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them out loud. One bill said "The celebrated Dr. Armand de Montalban of

Paris," would "lecture on the Science of Phrenology" at such and such a place,

on the blank day of blank, at ten cents admission, and "furnish charts of charac-

ter at twenty-five cents apiece." The duke said that was him. In another bill he

was the "world renowned Shaksperean tragedian, Garrick the Younger, of Drury

Lane, London." In other bills he had a lot of other names and done other

wonderful things, like finding water and gold with a "divining rod," "dissipat-

ing witch-spells," and so on. By-and-by he says --

"But the histrionic muse is the darling. Have you ever trod the boards,

Royalty?" ssssssssss

"No," says the king.

"You shall, then, before

you're three days older, Fallen ssssssssss

Grandeur," says the duke. "The ssssssssss

first good town we come to, we'll ssssssssss

hire a hall and do the sword-fight ssssssssss

in Richard III and the balcony ssssssssss

scene in Romeo and Juliet. How ssssssssss

does that strike you?" ssssssssss

"I'm in, up to the hub, for

anything that will pay, Bilge- ssssssssss

water, but you see I don't know ssssssssss

nothing about play-actn', and ssssssssss

hain't ever seen much of it. I ssssssssss

was too small when pap used to ssssssssss

have 'em at the palace. Do you ssssssssss

reckon you can learn me?" ssssssssss

"Easy!" ssssssssss

"All right. I'm jist a-

freezn' for something fresh, anyway. Less commence, right away."

So the duke he told him all about who Romeo was, and who Juliet was, and

said he was used to being Romeo, so the king could be Juliet.

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