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Show ! MilLLING OF Elii j EC-criencc of Theatriccl 1 1; nTetjhtLesscfiliy a lnC:n. : '; Wallace Munro, repreaentlngv Mr.' Louig Jameaj; la a great collector of : curloa, and hU apartmenta .In New", .iTork City are a veritable, museum 'of archaeoloKlcal wonders. , While return-, .lng- from California lasjt season, it de-. l lay was occasioned at catello, Ida, ; by a freight wreck ahead, and the few j. hours of residence there were jntlVUed" by the researchful Munro to add to bis. collection. A curIdstore' on the main" atreet was entered, where; arrowhead's moccasins, medicine bags and wampum belU were secured- Then he -wanted pair of fine elk. teeth to present to 'a friend, but nothing m tfie store suited I .. hlnx Just then, a Btately.Blackfoot In . 'dian entered,.' bedecked In red blanketa, moccaslna and -a loose eagle's feather" In his well -combed hair. j ; i "Here.- thought- Munro - '"Is - my : chance for elk teeth, as I understand i 1 that all good . Indians wear a shirt ; beaded with elk teeth." ' 4 ' So he approached the native Am'rl-, Am'rl-, can and in bad Indian atols interrp- . gated him thus: . . 1 "HL big Injun, any elk teeth r. - J r No response came from the stoical ! ; : Msitor. I ' Then Munro brought his acting- fac-' . ultles lpto play; he made signs resem- bllng elk horna,. then opened his mouth j to show his teeth, picking up an arrow , and giving a pantomime display of " killing the animal, and wound up by -c-rWwling on all fours tb Illustrate the drfing struggles of the noble brute.) aVhen he was. all through, the stately Jf -Vllfle graduate drew himself up to a IfMHificent height and exclaimed: I ""Mjrear sir. here is a" law in' this r"SUte which prohibits the killing of ' elk." and turning on his heel,. left the place. All that Munro could say was: "ell, I'll be |