The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-07
THE MAGIC LANTERN.

THE MAGIC LANTERN.
nnan1 ors~zs Aesou,s - o. 3sssAaos
He md HI Friend c.assA a lnnssuA
Lsesurer.
Gun town Is gctan2 TO be nll of lsoj
smeM Mr.. Trsvars sAys that thasI
spread all over the country. Just He
cholera, cad that when ono lecsann
comes TO . town. another Is Hahls ~
break out at any imc. 8
The Last Lecturer that We ksd hap.
pened q week ago He was . magic
lantern ona, and they AZ not % had q
Other kinds. Ho had ic-lsntezn -,
turcs Of Europe and WShingtoo NJ
other towns. and he showed them o. q
big white sheet. and talked shout thaR..
made lot of magio-lantern riseaa
when ] bad my camera. and sons q
them were real good The lsceaEu1
came to our house to spend tho nigAG
and the afternoon before the laceuso -
went out to walk, and leSs The door 6
his room open.
Tom was at my house t1sae sessusooa,
and as we were going upseairs we 6au
tremendous lot of magic4.nfsrn pie-
lures lying piled up ON The leoEuxse'e
tabla. Most Of the pictures were houses
ant m0untains. but some Of them wer1
people. and then there were lot Of rsal
funny ones, such q Q man falling ovsr
pig. and big goat knocking boy
over. Tom and had very nics 6mo
looking at them. and we wGe vssy care.
full 10 put than back on The pilss 3mt n
the same way that the lecturer had pus
them. Only once in o while Tom wuaa6
forget Just where . picture heloaep6
and No hsd to put II Ia the wrong plnsA
This was what made all tho truudaS md
If any one was 10 blame for ft. Tom
was the onA
We didn't tell the lecturer thas We
had locked at his pictures. for thAs
might have troubled him, and ~ ought
never 20 give trouble to people tAas ars
older than we are. Tom and I went 20
the lecture, and % did almost every
body else In town. and whea tho lec-
turer began 70 speak you would hswe
said that hs WIS one q tAs nbes2 nsn
you ever saw. he looked % l2sassd
The trouble began when. affsr having
showed rs . lot Of pictures. hs sa6k
Tho next picture. ladies and gentle
men. 10 q portrait Of Her GrDsioQ0 Ma
iesty, Queen Victoria" Nov 4 hap-
pened that the next picture was larRU
cat with . dozen Kittens, and oomobody
said: "HAw! hawl b thae IL Qneanp"
Ths lecturer know he had mas -.
take. bus he preteoded b was I'll rikhA
and said that the cat halonged 70 M H.
tie girl. and its nAns was really Green
Victoria
The next pictures wesv mos1ly AehA
though what the leceurer sid wSaA
be . picture of . sesanboos On
the Rhine turnsd out 70 b q
man on . BICYCLE cd What h
called visw Of he batsls q Watarloo
was : boy being knocked over By .
German friends peessnt-but I doa's
believe he knew . single one a AsoE
70 admire beautiful porE,is of thas
hero and patriot Prince Bismarck, and
when the portrait appeared on ths shsss
Il was picture ot pig running away
from fat butcheg. You should hsvv
beard tho leceurer's German friends
howl and believe they would have
thrown something at him besides heavy
German words II he hadn't begged
their pardon and said Il was III
. mistake, and he feared that some evil
minded person bad wickedly mixcd up
his pictures
Well. the Germans stopped saying
things after awhile, and the lecturer
went on His pictures got worse and
worse His lovely view a Venice, .
he called it. was . picture Of herd Of
buffaloeA and what he told rs would b
. picture Of . wedding in Egypt was .
cat and dog fghdng and sa old
woman beating them with . club. Thb
made him nervous, and be kept pustine
pictures into The magic lantern upsiAs
down. and making the RiAg of Grescs
and the Queen Of Italy stand on their
heada and aaking the people 10 excase
any mistaken and wishing he could put
his hands on the svil-minded persocs
who had meddlcd with hi pjctureA n
nally he told the people thai N would
show them the picture Of two innocent
and lovely children. Tom hit ns n
the side with his elbow when - -
turer said thiA and whispered % uo<
''Be all ready to run" / didnt hstu
the least idea what he msant till saw
the picture. nsvor Was mora aseum-
ished in my life. for ID vas . piceuzo
bad made Of Mr.. Travers aad - It.
ting ON the sofa and holding esch -
er's hands. Il had got MIXED - =
some way with the leceufsr's own piss
ures. and I belisvo Tom had something
to do with il though he wuo't own up.
Tom md went out - soon a We
saw the picture, ho3 10 could hear tn
people laugh and yellawAen va wses
half milo away. / heard afterward
that the lecturer didn't show any more
pictures, and that no jumped ouS a ths
back window. with Ar. Trassss ,closs
after him. Anyway. he nsver paus
back to our house. Mr.. TnysSs. wAen
be found that really hadnt pat th
picture of him and Sue ouasng the others,
forgave me. bat Sue says she never win.
think Tom ought to own up, and Il
Hr. Travers catches him think he viii.
-"Jsmmy BroUn." sn Horper's Yows,e
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