The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-02-19
THE DEVIL is COMING. .
Lewis Morfison's Startling Announce
ment-See Him at the Academy Of
Music, Friday Night, February 1oth

IeWlS morrison StaFtll0& announce.
ment-See Him at the Academy Of
Music, Friday Night, February 7oth
In view of Lewis Morrisons forthcom-
ing appearance in a new spectacular YER
sion of Faust this story will be of in
terest to owners of live stock A few
years ago some one at Hanford, Cal.
discovered an artesian spring possessing
healing and medicinal properties. After
iudicious booming a hotel was built
around the spring. which was fitted with
white marble fountain and we'll and
with pool for the overflow, in the CEN
tire OF the court yard. In the overflow
pool number of turtles were placed
which multiplied exceedingly, SO that
there were two hundred of them last
February when Harry Sweatnam, who
is in advance of Mr.. Morrison, put up at
the Hotel Artesia prepared to boom
tanic Majesty in Faust" The way of
the advance agent is like that of the
transgressor in the smaller Western
cities. Lewis Morrison's agent was at
his wits end. An application to the
local manager to provide one hundred
small bill boards to be distributed on
sidewalks and corners of the city had
elected fiat refusal from the manager
on the ground that Its agin the city
audience. That was just what the
Faust" man wanted to get up against
In a corner of his bill trunk reposed some
diabOlical specimens of the printers art
five inches square, whose somber black
background was relieved by flaming fire
and lurid red letters 1.-The Devil is Com
ing" AS he sat in the courtyard mus
ing on the mutability of human affairs,
and the stubborn ways of local mana
gers, absently watching the antics of the
turtles, whom some OF the guests were
feeding, an idea struck him. There was
hurried consultation with his assist
ant advertiser and the henchman was
dispatched down town for a can of var
nish. Shortly after midnight two figures
with bare feet waded into the pool and
carried sundry heavy black articles to
the sample room. Thereafter, till nearly
dawn. patches of twelve turtles issued
from the room and crawied slowly back
to the pool. When morning dawned a
succession OF screams arose from the din
ing room which lay across the hall from
sample room. A lady seated at an
early breakfast was alarmed by some
thing moving under the table
The raising of the tablecloth revealed
Dewey, the largest turtle of the herd
prOmenading with a cleaning sign upon
his shell, reading, ''The Devil is Coming"
Hence the shrieks. More remained be-
hind. More than a hundred turtles in
the pool were bearing the same sign and
to protect the stickers from being washed
off varnish had been applied The agent
of the Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Animal and the proprietor held a
consultation The Faust agent was
hauled before a justice.
Ibid you hurt the turtles in any way?"
asked his honor.
NO SIR just put stickers on them"
replied the agent.
"On all of them?''
''No sir, ran short of stickers.''
Did you throw them back into the
pool?"
mo sir, let 'em walk so as to dry the
varnish over The Devil is Coming"
well it was a devil of a trick" said
his honor. ''Dischargedl There's train
going to Frisco about noon Take it.
And" concluded Sweatman, Il did
The last saw of tbs herd they were a
picture-exceptD Dewey The proprietor's
wife had Dewey turned over and was
trying to scrape the varnish and sticker
off his back. Dewey was her pet you
see.''
Mr.. Morrison will give his farewell
performance as "Mephisto" in
Faust" at the Academy Of Music,
Raleigh, N. c., on Friday night, Feb
ruary goth, and good many of our
people will no doubt go up to Raleigh
to attend.