New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-29

the rounds of these dual country
towns the players are thrown a good
deal together and learn mostly every
thing about one another. Sometimes
they do; sometimes they don't. ANY
way, no one ever learned much about
Snowy. He generally sneaked away
as soon as the performance was over,
and we saw little OF him until he was
wanted again. It was, therefore a. bit
OF surprise to me to find him loafno
about the house when we struck one
little town where we were booked for
a weeks run. Snowy was all the
time behind the scenes whether his
turn was over or not. In fact. he
seemed to me to be trying to keep I'M
der cover and 60 out as little as he
could.
"One evening was standing up
IN the flies looking things over, when
who should Isee slipping overto one Of
the wings but Snowy, and he all in a
tremble with excitement. What's I'D,
wonder?' said I,watching him all the
time. Well, he slid up alongside
the drop and peeped outside,
and there he stood like q statue,
SO absorbed, | don't think he would
have noticed it if had dropped down
on him. [ don't know if you'd think
it mean OF me or not, but I got down
and took stock Of the audience to see
what interested the man SO much. I
saw it all in ajiffy. There was a couple
and clearly fond OF each other as they
dared to show. 1t was this couple
Snowy had been watching, and when
got behind the scenes again, there he
was still, and, Jeeupiter, blamed if he
wasn't crying likes child.
"Of course, | said nothing, but
watched him, and | noticed when his
turn came he seemed backward, and [
thought he had half a mind to shirk.
But he went on and performed his
part as usual. He was nearly through
when | heard hubbub in the house
and went out in the corridor The
door of one of the boxes was open and
a boy was hurrying into it with a
glass of water. Kneeling on the floor
was the young man had noticed and
at his feet the young woman was ly-
ing, seemingly stone dead. We had a
hard time bringing her to and 1 didn't
know what happened outside. But I
learned afterward that Snowy funked
bad all of q sudden and cut his part
dead short.
"This set me a-thin1ing. But the
next night had food enough for re-
Election. 1t was a clear, moonlight
night and took a stroll. Now Pm
not sentimental night mortal, but
do admire nature, and once I was out
OF the town [ got up among some trees
on little mound and there | stretch
ed myself with the bright sky over me.
There was not a sound but the croak-
ing OF the frogs and tie chirp of the
katydids. | don't know how long 1
lay there, but ali OF a sudden I sat up
and looked down at the road. There
were voices there and they belonged to
man and a woman who were stand
ing by the gate and hugging each other
for dear life. | was amused at first
and thought it was an ordinary rustic
love making. But from their gestures
l saw that something above the COM
mon was going on. The woman seem
ed to be pleading and the man fighting
her off. At last what did they do but
take to crying, the both OF them
II kept on watching them, and af-
ter a while they kissed each other ten
derby, and the man went away. 1t
was then that | first became aware of
a curious feeling that had been coming
over me-a feeling that | was not
alone. We have ali such a feeling
sometimes, you know, and then, as at
all such times, found [ was right.
There was a man standing among
some bushes just above me and look
ing at the other going down the road.
[ was in the shadow and he did not
notice me. But the moonlight was full
upon his face, and knew at once the
young man [ had seen in the box. And
such a face as he did have to be sure!
Talk Of disfiguring a, face with a blow,
or by an accident, or with vitriol!
They're all bad enough. But, if you
want to see a terror, look at
face disfigured by jealousy, and
there you'll have it. That was
what allied the face that I was looking
at. 1t was black with passion. The
eyes were staring, the lips were pressed
COSeGlleE, Une UeeUn were Clenched.
Hate, savage and unrelenting-murder-
Gus if need be-was in that look. l
almost shuddered as I witnessed it,
and felt a deal more comfortable when
| heard footsteps crunching among the
dry leaves and gradually receding.
''Then I started home. On the bor-
ders Of the town who should | meet
slouching along but Snowy I
stopped to speak to him and as he
turned up his face with a start the
moonlight fell upon it, and there were
his eyes as red as you please, and the
big tears shining in them I didn't
pretend to notice it, but all of a sud
den, as [ looked at him, I got sud-
den shock. The figure, the walk-I
couldn't be mistaken in them-be-
longed to the man who had parted
with the girl.
"4ou may we'll believe Twas interest
ed. | was manager OF the company,
and didn't want to have any scan
dals about my ears. SO thought it
my duty to inquire into the odd things
I had seen. But didn't learn much.
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