| Show CARr LYING THE WAIL INTO africa 11 tho sacramento starts is for the follow ing bit of scandal ian an occurrence took E at tile the tan theater on oil night 9 which chic 11 was not in the bills it seems that ia in a piece call called ed Tragedy rehearsed that thal it is feces say for billy birch to lire r ire a pistol pi S tol at a t charley backus soon the afternoon of that day the property ician mana of tile the theater having no powder took the pistol which was an all hor horse ac pi pistol tol single barrel to a gilli gunsmith smith and told him to load it without a ball as it wj was j to bp be fired on oil tho the stage tile arni put in i n a large load of powder and then could rind find no wad to put over it except a portion ofa of a tin till foil PI package anage of A s solace so lace tool tobacco aam which he had in ill ills his pocket and accordi accordingly ing arly va rammed limed it home ionic espying I 1 ano another her old piece of roil foil on the hie floor lie he rammed that down too and gave rave the pistol to the property man who put put it in a place aa birch could raid find it when lie he wish wished ed at the critical portion 0 of the piece that night while the theaudoe nee w were ere I 1 ai i 11 wa t M re h ri T 16 n b off IT t the h e s ane t A te T e by backus bachus billy reappeared oh the boards board s I 1 and mining aiming at tile the immense expansive forni form 1 ol 01 I backus made a demonstration on cm his hirs roar real when n a large eipl explosion ision ensued and birch s hand was considerably jarred by tile tho shock everybody saw backus s dil flinch dillett left and roared with with laughter iter one dreaming of tho the real result of th the shot When Backus left the stace and reached big argin be found himself to be bleeding 1 prof profusely abely from a mere fles flesh 11 wound d for no 10 inch could eyer ever have driven thie th e ball to the bone one ane of ar o f t lie wads having gone m in about three quarters of an inch ichi while 1 e th the other lodged ID d in ill au old box f nig 9 glove that was swed sved in to heep off any injurious facts effects fec ts of birch bircha 9 boots billy felt bad over ciar until lie he was assured by bv charley that it would 9 soon non be all ri right ra lit I 1 but it ft look looked d very much ellch lir like w ill an attempt to ap assisi nate ephraim 5 however lio vever charley will have h yke a bene benefit flit on an montay evening which it itis is hoped will prove a real solace to backus backa |
