A Sensational Play

A dramatist waited on the manager with his new play. ' ' Bear in mind, ' ' he said, "that the wife diesof an attack oí apoplexy, the husband of cholera and the lover of a fit of indigestión. " "Aud is there nobody left for the last scène?" "No, but that is not all. I rely on an additional and very effective incident. VVhile the spectators are applauding the author the manager rushes up to the footlights in great perturbation and announces that he has just died through