Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26

dainty boots and shoes that were sym
mctrcally arranged ON the brass rods
in the window; but the fog had silver
ed the glass with its most breath ant
he could only distinguish u confused
silhouette; then, taking u heroic rcso
luton, he turned on his heel and wen
with deliberate step 10 the inn of tho
Two-headcd Eeagle.
That night there was numerous
company at the Two-headed Eagle
the guests were of the most mixed de.
scription.
The Two-headcd Eagle was one Of
those blessed cellars celebrated by
Hoffman, with steps so worn, so greasy,
so slippery, that you can not put youl
foot upon the first one without at once
finding yourself at the bottom, with
your elbows on the table, u pipe in
your mouth, between pot of beer and
a measure of new wine.
Through the thick cloud of smoke
that almost chokcd and blinded you at
first all sorts of strange figures appear
ed after n few minutes. There were
Wallachians with their cafetan and
Astrakhan cap, Scryians, Hungarians
with long black mustaches, caparison.
ed with dolmans and embroidery; Bo.
hcmians with coppery compilations,
narrow foreheads and archcd noses;
honest Germans with laced coats; Tar.
tars with ewes turned up like those of
Chinese; ali imaginable populations.
The east was represented bv n fat Turk
coiled up in n corner and peacefully
smoking Il pine of Moldavian cherry
wood, with a bowl Of red clay and a
mouthpiecc of yellow amber.
Everybody was eating and drinking;
the drink consisted of strong beer and
u mixture of new red wine with old
white wine; the food, of slices Of cold
veal, ham or pastry.
Round the tables turned increasingly
one of those long waltzcs which pro-
ducG upon the northern imaginations
the same effect rs hashish and opium
on the Oricntals; the couples passed and
rcpasscd rapidly; the women, almost
fainting with pleasure on the arms Of
their cavaliers, TO the sounds OLA waltz,
swept away with their skirts the clouds
Of smoke and refreshed the faces of the
drinkers. At the counter some
Morlaccan improvisators, accompanied
by n player upon the guzla, were recit'
ing sort OF dramatic complaint which
seemed greatly to divert dozen strange
figures, clothed in shecpskin, and colfcd
with tarboukhs.
Heinrich went TO the end of the eel
lar and sat at table where were al
ready seated three or four personages
of joyous mcin and merry humor.
"Ah, Heinrlch!n cried the eldest Of
the bandi ''mindyoursclves, my friends
fTnum habct in cornu. You know yor
had truly diabolical look the Other
night; You almost frightened me- who
would THINK that Heinrich, who drinks
beer I'VE do, and who does not draw
back before slice OF cold ham, coulc
put ON such yenomous, wicked and sar
donic airs, and that with single ges
turc he can make II whole theatel shud
der?.
"Eh! why that Is the reason why
Heinrich Is great artist, a sublime
comedian. There is no glory in playing
Il role that is in your character; the
triumph, for II coqucttc, is to excel il
playing ingcnucs."
Heinrich sat down modestly, callcC
for large glass OF mixed wine, and thu
conversation continued on the sam'
subject. On all sides twas admiration
and compliments.
"Ah! If the great Wolfgang Goethe
had seen you! SAID one.
"Show us your feet sad another
81 am sure you have forked hoot'
The other drinkers, attracted b,
these exclamations, looked at Heinrich
seriously, all happy to have the oppor
tunity of examining closely so rcmarka
Bile a man. The Young men who ha,
formerly known Heinrich at the uni
vcrsity, and whose names he hardl,
knew, came up to him and shook hin
cordially by the hand, as if they ha,
been his intimate friends. The pretties
valseuses as they passed shot at hin
the tendcrest clances of their blue an,
yelyety ewes.
One man only seated at n neighbor
inc table seemed to take no part in tn,
general enthusiasm; his head throw
backward, he was thumbing distract
edly with his fingers on the crown of hi
hat military march, and from time tC
time he uttered sort of humph, singu
larly dubious.
The aspect of this man was of tn,
strangest, although he was dressed lik,
an honest burgher of Vienna, enjoying
modest fortune; his gray eyes wer,
shaded with green tints, and shot ou
phosphoric lights like the eyes of u cat
when his pale, Hat lips parted, the,
showed two rows of teeth very white