The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-27

and about a mile from there is the primi-
tive and somewhat rudely picturesque
village of Marielyst, bordered round about
win hrs. In wood near the village is
the grave. Ungraceful like its surround
lngs and rudely strong like the people
who at one time were foremost among the
sem .-barbarous races of the world by sea
and land.
truncated cone of bouIder-
Ike rocks, nine feet at the base
anI some four and half at the ton
from which springs a granite monolyth.
on THIS you may read all that tells of or
probably is known of "the rose and ex-
pectancy of the fair state" of Denmark.
as we know him through the mighty mas
ter who wrote for all time. On the mono.
Iyth In rude Danish lettering is seen
'Hamlet'S Graz"
To talk to the villagers of Marielyst of
the Hamlet of Shakespeare was to throw
Sanscrit at them. They neither knew
how long the rude mound had been there
nor oil what Hamlet it honored. He was
great Danish warrior who lived hum
dreds OF years ago. That was all the peo-
pie knew about it whereabouts, and all
they wanted to know.
keene hadn't travelled 400 miles to
doubt The spirit of Shakespeare enveI-
oped him. He would no more have
doubted than have died. 1t was but an
lnstant's flash of thought and time be-
tween Marlelyst and Stratford and the
master and the actor stood by Hamlet's
grave linked side by side in an enthusi-
asfn OF reverence and memory. The local
guide standing apart, emitting vast puffs
OF smoke from huge pipe-the tragedian
reclted TO Be or Not to Be- in low tones.
The guide probably thought the actor
mad. 1t was the spirit of Shakespeare
mystically moving him, and as he left the
spot, to live as a hallowed memory with
MN from that time on, the spiritual pres
ence of the Master was almost as living
reality. From the sacred dust in the far
oil grave by the Avon an influence pos
sessed the actor as a charm to which ALI |
the touches of his nature responded with |
an untold joy, never leaving him for an |
instant but holding him in goodly COM
partnership as he walked musingly back |
towards the ancient fortress that had al
most outilved history. The keen edge of
his fancy could almost see the ghostly
majesty of Denmark as it paced the bat
tlemented platform and told to his son
the grewsome story of his taking off,
And so as he entered the little inn he
paused TO listen to the wild roaring of the
Baltic as its waves dashed the eternal
rocks below, echoing through the frs
keeping watch and ward, wailing its sad,
grand requiem over Ham.et's grave,
AS an episode of travel" Mr.. Keene is
quoted as saying, ut was among the most
profoundly interesting of my life
weli-known member of the theatrical ,
profession, who has made several trims
through the Lone Star state, wrote down
his impressions of that country IN the fol.
lowing doggerel:
TEXAS AS SHE IS ,
The devil in he'll, we hear, was chained.
And for Thousand years he there remained
-He neither complained nor did he groan.
But determined to start place of mis- own
where he rould torment the souls Of men ]
Without being chained in his prison pen. /
20 no asked the Lord IL he had on hand, /.
Anything left when he made the land
The Lord said YES. had plenty OF land
But left II down on the Rio Grande.
Inc TACT IS, old boy, the stun is so poor
ldon tthink you can use it for anything more" :
iut the devil went down to look at the truck
And said IF he took il as Gift he was
stuck" | Il
For after examining carefully and well. il
lie concluded the place was too dry for a he'll b
30 N order ID get it of his hands >
he lord promised the devil TO water the lands
or he had some water, or rather some dreps Il
"a regular cathartc and smelled ike bad A
eggs. N
ence the trade was closed. the deed WAS t-iva, n
And the Lord went back 10 his MACE in | ;.
heaven. &c
he devil said to himself Il nave an thai i n
heeded, Ia
To make a good sheol," and hence he n
succeeded. "a
q began 10 put thorns on all the trees, "
And mixed up the sand with millions OF Heas u
g scattered tarantulas along ali the roads b'
nut thorns on the cactus and horns on the b'
tO3ds, h,
2 iengthened the horns OF the Texas steers bl
And put an addition 70 the rabbits ears. 50
p pat a LILLE devil into the b-,,eb, ...st az