The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-03-19
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the hope that they would pay q visit to
hs miserable arena. But neither his
witt cisms, to which his foreign accent
case such point, nor his patter which
would have made the fortune of q vautle-
vlilists, nor his facial twists which would
have drawn q grin from a craven image,
nor his crobatic c,ntortionS, which were
quite prodigies of dslocation. nor the
attractions Of his grass wig whose goats
beard tail busted the hem of his Jacket,
. nor his sallief which We're worthy of q
Pulcnello of Rome or q Stentarello of
florence had the slightest effect on the
y pu Ike.
And yet they had been practicine on
the Schlaves for many months After
leav ng Provence 5ey had crossed Lom-
hardy and Venetia. mounted, it could
almost be said. one on til other, Cape
Natifou famous for his strength, Point
z sc;.le celebrated for his agility Then
renoNn hal preceded them o Trieste in
Illvri.t. From. Trieste they had advanced
through Istria, descending on the Da,-
NATHAN coast at Ilra, Salone, Ragusa,
finding it more profitable to advance
than retreat. Behind them they were
used up, in frol1t of them their enter
tai,lnleut was new and likely to bring
good business. n W, alas F.! the tour
which h,,dSnever been very good threat
ened to.btcome very bad. and the poor
fellow lad but one desire, and that they
knew not bow TO real re it was 10 Get
ack to their native land and never come
So far sway from it again. Bat they
were dragging weight Dehiu Luein.
the weight of misery, and to walk many
leagues with that weight ut then 1eet
was hard .
But without thinking of thu future
they had to think oil the present = that is.
! OF the night supper, which had not yet
been earned. They had not krentzer
in he treasury. if that pretentious name
could be 4iven to the corner CT tho
handll, rchiet in which Point Peso"de
used to keep the money. In vain he
spared away on his tre,tles In vain
he shouted despairing appeals into
vacancy. LII vain Cape Nation exhib-
tied his biceps, on which the veins stood
out like the ivy on an old tree! Not q
spectator showed the slightest idea of
entering the canvas ring.
"Harl to move these Dalmatiansl"
said Point Pescade.
AS paying stones" remarked Cape
Matifou.
{ 81 don't think we shall have any luck
to-dnyl Look here, Cape Matlfou, we
shall have to pack up."
Pack up where for?"
"You are curious p
ssTell lis"
"Well, I will think of some place
where we are ut least sure of one meal
day"
''What place is that, Point Pescade? P"
: ''Oh, it's far far away-and much
farther than very far, Cape Matifou."
AT the end of the world %
H. s'The world has no end, sententiously
replied Pescade. "lf it had an end It
wouldn't be round If it didn't turn it
would be immovable, and if it was
immovable--"
"Well?" asked Cape Matifou.
well, it would tumble into the sun
in less time than could juggle rabbit. :"
''And then p
'NAnd then there will happen what
happens to clumsy juggler when two
balls so smash i'll the. air Crack {!
Crash, collapse, and the people hiss and
want their money back, and you have to
give it to them, and tonight we shall
have nothing for support -
"And So asked the giant, "is the
earth tumbles into the sun we shall have
nothing for supper.
And Cape Matifou fell into Infinite
perspectives. Seated on corner of the
platform with his arms crossed on his
tights he began to nod his head like
crockeIy mandarin he said no more,
he saw no more, lie heard no more. He
wasabsorbad ina most unintelhgible ASSOC
g, citation Of IDEAS all mixedup in his mighty
NOODLE. AZ Il this is what he felt cape
like gulf in the depths of his being.
1t seemed to him that lie rose high, very
high; higher than very high; this
expression OF P'sc;adc had struck him as
being very appropriate. Then suddenly
he WIS lett alone and he fell into his
own stomGc.4 thut is to say into
emptin. rs.
1t was quite a nightmare. The poor
fellow rose OH the steps with his hands
ex ended rs if he were blind. A moment
later he tumble.l on to the pla form.
ETH! Cape Matifou. what's up?"
- exclaimed peint Pescade. seizing his
comrade by tie hand ald dragging him
back