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Show HOTEL CLERK FAINTED. But Pocntello "Uncle Tom" Company Is Here Only for Rehearsal. It was a Jolly parly of six peoplo which entered the Wilson hotel yesterday afternoon aft-ernoon and registered as the "Pocatello Uncle Tom's Cabin '" The il.rk glanced at the Inscription and promptly fainted. The lirst Ij. II hop to arrive scented trouble and made for the street and It remalm-d for l he .rrl' (.or to .-;h. the hidl.-s nnd gentlemen to their rooms Tin- party consisted of In- V A. Wright. Jack Burns, Miss L. Duddelson, Miss i-;iia I lagan, Km iik Burk" and 1. If Mamgli-r As soon as possible explanations followed. fol-lowed. Tin- company Is not to appear In Salt Lake city, as was at first feared by UlQ clerk, and with this heavy weight removed re-moved from his mind he became mora sociable. In faet when little Eva came J down for a pitcher of Ice water an hour later h" had entirely recovered his speed and was yelling "P-r-r-r-one, boy!" as though nothing had happened Here lw the story A church bazaar Is to be given In Pocatello. A large amount of money Is to be raised and as the tllthy lucre is not too pit ntlfijl In church circles In Idaho a call for aid was sent out and tho members of the "I'm le Tom s ' company com-pany responded. Th. wire ready an. I willing, they said, to read the book and rehearse the play, providing the good peoplo peo-plo of Pocatello would agree to give up their shining two and four-bit piece to se.; the show. After arguing the matter pro and con for aevcral days an agreement was entered Into wherein the company Is to do Its reheareing In Salt Lake and reduce re-duce tho play from four to three acts Tho Salt Lake theater has been engaged and for the next c". w days the re will be many things doing In that popular play house. Dr Wright spent the afternoon trying to locate a few bloodhounds, but was finally obliged to substitute a Scotch collie and an ugly looking St. Bernard. Jack Burns will probably have the. moM trying ordeal to go through when the Important Im-portant event Is pulled off, Inasmuch as he Is to take the part of Simon Legree. Marks, the Lawyer, the auctioneer and Uncle Tom He has It all figured out that ho will be able to cry tho salo and still be on hand to die at the appointed hour |