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...where the daughter of the Spanish High Constable to the Netherlands is in love with the leader of the oppressed Flemings. The photography might be 20 years old and so might the sword fights, the kisses in jail, the pursuit on horseback, the Inquisition, the pardon delivered at the scaffold by the king's messenger. Only good shot: Raquel Meller crossing herself in bed when her dog, startled by a flash of lightning, begins to bark...
...from the college authorities for the unusual action of the clock in the past few days; but upon inquiry it was discovered that the unwieldy flight of a vagrant pigeon had disturbed the movement that has been continual for a decade or less. Workmen perched high upon the dangerous scaffold spent several hours in the effort to repair the damage caused by the misdirected ramblings of the winged wanderer...
...Mexico it is wise to carry a pistol. Most Mexicans do it. In Mexico City there is a man who stands, peaceably enough, on a scaffold and paints pictures of his countrymen on walls and ceilings. Sometimes even he carries a pistol, a very large pistol with a commensurate cartridge belt. But this pistol is not a weapon. It is an artist's symbol...
Overture to "The King of Ys"--Lalo Air TristeLangendoen English Horn Solo: Louis Speyer Overture to "Semiramide" Rossini Two Movements from the "Fantastic Symphony" Berlioz a. A Ball. Waltz., Allegro non troppo b. March to the Scaffold. Allegretto non troppo Symphonie Poem, "Omphale's Spinning Wheel" Saint-Saens Ballet Suite, "La Glara" Casella trance of the Peasants. Brindisi. General Dance, Finale Tenor Solo: Rulon Y. Robison Sixth Hungarian Dance Brahms Waltz from "Coppelia" Delibes Second Hungarian Rhapsody Liszt
...fees, and bring home the dead man's things, now a decent coat, now a stout pair of boots. Tortured by this necessity, Johnny broods over his ropes and ring, croons the ugly details to a fascinated small son, demonstrating with a grotesque rag doll on a miniature scaffold. In a drunken brawl at the inn Johnny champions a slattern, more unfortunate even than himself, befriends her, loves her, kills her jealous brute of a husband. She is convicted of the murder, and Johnny hangs her, dooming himself to tragedy...