Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-03-13

group of two or three ana went 10 I1anuel.
asked him if he could perform, in daytime,
some of the tricks he had done the evening
before. His reply was in the affirmative.
"WelI," said l, '''ff you can show DR.. White
some of those tricks now, think he would
like them so we'll, he would let the girls come
tonight and see them too and it is worth
your while to make the experiment, for
there are over twenty of them" He was
more than willing. With me it was love
with him it was money. 81 will goand get
ready" said he "and when you hear me
rap on the floor upstairs, asked that knot OF
gentlemen to come up. I'll try and show
them something."
returned to the group, and it was but a
little while until heard the signal: / then
told them that Handel proposed giving us
White to see his skill, would they come up
stairs with us? All went readily. Among
those present was Randolph Hill, then a
student of law, who was very reserved and
retiring, and that morning happened to be
dressed in Il roundabout jacket. When we
entered the room, he took the seat farthest
back, quite near the door. Handel stood at
the other end of the room with a small table
before him. When we were seated, he
took up a pretty little box from the table.
"Gentlemen," said he, "this box is locked;
but, unfortunately, the key is lost. If had
it could show you some pretty tricks with
cards. Look in your pockets; perhaps some
of you may have a small key" We looked
casually, but no one had suitable key. "EX-
cuse me-" persisted the showman-''no Of
fence intended-but will that young gentle
man with the jacket, be kind enough to
look in his pocket again." Hill examined
more carefully and found little key. He
said he knew nothing about tit didn't
l,,1o b. l.. o,,1y Lot
1t fitted exactly. White knew the distance
at which Hill had been all the time from
the operator, and felt inclined to tax me
with its transfer; but l was as guiltless as
himself "Now, gentlemen, call for card"
said the sIeight-Of-hand man, as he held up
the open box on the palm of his hand One
after another called for different cards and
up they would pop. DR.. White said it was
little strange, but it might be done so and
so, trying to explain.
''Now," said Handel, putting aside the
box, twill some of you gentlemen be kind
enough to come beside me here by the table
and help me perform some tricks?"
81 will, SIR" said DR.. White, hoping by
close proximity to detect the shOwmans
art.
Here's half dollar-can you hold mon
ey?"
'IMmk lean, sir, pretty we'll" replied the
Doctor.
every we'll; hold this in your hand.
There have you got it"'
Eyes, sir"
"All right! hold on tight"
"PrestO change! Open your hand" The
money was gone.
81 know when it went, said Dr. White,
with a puzzled air., .'but don't know how 1t
got out of my hand"
We all laughed.
"Let me try again."
White now held the money so tightly
clenched, you could see his frame tremble
with the effort; but presto change, the mon
ey had vanished
"Maybe you can hold it better on the
table under your hat" suggested the opera
tor-''let's try" He put half dollar on the
table, and DR.. White took off his hat-a
broad brimmed Panama-put it over the
money, and with both hands resting on
either side, stretched fingers and thumbs
encircling the crown and pressing the brlm
''iI4f HHeads aai5 or tails ?'' ouoth the wlzaru:
''Tails," hazarded the Doctor.
81 say heads" returned the trickster.
"Lift up the hat"
"Dr. White did so, and in it stuck fine
large whitehead cabbage. The silver had
disappeared. w.
Try again." SalQ The tTluIlpHaut haH-
del, throwing the money down on the table.
yond his ken, put his hat over it, merely
laying his hand lightly on the crown.
"Heads or tails ,"
80, another cabbage head, I suppose"
said DR.. White.
81 say tails-letS see"
Sure enough the cash was gone again, but
in the hat lay, curled around, the finest,
fullest fox-tail, nearly ever saw.
DIR. White was not only convinced, but
delighted. 1t was so wonderful, every one
should see an exhibition of such skill. Ihat
night cost him forty dollars. He not only
had his wife, adopted daughter, and all the
boarders to come, but brought every negro
he had, even to his old African cook, don't
know how old.
The school fiourished for some years, DIR.
White continuing to board the girls. At
length old Mrs. Tame died. He then took
Miss Louisa, the daughter, to his house.
She taught the school for a year, and then
gave it up. When she left Iorkville she
went to a half-sister in Wilmington, and
from there took steamer to New York.
believe on the voyage the vessel was wreck
ed and she perished. She was very ugly
woman, but Of most superior mind and ac-
omplishments and altogether. one OF the
most fascinating WOlleufIeNel hlS". A1or-
en- years after she left York was in Charles
ton. The landlord showed me trunk with
the name of Miss Louisa Tame on it, sent
to his care by DR.. White, subject to her Or
der. 1t had remained unasked for all this
time. He opened it not long after, and
found it contained only lady's full para
phernaia.
DR.. White did not remain long in York
after the close of Miss Tanne's school. A
year or two after, he moved back to his
plantation on Turkey Creek, which, after
some years he sold and emigrated to Ken
lucky. There he met with much trouble.
His adopted daughter, to whom he was sim
guarly devoted, married in opposition to
his wishes, and he lost by death the wife or
his youth. He married again after some
years, thus repairing his desolate state; and
his latter years in Kentucky were better
than his first. In two step-daughters his
pride was gratifed by their beauty and
style, and his declining years cheered by
their affectionate attentions.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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