Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-24
THE JJGGLER'S y tGER.
A RUSSIAN OFFICERS STORY.

The hul,I"st thin's | ever saw done said
my Russian friend. Captain X. a. ""
sat over our co,.,'c in the Hot ! de II'u-
rope at 'iillis. III" capital, of Caura'uI-,.
wa don" bv a man whom first met in
THIS very room, two years ago. IT : l'""n
:, good io'ie with us ever since. lu' [
cont think there's a man of the whole
staff that wou'd have cared {" try il on
hjmsrlf-I know should not, for one p,
was coming in here one morning to
have my coffee and look through the
papers. v hen one of the walters met me
at the door with a very Important face,
and told me that great foreign jugGl"r
had Just arrived and was staying in the
house.
AMI he's boon doing such tricks. vour
honor. said tn" fellow, with look nf
ave- "as no good Christian could ever
do. I'm sur, !G II" hadn't paid hi, hill
a week in advnr"'. I'd have taken him
for the Evil On" himself. This morn
ing. at brca 4. hr pulled Off Il fine ring
he wore and dropped it into his coffee,
and then told III" ~ take the coffee away
and bring him u fresh roll instead. And
when the roll came. he made me cut it
open, and out tunri,rl the ring. rs tr:Ie
as stand here! never got such fright
in my life. but " hrn went and told the
master. and advised him to send the fell
low away at once. Il" only laughed, and
said I'd see quc"rrr things than that be-
fore all was over.
Just then th"r" cDNln a noise of shout
ing and stamping frpm the cofeeroom,
as if a dozen men We're all fighting at
once We 10th ran iii together, and this
is what w"saw:
Near the door was an izvoshtchill
OnackmaU tanping and sturming like "A
madmaN. Two or three walters were
standiu" lt'lr way off. looking fright
en"l out "f th"ir wits. Behind them
ftood the landlord himself Il great, fat.
rc,'-rarH fellow. who seemed half
scared and half amused. The central
point "f i This upro1r appeared to he a
oUj"t Ii ''2 njan With a round. chubby
face. via" was sirNi"g his coffee at the
it,,aro,t ia H.. Il; rooiiy as if the whole
t,lii.-, i.;. been got up for his express
"a. IJtt.-r' ,'.
step ID forward into the circle. and
aa5rA y ,r,t wa, III" matter but, Just at
first. it W;'., no easy iing to find out
The hac.HIan kept OH yelling like a
sCaid, Il iat. and thc walters all spoke at
once. au.I Ia" landlord houtcd and the
li,tie n,;,I '@l;EheI, till ! really thought
] ,hoI3, t lrafnnvl outright. But at
l. {, wirl tl':'l ftjt!,- haliopa them
s,,ir1 4 Of breath. / managed to get at
L." ri-' OF the story.
il s.','Is ct that this little man. who was
rc o her .l!an the .ju@@lrr in per. on Tor,
as he styled himself. Herr Heinrich
NutG"r, Professor of Lcgcrdemain y.
had hired the har'lman to drive him
round tho town. and the man had charged
him five g'iilcs (3H. - AmcriCan. which
wa, irHt to.;'.'c the proper fare. How
e. er. the professor sal nothing. but at
ol.ce' la',;!, Il him fye-ruble banllnote.
: j." foi'r" iaI - ar@"lv got to the door,
wl,ou l;,c'l he came l';" LIGHTNING. cry
ing ont that the note had disapl plcarpd.
and that lac wasn't going q he cheated in
THAT way. Herr Wun,!"t gave him an
other and ii, time he 20, fairly outside
the door " II it bat the next moment
he burst ~ once more. in u great rage,
yelling tlin' the MONEY WH~ gone again
and that he'd have the prolo ,sor arrested
a sage, rHr.
! he W. '.I'S Coniirr'cd the tory. while
t pg'"' ..'r him II u"nt on siprji ;
his otl,' a iuctl, a if he iid ro con
ccin 4, Ii' t - matter al.
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