. Theatrical and circus life;. NOT DOWN IS THE BILL. 159 that of a blind man, the actor to whom this part hadbeen assigned was unwell, and it seemed necessary tocall upon another member of the company to read thepart. Thus the strange spectacle was witnessed of a. 30E JEFFERSON. man supposed to be totally blind, who read every wordhe uttered from a paper he carried in his hand. At an English performance of William Tell, thetraditional arrow, instead of going straight from TelVsbow to the heart — perforated beforehand — of the 160 NOT DOWN IN THE BILL. apple placed on the head of TeWs son, stop


. Theatrical and circus life;. NOT DOWN IS THE BILL. 159 that of a blind man, the actor to whom this part hadbeen assigned was unwell, and it seemed necessary tocall upon another member of the company to read thepart. Thus the strange spectacle was witnessed of a. 30E JEFFERSON. man supposed to be totally blind, who read every wordhe uttered from a paper he carried in his hand. At an English performance of William Tell, thetraditional arrow, instead of going straight from TelVsbow to the heart — perforated beforehand — of the 160 NOT DOWN IN THE BILL. apple placed on the head of TeWs son, stopped halfway on the wire over which it should have travelledto its destination. Everything, however, succeeded in


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