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Paprika's Sacrifice: or, How a Pirate's Heart
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make-up, and while she naturally felt flattered by the at
tention showered upon her by the swains who constantly
paid their devotions at her shrine, she felt a sincere sor
row at the thought that she would be compelled to dis
appoint so many, for there was but one Paprika, and she
was small and
was not enough
around. So she
her choice until
of her heart
be sillied, and
known over all
that Cupid was
Cupid had grown
alongside Papri
matched her In
disposition that
here was the per
when her choice
pie but kindly f y
feigned. Those
disappointed in
fair Paprika gen
ered their own
THE NIGHT
WATCHMAN.
Joy of the occasion, and heartily gave to Cupid their
warmest felicitations on his success as a suitor. When
the wedding day came the feast that was prepared was
one at which no bitterness had a part, from the Burgo
master down to the peasant, and the Joy and satisfaction
at the approaching nuptials was sincere. The Oldest
Inhabitant admitted that never In his life had he seen a
couple so well mated and that never had he seen a wed
ding feast approaching with such perfect harmony among
all. Even the Night Watchman gave over his customary
taciturnity and admitted that the wedding bells occa
sionally listened like a good thing to him.
On the day of the wedding the village put on Its gay
est holiday appearance. Flocks and herds were housed,
work In the fjeld abandoned and the villagers In their
glad rags assembled on the green to make merry at the
Union of two of the
most popular voung
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EXECUTIONER AND WASHERMAN.
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those dear ones whose lives were rounding Into a great
placid lake where existence is only one long dream of
contenffnent, lighted by the golden rays of love's lam
bent flame.
But the course of true love never did run smooth,
and some terrible bumps awaited Paprika and her Cupid.
While the wedding guests were waiting at the church,
and JuBt as the wedding party approached the chancel
rail, there came a crash of terrible sound. The distur
bance was terrific, and not even a wedding could stay the
excitfement that followed. Rushing from the church'
door, the villagers beheld a most fear-compelling sight,
As If arisen from the waters the black hulk of a long,
low, rakish craft darkened their view. From its side,
pierced by many port holes, peered out the black muzzles
of death dealing cannons aimed and, ready to shatter their
homes, wreck their firesides and destroy their happiness.
From above the bulwarks peered the grim pirate faces,
men whose hearts knew no ruth, to whom mercy was an
empty word, and whose lives were spent In deeds of devil
try and shocking cruelty. From the forepeak fluttered
malignantly to "Jolly Roger," that foul emblem of the
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APRIKA SCHNITZEL. w
the pride of the village,
the fairest flower among
them all. hhe budded
Into womannood a tempta
tion and a delight. Her
suitors were many. The
youth of the village and
the country about all laid
their hearts at her feet,
and Paprika was much
worried thereby. Vanity
had no part in her
petite, and there
delayed making
the promptings
could no longer
then It was
the country-side
the favored one.
from childhood
ka, and so nearly
all his ways and
It seemed that
feet union, and
became known
among the slra
vlllager8 was un
who had been
their love for the
erously smoth
feellngs In the
A j' ,
people who had ever
grown up in their
midst. The burgo
master headed the
Joyous procession as
It moved to the
chapel, where the
good old priest was
waiting to pro
nounce the solemn
words that should
bind in one two lov
ing hearts and
crown -with his
blessing what
seemed to be the
desire of all. Such ,
peace on earth as
seemed to pass un
derstanding rested
on the pretty little
hamlet, nestling In
Its nook beside the
sea, and even the
waves softly lapping
the silvery sands
seemed to sing of
Joys to come to
pirate's craft. The out
laws of the deep were on
them, and from the eager
ness with which they hur
ried from the ship to the
shore it was easy to see
that the visit boded no
good for the villagers.
Scarcely were the unarm
ed villagers aware of the
presence of their cruel vis
itors than the pirate chief
of the buccaneer band or
dered two of his blood
thirsty followers to seize
the fair Paprika and carry
her aboard the ship. She
was torn shrieking from
the arms of her Cupid and
carried by a disreputable
cut-throat to the vessel,
while. her lover struggled
In the urasp of the two
mighty miscreants, who
chuckled with fiendish de
light at the anguish of the
young man, who saw the
fair dream of his life
wreckeM, and all his hap
piness torn and blown
away by a single gust of
misfortune.
As soon as the vlllag
ers recovered from the
surprise of the sudden on
slaught they determined a
resoue, but were power
less against the force of
the invaders, who not
only outnumbered the
peasantry, but were heav
ily armed as well, and
merely laughed at the
fruitless efforts to secure
the liberty of the maiden
who had been snatched
from beneath their very
noses. The burgomaster,
showing that masterful
quality which had raised
him to his prominence,
proposed a parley with
the chief of the maraud
ers and was granted a
word He suggested a
com prom ise, but was met
with a scornful hoot. And
yet there was something
in the tone of the burgo
master's voice which
aroused the curiosity of
the pirate chief. Ever
greedy and lustful of gain,
he sought to know what
further plunder he might
obtain. and asked the bur-
goniaster of the nature of
the ransom he proposed.
Breathless and eager, and
All but unable to control
his rising
AND AWAY WTO, SAIL WITH om CARGO NEAT
TO OUR ISLE B1SYOND THK SKA.
THIS GAMK OF OI'RS IS IIARU TO l.KAT.
AND OUR LIKK FROM CARE IS FREE.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
For Paprika Schnitzel
Burgomaster
Paprika Schnitzel
Hero Cupid
Oldest Inhabitant
Xachtwaechter
Captain Kidd .
Pirate Chief
First Mate
Second Mate
Cockswain
Bos'n
Messenger
J. Jamison,
Leslie Dick,
B. E. Johnson,
N. C. Leary,
J. T. Bartlett,
li. D. Wilson
Paul Stanton,
Jos. M. Fallon,
II. V. Smith, f
P. Timmler,
A. J. Van Kuran
John Lund,
C. II. Boyles,
F. McShane, 2d,
George Lavidgo,
L. D. Hopkins,
P. C. AVinthers,
Charles Goodall,,
G. II. Rose,
AK-SAIM1KN U ALLOT.
'Clinton Miller,
J. Jamison,
N. C. Leary,
AA E. Chambers,
C. L. ATHiice,
Maitre de Ballet..
SYNOPSIS
ACT 1 Busville-on-the-lJralnnKO-Ciinal.
Time 193.
XCT 11 Pirates' Grotto. Tlie Morgan Yacht v "Coarse
Hair" In the distance-
WHAT HAPPKXKI) IX THK Ol'HKY.
ACT 1 Scene, a canvas village butting up unal'ist a Hilly
looking ocean.' Alerry Villagers discovered ntuinliling over
each other's feet niul fcrgetting the words of tlieli son;;s. En
trance of Burgomaster with ."ecial oil Jokes conceal 'U about
him. "Eight o'clock and all Is dry." Entrance of Pirate ship
with 15 bottle-nosed pirates. I'apiika is kidnaped. Cupid In
hard luck. PirateB have enough sense of humor to stand for
two Mings from the Hurgomusier. Kunsoni paid for Pjiprlka.
Severul hobue put to wdrk and pilules sail away to find a
wide open town.
ACT 11 A Pirates' Grotto by moonlight. You don't know
what a grotto 1 and neither do we. A couple of doleful sung
and a messenger brings in some tiding from Captain Kidd.
Barber Shop quartet wails for five minutes. Captain Kidd In
the spot light. Torture., wreaked on wak kneed candidate.
Noise by the chorus and curlulu. Sit still. You can't get a
drop to drink till you have listened to six windy speei he.-.
hope,
the burgomaster ol-
fered substitutes in any number, whose
services might be of tar more avail to
the pirates than that of a single
maiden. The pirate chief haughtily re
jected the offer, but the second mate
and the boatswain were in favor of the
proposition of the burgomaster as
something which might inure to their
benefit, and counseled their leader to
give the matter consideration. The
leader, wishing to seem fair, at least to
bit men, gave the burgomaster permis
sion to produce the hostages who
would sacrifice themselves to save fair
Paprika. So popular was Paprika with
the villagers that not only did all the
young men of the place hasten to offer
themselves to be taken captive in her
stead, but a number of strangers, who
had suddenly come upon the scene and
discovering what was in progress, also
ffered to enter the services of the pi
rates In order that the beautiful bride
C.L Vance
: . . .John Brennan
Clinton Miller
S. S. Hamilton
(Jus Miller
Win. Wappich
A. J. Alvord
Rout. Mauley
Ben Cotton
, Oscar Liebeu
F. J. McShane, Jr.
M lec Keed
YILLAUKKS.
A. L. Hanson,
Geo. A. Schwartz,
. F. Dona hey,
J. L. Burr,
T. F. Parker,'
S. Hamilton,
L. H. Kuettle,
Geo. AV. Wallace,
Irvin A. Medlar,
John L. Wood worth,
A. W. Bullard.
FI HATES.
A. Keed,
V. M. Miller,
S. J. Greere,
E. M. Nelson,
I. Bruce,
Will Ferrin,
AV. Cosh,
AV. S. Stryker.
B. E. Johnston,
, Leslie Dick,
A. J. Aran Kuran,
Jno. Brennan,
J. C. Swift.
. .Mr. AVilliani E. Chambers
OF THK OPKKY.
ofthis band of biootly freebooters had
not . returned 1 rum au expedii ion on
which he had t?t out," and coiiaeq .lently
did not know that instead of brii.glng
buck the beautiful PapiiUu his men had
returned with a ctllec'lou of Individ
uals who were not capable of doing
much but spoiling the plraie'j bread
and meat. Just how Captain Kidd
, would take the substitution of tl.la lot
of undesirable citizens for the fair
dai;sel on whom he had set his heart
gave rise to much concern i-niong those
who had engaged in the enterprise, and
they begau to repent of their bargain.
They wished that they had it to do over
agulif, and cast about among them
selves for some excuse with the feasi
bility of which they niielit apptase the
wrath they knew would fall upon them
when once the great captain learned
the truth. Because of the certainty of
displeasure to come the plratea made
the lives of their unfortunate glares
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might be restored to her
fond and heartbroken Cu
pid. The pirate chief
weighed the matter well,
surveyed the volunteers,
and then turned and sud
denly ordered that the
men be taken aboard the
vessel und that Paprika be
restored to her Cupid. The
fahiftiug of the situation
was so sudden that the
villagers were almost as
much stunned by the good
turn fortune had taken as
they were by the evil, but
the pirate chief was true
to his word and no sooner
had the last of the volun
te 'T3 passed on board the
ship than Paprika vsas set
on shore and the pirate
ship hauled up its anchor
and sailed away, while the
ribald songs of the buc
caneers mingled with the
joyous paeans that rose
from the lips of Paprika
'and Cupid.
When the volunteers
had reached the pirate's
hold, on a forgotten Island
of the sea, they found
tnelr fate a sorry one in
deed. They were con
demned to perform the
most menial and arduous
tasks, work for which
they were unfitted, and In
which failure brought
them only blows and
curses. Herded at night
like cattle In a pen, treat
ed by day like convicts,
heavily shackled, and
driven from task to task,
(heir nujnb minds had no
time to realize the dread
ful condition that had
overtaken them, and yet
among themselves they
felt that something evsn
worse impended and a
vague uneasiness prevaded
the pirate horde, the pres
tige of something terrible
that might happen at any
moment, and this terror
communicated itself to the
new captives.
Well might the pirates
feel uneasy. For the first
time since they had as
sembled as a band, the sea
rovers whose name struck
terror to all, not only on
sea but on land, they had
failed In a mission with
which they had been
charged. The great head
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Was Reached
even more onerous and miserable. At last the day canio
w hen it would not be put off any longer. Captain Kidd re
turned to bis stronghold and almost Immediately on his
arrival demanded that Paprika be brought before him.
He had been disappointed In the capture of a rich prize,
and came home In a bad humor as the result- Paprika's
presence was needed to mollify him, and so he called for
the consolation which was to act as a balm to Ills
wounded pride, and help him forget In the charms of the
girl the defeat he had suffered at sea. Trembling into
his presence came the mate, the boatswain and the
cockswain and co
had not the fair P
they produce eve
photograph of th
The wrath of Ca
terrible. He ven
awful curses on t
unworthy nnderll
bloodcurdling oat
avenged upon eao
cerned In the aff
ly would he take
on the unfortuna
chivalry for the
tress had led the
take of butting in
did not concern t
the great Captain
bloodthirsty deal
that the victims
once. "If they o
exclaimed, "we w
play. Bring the
will have some fu
What followe
the Imagination,
whose life had be
ing and murder,
belief, had the helpless captives brought before til ill ono
by one, and submitted each to such devilish treatment as
his wicked heart would permit or his insane imagination
might devise. Finally he grew tired of tho sport, from
which even the deiuons of the lowest hell must have
turned pale, and weary of torture he resolved to glut his
appetite for gore with one great gush of blood. He or
dered the captives ranged before him, wearing their
chains of helplessness, aud commanding all to kneel, set
his bloody butchers to the work of hewing off their
heads.
Paprika Schnitzel, once her transports of Joy at rescue
from the pirate's clutches and restoration to her Cupid's
arms had passea.
learned the cost at
which she had been
ransomed. Her gen
erous heart could
not endure the
thought that those
strangers had been
sacrificed to so ter
rible a fate that she
might be saved. It
was elfish beyond
belief that she could
enjoy happiness
with Cupid in her
little home beside
the sea, while these
men underwent pri
vations and torment
in the pirate's den.
8he kept her own
counsel, however,
aud as the wedding
festivities could not
be resumed that day
but were postponed
until such time as
all could approach
the subject with
feelings or equanimity, Paprika retired to her modest lit
tle home, saying good-bye to Cupid and promising to
meet him again at 8 o'clock. No sooner had she reached
her home than she hurriedly packed her maidenly belong
ings in her suit case, aud with her bridal clothes still on
her, and her wreath upon her head, she hastened away
to the pirate's den to offer herself in ransom for the
men who had bo gallantly volunteered to ransom her.
Steadily day by day she pursued her purpose and toiled
unceasingly at the oars thai she might reach the isle be
yond the sea in time She reached the Pirate's retreat
Just at the psychological moment, and as the executioners
held their swords aloft, waiting for the words to fall
from the pirate lips of Captain Kidd which would usher
into eternity the souls of those who knelt before him.
Paprika Schnitzel burst upon the scene clothed even as
she had been on the morning when she was torn from
the arms of Cupid by the pirate chief. Flinging her suit
case to one astonished pirate, her handbag and smelling
salU to another, she rushed to Captain Kidd and flung
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nfessed that they
aprika, nor could
n as much as a
e missing maiden
plain Kidd was
ted his rage in
he heads of his
ngs, and with
hs he swore to be
h aud all con
air, and especial
sweet vengeance
te captives whose
m aided in d la
in Into tho mis
to something that
hem. Nor would
Kidd delay in his
gns. He ordered
be produced at
annot work," he
111 see If they cau
m out here and I
n with them."
d must be left to
This awful man
en spent In tap
violent beyond
PRETTY
PIRATE.
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OLDEST INHABITANT.
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