A Story Of Dan Rice

In t!io ïilnyor' purlor t!ie otlier day, says ths New Or'eans PituyUM, we en")unti;red Dan ivinfl. ttia vtra.p p.irc.iij uran!, took t!io lead in conversiition, and gnt offquite, a number of jokes, of which he eeemcd to lui'c a fu'id inexMblo. Amncg other thingshe ro;n anecdote of the wli-known , Dan Miprble, who during his lifo was aoknowlelged to ba the best comedian on the stage. "Mnrblo," saui Rice, "was vcrj fond of bis tod, and nover minsed an opporttinity of attendinpf the races. Ii happened tint on the evening tbat be was to appenr at tbe St. Charles in the 'Yankee Toamster,' vv sorae otber'simihir pUy, oue of the most cxoiting raoes tliat ever carao óíF n New Orloann taok pliice, and Dan of c.oursc was tbcrj. Imbibing prelty freely, h was poon in n sta'O thnt "wns sparee!)' dignified, and it was witb no lit'le difficulty lie as taken to the (hoaer end potten into any sort of eondltijii for ape9riiig btfore tho clumoro'is nnr! rs ec'ant audience. At Itók ttie curtalii jlled up. Dan was pufbed oo the tage. i'lie glare of the lights and tbe igh( of the audience britjlitoiuid hinj up i ittt-Té anti with an irrt'sisi:ibly furjiiy at.to!iijt a boiiisr eteady ho Bta-igered 'orwtird, with his bat askew nnd jerking at his cast, os if to bttttob it np. 'J'h nuiieiief roircd with laugbtcr, and Marblo (not too drunk to apprcciatc the situation) stood survejing the house in be most comical fashion, swaytng to and ro u'istendily. Finallv ho and : 'Hi're [ ara - Hule htc. pni't i, beon to" the raes. All tho tellers bet whisky, and I leid ptakes ' The indescribably comic oxprei'ion of Mnrble's face, ami the abeurdity of bis excuse, eet the house Í0 such a ronr as I hall never forget while [ lire. 'I'oor Mnrblo,' continned Dan, he died of cholera afiorward up the iver, on tbe very night that bo played piece which he luid biroo' lf dubbed sure euro for cholera.' "