The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-09-17
BILL NYE.
10 Writes the Confessions OF an
GUncle Toms Cabino
bloodhound.

T am a poor Siberian bloodhound of
american descent. l am an old actor
n an "Uncle Toms Cabin company.
md I am very much in the sere and
elbow leaf.
7 am an actor of the old school, and
/ pains me to see people come in out
+ the cornfield and gag a part, as they
10 nowadays. ! have been taught to
tudv a part carefully and to bring out
verifying in it. That is the way /
earned to act. To be true to nature. is
NJ hobby. In my enthusiasm L have
eyeral times fed myself with fragments
+ ELIAS baby and got myself disliked
or thst reason, but that is better than
o faIN short of the part and underplay
Thereis were l disagree with the gen.
leman who plays the jackass in cur
mpany. He believes in a calm,
lignifed stage appearance, and counts
n that almost solely, while | am in
avor of an enthusiastic Interpretation
# nv part regardless of dignity and
gesture.
belong to a family of actors. We
xtend back as far as the eye can
each. We love the generous approx
! of the public, and we thrive on
,pplause. To bound upon the stage
With a d~eep-chested bark and eat a
,ortion of ELIAS borrowed child, is
neat and drink to me. For twenty
ears l have been on the stage, playing
,ne-night stands and watching little
Eva as she passes gently up the fume.
twenty years | have seen Mr.. st. Clair
limb into a so deathbed with his
,oots on and die a painless death on a
mall salary.
Life is indeed but a span. How short
time it seems since | joined the COM
,any, a mere pup. Then | was full of
lope. | also had a full set of teeth.
Vow my front teeth are artificial, and
cannot read fine print. / have seen
he world, and l have found out, also,
low hollow it is. l have been levied
m by the sheriff, and / have walked
many a weary mile with my long red
Siberian tongue hanging out in the
,entle air of spring. / have learned to
~tistrust mankind, and rely upon moth
ng mundane.
One thing / desire to say in this little
liary, so that in case / should die sud-
lenly in a railroad accident the public,
Ind my generous patrons especially,
nay know the truth. 1t is this: l am
lot what | seem! l live a dull life!
dy stage appearance and my true
lome life are entirely and ditinctly sep
rate and dissimilar in in every way.
At heart l am not fierce. / do not
ARE for warm blood three times g day.
/ l could be assured one rectangular
neal of cold corned beef with mashed
potatoes on the side l would enter into
'ecognizance never to kill and eat an
Ither human being.
l have been constantly misunderstood
md misapprehend by the public because
ny stage manager has been naughty
md hungry. This effect has been
heightened by the fact that the manager
has compelled me to a muzzle
Turing the day. do not wear a muz-
lie at all when / am home. / do not
reed it. | can get along for weeks
Without a muzzle.
shall soon leave the stage, howev-
". My voice is failing me and / can't
walk ten miles To a one-night stand in
lime for rehearsals as / could. When
ny voice is gone it will be all up with
ne. No n wants a bloodhound
With a cracked voice.
l can see the gentleman who plays
he iackass in our company is going to
iold out much longer than l can, be-
:ause he has saved himself. He has
aiken life easily and thrown less fervor
md enthusiasm into his part than ]
lave. For a while he wanted to play
st. Clair SO that he could have a bed to
'etire into during one act.
l never saw q gentleman who took SO
much dramatic ease as he does. He
las more repose than any other person
n the profession with whom / am ac-
iuainted.
| have done much for the play, bni
hat did not intend to speak of. PEG.
pie who have carefully compared I'm
lie Tom as it is written with my inter
pretation and presentation of it viii
hardly recognize ii as the same piece.
In my own conception the blood
iound IS made to do many pleasantly
erocious things which the author die
aot introduce. These Improvement:
ire due solely to me. Among others
night point to the feature of bringing
,ut the ferocious brute on an encore
With fragments of q colored child In
ais mouth. This never fails to arouse
n the audience a wild tumult of retinet
horror.
Somehow / am impressed with the
dca that | have made my last appear
lnce on the stage. We have just ter
minated a highly successful triI
through the west, and got home las
evening. f~ootsore but proud and hap
py.
Our manager wants us to 90 will