The Somerset reporter., 1891-01-08
A MISER SElS SATAN.
THE DEVIL C,gGeT ~ STEALING
Z. ACTORS fisEWooo.


Reforms Pennriou. Landlord.
1 Milton Notle- i a brilliant couYersa-
! 'lHlali-t and a g'ssi ztarF tsi.e- Among
the many ane-i3tes ersiitzi l. him. the
/ following exPreHee which b. relate
I will lrl9e interesting read.lg.
/ In l-G1. during n FIR yaar = thu
atrical If, sas 1ieiatsr 4 a snail
travelling Black Cro9k' company, IN
+ der the management # tAs lac Ton
/ Davey. We were playing small towns
/ i'll Wisconsin and Minnesota One cold
January night found rs in q htt.e town
in Wisconsin Where me theatre and hc-
/ t+l were under one roof. and owned and
rTn By 6ue Inau.
Tn 1nan has been II. rafasu- yea-s vel
known 70 Professionals. AID fhere ar
many stories eziant q rs reer-.is-5tl.s.
He was verr wealthy. 1T a ca'arlnet.
niser 4 stranger entering Ii b0-al
wogll invarlaDix rck I'm orr a. t--
porter. al3 iille-i he pr -il-i tt-
mort ueuIl oaif.s- even = "a, -in-, ~
boots If III gae.f9 i ak T. 10 81.
Yet he always kept a z,yl E7t-l On
show nights he cls4uel 61lf ibe drs----
ing room. and aci.-d a jaui;ar il gen
eral
From the second story q TINS hotel
there was hallway iea,iug = tte -'age,
( The ilc'ors were usually assigned tq -he
rooms along his hall. ami world Ccca-
siouall; Use their rooms a. dressing re,Jils
at night. preceding 10 which th- ID
man seriously OBJECTED. The Old man
would watch the doors Ike cat. and a.
soon a. a rom wa. vacated be would
let himself in Wiz. pas KY. AMI If the
gas Wa, left burning he would turn il
out. H woull als3 gather every stick
Of wood from the rooms and relefosit
them in the big box al the top Of the
Office stair
TIE DEgII~
was playing two or three characters
in the piece. among others that 81 Zaniel
Ny room was near The stage door. and
could hear the orchestra and 20 tel Just
how long ! could safely remain Ill the
room before my seene would caln- On.
finished my first character. ana taking
my costume for the Devil won't 70 my
room 10 make the eharza. TIE dress
was combination - flaming rel. blark
and green. tight fitting. with big bat
wings. The feet were long and pointed.
with cloven hnofs;t there wsS a clo-- fitting
skull cap with two pr5trndiug horns.
made tn face d flaming rel. with large
/ pieces Of green foil paper under tn eyes.
There We're a large skull and cr -
bones on my breast. with rel tGl paper
set in the eye sockets. Thr long scarlet
tail was forkel at the end AMI illumiuat-
ed with foil papers. A. eompi=tei this
satanic toilet | could hear TN orchestra
playing the ballet music IF tne a,rottO
scene, 50 | knew that | should not be
wanted for at least twenty minutes. |
dropped two or three pieces # pine wood
on the open crate fire, aul drawing a
big chair to OLE side ef 5ie crate seated
myself comfortably far snort 81 oze
placing NY feet in another char directly
i'll front If tie graft. and lttehius Ia
miels forkel tail gracefully over my
right shoulder.
was jus, dropping IF when tile door
was opened softly. AMI l5y reflection in
The mirror / could So til Old landlord
sneak into tie rarn. His ea-le eye
missed mo. half lild L IN Tie H.; chair,
but lii on the single s4S jet hurlIiig al
full head. H. turned il II quickly and
moved toward tilr we8 t.l-l Woelbax:
he fil-1 his arms fi,il. leaving Two Or
three small pee, q, 4 blind. and turned.
Tin, movement r5lgA- him fac, t. face
with the arpar.u1n III the BIZ chair.
The dark.ned rom illuminate ty thu
glare from the burning I.ue added
weird effect l. the s..=i.e. The wood f,ll
from the neryeless arms. and lis lower
jaw dropped to the point Of disioc.-iou.
remained motianless. staring al him
through my green fol eyes.
THE MsLR scAEEp.
The old miser seemed 70 have grown
to the floor; he must have stood for
thirty seconds without lreath!n- Final.
" his breath came with gasp and A
gurglr, With one hand gently shook
that forked tail. the end Of which WAS
standing on level with my head
Raising my arm slowly levelrl az him
the long RI t1il TIPPED finger. With a
gasp he rushed Tor the DR. As he
| reached ii | stood erect. my back L. the
FIRE scratching my ear with the tip II
my tail. Tie I'D man cav ou- glance
over his shoulder. ami. with an un-
earthly scream. fell a-aiis; tile door.
/ and seemed irving to push it through
| Int the door opened III. took "a a step
/ toward him. and he gave another scretoh
and tried t. jump through the transJm.
At that moment Tom Davev. nv
roommas pushed the door open and
| the old man fell acr5 = the threshold.
He gathered himself quickly and flew
wildly into the hall. | explained the
/ situation briefly TO Davey. Opening the
| door he looked down u where the main
/ hallway int rccptel the main hall In a
| fit If wild extravaganza the lliser hal
turned the gas full on and stood staring
in the direction # cur door. The i'll
man motiono,ito Tom and asked whether
he had seen anybody in the irern. Tom
assured him that there was IN one in the
room. What. Nothing AT all;' Moth
ing at all, answered Tom The old man
stared at him vacantly for a moment
and then sneaked down II the office,
keeping one eye over his shoulder.
II is said that for year or two after
ward he never entered an actor room t.
| turn down the gas or rob the woodhox.
but gradually the force of habit became
stronger than the terrors of memory. A
few years ago he died miserably, leaving
millions for Others to squandcr Atlanta
| Constitution.
bringing Fathers Dinner"
1t was in the C., II. and d. depot in
| Cincinnati one day when one of the men