The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-09-21

In the oulrushe6 drAmAtizod, n he couh have, with the Idea that 10 would elevate the tone of his had nickname among the boys that was As pecu- liar for name as he was peculiar for . man.
 alt was 'Bs-KeeFfal, Sah.'
 "I did not understand its true significance for quite while, although when he engaged me as manager, at Milwaukee the fore part of the season noticed his frquent use Of the expression. II recolect tho first time in particular. It was when was in the managers exchange, booking dates ahead and looking for open weeks. asked him If we should take h Hurley, In Wisconsin and he replied in his odd, jerky, nasal twangs:
 "'Be keerfnl-be keerful, suh.'
 "I thought perhaps he had misunderstood me, as he was trihe deaf, and % repeated my question he made the same reply a before
 "'Be keerfnl-be keerful, suh.'
 "Later on, when we were doing one- night stands and making long jumps, suggested some old time barn-storming dodges; and all tho encouragement got was:
 "One time he found he had forgotten to post . letter ordering our paper to be cent ahead. That 1t might get into the mail In time have the order filled and shipped in season to have the town posted, some one would have to ride back eight miles through the roads where . horse sank half- way to his knees at each step and carried . small acre of clingy northwestern soil on each hoof. | refused the errand, and, In very emphatic style of ex preston, insinuated that hired to act and manage and not to carry messages. He had just had all of his teeth extracted, and P never forget the queer sound he gave to his avorite stereotyped phrase of warning, when he mumbled back to me ::
 "'Ye yeeryul-ye yeeryul, yuh.'
 "His wife was soubrette of rather rugged type, with . screech-owl voice that grated unpleAsAntly on ones ear, and one song she sang at the closing to leave 1t out This she refused to do, and rang down tho drop just she had started on the first bar without music. She ragged and fumed and com- plained to her husband. He went around gum reaching me- told him did 1t, as no one wanted to hear her sing 1t. He then tried to gum argu. ment at her dictation, and replied with some wig orous invectives regarding her voice. which the old man stopped with his usual
 "'Ye yeeryul-ye yeeryul, yuh-'
 "One night, where we had hired hall for a one- night stand after hand billing the village and the farms outside stood In front of the door footing up band of wind instruments to attract attention to the show. We played to six dollars net loss the although the old man had enough money to see us through. This night, however, we hoped to make enough to balance the previous nights slim house. We began the music about seven o'clock, and at . quarter before eight there wasn't c head In the house. save two farmers boys whom we let in to the show to pay them for billing the outlying farms. At eight o'clock we began to get nervous and play badly then the old man pointed down the road where e number of lanterns were swaying, and he murmured to me:
 Do kocFAul-uo kcckiuA, suu.
 "I immediately admonished the boys to play up, as a lot of dollars were coming. They played the liveliest airs they knew-'The Gal Left Behind Me- and 'Conqueripg Hero Comes,' and kindred music-but just as that group of lanterns reached hall, all but one of them switched of at right angle. As the single lantern approached, played up for all we were worth. When 1t arrived at the door laid down my clarionet to become ticket seller and discovered the bearer to be an attenuated stoop- -shouldered farmer with gray, stubby beard and hooked nose.
 "'Goin' ter hev CT putty full house, ehr he ques- tioned.
 "tOh, yes-pretty full replied, with wink at the band to toot up liveier e signal for the boys inside to do the claque biz.
 .Glad fer hear af refurned the old man. scux Pm