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TRAGEDY.
witness the event of the day — boat race. While this is going on we see a large number of foot runners on the bank of the river pacing the racers, and really form almost as interesting a number on the program as does the boat race proper.
The day concluded, the regular occupant of the study which proved the setting for the first chapter of our story retires for the night, and we see him after he arises the first thing the next morning. He is in a bath robe, and his hair is unkempt; altogether he seems to show the effect of the carousal of the day previous. The porter enters with the morning paper and the mail, whereupon he at once proceeds to clean up the room. The student eagerly reaches for the mail, as he has come to the limit of his funds and is awaiting a remittance from home. A letter from his sweetheart is first opened and causes him to rise and go over to kiss her photograph. The second letter is one from home, advising him of his father's failure in business and his consequent inability to supply further funds. He jumps to his feet, and we see by his gestures and facial expression how desperate he becomes. Ordering the porter out on an errand he looks up certain chemicals and then makes a round of the room, kissing the photos of his mother and sweetheart, then proceeds to mix the chemicals, of which he takes a liberal quantity, sets the glass on the mantel and drops over the couch in the throes of death. The porter returns, and seeing the position of the man over the couch he lays him in a comfortable position, but before further assistance can be rendered death ensues. The letter is the only explanation for the deed.
G. D. 1663. VOLUNTEER'S BETROTHAL. Price, §82.08.
Approximate Length, 684 feet.
The parlor scene furnishing the opening of this subject speaks of splendor and furnishes the setting for mother, daughter and a handsome young man. The man is a volunteer in the army and must go out to service on the battlefield, but before he goes he has come to say farewell to his betrothed. Out on the veranda the mother and daughter wave farewell, and as the man turns the corner of the building the mother supports the sobbing form of her daughter and they soon pass in. The next morning the soldiers are off and we soon see our hero stationed as guard. Soon he espies the enemy creeping up, and discharging his weapon at the foremost of the advancing force he runs back to the next guard. A running fight is kept up, and we soon see the diminishing number of soldiers take refuge in a building close by. A barricade is built, and while our hero stations himself at the door others are building barricades at the window and the little group of soldiers are
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