The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-01
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fhesSssahg way, artppda It, pickss5, q
wrong end first, was scolded Il IN
took it BY the handle, gave i ~ zen
a Gus snake, and after letting II fall oft
eraI times, set it on the table .a ssFs
while platform was brouobt ! Me'sa-
porting a tail post, at the ton-rF :, - s'lps
higher than q horse could rs;icb "alleh'
blaekboarah having clalked al n s va 9
WnIeh was not aided up corrsc ai4
oprite, beng requested to wipe II N.
took the sponge from he sss
and planting heffoFe-Reet on the NE Ne
form, stretched her head no. AM, sa Y.
desperate passes succeeded Ia WIZ; "
out part of the figures, and startaEs 1.
leave, but seeing that Some rensssS J. y
went back and erased them. ~
One day she went throuob n
which showed eonelusiyely that horsas
can reaspn.7 She dropped the sn sasrs
the first thing, and it tell down b lgS
che platform out of her SIGHT. ~ShaAsaa
down, aIst looked about in ne ~
dust for it, the audience cnr;o s''%-
watching to see what he would Al ~
She was evidentle Eaueh nernlsx s@s
She, kaaaW perfectly well that ber. \ y.
would not. be fulfilled until She baa
rubbed the figures out, and the .snanga
was not to be found Mr.. Bartholon,ssss,
said nothing, gave her no look ar .li,,s
or sign to bel her outaof her pred;es.
ment, but satin his chair ard waIssd
At last, she deliberately stepped On. ~
platform again, stretched her head rr
and deliberately wiped the figures NH
with her mouth, at which the andiencs
applasded as il they would brine tbs
roof down. That was something clearly
not IN the programme, but a bit al. h.
dependent reasoning. Yet hatsnr
done so much, she knew that sofhetl inc
was not rights About thaf
sponge-What had become of .ites r
was her business to Law il on the tabla
when she was through using III she
hesitated, lookedsthifF way and that
started to go. came back, dreadflHg
puzzled and uncertain, suddenly snied
1t, set her teeth In 1t. put It on tbe
table, and went to her place, with !
clear conscience, no sdoubr. and tia
people cheered more wildly than before.
This was to me one of the most inter.
esting things I witnessed; and connect.
ing it with some facts Mr.. Bartholomew
communicated, it was ltloubly So. Ssl
/ He said that it was his practice not ia
Interfere or help; the horse knew iyst
what she was to do. and he prefaTrea TO
wait and let her think il out for hergelf.
The other horses all knew. too if there
was any failure or mistake, and tie
offender was closely watched bv them.
and in some way reproYed by thelnif
they could get the opportunity. and al
times this little by-pfay became very
amusing AsAs3 sF&fa sisA
AFTER this was most exquisite dancing
by Bucephalus and by Caesar, whose
steppings were in perfect rhythm to the
music. Then the latter turned ID q
circle to the rights seF~-the left and
walkedaround defining the figure 81 Tht,
just as any one in. the audience chose to
request; and Abdallah came in with d
string of belts around her, and paced,
cantered, galloped, .trotted, marched
or walked as the word was given. The
horses were generally expected to come
to the footlights and bow to the audi
ence at the close of any feat; OCCASION
ally one would forget to do this. and
them some of his comrades would
shoulder or buffet linn, or Mr.. Barthol9-,
NEW would give q reminder: THAT il
not ali, is itpn and back would come
the delinquent and bow and bow twenty
times aS fast as he 6fsauld as If faere
could not be enough Of it. At the close
of one scene all the horses came up to
the front in line, and leaning oVerthe
rope which was stretched there TO keep
them from coming down on the people !
heads, would bow. and bow again. and
it was q wonderfully pretty sight to see.
-v.Aplasda b. Harris i'a Vide AwGe.