Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-05-31

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tightly, and not let theimoney by any
means escape ,sai a0i isaAD,t
Thoroughly determined on ithat
point our young friend pressed his
hands together until ho was red in
the face. b3to.a OK gf.afIa ~
"Master quite sure got money in his
hand ?" asked the juggler.
"Quite." wassthe reply. tt.,
s"Oan feel himy raaster?2 sssM aE
eyes"
The sjugglcr, took the, ,gentleman's
two halsds lDetw eenshis own, and NUT
tered some cabalistic words; then
blowing upon them and giving them
q heavy shake, he asked, witha grim:
"Can feel him now, master q ni,
Starting from his. chair, with a
bound, and, we. are. sorry 10 record it,
with an oath, the young Englishman,
with an afffighted look, ,lnclasped
his hands, and there fell on the floor
beneath, notlthe rupee, but lively,
wriggling little brown snake, about
fifteen inches. long, which made inn
mediateay. for the legs Of Captain M.
fI'ufk. gaiB gitt4I t#.Fanf,gt i.ils
Now. this. gentlemans who, under
Iordinary circumstances, was as brave
as lion, by, no. means relishcd, or
was prepared fol-, an encounter, with
the devil, ,of, whom lie doubtless be-
lieved the approaching reptile was
an incarnation, SO hastily tossing
both legs high up in the air, the
worthy captain lost his balance, and,
together, with his chair. came heavily
to the ground, though Fortunately
with no serious consequences beyond
a broken back-of the chair, we
mean.
The worthy skipper picked himse If
up, and seeing that ,thc snake had
been captured by the lad around
whose arm it was how entwined,
joined in the general laugh, and seat
ed himself again In another Chair that
was placed for him.
"Master take his rupee again!' said
the juggler, offering the coin to Mr..
Hawthorne with, it must be confess
ed, regretful look. .tn it,t ..ft
"By Jupiter! No" said the gentle
man, "you have fairly earned It be-
sides-----" -. .-'' ~ t,
at might turn into a snake again
in your pocket, you were going to
add, Hawthorne" said Mr.. Kemp.
"Come confess"
"Well there's no knowing what
that imp Of darkness might not do,
after what we have Witnessed" re-
piled his friend. '
An empty flower pot was now plac-
ed upon the floor by the juggler, who
requested that his comrade might be
allowed to bring up some garden
mold from the little plot of ground
below. Permission being accorded,
the man went, and in two minutes
returned with small quantity of
fresh earth, tied up III the corner of
his chudder, which was deposited in
the flower pot and pressed down.
Taking from his basket dry mango
stone, and handing it around to the
company that!they might examine it,
and satisfy themselves that it was re-
ally what it seemed to be, the juggler
scooped out little earth from the
ceater of the flower pot and placed
the stone i'm the cavity. He then
turned the earth lightly over it, aud
having poured little water over
the surface, shut the flower pot out of
view by means .,of n sheet thrown
over u small triangle.
And now amid a full. chorus of
voices and the rat-tatrtat accompani-
ment of the tabor, the stone .germin-
ated presently a section of the cloth
was drawn aside. and gave to view
The tender shoot, characterized by the
two long leaves of blackish-brown
color, The cloth was re-adjusted and
the incarnation resumed. Not long
was il, however, before the cloth was
Withdrawn a second time, and it was
then seen that the two first leaves had
given place to several green ones, and
that the plant now stond nine or ten
inches high. A third times. and the
foliage was much thicker, the sapling
about 13 or IA inches in height "A
ffalr ffpfaarthn nJM time, and the little miniature
had 10 or IL mangoes about the size
of walnuts hanging in its branches
Finally after the lapse Of three or
four minutes, the cloth was altogeth-
er removed, aud the fruit having at
tanned the perfection of size, though
not maturity, was plucked and hand
to the spectators, and on being tasted
was found to be approaching ripe
ness, being .'sweetly acid" il
This concluded the entertainment,
and the jugglers, having been hand.
somely rewarded. made their obeis-
ance and retired well pleased. i