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bring them out
Though considerably nervous, l con
Cealed a cowardiCe which felt that Sau,
would have despissd, and was silent.
whilst the old man ;ook q dute from hl-
pocket and began to play one Of those
thrIsty Minstrel airs which are 50 pOpu
lar in the United States.
Then SAW n sight which sstOnished me
From under each of the numerous block
Uf stone which were scattered around came
shake. ~Copperheads, spotted with
copper colOred splotches not only on til,
mead but all over The body, garter
,nakes." gray and yellow green, werr
here, but the majority ot the audience Al
Did Leathers' concert belonged to thu
,pecies designated In natural history book
Is the deadly" rattlesnake. They CAN'T
onward and curled and wound themselve
bout Old Lealhers ankles, their head
gliding upwards over his legs, moving
IN caress, and then failing TO the ground
Using again to repeat the motion. Ih'
iuaIut figure of the old frontiersman
He grUtesque contract between the strain
II "Mutner am Dying Fast" and Tia
,eneral surroundings, the background "
Ocky cliffs and lrrrg ular rock strewn gra,
anu lllC SAAul VI A4lc HlbNlhs' oAAS.'
epIllrs, HON my fancy and their CO..
liant restless MOTION multiplied int
rice their number, had u strange effe,
,pOn my senses. Louder and lonst
ouudrd the soft notes Of the flute, fast
rud faster CuIled and uncOlled themselH'
he supple bodies Of the snakes; till,
gLsI, | IeII a sort Of nesmerlC drOwsIncs
umIng over me, and had 1 gaZed At thE
TRANCE spectacle much longer, believe
.espIle my horror OF snakes IN general
nd "rutIlers' IN particular, ! should haN'
eft the spot where ] was standing ali
,O.mei Ia a tarantala dance with Oh
Gathers tHyUrites.
But the music ceased and almost befOr,
le had time to put up his lnstrumeh
very suake had disappeared rs sudden.
- he come pressed the old man I,
axe reward for his exhibition, but
uurteOusly refused. III you would liz
u buy one, miss, lie SAID, Il sell many
.ucnaserIes, and send some to England
seeing my horror, he added, You woul
not Oc the first, miss. Only this mornlu-
-" "On, no." interrupted him il
Iurror. TnankInG him Tor his courtesy
Ee depart ed as We had come, but d!
= nat seemed an easier path. As W.
nmOed it | noticed On the ground glove
III picking II up saw II was a woman
mi aOstraCledly put INTO my pocket. an
Ne gained the wagon and drove home It
tast as Deacon Clay's two trOtters cour
AIRY Us.
1t had been arranged that We shoulu
,Iay Antony and Cleopatra on Lha
.,arIIcuIar evening, by particular desire
l,-. in hah hIf
selma, and asked Saul TO drive quick
mai might be back In time for the CAL
/ II. On arriving at the hall, found
Narm alteration going On between Nj
aluUun anu his wife. She had iormeri!
.ttempled the part OF Cleopatra, anu De
i-Ee 1, was the one in which she was leas.
unsatisfactory. but | really believe tha
.eT strongest objection TO my undertaken,
ae ruie arose from her dlstate Tor li'
,enuuslrauUnS of affection which TIA
TanIitlsts lines suggest between Ia,
.nIuTous Antony and the Egyptian quecL
| Was Obliged TO be listener to this co..
ubIal dispute; and IRON what heard
,aInered that the conduct Of Pepita hH,
u IHle not been entirely exemplary, and
as as much to Ieacn her lesson as I,
.1Cure an adequate representation Of lii,
art that her husband refused, Ill not Ia,
AVA terms, to alter the cast of Anton.
.ud Cleopatra" PepiLa might pla.
Chairman If she Chose; otherwise su,
aIgnt ~Ieave il alone"
AT this refusal the passionate temper ..
ue meSIIZO hared in,O hame She frs.
/ ali poured out upon the head OF her de
.OIed husband Il Hood Of abuse which
.eed not write down mere; and, then turn
AZ 10 me, she sCoIded me soundly 70.
avIng "supplanted her, rs she called II
l e., she sad, her black eyes flashing
rer nO,lr4.s dIlAted, and her hand Cienche,.
"a d S;yIe tuat II she could only have tt
.'rUduCed II on the stage, would have ma'.'
.cr successful ss n tragedlenne, you haS
..ken my bread out OF my mouth, and yOL
AVE taken my husDsnd, but. marx M
NUTus, Jou won't 1--we TO ENJOY either
hen her eyes failing upon the glove whlcI.
-.AppeHed 10 be protruding from tn,
-, Aet of my ulster, sne cried, ~Thlel
aouId you take eTery Ihlng'' suatched I'll,
5lUve away, ami dashed, weeping wildly
Jut Of the place.
was surprised to discover that it was
PepIla's glove which had picked up, ant
Al uneasy wonder how ii came TO be lei,
1t the back OF my brains for some hours.
iuL, as these were also occupied with tn,
very haIassiug worN Of rehearsing. 1t was
not strange That my secondary musings
.ad lao definite result
Tnere was a SORT Of suppressed hostility
a Pepita manuer when W. met at the
-ueaIre il the evening She was paIer
nan usual, aud more reflective and aD
slraCted. She played Chairman As II i'll d
lTeam. There WAS evidently something
N, or III, her mind which made her man
Ier 50 unusual Once, when her husband
tempted to enter her dressing room. shv
.ammed the door in his face and bultei il
IA the inside.
Tue play proceeded, as usual,
Ill we came TO the well known
Gene OF CleOpatra's suicide in the last
CT. The actor who played the clown WAS
lshered i'll by Cleopatra's hAndmaiden>
nd in answer 10 my question, Hast thou
he pretty worm Of SIIus there, that kill.
.ud hurts nott" delivered the speech SCI
own for him. While waiting for Ill,
-ue. was harassed by a sound for whic
. could not account. 1t Was a gentle 'whirr,
ike dry pea rattliug in its pod. trie
reamily to localize tuls noise; and it is
urious instance Of the difficulty Of decls
On in these cases that it was not until
-ad actually taken the basket into IL!
and that found that the sound was
Hused by something inside il.
The exigencies of the stage leave no
me for hesitation Come wnat may the
usiness Of n scene must not stop. took
,e basket from the clown, and, after
?taking the lines which precede the at
,un, raised the lid, and took what pre-
lmed was the usual property snake
rom its interior.
snail never forget the shudder of re-
,ulsion that ran over my body rs felt
le Clammy, Oozing thing which | had