Excerpt from Ahead of the Show, or the Adventures of Al Allston, Advance AgentIf I had that fellow here I\'d make him wish he\'d never heard the name of Augustus Wattles. And I\'ll do it some day, too.The manager and proprietor of Wattles\' New York Comedy Company was very, very mad. His naturally florid face was, redder than usual, and his fists were clinched in a manner that augured no good to the fellow referred to, had that individual chanced to appear upon the scene at this precise moment.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.