The Huttig news., 1909-02-27

tS1ts5 NitH HIS cHdfdCt CTS lc Deauty- ok. which rose and fell upon his crefead win menacing effect, like he hair upon dogs back Beiow him
 as df7posed a protean efIigy, repre- ieBt.ng variously any malicious crim- 1al that chaneed to occupy public tttention for the time being. A coun- enance of singular brutality. height red by bushy eyebrows and d rough have, formed a combination caleuiat- d to appall the stoutest heart.
 Pcniamin Franklin dominated the hird angle. bearing in one hand a Leydcn jar. al which he gazed with m abstraction that under the ejrcum- 5tanoes was sufficiently remarkable 5elow him stood the duke of Wellng n, presenting a somewhat insignif- ant appearance in his relatively shel cred situation between the carts His 2ocked hat was not. however. without a certain effect The classic features If William Shakespeare. flanked by Queen Elizabeth and Benedict Arnold. locked bfavely forth above one of the
 
 sentia1ly masculine traits reinforced on ei her hand by the counterfeit pre- seniments of Grimaldi and Daniel Lambert. effectively manned the other Lindley Murray, Lord Byron and the foet Cowper bestrode the tent GOV ertng of the wagon beneath which looked forth the seduc. i've ccunten- ance of Mary, Queen of Scots. while as many minor celebrities as could be accommodated were set up in a strategic semi-circle before the wag- ens, where they amply corrohorated the claim of Prof. Todhunters small bills in being as large as life and twice as natural"
 Behind this fraudulent array was stationed the living garl ison. win such skill as Prof. Todhunters limited experience could command.
 "fhe Injuns are bound to aim at their heads or hearts. boys he eau toned; "so keep your heads well be low the figgers waists
 And after this fashion they were stationed: The professor behind Ma poleon l.. over whose hip his rifle was leveled. Matthias on the ground be hind the petticoats of Mary, Queen of Scots while the other driver found in the burly figure of Cromwell the sense of moral and material support that he required Little Sam had arTo9antly seized upon the post of greatest hon. or, behind the bulging calves of the Father of His Country. Thus far, all these preparations had beoa screened by the knoll from the sigkt of the ap- preaching Indians, who. hoping to in stantly terrorize the three lonely driy- CTS into submission, came galloping over the rise at full speed, and were taken wholly by surprise by the ap- pearance of these unexpected rein forcements. As they swerved sharp ly on the down slope they let fly g shower of arrows at their waxen op- ponents, and received in reply a volley that made one good Indian" and partly made another. George Wash ington, by his attorney, the disciple o Comanche Dick, fired the first shot with result that would have been credit to either hero, and Sam wa proudly conscious of having made successful debut as an Indian fighter
 The profe sor cautioned his men tt lie low and await their opponents sec ond attack and when the Indians agaif charged round the knoll they were T n. this time the wax works presented a curious spectacle An arrow had torn through the calm countenanee of Shakespeare. lending to his features the appearance of de -isive smile but he had not so much as winked arrows through his heart and had lost an ear, but had suffered no abatement of his trueulent mien. as was. perhaps not unnatural George Washington as the ostensible leader of the de fense. had been given especial atten tion and resemhled nothing so much as a human cushion. Like the rest, he bore his hurts with an easy noncha,ance The spectacle they afforded of heroic endurance and su reynatural vitality would have stag gered the most intelligent beholder to supeestitious savage, it was sim ply appalling.
 Loading as quickly as possible, the little garrison awaited the next on slaught, which proved to be flank movement Hastily shifting their DO sitions, the well-masked quartet checked this advance with third vol ley. but as the Indians swept by the battered array of waXen notabilities and noted the cheerful inYuln erability If their unprecedented foes. panic fell upon them. It was not a repulse was an utter rout. and with wild
 WI of superstition ten Or. they fled
 disorder over the kncil and disap
 red
 After an anxious interval, Prof. Tod
 inter ventured to reconnoiter the top the knoll Nothing was to be seen save cloud of dust rapidly recedins into the north. The marvels of Tod hunters Great Moral Wax Works had been too much for the savage mind And when their owner and exhibitor