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English
1823
His particular firm is always on the verge of bankruptcy. We have only to be told that he has put all his savings into a company  no matter how sound and promising an affair it may always have been and may still seem  to know that that company is a "goner." No power on earth can save it after once the good old man has become a shareholder. If we lived in stage land and were asked to join any financial scheme, our first question would be: "Is the good old man in it?" If so, that would decide us. HIS PARTICULAR FIRM IS ALWAYS ON THE VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY WE HAVE ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT HE HAS PUT ALL HIS SAVINGS INTO A COMPANY NO MATTER HOW SOUND AND PROMISING THE AFFAIR IT MAY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AND MAY STILL SEEM TO KNOW THAT THE COMPY IS A GONNER NO POWER ON EARTH CAN SAVE IT AFTER ONCE THE GOOD OLD MAN HAS BECOME A SHAREHOLDER IF WE LIVED IN STAGELAND AND WERE ASKED TO JOIN ANY FINANCIAL SCHEME OUR FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE HE'S THE GOOD OLD MAN IN IT IF SO THAT WOULD DECIDE US
oes into convulsions of laughter over such very small jokes. How a man like that would enjoy a real joke! One day he will perhaps hear a real joke. Who knows? It will, however, probably kill him. One grows to love the stage peasant after awhile. He is so good, so child-like, so unworldly. He realizes one's ideal of Christianity. THE GOOD OLD MAN. He has lost his wife. But he knows where she is--among the angels! She isn't all gone, because the heroine has her hair. "Ah, you've got your mother's hair," says the good old man, feeling the girl's head all over as she kneels beside him. Then they all wipe away a tear. The people on the stage think very highly of the good old man, but they don't encourage him much after the first act. He generally dies in the first act. If he does not seem likely to die they murder him. He is a most unfortunate old gentleman. Anything he is mixed up in seems bound to go wrong. If he is manager or director of a bank, smash it goes before even one act is over.  THIS IS A LIBER OF OX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT W DOT LIBERVOX DOT HAWKE THE GOOD OLD MAN IN STAGELAND BY JEROME CAGE ROME HE HAS LOST HIS WIFE BUT HE KNOWS WHERE SHE IS AMONG THE ANGELS SHE ISN'T ALL GONE BECAUSE THE HEROINE HAS HER HAIR AH YOU'VE GOT YOUR MOTHER'S HAIR SAYS THE GOOD OLD MAN FEELING THE GIRL'S HEAD ALL OVER AS SHE KNEELS BESIDE HIM AND THEY ALL WIPE AWAY A TEAR THE PEOPLE ON THE STAGE THINK VERY HIGHLY OF THE GOOD OLD MAN BUT THEY DON'T ENCOURAGE HIM MUCH AFTER THE FIRST ACT HE GENERALLY DIES IN THE FIRST ACT IF HE DOES NOT SEEM LIKELY TO DIE THEY MURDER HIM HE IS MOST UNFORTUNATE OLD GENTLEMAN ANYTHING HE IS MIXED UP IN SEEMS BOUND TO GO WRONG IF HE IS MANAGER OR DIRECTOR OF A BANK SMASHER GOES BEFORE EVEN ACTON IS OVER
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