The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-22

ARya, " NOulu ud uon1S ~ Fhet A~N
pocket II he had never been born" .,
Fancy, now" said Cameron, what u
this should occur tonight. He 10 70 give
his show for two evenings only Do you
know what to-day is?'
Friday"
continued eagerly, "and it's the thirteenth
OF the month";" On,
@Thats CurIously uniuCky combination
isn't ilW the American asked. 1--WE had
a bakers dozen Of misiOrtunea happen me
on Friday when 1t was a thirteenth. !
guess we had halter 90 to'night-perhapa
something will happen"
"Meanwhile," said the Englishman, %
they walked from the pier upon the es'
plsnade, i've must dine, want q square
meal 10 give me strength TO see the show
It's hot and dusty, so let's take q ny to
The hotel-let's be hauled mealeFs, as you
Americans say"
marked, IS he beCkoned to 3 Cabman,
show well he speaks American" -,
NJ learnt 1t, "replled Cameron, with
amsslng earOnteFy, iron Henry James
novels"
After their dinner the two friends light
ed their cigarettes aud sLrollsd slowly
along Tho espIaUsds 10 the pier, When
thsy reached the pavilion they found 3
stream Of spectators trlckling into the hall
where Monsieur Bli'zinl was to perform.
At the suggestion Of the American they
tossed hall . crown to soc who should pay
ioT the tickets, Wyoming Loaf and he &c.
lected seats on the front row.,
The hall was about hall full when they
entered II, aud few retarded stragRIers
came in while tho pianist was propound'
Iug the overture,
Fl know this hall very WE'LL" said Gam.
sron, as they sat down; ~ acted here last
wear In private theatricAla, It has one
disadvantage, there 10 no a'ags'door, We
had to come In the main Ontraroa !ussas we
did tonight, and walk through the audi
tOdum 10 that door over there to the right,
which leads to the stage aud to the tw9
dre ,sinC.rooms alongside Of 1t, We gave
= comic opera and we were very cFampsd
ii guess there will be room enough toT
tho spoOks to put in their fine work"
Wyoming answered, intensilying his
AIericanisms "a no was wont TO do toI
the benefit Of his English friend.
"Spook Ia q blessed word" said Gamer
on lit 10 30 much more expressive than
ghost or spectre. Yours Is . great Ian
guage." ,,, ,,,,.
zinl's native tongue" asked Wyoming.
WMonsieur is French" answered Gam
erou, "Blitz IL German and mi Ia Ital'
HThen he Is either on IriShman or &
Rusgign," the American declared with ar
air OF profound wisdom,
ellis programme ia in French" Gamer
on remarked, M he bought one from the
attendant; "st least 1t Is In what purport:
to be French"
"Iys a little short, isn't it2" the Ameti
can uueriel SEVEN tricks in the hrs
part and six In the second"
"Totsl, thirteen Egain" cried the Eu
glishman.
Al this nomen. the musician left Of
playing and tho curtain rose revealing
stage almost bare. There was On ordin
AIRY drawing room table In tho center ant
at the sides were two amaller tables Will
ulaas tops; at tho back there was tai
conc, like On extiuguisher, except that i
was quite seven feet high. Three or fou
OF the ioo.lights in tho middle had beer
removed and an Inclined pl0ne led iron
the stage about helt-way down tho Gentel
a the hall, II was next to this "rur
down." as It Is technically called, iha
Cameron and Wyoming bad taken Iheil
ssatP.
Monsieur Blttzini Appeared 81 tho right, o
tho stage and advancing to,the center III
bowed 10 tlje audience. He was 9 man Q
leRs than forty. He was tall and sliSh!
with a little stoop Of the head. Hp bad
dark hair, already grizIlsd. He had
younpieh face, but 1t WIS heavily
wrinSled. Thick eyebrows arChed ovei
eyes which were his chief personal pCpu,
Iliarity; they we're gray with a GtreAk G.
red Ia The iris. His hands were fine and
delicate, but Lhejr was feline suggestion
In their movements. The elao OF hli
manner was not artificial, but 1t NIGH
fairly DO called excessive. -,
"Ladiea and gentlemen" he said, as he
surveyed the audience calmly, VI hope to
have the pleasure this evening oil enter
tanning you with the sight Of etrange won
deIs. What / shall perform be-
fore YOU Is 60 unlike the ordinary per
iornsnce Of the ordinary copluror that
without seeming bouuttll It would be im'
possible for mo to expRtiRte on tie eE'
ltrAordinary novelty Of my programme
were 1t not that | cannot claim for myself
any credit for the nAIvels which will be
accomplished this evening. All that
have done is to discover tho spirits Of the
silent sphere and 10 induCs II EN- TO lend
us their aid for the working Of many won
deru. Ilthereiore what you may sec here
tonight plesses you, 1t iathese Bptrtt'
whom YOU must thank, not me. EN-
only an humble instrument In their
hands, and they nro the real authors OIL
oil the startlirg novelties which hopO IA
be able to exhibit before you this oven
ing. have to beg that you will beSl
this In mind, use neither apparatus
nor sleight Of hand, nor do rely In any
way on my own dexterity or ingenuity,
All that can do Is toserVe as the medium
whereby these apirita work wonders
OIoaaly akin 10 those which the Egyptian
magICians wrought before Pharaoh--psT.
haps by The same means.p
Az Monsieur BliiElni flushed this very
irregular speech, almost exactly the oppo'
site Of that ordinarily spoken by the pro-
ieSslonal Conjuror, Cameron and Wyom'
Ing looked Of each other In blank sur
prise.
"This 10 pretty sleep, Isn't w" Csksd
at Is that" tho Eugllshman answered
land think 1t 10 about tho checklist
thing ever heard. Just look over the
programme and you can recognizes every
iiick on 1t, In spite Of the iaLCy French
Names"
"that's the growth Of flowers, / suppose
and La Pluto do DanRO 10 the Shower o.
money, Of Course. But what 10 Ls Tireul
des Cartes2" 800
"lL'S bad French for the rising cardp, I'll
DO bound" Cameron answered. "And
the otherB arc all rs familiar as these"
"You think, then, that no 10 hiding the
old.iashioned tricks undOr newfsnEled