CHAPTER XX.
_HIGH ART_.
An itinerant theatrical company gave two or three performances in Millburg last winter, and in a very creditable fashion, too.

One of the plays produced was Shakespere's "King John," with the "eminent tragedian Mr.Hammer" in the character of the _King_.

It is likely that but for an unfortunate misunderstanding the entertainment would have been wholly delightful.

There is a good deal of flourishing of trumpets in the drama, and the manager, not having a trumpeter of his own, engaged a German musician named Schenck to supply the music.
Schenck doesn't understand the English language very well, and the manager put him behind the scenes on the left of the stage, while the manager stood in the wing at the right of the stage.

Then Schenck was instructed to toot his trumpet when the manager signaled with his hand.