Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-12-15
TRICKING A MAGICIAN.

her marketing, FOR she carried basket
on her lap containing groceries, vegeta-
bles, and in particular large quantity of
eggs. Mr.. Heller sat down beside the
old lady, and for few instants nothing
of moments happened. Mr.. Heller
stopped down and picked up two eggs
from the floor, and handing them to The
old lady remarked that She was losing
them. The old lady, n little surprised,
thanked the polite gentleman, and every
thing again relapsed into silence. In
few moments n repetition of the scene.-
The old lady wondered how it was she
hadn't noticed the eggs fall, and still
more when Mr.. Heller third time pick
ed up several eggs, which he insisted had
dropped from the basket. This so puz-
2Ied the old lady that she got up, and
taking the eggs out of the basket, she dis
posed of them on the seat, and taking the
vegetables out in the same manner, put
the eggs back and the other articles on
top Of them, and then sat down again.
Mr.. Heller !hen leaned over to gentle
men who was on the other side of the old
lady, and remarked audibly:
81 saw you do that. It's wrong"
"What do you mean, sir-what's
wrong ?" said the gentlemen addressed,
rather indignant at being spoken to in
this way.
"You shouldn't have taken those
eggs"
The old lady turned toward the gentle
man, and looked at him very suspicously
while he answered with great gravity:
"Are you mad ? / took no eggs"
"But saw you," said Heller.
BY this time the attention of the other
passengers in the car was directed to the
conversation.
cit is false !" exclaimed the one ac-
cused, evidently feeling very uncomiort-
able.
"That is too much, sir, when say
saw you," said Heller, and with that he
arose, and passing before the old lady,
who looked half frightened and hall
angry, and stood before the gentleman
accused.
"What do you say to that ?" said Hel
ler, taking from the mans overcoat two
eggs and handing them to the old lady ;
"and that ?" taking two more from the
other pocket.
"Lord, o Lord, who would a. thought
it ?" said the old lady.
The gentleman from whose pocket the
eggs had been taken, rose from his seat
and stood opposite Heller, saying:
81 don't understand this /; perhaps we
can find some more"
"No doubt | cam" said Heller putting
his hand in side pocket and taking out
three eggs, and two more from his trous'
ers. This occupied some minutes rs Hell.
Ter proceeded very deliberately and slow
ly, to the evident surprise and indigna'
ton Of the other occupants Of the car
"And here, look here" continued Heller
taking box of spice from the mans
hind pocket.
Put that man off the car" said some
body.
The car was stopped and the man or
whom all this had been played waited
for no further development, and boltcC
through the car as fast ms his legs would
carry him.
The old lady confounded herself in
thanks to Mr.. Heller, and said she never
would have expected-he was such nice
looking gentleman, etc. Mr.. Heller's
/ friend whispered to somebody next to him,
however. and pretty soon everybody in
the car was laughing, the old lady being
the only one who remained in Ignorance
that this was one Of Mr.. Heller's jokes.
BY and by the ear reached Cambridge
and Mr.. Heller and his friend got oft. As
they walked along the friend said he
thought he had noticed that Mr.. Heller
/ had had pin in his scarf.
$50 | have" said Mr.. Heller, and he
felt for the pin, but the pin was not there.
Gould have put 1t IN my pecket p
end he searched in his vest. "Halloo ~
he exclaimed, "where's the money ?"
and he nervously sought through all his
pockets. "Sold, by Jove !"
Mr.. Heller was minus cameo scarf
pin, 1913 in bills and gold Matchbox
He had for once struck the wrong man,
who, while Heller was extracting eggs
from his pockets, had been quietly going
! through Heller. Strange to say when
Mr.. Heller got back to Boston, he mem
toned the incident to nobody and enjoin-
ed strict secrecy on his friend. A OF
which shows that it takes two to play n
joke, and the "biters are sometimes bit
/ ter. ."--NelO York Democratic NewS.