The Huttig news., 1910-01-08


 toying with his characteristic beauty lock. which rose and fell upon his forehead with menaeing effect. like ! the hair .npan a dogs back Below him was disposed a protean efiigy, repTe- senting varfousE any malicious erim- inal that chanced to occupy public attention for the time being. 4 coun- tenance of singular brutality. height ened by bushy eyebrows and a rough shave, formed combination calcuiat ed to appan the stoutest heart
 Benjamin Franklin dominated the third angle, bearing in one hand i Leyden jar, at which he gazed with an abstraction that under the eircum- 1 stances was sufficiently remarkable. 1 Below him stood the duke of Yelling ton. presenting somewhat insigaif- cant appearance in his relatively shel- tered situation between the carts His cooked hat was not. however, without certain effect. The classic features of William Shakespeare. faaked by Queen Elizabeth and Benedict Arnold. looked bravely forth above one of the vars. while Lucretia Borgia, her es. sentialy masculine traits reinforced on either hand by the counterfeit pre- l sentiments of Grimaldi and Daniel Lambert, effectively manned the other. Lindley Murray. Lord Byron and the poet Cowper bestrode the tent GOV ering of the wagon beneath which looked forth the seduc'iv ccunten- ance of Mary. Queen of Scots. while as many minor celebrities as could be ] accommodated were set up in strategic semi-circle before the wag- ons. where they amply correk korate1 the claim of Prof Todhupter.s small bills in being as large as life and twice as natural"
 Behind this fraudulent array was stationed the living garrison, with such skill as Prof. Todhuntei's limited experience could command
 The Iniuns are hound to aim at their heads or hearts, boys" he eau. toned; ''so keep your heads well be low the hgsers' waists.
 And after tkis fashion they were stationed: The professor behind Ma poleon L. over whose hip his rife vas leveled. Matthias on the ground be 1 hind the petticoats of Mary, Queen of 1 Scots, while the other driver found in 1 the burly figure of Cromwell the sense | of moral and material support that he required. Little Sam had a.rogantly | seized upon the post of greatest hon. or, behind the bulging calves of the | Father of His Country. Thus far, all i these preparations had been screened | by the knoll from the sight of the ap | preaching Indians, who, hopif 2 to in | stantly terrorize the three lonely driv- | CTS into submission, came ga.loping | over the rise at full speed, and were taken wholly by surprise by the ap | pearance of these unexpected rein forcements. As they swervcd sharp ly on the down slope they let fly a | shower of arrows at their waxen op ponents, and received sn reply a volley tssszt=~44srrrsUs olfe ggoosf -iffrrs1r aIrs r.partly made another. George Wash ington, by his attorney, the disciple 0 Comanche Dick, fired the first shot with result that would have been credit to either hero, and Sam wa proudly conscious of having made g | successful debut as an Indian fighter |
 The profe sor cautioned his men tc lie low and await their opponents sec f ond attack and when the Indians agaii. charged round the knoll they were met with a second deadly volley B, | this time the wax works presented curious spectacle. An arrow had torn through the calm countenance of La h; the appearance of a de -;sive smile but he had not so much as winked | Oliver Cromwell had received thret arrows through his heart and had los an ear, but had suffered; no abatemen of his truculent mien. as was. perhaps not unnatural. George Washingto as the ostensi3le leader of the d fense, had been given especial atten tion and resembled nothing so much as human pin-cushion. Like the rest. he bore his hurts with an easy nonehaance. The spectacle they afforded of heroic endurance and su pe.natural vitality would have stag gered the most intelligent beholder; to supe~stitious savage, 1t was sim ply appalling.
 Loading as quickly as possible, the little garrison awaited The next on slaught which proved to he flank | movement. Hastily shifting their DO stions. the well-masked quartet checked this advance with third vol ley. but as the Indians swept by the battered array of waxen notabilties and noted the cheerful inyulperability | of their unprecedented foes, a panic fell upon them. It was not a repulse 1t was an utter rout, and with wild
 owl of superstitious terror, they fed
 disorder over the knci! and d.sap
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 After an anxious interval, Prof. Tod -unter ventured to reeennoiter the top of the knoll Nothing was to he seen save a cloud of dust rapidly recedng into the north. The marvels of Tod hunters Great Moral Wax Works had been too much for the savage mind