THE "NEW WILLIAM TELL."

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 52, 31 May 1884, Page 5

THE "NEW WILLIAM TELL."

The call boll has rung, and the curtain will rise. And the boxes are full and the people applaud The girl who plays there, in a page's disguise. The public's last toy,— to be hissed or encored, (More red for her lips, she is tired), Clapped, sneered at, run after, admired. >, " The New William Tell" is the name of the play. A capital farce, as the newspapers say. One scene, and her work will be over. Sho stands Full in the glare of the flickering light. Ittfalls on her hair, and the ball in her hands, Her lover is playing the hero to-night. She smiled as he asks, " Are you ready?" "Ay, sweetheart," she answers, "aim steady." And this is tho very last night of the play, And he is a capital shot, as they say. Sho smiles as she waits, for nor thoughts have gone back To a meadow all bright in a gay summer noon To a day when ho came down the narrow green [ track, And they met at the white gate, a year gone next Juno. Sweet the scent of the ruddy clover ! Would that tho evening's work were over ! Oh, steady ! hold steady ! Ah ! how the lights sway! The best of the farce is the end of the play. They are clapping her now as sho raises the ball; A hiss! Did he start? But the smoke oomes between, And the crowd hear tho shot, and the crowd see her fall, But the curtain rings down for tho last final scene. Ah, close in his arms she is lying, She smiles as ho kisses her, dying. " The New William Tell" is tho name of the play, A capital farce, as the nowspapers say.