The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-13
Another 10000.
Filipino Revolt.

up in snllntery paeEin' case. An that
fool polkin' fun at him.
He picked up the wig OF red-black
hair, and fitted It tightly to his scalp
50 tightly that 1t pinched his skull as II
In wise. and pulled his eyebrows high
on his forehead. Then the bone ring
found sore spot in his nostrils. He
looked at himself In the glass. He had
hot itch of revolt in his blood-the re-
volt OF IN irrItated skin against the
discomfort of hair shlrt-and he
swOre long and savagely at his reHec-
ton in the mirror.
wish yeh had my job" the boy said
plaintlvely through the smoke of a
misered cigarette. az got wheels in my
, head. dreamt I was musIc-box,
last night, and wen I run down they
wound me up be the ear" He stroked
his arm rehectIvely. II got a cramp this
mornin' that was a reg'lar toOthache In
m arm, an he says hen dock me a
dime fer slowln' down to rub 1t. =.
wIsht / was a girl" he added, IAN
didn't do nothin but stan round an
look pIcturesquew."
"ARulnaldo" snorted at these COM
plants OF fellow.sufYerer. You'd
better get down to yer hurdy-gurdy"
he said. throwing of his overcoat, "Or
your look 'Picturesuuew.'
They met the two exhibits OF the
Beauty Show on the stairs. freshened
in complexion. dressed partly in the
decollete costume Of u French ball and
partly in the weather-worn garments
Of a page. OF the Middle Ages.
There y'are," "Aguinaido" sneered.
How'd yeh like to look like that?"
The two men were Gathering down
the steps with stif knees. you! yeh
bandy.legged baboOn," the young one
answered him, without turning her
head.
put him in his kennel" said the
other.
Neither of these remarks soothed his
savage breast. He went into the back
OF the shop which served to house the
exhibition, and from the wreck Of a
discarded peep.show drew out flask
Of liquor. 1t would keep out the cold.
1t also kept in the heat-the heat that
is. of his lrrltation-and mixing with
the beef of luncheon. started rRbelr
lion In his head. When he heard a
thlndering demand for his prompt APP
pearance from that trlune oppressor,
the manager, barker" and "bouncer"
he lifted the tail of his bearskin and
thrust the flask into the hip-pocket of
his legless knickerbockers, planning to
have another drink in his cage.
The manager did not see anything in
his manner except childish bad hu-
NOR, and "AguinaldO." climbing up to
his platform. got over the side of n box
which was seven feet long, three feet
wide, and four feet high. He sat down
In the bottom OF 1t. A wire top was
added. making the side three feet
higher, SO that when the exhibition be-
gan he might stand up without show
Ing more than his head and chest to
the public who had not yet passed the
ticket office to the platform on which
he was elevated. When not reused By
the manager to mock fury that flung
him with savage hands upon this wire
netting, he sat with his back against
the end Of the box and his legs out
stretched before him, scowling at the
faces which showed over the side Of his
cage.
The enamelled beauty was already in
the ticket office. "snlpey" and the hui
man target We're on the platform In
front of "Agufnaido's' box. A calico
screen hung between them and the
Hall of Illusions. and behind that
screen the boz waited with his hand
organ. There were two lines Of mutu-
Scoops in the hall. and a. the fa- end
Of 1t, behind n row OF curtains, there
was the machinery OF three optical IL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF lights and
mirrors for the production of the wan
Ishng lady" the "beheaded lady" and
the animated bust A door beside
these curtains led into the second COM
partment where the scrawny beauties
posed. There was a third room with
nothing in It but the broken peep-show
and such old lumber.
And the method OF the entertainment
was just this. a crowd was gathered
By the invitations OF the barker at
the door, and welcomed into the free
show beside the ticket Office. From
that the noney-tongued orator drew
them past the Office (where they paid
five cents euch) over "AgulnaldO's plat