Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-10
..If even Won haye 10 chew pebblas wa

eff even you have TO chew peOoles Win
your teeth and swallow seTpents|
Cooked ?" asked Cape Maufou'
"No, raw"
"Raw?7
And living"
Cape Matifou N ade grimace, Tut II
necessary he resolved 70 eat snake IKE
a simple AissassOu.
The dOc6or, Pierre, and luigi mingled
in the crosgd Of spectators, and did not
lose sighteof the TWO friends.
No Cape MatifOu was not rusty; he hao
lost nothing OF his prodigious strength.
AT first The shoulders Of i've or slN ROBUST
Arabs, who had risked lall with him.
were laid on the ground.
Then followed tue juggling, which as
tOnished the Arabs, above all when the
flaming torches were launched from Pes
csde 80 Matit0u, coming and recOmlng III
their zigzags OF IRE.
Aud the public might well be critical.
There were there gOodIy number Of the
admirers Of the Touarecs, those semi-saV-
ages whose agility is equal to that OF the
most formidable animals in these lati-
tudes according to the astounding pro
gramMe OF the famous BraccO troupe.
These cOnnOisseurs had already applaud
ed the intrepid Mustapha, Inc samson or
the Desert, the imam cannon, to whom
the Queen of England had sent her valet
ance for fear of accident" But Cape Mat
ilou was Incompatible in his leats Of
strength, and feared no rivals,
At last came the final exercise when
was to raise TO the highest pitch the en-
thusiasm of the cosmopolitan crowd that
surrounded the European performers. Al
though 1t had done frequent duty II tEe
circuses Of Europe it seemed that 1t Was
still unknown to the lOungers Of Tupo1.
D A faA mi
more round the ring to lock at tue two ac-
r0Dats.
Cape Matifou seized a pole nearly thT-
ty feet long, and held It upright against
/ mis- chest with his two hands. At the
/ end o this pole Point Pescade, who had
! climbed up like monkey, began 10 bal
! ance himself in attitudes OF astOnlsh-
/ ing aUdacity, and he made it bend alarm
/ ingly.
/ But Cape Matifou remained IN
/ dismayed, shifting about gradually 80 as
! to retain his equilibrium. Then, when
/ he was close 10 the wall Of
] Sidi Hazam's house, he summoned
strength enough TO lift the pole at arm s
/ length, while Point Pesc2de assumed the
, attitude OF fivOrite actress throwing
! kisses 10 her admirers.
/ The crowd Of Arabs and negroes roared
/ IN transports Of delight, clapped their
/ hands, and stamped their feet. Never
( lad samson Of the Desert, the in
( trepId Mustapha, the bOldest Of The
I Touaregs, been raised to such a height
At this moment the report Of a gun
echoed over the plain from the fortress Of
/ TripOl. At the signal the hundreds OF
( stOrks, suddenly delivered from the i'm
mense nets which kept them prisoners,
( roso in the air, and a shower Of sham
stones began to fall on the plain, amiu a
I deatening concert Of aerial cries to which
/ the terrestrial concert gave back an
! equally noisy reply.
/ This was the paroXysn Of the festival.
| It seemed as though all the mad-houses in
! the old continent had been empted on to
/ SOung-Etelate.
But, as lift was deaf and dumb, the
moqaddem's house had remained obstina-
, tely closed during those hours Of public
( rejoicing, and not one of Sid HaZams
people had shown themselves at the gate,
/ or on the terraces.
But, strange to relate! at the moment
/ the torches were eXtinguished- after
the flight OF the storks, Point Pescade
had suddenly disappeared, as if he had
been borne upward to the sky by the
faithful birds OF the prophet Suleyman.
What had become Of him?
Cape MatifOu did not seem to be at all
1 concerned at the disappearance. He
threw the pole iutO the air, caught it
b, adroitIy by the other end, and
turned il as drummaior does his cane.
| Point Peseades performance seemed to
him to be the most natural thing in the
! world.
The astOnishment of the spectators was
unbounded, and their enthusiasm dis
! played itself in an immense hurrah.
which extended far beyond the limits of
| the oasis. None of them doubted but
what the active acrobat had jumped off
into space, on his way to the kingdom OF
/ the stOrks.
What most charms the multitude? Is
it not that which they are unable to eX-
plain:
TO BE CONTINUED