The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1877-08-01

meant that you should live long I
enough to know that for ence ia your
life you had seen, if not the old fellow
himself (pointiug mesinngly down
ward), at least one who is in his en-
ploy. The old gentleman will like the
company of q captain Of Spanish in
fantry, and I'll sCnd you along. Come,
load up again.
But the astonished Spaniard did not
seem inclined to do so. A man who
swallowed carving knives as he would
sardines, and who caught pistols balls
between his teeth, was not exactly the
man for him TO dcal with. While he
was pondering upon what he bad seen,
Joe took q handful Of bullets SFom his
pocket and began to toss them rapidly
down his throat, and when these were
gone he picked up half a dozen good
sized stones and sent them after tho
bullets.
Holy Santa Marie !! exclaimed the
Spaniard, while his eyes seemed start
ing from their sockets. What man
By my soul tits the devil
And as he thus spoke he turned on
his keel and hurried away from the
place. After he was gone Joe beck
oned for me to give him the knives l
did so, and saw him slip them up his
sleeves. When he returned to the cafe
he approached the keeper.
'You want your knives 2 he said.
But the poor fellow dared not speak.
Joe put his hand to his right ear and
pulled out one of his knives, then from
his left ear he drew the other one,
The keeper crossed himself in terror
and shrank trembling away. But we
flushed our wine and having paid foI
it turned to go.
; Here, said Joe, u haven't paid for
the use of the yard yet And as he
spoke he threw down piece Of silver
upon the counter.
No mol no 7 shrieked the poo,
fellow. %, don't leave your money
t here, don't /
+, Joe picked it up, and we went away
D laughing. When we were alone hC
: explained to me the secret OF the pis
tolls. They were pair he had usec
o in his legerdemain performances, ant
Q such as all wizards use to perfotn
Q tricks of catching balls, etc. The mail
J. barrel Of the pistol had no connection
It whatever with the nipple for the cap
but what appeared to be socket 70
i the rammer was in fact second bal
rel, to be sure, smaller than the othel
but rs large as the bore Of any rifl
a pistol, and with this secret barrel tn
o priming tube was connected. So th
?. apparent barrel of the weapon migt
ID be filled with powder and ball and Il
b, harm done.
When Joe returned with his pistol
'd of course he had both these seer
bores loaded with powder and blau
N cartridges, aud then the other los
Iy was nothing but effect in appearance
n At tho second loading Joe had char
m ed the secret barrel of his own pisto
RS whils the Spaniard had been filing L
the main barrel of his. Then Of cour
l. it became necessary TO make an e
'u change, else Bizar would never ha'
ne got his weapon off. AS soon as j,
ad got the other pistol in his lasessiO
and Ioade the exchange which \
ne spoke of at the time, he had only
er press smartly upon a secret spring
the side of the stock, and he had t
ra whole charge which the other had p
lr' in emptied into his hand. So he h
he the marked ball to dispose Of as
ne chose.
uI l Ever after that while he remain
Ol -. in Mahon, Joe Lattit was an object
70 both dread and curiosity on shore,
'' an account, all colOred to suit the {
q aggerated conception of the cafe-kee
w. Us er, had been spread all over the ci
- s and the pious Catholics wanted moi
uoa y. ing to do with such a man, only
~" ,nt keep on his good humOred side.