The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-09-18

II shuddered> md half belle. ! tue jugglef
possessed olRAs7s{,X not devil himseh
HE next pfeauaed tube th.k looked like
bras. soeut twS fbet long, half an ia il din.
ster. I'D aext the bal Of Irvine again.. - IL
Nv Aere these thi1ks came from OK tent to-
could 40, ~ Ths5 seemed to DO il his hsSds
shen be wanted thea ; but never observed his
hands passing near his dreas. either when they
tho cup that had lifted fron the suaks, its~as
gone, and yet neither myself or any OF myrA-
PENDANTS had seen this xonlhsfal IN an pick i ~
It was i.dusd juggleyy, If not magic, of The .sss
unQuestionable kind
Through the haas tube the eoujuror nov
passed one end Of the twine, which be pat 6e-
tween his teeth.s He then plssed the tabs -.
tween his lips, threw back his bead, and bald Il
perpendieularly, with the ball ct Irvine on the
upper end. Thea suddenly this bali Of twins
began t. turn s.d tsru rapidly, and grsdaslly
tWirs he'd been raA Of On reed. What turned
It or where Il went To- no one could go. Tho
jaggase tasn Get ths tube the other eadsp, and Q
new ball 6agan 70 isrm on the top, bat apparcat-
y Eibbes, ezhalf q inch ia width, aad OF differ.
emit eoIori.' These rolled up, - IL % bobbin,
till Il formed whoel OF two e three fneles IN
dia1sese. when ~ pesformers seemed T. toss
ribbon and tube p&st Ais shoslder, and that was
the last saw Of either sfiGaSep xideys o-si q
r"Hs Asst rspcs!asea what appeared 70 b ths
same cup I bad lifted froAi the snake Ghowed
something chat lsslsd like an egg, advsaosd the
same a. befose, I'D placed the lattee on tie
grosnd and tbs 6sfsier sover it. and sgsin ~
quested ne 10 rsia ID, which I declined to do,
fearing I should sss auother serpent, or some
thing equally homifyiag. ',bssaiaT 2
-rsWAl any ono iifs the ese ? he saia turning
TO the others .v,. ,7,;s;,.r. tia o..-,, =, ;,
.No &c 'olsntsst.d e % 90 bat Il rather
,r~At tsAis hs tsot Up the cup himself. and sp-
place . seentiNa dovs, which Aew up and aligAt-
ed o. kis sh6ulder.D He took IL IL his Hand, mut-
bsted W., soae SniH t1e wordS seemed to
exam 4 Into II mouth, "a that was the last
ssVt of Nat alsaloa oNsdr biF}Hs Yti1 eat saFs'
rI3e perfotnsl So,ns othee tricks siniiar 70
these, sAd i6oaeaaaed With the mystsrious bag
TEis bGg-@hich somehow oane into his hands
did all othSr things he used, in manner IN.
known 10 Ay,ehAwss from two to there fest
long ssd sSsGf : loot vide It locked = II il
hid Neea 1sel q Hold come kind u Aout,, and
certainty Aw ScnnSSsstthing like dast 81 lear ~
from il When Ae turned L inside out and beat e
aeross his AaadAl Il Ia tsrusd Il back aeain, and
tied up tn meath Of il With . stries. auttering
, lew ,iassata*iaa all the time. This done, he
threw It O the grouad, and stamped on il, tread.
ing it an aae With hiS ieet. He then stepped
back few. passG ~ reqnested 10 Ill 10 fix our
eyss ~ it,qoWs dA ~; aud after lapse of per.
haps thirty seconds, 10 sav it begin to swell up
like bladder when being expanded with wind.
Il continued 10 Swen till every part became dis
tended, and Il appssssi % roand and 20 solid 40
Il filed with sand. Its -solidity, however, was
only apparent, for whsa the ja9glsr went up and
placed his fsst on il, It yielded to the presure.
brt Immediately sprung back OF rounded out, Is
coon 10 thst fsas removed He then jumped on
It with both fssA and Aastened it all oxt a. at
first He then went away again; and the bag
being left 70 iseH q before, again began to rise
Or infase, bat this time a. il some ANIMALS like
cat were inside Of it. In fact could see where
there appeared to be legs; end then, to my utter
amazement, may almost say horror, it began TO
move toward me, Is If impelled by the unknown
something in Il!
II do not think am coward-my worst en-
envy has never accused me of being one, ct least
-but confsss that o. this occasion my nerves
would not bet mo remain passive, and retreat
ed from the advancing mystery, and informed
the magician that I had seen enough to satisfy
me of his wonderful occult powers. At this he
smiled grimly, walled up to the bag and trod it
down again, picked II up and bentsit with his
right hand across biz left caused it to unsccount-
ably disappear from my sight, and then made
bis concluding salaau."
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