The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-11

OI WOOu Ill WHICH TWO STICKS were III
serted for legs. on which rested BUST
of some kind, and ON this block for
a head, and over this false face and
one of Lauras wigs. A huge mus
tache set around on one side of his
mouth did not help his looks. He
was dressed i'm a red-cambric gown.
And this was the man who was TO
personate RomeO--a perfect block
head in every respect.
THAT'S a wooden man too dead to
skin, some one i'm the crowd ventur-
ed to remark when the outburst had
subsidized, and this brought forth an
other roar of applause. After this
was over a miner rose up in back
seat and shouted:
"We've seen Romeo, now bring Oh
your Julio"
This was followed by cheers, and
cries of "JuliO!" Julio"
After minute or two the curtains
of little dressing room in the far
thest corner of the hall parted. and
Julio" strobe m REALISTICALLY across the
stage. and made her bow, mid the
widest uproar.
When the audience had Gained
down little she explained that she
was supposed to ne young lady who
had gone opera-mad, ami was prac-
ticing with an imitation Romeo prior
to going on the stage. A lady in
town consented to play a piano for
the occasion, and Laura Agnes play
ed i'm manner that surprised every
body, after which sine made love to
Romeo i'm such a manner that kept
the house i'm a continuous roar. But
Romeo couldn't be prevailed upon to
return her demonstrations of love;
and, when she would rush at him
with Outstretched arms and beseech
him to speak to her, to embrace her
just once, he could only stair at her
with those frightful eyes of his, but it
invariably brought down the house.
Once, when she rushed at him, threw
her arms about his neck and called
upon him to embrace her, a man ON
front seat became so out of patience
at Romeo's Indifference that he sprang
to his feet and shouted:
$50 for her, or let some one there
that caa."
But Romeo couldn't be persuaded
to embrace his dear ,'Jnlio,' neither
would he give way to any one that
could.
Between acts, Laura Agnes sang
and played and spun strange yarns
until midnight. and it was only with
the greatest reluctance that the seats
were vacated then. If ever an audi
ence got the worth of the money in
vested it was that one, and for an
hour after the theatre closed you could
hear men up and down the street Civ
ing vent to their feelings in loud
''haw-haws."
Laura announced an entire change
Of programme for the next night, but
the following day petition was pre-
sented to the successful Laura re-
4uesting her to stick to the pro-
gramme Of the previous evening and
give them Romeo and Julio" over
again. And her fame went out into
the mountains that day, and the sec
Dnd house was even greater than the
first.
But Laura Agnes success didn't
end in Deer Lodge. She made
tour of the Territory and everywhere
was greeted with the best of houses.
1t was at Pioneer. however, where the
for Lauras acting swept
the whole town offits feet, and brought
DOWNFALL to Romeo.
Pioneer is an extensive mining
amp fifteen miles westerly from Deer
Lodge. At that time there were seven
Or eight hundred miners there, and
lot stingy one among them. The
mines We're rich, and everybody made
but they only made it to
nave the fun of spending it. Some of
he miners had been at Deer Lodge
when Laura played there and when
she passed through Pioneer on her
way to the Missoula country CON-
nittee of miners waited OIL her, and
her that if she would play
here on her return, every man 10 the
liggings would 60 to hear her. The
own had commodious hail, i'm which
he miners delighted to hold high
once a week.
Laura fulfilled her promise, and
vas on hand at the appointed time.
The people went wild. Mining and
business of all kinds suspended. and
aura Agnes realized what it was to
,lay to an audience of gold miners
Who didn't care for expenses, so they
lad fun. The hall was filled, and