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Show llnw II reels In II lUnt'd f S la tbe Wide World Magatlne, IHch- M aril Hicks, an old lime actor, tells of ) J his narrow escape from being banged . i ' M on tbe stage of the Queen'a Theater, 1 i Jf Dublin He was playing the part ol V i . Jjg Acbmct, a particularly villainous I ,4M character, who, after a long career ot ,jf crime, is, to the general satisfaction ol I eXl Ihe audience, raptured by two Drlllth $jju soldiers and promptly banged. "Ons 1 SBf night while struggling with my cap- 2JR tort, the rope slipped from my shoal jBk 5 ders and knotted Itself round my neck. J9 '-M Just as I wit being hauled up," iaya M Mr lllcka "Never shall I forget that WM awful moment Directly I felt th tug JL JfM at my neck I gave a convulslvo kick jT H and tried to shout 'Stopl' but tho j 9 word could not escape from my twitch- E 'M Ing lips I could only make a gurgling U W nolie. Frantically I kicked and strug- tl if.ed I'aln there was none, strangely g enough, beyond a choking suffocating fft sentatlon, nnd I could hear tbe tn- TSS multucus applause of the audience who J HE were hugely entertained with what I "rjH they Imaglneil waa ray realistic acting f J JKJI Then n terrible sensation, Uko molten I m( lead rushing down my spina, per- VV vnded my body, and I thought taj legs V wer bursting I gave another mighty lk struggle and strove abl how I ttroeo ''1 M to scream I seemed to behold n. a mighty rush of green water, and my M tart were filled with the roar ot a I , 4H1 cataract I have a film rycollectlon of ' . !fJL seeing a great crlmron sun shining P THU dimly from behind the waterfall, and " V I can remembsr tailing Indefinitely Hirough space. Tiro days aflcwurd I J ".A; reesvered oomclousnt, nnd thin I I " mttsrsd IndstwHwbl agsay luesuf 1 'v' f rating MTiMtlon till) remained, but 1 $M It r,aa soeoaipgnled by an uuquoncba- 1 JjKS l is iuin.1, net ttt-taentlon fearful palna . 15S la uy beidy and limbs Mmi |