Slide set: The old actor's story (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 26 slides, 1899)

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Slide 1

Slide 2

Mine is a wild, strange story -- the strangest you ever heard

Slide 3

(Effect) But I see it again this evening -- I can never shut out the sight

Slide 4

The parson gave us his blessing, and I gave Nelly the ring

Slide 5

We were happy and loved each other, and laughed at the shifts we made

Slide 6

We went on a sailing vessel, and the journey was long and rough

Slide 7

My poor little wife fell ailing, grew worse, and at last so bad

Slide 8

So still I'd to bend and listen for the faintest sign of breath

Slide 9

I knelt in the little cabin, and prayer after prayer I said

Slide 10

Dead! I wouldn't believe it. They forced me away that night

Slide 11

The locked me away from my fellows -- put me in cruel chains

Slide 12

I spent that night with the irons heavy upon my wrists

Slide 13

I heard the cry, 'Ship a-fire!' caught up by a hundred throats

Slide 14

I beat at the door and shouted, but never a sound came back

Slide 15

I dashed at the door in fury, shrieking, 'I will not die!'

Slide 16

I fought my way to the cabin, choked with the burning breath

Slide 17

O, was there mercy in heaven -- was there a God in the skies?

Slide 18

I cursed like a madman raving -- I cried to her 'Nell! my Nell!'

Slide 19

I clutched at her -- roused her shrieking --the stupor was on her still

Slide 20

God knows how I did it, but blindly I fought through the flames and the wreck

Slide 21

We'd a moment of life together -- a moment of life, the time

Slide 22

When a shout came over the water, and I looked, and lo, there lay

Slide 23

They had seen our forms on the vessel, as the flames lit up the sky

Slide 24

I shouted a prayer to heaven, then called to my wife and she

Slide 25

Tore with new strength at my fetters -- God helped her, and I was free

Slide 26**

Did they save us? Well, here I am, sir, and yonder's my dear old wife

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1899-1914 (item ref. 1171)

in stock of Peter Feathers, 1901

in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 884)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 1247)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

recitation

Date of first manufacture

1899

Reading or song

George R. Sims, ‘The old actor's story’ in The land of gold and other poems (1888)

Related slide set

see also An old settler's story (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 26 slides, 1900)

Notes

This set used the same images as An old settler's story.

Collections

26 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keyword

SIMS, George R. (1847-1922)

Lucerna ID 3001438

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 March 2024

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Slide set: The old actor's story (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 26 slides, 1899)