj with "The I'rickv Troubadour" Companv. I'he most eminent artists of Italv. France and Ireland havi^ been secured. This ayjfre;iation lannol be eipialled. from the call hov up to Mons. l>olik.irt- Millmanni. ,i lenor noted for his -mile and for his capability to caj)ture more hiifh (.'s than any other Itnnr in the market. I'robablv one of the Sfreatest artists with the companv is Siynor l-erlc who tills the important role of 't'omit di lama." His rendition of 'fl Halcii" is one of the •jenuine treats of the opera. Mis listeners alv, avs wait with deli){^htful expectancv for the low notes ' .• " Mil.' Arnoldi's rendi- tion of the beautiful part of t.i-itiiorn l-.ist evenitij;- in the top llat of the Town Hall was received with rapturous applause. Commencintr softiv, like the yentli murmur of some wayside brook, invitinjr, as it were, the hearer to shnnber. she sanir of lier love in the tower. Then i^raduallv increasiubf the warble in liyht ~taccato movement, she spoke a volmne with pleadinjj expression; like a wild feverish ilream now sinkinsi' to a delicate respiration, now thrilliuu with jxinderous sweep of vocal nuisii , deepeninir like the rush of lUsceiulinu; floods, she trjileil an ajfoiiv aiul a passion, orilx pau-iny at sundrv periods to let llie piano catch up with the show. Then -lowlv decreasini;. in lone and \olume. her swan-sonfj died awav to the faint, trembling; sounil of rain-drops drippint; tlirou)ili the leaves of siijiiinjf trees, till 'nothiny- lived between if and silence. Then, as the bar mouv floated away, and not fill then, did her audience know that the air<>nv w.'Ts over, and tliat the climax of the evening' ha;ers should Hatter themselves for their metropolitan tone. Koine, il was trui'. had its Torso, N'.iples its little C'hiaja. London its llvde Park. Paris its Hois, but W'innipi^ has its ]1. H. Hats and its wonderful street. She had seen nothini; to compare lo it except the Hiorja del Scapula, St. I'elersburij'. Thev also admired the wonderful intelliifence of their audieiu'es here. At this juncture the earriajje was annoiiiued, and the two fiiscinal iny: actresses leathered up their poodle dojfs and proceeded for ;'. drive in the shady jifroves of Dufferin I'ark, leavinjf the reporter charmed with the interview." S/oiiv Moioitdiii :^uiirti'rlv : - " It has become a fashion with carpini; critics .mil pro- fessional humorists to sneer at the at;e of the axeraye ballet-trirl. Such jokes are out of place if applied to the beautiful troupe now fravellini;: with Ttie Trii kv 'I'roubadoiir opera c(mi|):ni\. It cannot be said that out of the glorious history of ninety years on the sf.im , Mill. \ csfri-l'aartilini still steps jauntily forward to anmse an audience. Time with its heavy hand has not yet added this perennially \oulhfuI corps of ballet ijirls to those his- toric ruins of Terpsichore, who shone at tluir bc-t half a century aj;o, Ninon de L"Kucliis mav have charmed the world at eiuhtv, and ncia/et mav have danced all Paris into deliuhf ,it ninetv, but 'Taatlilini and her curvetting corvpbeis -.ind pirouettinsi: nymphs have not vet passed the lievdav of their youth. Not at all I"" (gOSfrUMES. Ll-.o.Nc i|(.\. .\ white satin ball mom drcs.-. \ I'l v ilecolbte in the back, entrain; bodici- .1 la Pompadour; delicate shoulder straps of point d' aleiuon. the whole surmounted by considerable sw.m neck, ami superb shoulders de ri^feur abo\ i' a low corsage Irimuud with reveres of creanty silk vehet, hauled aft with white tape. > iipplied at a ridiculously low tii>uri. Niade up lilomle, with tuiir veiix and the iienei.il swinir and yet up of the Kmma Abboli school of Operatic singers. .V/l i KN'.i. — -.V thinjr (if reual form and splendor, dressed in "foriieous Indian outtil.with immeroiis dei oi-afions. niedals and briyh' reii.ib;! . bl.ick hair aiul hand.--ome maki' up. Ink/. - Pale blue satin dress cut decolli^fe, no train, dark hair. M.\Nl<«^^ Th i r . ACT III._T„K tAI-irUt. WAR, WOOI.V,, AM, WMLIN, I 111' SdldJi,^- C'lioius \ I I ^' KM.. II. J I,, /.„/,„, ,;,„,^,.^^; '"'" ""^v -I i-.vc. ),i,„ now- ' • yupiilal work. -IIr. J,,,virs It.i oonc, i-onu! and I am -^•-1 I\-.- niK UKsci K. >-^'- I. III. l:xt,nor „f tli,- I'ri.so,, "link V,.. Maid,,,,. Vi„l,,„e'"J(,„ ,, .'■'"* r'- '';i'-(fni'. lii lieu of mori' I'imvciiii'Ml lino, wo may plaii" llu' tiinr al'out Tlif lliirli -ith fi'iitury — an ajic 'tis irnc, >otiK'\vl)at l'rim(ir(li:i: in tlio history of tlu" roiuitrv. Tlirouflioiit tin- piav, 'riicTf have hvvu cssavi'il liasi- huvlL'sqiies and i)aroxis." too, romfs in for its share Of nnirdur foul. 'I o all — profuse apiilojf ies Are due, fi>r interlirdintr puns, tliat were liad. 'I'hetc has also l>e< ii attempted The miniicv\ of a ^Ivle, peculiar to Hlua. iMiuiia Ahhott, Kellojft; and llernhardt. -likewise the The faints, the tierce (K'clamation, ami traific speech, That exist only on the sta^<' to picture, In f lultv ima^jerv, the action of real life. To those who seek, for study's sake. .\uthority for the events, which are supposed 'I'o have taken placi! at Winnipeg;, mav look up Critically Professor AVi'fv'.v novel on •Meddliu(f willi a ^!ound, or the I'astness of the (lone Alsorraii "The Letters of Frmik Lvnir" Aui] .\/ri7m Slorv 'in "The I-'oundinK of Scheme Town Junction, lindieilished with Maps and Plans" -a work whose ol Mav uive rise to some dispute. I""uture scientists .Mav I'laim 'tis a tale -if a city dt-ad ami ^one; While others mav call it an ailvertising l>ook To liooni town properly. If desirous, - critics Mav consult "('. N. />V//ou N'orlhern tjeojrraphv;" While a careful study of H'oifhoni's Diarv, W ill fix the hour, for the moon to rise in Act four. fal / /c.v- ject [Curtain. GRAND ORCHESTRAL OVERTURE. ACT I.— THE CHAIJ.ENOi:. SCENE.— 77i.; Ikirdens «/ Count di Luna'm yv,/rtc«, sU'ps at the Imrlci., bnlostmilf und railiiKis, foinitain sd'Hr. in renr, troodiul mtujs. Guards discovtred (jroupfd mi the stdiir. Klainufi. Entrr Fekuando dotim stipn, follovrd hij n liiirlesijin' brujade BuciLEH nifh foiihorn. Stnjis suddndy at thesvjht of (he ikefimj Guardh, Fi^r. — Hf'lld ! why I declare fhey are all asleep Like proverbial police, their watche:^ keep. THE TRUKV TRnUllADoL'R, (let up, you, <\r (kicks mie), ami also you (kirku anothm-), When tlu' iii.'[jt'rtiii^ ofticiT hovfd in view. Don't snore, men, on the corners of the street, lint ii/-m(/ suddenly ojn'ujht. hurlnnini'.l (Orchestra.] (Jiiiiids. — {Sinij, lit tit* >■(»//'(' tivii vihe.dituf into lini, fociiKj th<- fmnt.) Chorus.— fiU A RDs. We ■-boiildi.T s|H':ir> :mil iiiari li :iii(l iiian h ivvav. l-iDtti O^lxiriu' l-ort a-, far a.- I'^lrta^:l■ Am.., With ilrimis ami limii.- huw sxviitlv tlu-y (In plav. As wc inarrli, iiiai<'li. uiiircli in tlic Iroiibailoiir jfiianls. Ferr. — Well, boys ! — no, I for},'o(, — men ! You are not boys, but as Middle- ton would say, you are men. OHieera, non-commissioned officers and men. I. regret to see this exceedinj^ lack of discijdine on your part. Now our l)rave Count's ordei-s were, T ) keep a watch on Leonora the fair; If you are n')t sharp slie will elope In the same vay as the Count's brother slo])ed. Guardsman.— TkAI us about the ]>oor boy's diHa])pearanc.e. Gunrds (to'r) — Yes— -wt — want — to hear it, Ferr, — Now, men, how many times have I told you, that when adopting an air of famili.irity with your superior ofticers on duty, you slu»uld do so with the prim dignity which so well becomes a full-Hedg(;d private. (I'l/inpiiusly.) You must remember that I have been vesteting an officer in the discharge of his remarks. (I'uord, — Sir, I merely wished to know if these Ijabies were the same a.s other babies. Ferr. — An apcdogy is always welcome. Well, this match occurr(Ml years ago, when they were small. It was the most e.\citing of the league games between the Mets and C.I'.h's The score sti»od 4.'i errois to oti unearneil ])ases and the outfield vet to hear from ; when in tlie OK THE TRrANT TUA<'KKI> !) ic lengut' fruard- Ferr.- Gvuml. F>rr.- miiUlle of a (li.H)»utt* witli tho uiin»ire, an huliaii siiu.iw standi!);^ close liy stole n —St oil- a base, ^ir ? No ! slie stol'i a boy Wliile the nurse flirted with Toni (Jilioy. — She must liavf been in IfiHjm witli s mieone to Ao so foul a deed. Searclit!s weie made bv the police in every quarter, Pawnbroker shops, U^nlf's auetion rooms to loiter They searched the Sioiix, the Mohawk and the rn-e, W»'iit to Sunday school anil rewardetl each missionree, But neither they, the Coulit. or even ('imstitnthn., Have found a trail of the wanderinj,' infantinr. SONcariiiij . Slu' wore a red Maiik«'t and ju^l mie eai-rin>f . O'er the l>!ll>e sletpinjj, with ti^-ne looks Ix-nilin^, (ia/'il she upon him, hiark deids intcTiilinkf. Horror profomid. sei/.'d >he the l>al>e Miat dark nioiiicnt; Sharp irii's of t'-rror --oon rent the air around lier. And swiflU isthouiiht tlie>, ihtrt- rose a ijreal foment: 'I'he polict , the niirsi' stanliM e\ er\ \\ lure for the -(piaw Then liv their tlireateniny^, luatin^js and vellinji, Tlien liy their tiireafenint;>. tlicir hlows and vellinu. Tile dark offender was soon expelled, 'I'lie K^uiltv ninse was soon i\pelieoon evpelled. The >ifuill\ nurse was soon evpelled (iilUIH) liul ne\ lluue er ajjain founil her. Th, Guard. — How sad that our dear master should lose his little brother, whooping cough or measles vvouhl have been a better fate. Far- Yen'., for years the Count .-adiy passed his davs, 'Till the beautiful i^eonora met his gaze. He loved her and sings to her. while from the top flat They pour water and tliMW boot jacks at his hat. He na.s no chance. She thinks him (piite a bore. She loves another, the handsome troubadour. Hut whist, .she comes this way. let's cross the lawn. And as they say in tragedy — "villain begone!" lAH cri'ey off hiirlrsiiui: R. find i.. | \Enter LeoNOKa u. (Inini ■■/trfi.t at Ituck. \ Leo. {xighs) — Ah I me I I won ler where he is now / If he doesn't come soon there will be a row; And I won't j)lay my ]»art, the little minx, Perhaps he's at the (,)ue(n> playing for the drinks, (ifinys) SoNti. — Leonora. Am< /'/ Til/,- .Iw/o/ ( )h where i-- mv trouhadour. (irinditi}> on the oruanette. All da\ that -weet meliniv, i'he Halie- tlie les -the lialtes upon our ock. in TIIK TUFCKV TIU)! MIA DOUR, ills splicn- would not romiililcd Ik Wire he not to siiit; ;in(l pliiv, I' While < nr.vd^ 1ih>s hv tlii' oilier \v:iv. Si:e s.iw ^ee saw 'ee s.iw he ^Jlilicis all (ta\ . All' were hac kli<-\'(l soiif denied liiiii, I hen \vel( onie deatlTs repose; All, ves, fir him in diatli repose- In dentil would I repose I'd repose. I Kiilir Ink/,, ». ilmrv Hti-jis, <> (lfiiii|t ami (;liill, yoii can alnn>-t licnr tlir iii- U-.rvHl fiiUiiKi til ir on /i'/i//<'« |irtiiiii.sH»»iy paper. /„,,-. — VcH, tlicrc arc too iiK.nf.ii ilraftx, liiit Ifll iiif of tlial love of yours. It is, I am sure, lln- swccfi'st roniante that fvcr '■n}^'a;,'c(l attention. Who is li." \ Leo. — Wlio / M.'inrico/ Ah, how W(;'! I rfincniltcr tht; ic of the l)an(l. Wfi't ever tln'if, Inez ! llli'X. — Leo — Leo.— nh ' y.'H, at tlic (Jrand, I W(!nt with litth' hurhij Taijlar, But our skatin<4 was tjiiite a failiiic, For iic inmu'diatfly harl a tuiiildr. Ami I over liini did stuinl>h'. \\ hf'U iH'Xt I skate — W(dl, what then ' 'Twill be when ihir li>'. hotter men. liut tidt me. Ves, at the rink we met, And I ftdl in love with him, my own -iWeet pel. It was a fancy skatiii},' carnival. A (juaint and glitttrrin),' thron(,^ was ;.,'ather(!d tlien;. Tin! night air was cold and chtar, while the dazzling ftays of the electric, light shon»! down 'n(%'ilh The waving hraiic.hes of the evergret'ii, Which l)reathed that winttir'n night upon a scene Of -iparkling youth and gait^ty. There were Darl- .Moorish damsels there, Don .lunns, Ami fancy senoritas .Mtirenading; (,>iie(!ns of the night, illlage.^ of tin; stars, And those who depicted (in-ek ami Roman lore; Fair one-s rolttid in dominoes, and others In the many fantastic, guises Of n modern masi|ueradiiig carnivid liiK. -Unw liefiiitiful it must liav(! Ixm-ii, hut why not call it just scruniji tiolls at iiiM'e. There Would lie less Wol'ds to look Up ill the die tionary. OH THK TIUrANT TUACKED. 11 L at. cnr tlif iii- (• ol' yoiirs. i ntteiilinii. uu. 1st wrriiniit- iii llic (lic- dtiiuUinHij,. — Vc>, |M;iliaj).^ my ilescriptioii wa-t ton loiij^. liul lliim! was our tlicH', A liaiKlsKiiic Irouljadout. He woic no air Of cIh- (Ircaniy Italian mIiodI, that j^'o Twatigiii^' ^'uitais, 'ncatli lalticcfl liars, T(» Spanish hcllcs Noi- woif In- tij,'hts, Nor 'laj,'ycr, nor ItiallnrM hat, nor silver lute, To speak of the rharm- of hi- ^iilish hiVe. lint, draped in the more motyh;, With haml-orj^'an and ;ipe ultahe!lh. In Itiis f^iiise, lie won the pri/.t; y\l the mas(|Meiadin;^' carnival. Tln-n the hand tuned up tin; e,ont >o -ny- the /'V" /'/'.s.s journal. I J I'M. Inez Liu. hi,:. No, no, no, listen, !a^t iii;^'lit he came .And ''round hi^ oi(.,'an 'neath my window frame. Thou;.;li .itiired with min>tridy's powei, he ^aii;^ tn me on no lvre--a lyre, is not an opposition landidate, Imt a liMp with strin;^-,. (Hiniju.) S(»N(i |j,f)N,iills nil iiiiiii' t ill .\ii oiifiiilN ii'ili'N were liri mIImiiu, ,\nil \s 111 il 1 1 1.1 1 |uiisivr i 111 pur I lie;ir, ,iiiil w nriN tli.il |iiiivn i iiii|mii I Inn ,\ iiiih II rl''- >'illl' .ilM I . . — It doiv^ no! look a- if he would he here to-ni;^dil, .•-o .shall we ;^o in annri for. I am im, jbiHhetl with exptM;ta- tiitioii to .^^(// here. I iiimI i\\-iiiiil tlioii;.'!)!- of him, fur I think a ili.nl too much. _ — y,,ii art', a tridiiji, ln-ide- if he riinn.'i in and lind- voii are imt, it will he a /(/////"and In — I'll do it, lull perhaps' he will neiiliei nn: il imr mil i\i:^n\\i. Yoii iiin I I'l liim .■ilrmiihl tlnn, Iml mme to our liuirir. .Ai:;4i-H «- ..\.a.«^..'J»..A.- 12 THE TIUCKV TUOL'liADOL'U, Leu. — Well, I ca'' see no ulijcclioii to a c dninj;, IJiil o'lT all men will soar, witli tlii' liili r,iiiiiori- ; llit.rii ii"ir all ini'ii will soar, tlie lucky 'rroubadour. {At the conclusion puts organ down on R side.) I I'hUcr Leonork, dtta-n sbfisfrutn R, runs eagerly intoaruis of iJie Count. | Leo. — Darling, how gond of you to come and sing to me. Yes, I glatUy run to your arms and cling to thee, Gount. — Here's a pretty how-de-do ! It makes nui holl(;r. The other chap is looking on, I het a dollar. Leo. (}>assu)ntitejg) — Oil, Manrico, 1 am -n wrehlied wlwu alone ; Denre>t Dove, will yciu ever leave your own < Man. (turntn(i, e.icitnlly.) — 'Here's a state of things ! What du I behold / She's false to me, and oh, I'm badly sold. (7'() her) Is it for this I've trudged the street in comic gui.se, Have stolen, begged, borrowed niid told .so many lies, To buy ice-cream and earn a living with ])ropriety, To hire n livery rig and hold my plmc in society," To act generally as if I had no senses By climbing at midnight high rail fences, .Vnd then lien the watch-dog began the chase Did 1 nut always have a six-mile racc< OR THE TRUANT TRACKED. 13 Leu. (n'dc^intj). iarkencih ] in tnwj K, S'pring.'') steps, h.] vonkey. II n suh. ) CovM. I lies, Ah yes, yuu did — you did — you did ; But 1 was not false wlien into lii.s anus I slid. It was a mistake — the iiitiht was dark. Man. — (Lioiioia. ) i All lliv vcniiLMme Oil mo then ilesceiuliiin, Will) liavi- sconicil tlicc, Slill thcc ilofy ! Strike tliy daj^jiier In tliis heart Dtteiulin^, I'roni tliy hiVL That vlared to My, ID love from thee Would not reply ; No, no, eoiild not, Nor would reply. To thy love Made no Keplv. 'I'o lli\ love Made no lleply. No, would not, iiu, lint dared to ( Mum ii II. I riiy dark fate Is already deeided. I>(ioiii'd to perish, I'liv hour is iiiifli ' Heart and life To my hand are eoiitided. Heaven eondeimis thee. And thou --halt die '. riiou'rt doomed to die, 'I'liou'rt doomed to dii . \'es. hv mv hanil, Thou'il doomed to die. No more ! Go woo your Government clerk, And you sir, just wait and I'll uee you later. Dare to raise my gauntlet, I'm a fist mani]tiilator. {Throws bo.nnv Mar<|uis of (^)iie('nsl)ury rules, Though rough and tumble was the mode of the tdd schools. Leo. {very e.ccited) — Oh I ring xi[) central, caII police, 1 am .•>tire they are going to tight. [Enter Is E A from \i. fdUovyil hy n stout TokicHMAN. They stand an thr tup i)f st(f*.<. I Lie:.. — I have one here Adol]thus calls to see me every nigiit. Count {hackinij nff i..) Then at Fargo to-morrow each the other meets. A\t(Ui. {haehiiiij ojfli.) — And both to get one half the gate receipts. \ Exeunt Man. r., Count l. | rhv heart .ind life 111 iiie eoiitided. riioii shiilt die. I'hy heart .mil life To iiie are jiiv'n. .Xiul lliou shall die. ^'es, slialt die, ves. riiv fate is In mv hand. And thou sl.alt du ' 14 Leo. (mildbj) — THE TRICKY TROUBADOUR, Jve:.. — Oh, what have I done, tell me. thi.- is a dream, That thi^— thi.s— is not as it would seem. Oh, love, (Mjiiie back, I will go mad -mad; Me brain it reels- it reels. (Sv:ooiis at foot of stq)s, a Ut Bernhafdt.) She has \tm Imd ! Adolphus, dear, catch me, I am «oinj,'. ( Faints (jmafdhj hark into the (tm.s uf thi Policeman, who hnhls hrr on tlie. top of the steps and fans h-;r with his club.) [OURTAIN. ] END OF ACT I. OR THE TRUANT TRACKED. V of sorrow ami wailing. l{o\ist' lip to lalior. Takr ia( li his torn loni. (Slrikr lorn f am s in rr^K/ar nhd^iiri) Who makfs tht- Ituhaii-- a lifi' with trouhh- laiKn. Wild inaki's the Inilian • a life « illi Irotihic hulcii. >\I)(> • Who the Indian'.- hft adorn- ■ Wlio niakt- hi-- lifi- otn \\ ith troiit>h' laihai " I III' Indian Aaont. \Enier Rmu i,., Hoopkr Up Sam k. | Riii~. (a Clmf.) — Our cause is in very bad shape. H()(>])er Up Saiu I Houjur Ify Sam [advamiiuj.) — Yes, sir I Ruv:. — How have the collectittns betni of late tor our Iiulian League f'uinl '. H. U. Ham. — We have/j'/(r/ tlieiu very poor. The Chicago peopU; say the Irish Honxe Rule fund requires all tlieir attention, hesideis they think we have too iniu'h rule now. Rai::. — Yes, we have been (|uite unruly, but our cause has dwindleil since our old Chief "Too Late in the Day," shuttled off his mortal coil. H. U. Snin. — Yo\i mean he died. Riii:. — Yes, he died. He died very suddenly, before an awe-struck au,(i- encc of deputy sheritls ami newspaper reporters. 'Twas only in a ])etty theft, a few paltry thousand cattle, but the Crown AlVorney described on a parchment epitajihiu nioMUinental terms hU oft'enci- ; but in our hearts we have raised a more tender tribute to his memory. But enough ' Let us go somewhere -wiu-re farmei'^ let their cattle roam. //. (/. Sam.— Yes, most everything has gone to ruinin', What with Bailey, Purvis and the Farmer's (^nion. Rub. — If things keep on we will get i|Uile poor, Hut say, shall we gn and take in Clo uglier ! And ])ut a red streak through the town. H. U. Sam. — I say boys, is it not fun playing we are Indians i This is just like the stories we read off in the ''New V'ork Boys W(!ekly." Rm"., — Hu^h ! (»r, to use a vulgar phrase, the police will "(.'atch on.' {Il'liijiflc. aatsiiie.) That signal — at this hour I What does it uiean 16 THE TRICKY TROURADOFR, [Elder Azucena, r. ] A::hc (drama fii'iilly.)— Ho, lads ! 'Tis Azucena, your Indian Queen. ( Strikescovimi niUv(j at tit ude xoith upstretched han d an d draw daiiqer,a la Mary Anderaoii's Parthmia. Indians fall jtrvHtnife at Im- feet in a circle, and rap their Iwads andihbj on the staffe three times.) A:nc. ~9,ay, you p.-ople. That is not the way the Indians do. You can Kt't up. We are not lehearsinLMhe Mi'kadi. now. We are olavini: Trnvat(.re. (Sitvis.) i ^ n SoN<{. — Azucena. i\iH.~".Sen\fc /ii l'iini/>a." I am an aiti-ess, hind expressly to siin< In tliis pcvfonnanic, ;it a trreat lli^ cost. I ran )>lay al! parts, soini'tiines in llu ••ivcii- rini;;, Or in irrand hiirli-sqiu-, •'Masco'." .mil in ••|-",iiisr." NN'hik'airain I play supc and a cliorns man. Rut this nijiht I am hire starrint" in Italian -Italian. (Spohen.) — Just listen to me. (Sl/H'-s.)— .■Stridf la yanipa lo la yanipa, i^iun^-e la yitlima Xlto yestita discintae seal/a: posed to have stolen a child, which I pase off as my own I often steal things. Ha ! that reminds me. Ruiz ! Rav: (comimj forivard.) — Yes, your majesty. .^rjrc— Bring foith the loot ! (Ruiz retires.) Ha, 1 was not alwavs so (li^praved as this I often look back with regre on the innocent hours of my infancy, when I liunjf as a jiapoose in a moss-bag on the back of a .s([uaw. I never will forget the corduroy ridges of her shouhJei' blades. Yes, give me back the hours of my youth. Ruiz (admnciufi with a luryv Imi;/. ) — Here you are. A::uc. — Thank you, Ruiz, thank you. Some day mv conscience will make me a coward, And then — tills garment, I stole it from Tom Hoivard. (Draivs out a liven dii.a.s^ hit. Man. — You might think so, but it isn't so now a ilays. Azuc. — My child, you remind me very much of your dear pa, Man. — Tell me, what Ijecamc of pa l so long to hear of my early history. Azuc. — Enough, 'twere a tale that would make Thy clieek to blush crimson like unto The carnation pink of a tomato salad. Your pa-pa was arrested for larceny. He pleaded not guilty, but the evidence, the witnesses and the judge's decision did not fail to dis- agree with iiim. He is serving a term; and it has cost nxe a resi- dence in Chicago ami a handsome thing in costs to win a divorce. Man. — And I am ? Azuc. — You are my son. Who was it called yon pootsy, wootsy, ])etsy, wetsy, And took your part in fights with nurse Betsy ] My mother ! Man. Azuc. Man,— Azuc Who dressed you up and combed your little hair ? Who danced you on her knee and gave yt)u every care I My maw-maw ! Who took you to the circus in your Sunday suit, And taught your little infant brain to shoot ? Man. — My ma-ma ! Dear mother, I am sure you are my ma. Azuc — Yes, child, I am, and from the regal realms of my heart there .stalks forth a maternal love, that so long has lain dormant, now to rise for a fond mother's protection (embrace.) [Enter Ruiz l. uyith a letter.] /'//r.'. — Most potent, grave and reverend seigneur, with mutual pride I salute you. Here is a letter from the post ottice, - Ijut {noticvig loving attitude) it seems I am de trop. Man. (takes letter) — Not at all. rity my low birth. Let me introduce. In future know her as my mother. Mother — Ruiz. (rmuls letter: ) Ruiz. --\ am glad to have the honor; any mother of Manrico's will always be a f)'iend of mine. [Exit L.J OR THE TRCANT TRArKED 10 Afrt?i.— Oh, horror ! Cruel fate. A-^iic.'-M.y child, what is the matter ( Man. — Leonora, hearing that I was killed in the tight, and wi>liing to escape the Count, has gone and joined a ballet chorus. And there they daute and sing janghng airs all night. Till the city council v(ite> them a nuisance and a tright. A:.iic. — Go and seek her. my c hild. Go I Dear Man vrmkoli tliy vengeiice on him; For the Count is uui foe, and I hate him. Like unto the Red P'ver, whose muddy .stream Flows on as the crow dows, with ceaseh-ss stretch, To the Lake Winnipeg and the Hudson's Bay beyond, Even so my hatred strides the stride of anger, Ne'er pausinj' to the tight nor to the left. But filled with capable and wide revenge To do himdamag<-. Go; if you don't go I'll close my te]>ec against you, Manrico. Man. (traykally)- VW do it. My spirit has been fired with a fierce resolve. I'll follow this Count to the end — of the construction line, that 1 may wreak a terrible revenge. Those who meet me now will not know me for the change that there will be. There was a time when I was mUd and tender, until they drove her ; her, that I love the fairest of her gender. Can I e'er forget the dainty curve of her elbow and knuckh;.- ( Azac. — Or the silvery echo of her musical chuckles and the golden twitter of her melodious chatter ! -And they drove her from me. There is nothing now to live for, but Lenora and revenge. Now each cloud that sweeps across the azure space of heaven, each one of Macaulay's New Zealandtn's that stand on London l)ridge, each ])attering drop of rain that falls to earth, speaks to me — they all speak to me in doggerel verse — of Leonora and r-r-revenge 1 That's right, my boy, wade in for blood and glory, And whoop it up, like a Mrst-class Trovatore. Man;- A:.uc.- [Exeunt R. nnd L. SCEN SCENE.— T/ie Gardenn of the Palace. {Enter Qovn'v Di IjV^a folloiml by Fehr.v.nuo l.] Count. — Ho ! Where art thou, Ferraiulo i* Feri'. (sahdiwj.) — Ibire, your Ilighne>s. 1 have |ust formed hollow sijuari on the vtram la with two recruits and a .small bugler. Count. — That all ii queer. Ferr. — All the rest of the boys are out.'^ide on tlie watch. Cfount. — That's right , I expect tlu; girls here soon. But how came she to love this wanderittg beggar of a troubadour ? •2<» THE TRICKY TROUBA.I)OUR, Ferr. — Her father once qiuistioii'd hiiii, To tell the story of his life, of the ventures, The weary wanderings, and tianip-like t^xistence That he led. Then spoke the Troubadour lightly, In tuneful rhythm, of his l)oyish day hap})enings. And of the years since then. How he had stolen rides From town to town, on the humpers of freight trains, And ground on a hurdy-gurdy the same old airs In small towns as in large cities, — at the farmer's house, The villager's cot, and the rich man's residence. He .sang of persecution and of hunger, And of the slow gathering together Of small coins to eke out an existence. To hear all these things would Leonora Seriou.sly incline, — and she swore she wish'd She never heard them ; but sigh'd and hop'd that The man who lov'd her would woo her with such speech, "She lov'd him for the dangers he had pass'd, And he lov'd her. that she did pity them." \Exit.] Count. — Well we will see if Leonora can escape me, with her haughty sjiirit and Hashing eye Ah ! what conquests the gleam of a sparkling eye can make. (Siwjs.) Song— Di Ll na. /Ml, licT Miiili; witli railiiini.1.' ;"lc;miiii^ piik's Uic traslijrlit'.> Iniifhlcst rclluctioii, Wliili- licr cheek with hcautv heaminjj, costs iiic far too imu h, t noiiuh to lose one's affection. All, this love, this love in ine hurninjr, more than words shall plead on niv l)art, Iter sweet trlanees on me turning', calm the tempest still i:i mv heart. Oh, this love within me burning', mf)re than words shall win n-e fa\or. Her lirii;hl f>lances on me tiirnini; calm the tempest in mv heart. ■\h, this love within me hurnina. more than words shall win me favor. 1 ler hrijfht i;laMces on me turning calm the tempest .\h still mv heart, my heart be still. AlH.-'^Pfr ii/f Ora Ftiirilliant tvpes (jf lieauty we see displayed in gorgeous cigaret advertisements, that picture wonderful blue-eyed girls reclining on damask couche.s, to putt', lazily aloft from ruby lips, tender clouds of " Vanity Fair." [Exit L . ] [Enter Leonora h., vrith a travellmtj /«<;/.] /vtio.- They have told me that Maniico has been killed in the duel with the Count. There is nothing for me now but a sorrowful life in a (|uiet retreat. Perhaps Stony Mountahi will do. He use:! to s]»eak of that j dace. | !??( to' Inez K.,/oWov;trn;(/ Ruiz loaded up with band boxes, ii;c.\ Ha, Inez! and Ruiz! — dear faithful old Ruiz. Have you got all our travelling ai)pare] i I I I L r L I OR THE TRUANT TRACKED. 21 liui:.. — Ha, by jove, yes, except the Saratogas, and thty are coming u|> the street on wheels. People used to wour liow they moved 1)ri(k buildings in Chicago. They don't now since tliey sawahidy's Saratoga travelling. LeM. — Dear old Rui/,, you liave been a faithful servant to tiie family. 1 am so sorry our poverty will not permit us to retain you longer in the service. liui::, — Dear Miss, do not send me away I I worked for vnur grainl- mother before vou were ever born. I do not ask remuneration or reward, but let me serve you. Leo. — Nay, Ruiz, nay — some day all will be well - but go and look after the trunks. [Exit Ruiz. | Now Inez we will wait litre. fne::. Lw In e/.i Ine'^.- Leo.- fnez.. Leu,- -And are you still determined to leave your home ? -Y'e>, 1 cannot bear the persecution of that wicked ("ount. wo will go out into the cold bitter world to earn our living I -But how ( -Listen, we will go on the stage — and act I -And act ! •Ye:', that has always l)een my ambition. It is the same old story we have often heard in various fonus from Barratt, Booth, and other third-rate actors of a played out generation. Years ago, when a little child, I stood in the yray dawn of an early morning on the })rincipal street of a small village iii the back woods of (On- tario, and watched the heavy wagons of a circus tiompany roll into town. That afternoon, from the out.side, I ga/ed beneath the canvas tent and drank in the sight of gay prancing hoofs of Arabian steeds pacing around the circus ring, and listened to the plaudits of thousands. Inspired by a wild ambition, I then raised my eyes aloft to where the flags floated on the teut poles and to where a Jnes,.- Leo. - hu:^. gay giddy creature in tights balanced hei-self on a rope, and I vowed some day I would n)ake the stage boards thrill tn the beautiful accents of my voice, and the audiences, res])onsive to niy magnetic acting, would rise - And go out ! When do you start the new career '. -To-day. I have had an ofler to jcin a Ijallet. But we will first see what it is like. They will be here soon to practice, and we will wait on the steps. -Lo ! they approach. {Retire to stejis.) [Orchiftml nmsic. Enter Coiirs de Baij.et, k. tmd i. Miirr.h ('.cross th< sta(i<'. on tijttnr in sinnh: linis Enfn H. finil L. On steps at hack tlir Prima Ballerina ami two CoRYi'HEEH. 2'Jtey purfonn the fancy drill and ballet danci', Leonora and Inez lookinfi on jrom steps at hack. At the concliisiiDi tlie.y 'ill (ulvancc in simjle line, Leonara, Inez and leodimj Danseuse in centre, Cury- I'HEEiS :. In tluir tents shall our hannt-rs he planteil Ne'er more brilliant \\ i-re prospects victorious I'han the hopes which our hearts now elate. Thenre we'll either niiown hriirlit and y-jovioiis ; I'leasitrc, honor, loot and profit there await. Well, men, we must make a better show, When next we encounter such a foe ; These redskin.s defeated u^^ yesterday. By Jove ! we cut a pretty fig'ire in the fray. We are to blame. We neglected the red V)ook, Tlie training of Bosivdl and Major Larry Biicli. You mu.st take a nine day course at the School of Infantry ; Joiji their mess and study tactics from Subaltern Healie ; Become servants to the otticers, and cojiv all their ways, If you want to win the tight in these degenerate days. E.vtend in skirmishing line, with plenty of reserve ; And charge the enemy with considerable nerve, In manner thus {Makes a feint tovxtrd.-i B, ^vith sioord, n^ien Enter A'i.i:t;Ey\ with a (jinfjhHm umbrella, K Swings um- brella a la bayonet exercise, and recvives Fehuando'h feint.) A%vc. — Here, liere, that's not fair. Prepare to receive cavalry ; form solid stjuare I {Opens umbrella and drops on Jwr knee, hnrl^ipie ) Now then, haul in the kniAy photograi)her. Everyone who does this movement gets ])hotographed. t'err. — Now, my good woman, you have no business here. Who are you any way ? Azuc. {closing umhrelh and ri^inii. Aside.) — I see, J have fallen into the enemy's camp. {Aloud; whiviin'rinij.) Sir, I am a poor lone widow, who is seeking to better her s]dieri' in life. 1 am looking for an empty block to start a restaurant, where the l)oarders never, nevei will suffer. Guards (^wef/i^r). — What, never! ! 24 THK TRICKY TROUliADOl'K A::vc. (fiercelij). — Young men, if yini thnnv jokes or spring a |)iin-n-for ni(% I have here ypointiiKj inuhnUd) i\ ftiti-d-for you. It i> that cIohs of wit wliieli only heeonies a lliir'esem:e to the hired minions That sei've thee. Here — 1 draw the magie, synibid Of the Mohawks, facing the east and tlie west, llare but to set one. foot wilhin this preeijici ; And on thy head--yea, though it wort! live million ciowns, — I'll hurl tlu' camp dogs cd' our tribe. Ferr. —H'w, m\ I am sure slie will set the dogs on. A:: lie. — Know, proud man, that tliere is more power on the end Of wonuin's tongue than lies in the crowned sceptres Of a hundred dynasties. (I , now, and tell Thy base hirtdings that A/.ucenn has spoken. Coinil {rifiHij.) — IJut, my good woman, you rave. Vou an; mad I A.'.iie (im'Hlcimiiui.) — -Mad, niau / V^)U call me mad {tireukiiui iloirn.) Oh, no fat {'. so cruel as that Mad I and to Ite conline ' in that itla i; u'e which the (Jrits liave picture i as a tumbling edi'' a- -a crumbling receptacle for tlie nation's unforlunatiis. A 'ottering reason to be drowned on ./ H MeAitliiir'')t nwMiipcA prairiit. No! I am no! mad. I am angry. For y SCENE 2. SCENE.— T/w GardevH of the Palacs (uiain. (LkoiNuka diico'Dercd dttimj on the steps, MANRicoa/ her fee.t.) Man. — All, darling, I can hardly realize that to-day we are to marry. Leo. — Yes, my pet, this day we aie to wed. To love each othitr. No tear- we'll shed, Mim. — Never did I think such ha|i]iiness could he mint!. Now, when you are married to MK, with my ]»osition in lite, you will ]•!• ahlf to enter the set of lliat hand of t^owsippy ladies, who meet at after- noon teas, to r;row ; L'onif, lose the ilnnch unfolds the raptures from pure love that jrrow. Ah, jovs that from love shall yrow. \h. )oys that from love shall yiow, !• roni p\iri- love irrow , from pure \n\v ifrow, from pure love ymw. Leo. — But darling will vou alwavs be true to me ? Have vou ever flirted i Man. — Never, darling, never I 1 can look squarely up into your lovely eyes and frankly say " I never llirt " Leu. — For that, idi, Manrico let thy clwsf swell with pride. Man. — Oh, darling, jest not on that subject. Leo. — That's a cA-.s^n//. (Sits near Lwimj.) Man, — My own; call up before your memory a piciure of surpassing loveliness. You are sitting in some bay window, behind tlie folds of a creamy curtain of lace and beneath the spreading leaves and blossoming foliage of an oleander; a bcfiutiful fact!, i»ewit.chiiig, mischitiviius eyes, dronjiing lashes, with a sighing lover at Vdur feet. Darling, how many times have you rehearsed that little scene ( Leo. — Ah! yes, how many times I Man. — And what were those three little words of mystic meaning, he murniurs so elo(|Uently, while tin; dear girl turns blushingly away / (.'an you gue.ss the in / Leo, — Those three little words; oft repeated; always iti fashion; ever suitable to the iicca.sion. They are — Man — Thev are that, "I Inve vou !" [k.'ccUnrj at hrr fa:t, r.lasfinij her in h%i^arm. Lm. (riwKj.) — Oh ! 1 shaved that off for the Mikado, last winter. M(in. — That hirsute ajipendage used to become you Leonora. Leo. — Yes, it was once Leonora's }»ride. It was lur sweet lu)pe. [Enter Rui/. ii. hmrkdly.] Rvi'i. — Sir, Sir — my Lord — how can 1 ilare to break ! Man. {turning t(ngrily.)—S])tiiik, sir ! What have I hired you for ? Speak ! Rid::. — A supe, sir ! at two dollars a week. Man. — Well, if you would gather your shaken facr.lticis about you, which seem to be idl)'^ di'ifti.i;; mi a vortex of inccherency. and make yourself intelligible - 'Twould be welly wise ' Rui':. — The news has just reached us that Azucena — Man. {starting.) — My mothei' ! Kni::. — The same, my Lord, the very similar the i|uite identical. She has been captured by the (.'ount and his base hirelings. Man. — .Heavens! what news is this i Leo. — To cast a blight on whate'er would be the happiest hour ni uin lives. {fVeejis.) Mothtu's-iu-law are always doing sonu;thing of the kind. {Retires hark of slaiir ) /,>„(■-. — The Count learning >he was your mother, has orderetl her i.'.xecn- tion to-nu»rrow. Man.— Go, sir, and tell the tribe that we shall make an efl'oit to save our (Uieen — our oueen — mv mother! [EAt Ruiz, 1,. I St)N(;--\fANKI«'0. A IK--" Pi ,/iif//a /'ini." Ol tli.il (link -^i;it'fi>lil lu'i- fill' iin|nniliiiis riirill llini' I'Mi li lihri', with madilciiiiiu uinw , Dc-i.st, yo ini)iislt'i>. vik', i>r slill jht and drops fainting, alaBamDj Davenford.) rCURXAlN. J END OF ACT III. OR THE TRUANT TRACKED. •20 ACT IV.— THi: KESC'UK. ORCHESTRA PLAYS OPENING PRELUDE. I Curtain. ] SCENE 1. SCENE. —A7r//(/. Wood e.'ierm- of tltn Dtniymn. A (oiver in rujht amjle, vith a windoxo securely harrexl. [Enter Leonora tmd Ruiz, i., in cloaks burlesque look all around, cautiouslii.\ Jiotli {toaetlter.) — Then' is no oiu; lit'i'e I lini:: (pointing) Theio, in tliat tuwer, ImiIIi A/.uccna and the Troubathjiir are confincil, l>y tlie Ctumt's order ll was rash fur Maurioo to rusli so (juick into danj^'er. Nijw they are to bo executed .n the morning. Leonora. — Thanks, Ruiz, thanks, for guidin^ij; nie here. But go -go. Do not, I pray you, think of my safety. (Jo, Ruiz, go I (iet thee to a nunnery, Ruiz I Here's five cents for the .street car. Ruiz {trae ileath, >ure and sudden. With what rapture do 1 ga/e now upon the awful po.s.Mbility of destruction that lies stored up within the scant .space of this tiny vial and I got it on a medical student's c.ertificati\ 1 shall .sing to him now ; ])erliaiis it may make death easier for him. When ] used to sing to him in those hajipy days together, he said that it always made him look on death more as a release from the trials of life than as a calamity. Song — Lkojnoka. .\n< '■ />'iim(>r Ml// 'ii// itiM:i-.'' ( M\ ru>s wmy.s of \a\c tUp^irl. liLMiiiiy mv luMi-l'.- >ail w.iiliiiu, S'ibil till.' prisoner's IkiiuIv cill, coiisolu liis Njiirit fiiilhiK ; IaI hope's M.fi wliispiirs wiiatliiiiL;' .Xroimd liim ( oiiifiii-i linalhiiii;. KiL-all lo lii.s foiul riiiii iiiliiaiu'i- -.wiii Ni>ioii>, -.wcxl visl()ll^l of our lovi.- Hut III no aiicnt icmmI lo liiin llii' sorvows. lliu sorrows, tiic tfriifs iiiv hcari I.c't MO .uii'iil rcM'al lo liiin llnliial:- I mow |)iovi-. jdolli provi. The sorrow-., the sorrows I pinM.. (SiiiLs down ifi 'bsjiair.) CM^NRlco appears at the ictndnw in the tuuxr^ looldnij down throuijh the bars. ) A/(iH.— is that you, Leonoiii / I woiideicd who it wa.s tlial was singing thcie all liours of the night keeping peuide fiom getting asleep. Have vou iK'en staying out at the Ladiis' Mock Parliament ;' That in the latest mode excuse now for being out. Where is your latch- kev/ 30 THP TRICKy TROUBADOUR, Leo. — Alas I I have none. Man. — Have you no button-hook, nor a hair-pin ? Leo. — Alas, dear Manrico, I had hxd one and some one IwoJxd that. Now had it e'rc been my fate, I would not be harpin^ on such a subject. Man, — Oh, girl, you have nothing with which I can cut through these Ijars ? Everything I have is worn out. With the aid of my dia- mond i)iii I cut my way through fifteen feet of solid stone, but it is worn out, and now there is only these bars between me and freedom. I Wuuld give whole hecatombs of fortunes for even the bent i)in with which I played youthful pranks on the master at school. Leo. — And you dug your way through fifteen feet of stone ! Man — Do you marble at it? Why they do that every day in the French novels of Dumas — and I can do via' than they. Leo. -Alas, I have nothing to give you. Aydii. — Th'u there is notlving now for me but to die ! Yet I have sighed for it ; for this is more than I can bear. Weep for me, Leonora — it is all you can do, weep. Orchestra plays the ^'■Miserere CJwrus.'' Song — Leonoka. AiK — " ^iir/ si/oii, (/ut//r />nii." That sole inn petition so sadlv astcnilinii Willi terror and niyslcrv the air st.'eni.s to till. '(>ai^^t fatal foreliodiiitj my heart is miitendinj; ; My breath is suspended, my jiulses arc still. Mv lireath fails me, inv pulses are still. Duet — Manri(;o and Leonora. AiK — " A/i ( lu- la morti-, Manrico. — N'ow with m\ Hie fiiltillinu- Love's fervent \ ows to thee ' Do not foiLjet. let nie remembered be ; l-'arewell. my lovo : farewell, Leonora ' Karewell ! Now with mv life fultillinir I.uvt'Vs fervent \()ws to llue, |)ii not forget let me remember'd be. l-arewell, l.i'onora, f;irewell ! Now witli mv life fuUillii'n Love's fervent vows to thei: ' Do not for^rct, let me remember'd be. I<"arewell. Leonora, fan well ; Leo— nora. farewell ' ( Liotiot y senses fail me. Anil (■ m I e'er fori^el thee. Anil ean I e'er for;;et thee, Can I fori^et tlue, ran \ foru;et thee, M V senses fail me, What : I fortretful of Ihee , What I I forgetful of thee ! Of thee, of thee ; forgetful of thee ' I Manrici) disappears, Leonora retires h. Door opens in. tower. Enter Count.] Count. — My .sclicuies work well. In the morning both mother and son liic, The mother to be hanged, and the son to be sliot. That should be the fate of nil true bad doers. But another niglit's con- finement in that dungeon cell may drive them mad. (tur)dnn'.' s the nuire. The more tl t dost loye. l'"oi yeny;eanc e meet, M\ fur\' still burns the more ' Count (affected.) — Well, I don't know but what something can be done. What were his politics i Leo. — He is a Tory. Count. — Then there is no hope for him — there never is — and there never can be, as long as I am Ihe Reform candidate for Winnipeg West. Leo. — But he will vote any vv^ay that I .say. Count (aside.) — And we need every vote we can manufacture. (To Leonora) — Leonora, the Court has sentenced ^L1nrico to dcaili. 1 was tin; Court and the Judge. 1 am, however, of the opinion that the Court may allow an apjteal to the Supreme ( Jouit ; and on two conditions will I arrange it so that the Troubadour lives. Leo. — Tell me- ([ui'k ! Count. — The first condition is that you must promise to give up the Troubadour and be mine. Leo. — And the other condition ? Count, — And the second condition is that you are ttj arrange that Manrico and the monkey are to voti; for iiit; in the coiuing election. Leo.- This is too much ! (scornfully.) And if we refuse, sir / Count. —Then Manrico dies to-morrow. /yco.- -Oil, heavens ! (.4.s/'.- joy, Tcio jrn'ut is for words' exi)rissio not .q)eak to nu' in tones of anger veneered, (io - go — or no power on earth shall save you. Man. -False one ! you have bi-en untrue to tlu- vows w i- pledged each other. fdo. {ilrop})iuii.)--A\\, tlie fioison ! I faint 1 Manrico, here — here. Do not curse me, Manrico do not curse me it was for you that 1