The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-07-17

Changed each Into q pine;
And sttll with sound Of oceans voice
Their lore songs inter-twine.
Condemned X sigh and sob in vain.
n storm and sunshine, wind and rain
I'm
The Conjurer's Bride.
~ w. .. HENDERsoN.
Prof. George Sbolbach was d magic.
IL. He was not d commonplace on
jjurer with blocks and balls and canes
md trick tables. He appeared before
M audience with no stage trappinrs
OK any kind, and borrowing rings and
handkcrchiefs. he amused the audience
with rcally wonderful feats. The Sec
0nd part Of his entertainment consisted
0f mind reading and it was with
thst he most astonishad and 8
founded the minds of the Western and
southern people among whom he per-
f0rmed. He had = circuit Of towns, in
oaeh ct which he appeared at regular
lnteryAls. de mover went off his besten
track, q YET; he always had crowded
houses, Tor At each reappearance he
announced some startling new Illusion
which proved TO be more Astounding
then any preceding one. Some Of his
tricks h6simpDrted from foreign conn
txiesi quite As many were OF his own
invention His personal appearance
WssSotz some assistance to him, for he
locked like Amagiclan. His hair wa
1se black, long and wavy. His com
plexiOn was pale and bloodless. His
forehead Mss low. and#under his sharp
~ marked black broMs burned 4 uair
0k coal black eyes, brilliant &c dia-
na0nds and restless IS flame.
"a Montrose he was q great fayorita.
IA hSd given his entertainments there
number of times, and was admired
much by the townspeople. He had
never. however. made any friends
exnOng them. He was courteous "a
those who addressed him. but he re-
p0lled all attempts at intimacy.
Among those who c~0nstanly attended
his entertainments was Irene Wash
burne, the daugeter of tho only editor
IA the place. She was only 19years Of
4ge andSw1s remarkably handsome.
AeE dark brown eyes and hair, coup
Led With complexion in which the
blood came and went like waves ON 4
summer sea, her rosy lips and milk
whito teeth wero The loadstones that
Attracted many Of the village beaux to
her father house. She was q very In
telligent girl. bit was given to too
much reading of the somber tales Of
H0efand the wierd fancies Of Shelley.
Night sitter night she sat in the town
nal when Sholbach was giving his per-
f0rmances chained by q strange fasci-
1aflon which she could not explain.
She shaddered with horror when the
megician's keen. restless eye lighted
upon her. and whom she found him gaz-
ing at her with q strangely steady.
burning look. as he often did, she
wanted TO cry out in horror, but could
not. After each entertainment she
vowed that She would never again
visit the hall when the professor was
there but when his bills appeared n
the town she found herself irrcsistably
moved to go and see him.
This had been the state Of matters
tor Usome time, when suddenly Shot,
bach threw, on his reserve and began
to make friends in Montrose. Twice.
after performing in the town, he inyi-
ted seyersh Young men to his rooms ut
tho hotel and there opened bottles Of
wine and served themSw.th cigars nm
til the vowed that he was q royal
good fellow. Atlast he asked one Of
them, q great friend Of Editor Wash
burns, to Introduce him to the news
paper man. The Introduction was
performed and Sholbach made such =
pleAsantimpression ON the editor that
the latter invited the magician to visit
his hUast whom Again Id town.
WAhon 0holbach next performed in
the editor gave him q little
reception after the entertain-
menk Once in the house Of Washburn
ShOlbach appeared to have only ewes
for Irene He devoted himself to her.
snd attended to Ill her wants with q
grave and tender courtesy that could
not fail TO make an impression on her.
the Impression was not such as the
magician wanted. While he fascinat-
I'd her. he filed her with horror. He.
reminded her Of q snake.
Why doypn shrink from mePn he
lsked her.
% 7 shrink fromyoup" she asked,
tinD:dly
She iwas afraid to acknowledge it;
would not have dared to acknowl-
,dge anything that might offend him,
or her mind was completely subseryi-
into bis. He could have mesmerized
or Without q perceptible effort, had
% dsstsedsto5do 8
#sYesyyOu do shrink from me- he
nd gr&velY.
They Wct6alone on the piazza, where
be cold moonlight lent an additional
eennessto the glitter Of Sholbach's
s.Il-am sorry she said trying to
rOp hcrseyes. but finding them ire
stably Fastened to his.
OsyougknOws' he continued. ssthat
perform Oftcner In this town than in
~ Oth9rfss
SIS thatasoe'
81 And Why do you suppose 81
Ssa.I do not know
0hcsdid know. Shs knew what he
AssG0ing 70 cay. and she would have
xen her life 70 stop him; but she was
,WexASss.
Ilove yout he whispered in .
shs ahaaasred and tightly olasped
!, 90 you not Nv me, he
bending closely to her. tell
SsIslays4 yon s