Mower County transcript., 1890-10-08

city from his previous trip Mrs. Wall
ton sympathixed heartily with the
young lover, who couldn't dissemtle in
this matter 80 successfully as he could
In business; in fact, he made no attempt
to conceal his distress.
IAN l know" said his landlady, ...is
that ahe settled with me up to Saturday
night and said thss she was going out
Of the city. Perhaps Mra Bolton could
give you some intelligence Of her; she
brought Miss Layton here In the first
place, you know" fl
Clymer won't to the elegant residence
OF Mrs. Bolton, but that lady had gone
South, and the date of her return was
uncertain. He moped about the city
for day or two, and finally started out
on the road again with the hope OF find.
ing relief by strict attention to busi-
ness. Bloomingburg was ono OF the
first towns he stopped at, and he was
DISCUS ted to find it In the demoralized
state described above. When he en-
tered the emporium of the amiable
Halpert he detected that worthy sit
ting on chair with his chin in his
hands, his elbows resting on his knees
and his eyes fixed upon the floor with
q strong glare.
'Got 'em again, old man?" inquired
Clymer, making feeble effort to be
jovial.
Halpert looked up.
Hello, Glymer!" he replied. Ivy, I
deli you; I vos yust denkin' O dot magic
teller"
''That'll do! That'll dor said Clymer,
wearily, as he banged his cases down
on the counter and perched himself on
q stool. Il haven't heard of any thing
except that blamed mountebank since
l got here. Can't you talk business
awhile, just for q changer"
dots all ride" responded the placid
Halpert, "but yust vait leetle.
didn't use to dake no shtock in bricks
| myself, boot last nide some frients dook
me ofer to dot show, unit dell you it
vas gread! OF course it was dricks;
boot how does he do em? how does he
| do 'em?"
II don't know how he does 'em, and
don't care. am disappointed in you,
Halpert; am for fact. l said on the
way down here, if there's anybody in
the place that's got grain of sense
! left, Halbert's the man; and here you
are, as looney as the rest of 'em."
'Now, dere's dot cabinet" went on
! the stolid Halpert. He leds you ex-
anime it unit shuts it oop and ride away,
shlam, bang, pop, goes dem bells unit
dings. OF course, know it vos dot
seester of his vat makes der ragget-
boot how does sho get in dot cabinet?
Ho,o does she get in? Now he says to-
nide he wood die man in dot CABINET
und still dem performances wood 60 on
just der same. Dere goes dot seester
now; she amt no pad-lookin' gal, is
! she?''
Clymer turned his eyes listlessly to-
| ward the door. The next instant he
nearly paralyzed the phlegmatic Hal
pert by tumbling of the stool and rush
ing toward the door. When he reached
the sidewalk, however, the object of his
! search had disappeared and he came
slowly back to his old perch.
''You said he would let a man be in
that cabinet tonight, didn't you?'. .-4
"Yaas, dots vot he said"
'Guess I'll drop in and see it. You
fellows can't talk about any thing else,
anyhow"
"Yust vait dill you see him once. p"
retorted the complacent Ralpert, salts
fed that it was his graphic description
of the show that had won Clymer over.
That night Bloomingburg's Grand
Opera House was packed to the walls.
Clymer's presence was soon noted and
he was guyed good deal on his change
of opinion. He bore the chatting with
equanimity, for his eyes and thoughts
were fixed on the stage, in the hope of
catching glimpse of the professors as
sistant- In this he was disappointed;
no one appearing upon the stage but the
! professor himself and persons selected
| from the audience The performance
was q good one, unquestionably; most Of
the illusions were new even to Clymer,
and the deftness of the young magician
was really marvellous. If 0ymer had
been in his normal condition he would
have taken a deep interest in the ex.
hibition. Finally the shifted scenes
| showed the stage set for the concluding
part of the programme-the cabinet
act When the professor requested the
aid of some well-known gentleman in
the audience, Halpert suggested the
name of Clymer which was speedily
caught up by others. He accordingly
went forward and took his place on the
stage. The professor then took the two
doors of the front of the cabinet and
leaned them against the wall He then
''called the gentlemen's particular at
tention" to the fact that there was no
possible communication with the cabinet
from below nor from the wall behind.
For the edifcation of the audience he