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206 mil! KUEUPU At about 9.15 Jim Hayes played the Fire Musicu from Die Walkure, and a band of red devils rushed out from the Training House, armed with torches, and uttering low growls. Craig had made use of his 'fpulli' with Van Horn to get the devil suits on credit, and the demons had been warned to be careful not to injure them. After a few preliminary stunts Craig came forward and sang a verse or two of original words which he had set to the tune of The Strollers, and Karcher, Morris, Robins, Elliott et al joined in the chorus with their lusty Devils wel Perhaps they really were. The devils then rushed back to the Training House and dragged out Porter, who assured the devils in a German-English dialect which would have sent Sam Bernard to Blockley, that he and Fisherl' had meant no harm in writing the Algebra,', and that the whole class were Hsveltsf' Mor- ris was impersonating Vurpillot, and by frequent exclamations of Mon Dieu! and Comment ?,' made the audience believe he had studied French. McCracken was cast to execute the part of Shinn, Elliott was an excellent Patten, while Mitchell and Robins played the parts of Prosecutor and Judge with great vehemence. The trial being over, and all the prisoners condemned, the song and dance events rolled merrily on. Robins had been in the Mask and VVig chorus for two years, and was anxious to show his friends a few things, so he persuaded Craig to let him do a pas seul, which went off very well. Bill Miller then sang Dolores.', Craig, not to be outdone, sang a couple of coon songs, and Erny,' Richards and Robins and himself had another dance, after which Upson shuffled in and, in his famous impersonation of Pomp, brought himself great glory. He had been watching Pomp closely for many weeks, and his winning way had even gained a word or two of salutation from the latter-though Upson was at this time only a Soph. This is merely hearsay, and of course must not be given too much credence. The fiends then assembled around the bonfire, each armed with one of the hated tomes, and danced about the crackling pyre. Then, gathering near the wagon, where they were joined by all the Hdeadheadsf' they sang Hail Pennsylvanian and a special ode which Bill Miller had constructed for the occasion, and of which only Bill knew the words. Craig did not want this song to be sung because it gave Bill the last say, as it were, but he had slaved so hard to get it into shape that it had to be worked in somewhere, and as the audience had for the most part escaped when George Turner lived up to his name and turned the hose on the bonlire-it did not make much dilference to anyone except the deadheads, who of course stayed to the end in order to get their money's worth.', The actors also gave each other
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