Show seemed like a sermon now and then E II 11 sothern admits visitors to his dressing room lie did so in cincinnati where he entertained a somewhat nervous and excitable gentleman during his moments off the oage in the midst of one ol 01 their torata during which the visitor expos volubly there entered the room a dignified and decorous colored man who advanced to the center say ing in an earnest monotone have you no fear of god and mysteriously departed he mr sothern a guest was greatly but was too well bred to ask questions resuming his ment he again grew heated in his re marks and again the colored man quietly and mysteriously entered and clearing his voice declared it you were the devil himself do you think you could make ma like youa to the guest s surprise the actor took the interruption as a matter of course so sothern s visitor in a dazed manner continued his argument only to be interrupted again and again by the same colored intruder this tima with the I 1 know ou now and god klows I 1 pity you mr Sot herns guest was now too i surprised to talk he sat in a col lapsed condition until the same man had entered three separate times and in an expressionless voice had said I 1 am as changeless as the sun I 1 will jcurry my pure to heaven j you are the strange woman you shall be as beautiful as I 1 am j and as happy 3 this last remark was too much for the man s nerves lie was barely able to gasp sothern what the does this mean Is this a joke or an insane asylum who Is this fellow that said the actor that Is elm ply my dresser lewis his duty Is to notify me 0 the progress of the play by lines ID that manner I 1 know when my cue comes oh saad mr sothern s guest wiping great beads of perspiration from his face I 1 was beginning to believe I 1 had |