Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-08
HAMLET WITH A PISTOL.
A Crazy Arkansas Man Makes a
Drummer Follow Tragedy with
Comedy.

George Ninaman, St. Louis drums
mer who arrived in Little Rock yester-
day, stopped one night last week in
small cross-road hotel in Grant county,
Southern Arkansas. The house contain
ed four rooms and kitchen. After sup
per Ninaman was told that he must spend
part of the night alone, as the family
would spend a protracted meeting in the
neighbor hood. The host, with his wife
and daughter, left the house, and Nina-
man sat in one of the rooms alone. His
oniness was added to by an owl in the
yard, which hoeted dismally, an old red
C clock on shelf which licked solemny.
The drummer, not having beer assigned
TO room, could not go to bed, and he
tried to keep awake by reading the Life
of 50. Paul, the only book he could find.
The hog grease lamp was suffering IN
unison WITH the ticking of the clock, when
the door of an inner room opened and a
tall, wild eyed, bushy haired man enter
ed. Without speaking he seated himself
and stared at Ninaman, who naturally
showed surprise. Presently conversa-
ton was begun, and he exhibited such
intelligence that Ninaman's fears were
alayed, especially as the man claimed to
be the landlords brother. The conver-
sation turning on literary subjects, the
man remarked 4:
did you ever hear Hamlet's' solIoguy
recitec properly p
Il think SO, said Nnaman. Il have
heard Booth.
Booth does not catch the spirit said
the strange looking man. He fails TO
engrait the twig of dspair in to the tree
of 'Hamlet's nature. Would you like to
hear it recied pr ly?'
Yes
You shall hear it. hope nothing
tragic will occur, but, my Moses, you
shall have it,
Arising. the wild eyed man darted into
an adjoining room and returned with an
air so wild that Ninaman was startled
When he came to take up arms against
a sea Of troubles and by opposing, end
them,' he seized the pistol, cooked it,
and placed the muzzle against his head.
Shall | end them p he yelled, hourishing
the pistol. Shall : end them with you p
Ninaman suggested that his troubles
were no greater than he could bear, and
asa ed the man to lay as ide the pistol.
'Ah, l see you do not like tragedy.
You no doubt like comedy. Pull off
YOU coat and dance or III end your ife?'
The pistol was eveled ard Ninaman
pulled off his coat and began to dance.
'Whoop itup, yelled the man, 'or I'll
end them. Pull off your trOnsers.'
The trousers came off and the dancing
continued.
Pull off your drawers
The drawers dropped to the ground.
of with you" shirt
The shirt flew into the air. A noise
was heard outside, and the landlord, his
wife and daughter were on the porch
Let me go, ior Gods sake, pleaded
Ninaman.
No, sir. III kin you if you attempt
to leave. You are a COMEDIAN
The door knob turned. Ninaman
sprang towards a door and rushed up
stairs as the pistol snapped.
In few minutes the landlord came up
and handed Ninaman his clothes.
L forgot to tell YOU he said, that my
brother is deranged. He has sn old pis-
tol, but he couldn hurt any Body with it.
He is harmless, but likes his little jokes
The next morning the wild man was in
such good humor that he offered to beat
Ninaman throwing rocks at an oyster
can. Lutte Rock Gdzette.