Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-09-25

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sood die man in dot cabinet unit sht;Il
uem performances wood 90 on. yust der
same. Dere goes dot seester now. sbe
am : no rad-lookin' gal, is sheg'
olymer turned his eyes listlessly to-
Mara the door. The next instant he
nearly paralyzed the phlegmatic Halpert
" usADllng off the stool and rushing to-
msrus 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 man he in
mat cabinet tonight, didn't yon ~
lass, dots vot he said.n
Guess I'll drop in and see it. You
Fellows can't talk about anything else,
"fnst wait dill you see him once re-
torted the conplacent Halpert. satisfied
that 1t was his graphic description of
the show that had won Clymer over.
That night Bloomingburg' Grand Opera
House was pa ked to the walls. The
performance was good one, inquest
lonably; most of the illusions were new
even to Clymer, and the dizziness of the
young magician was really marvellous.
II Clymer had been in his normal
condition he would have taken
deep interest in the exhibition. Fin
ally the shifted scenes showed the stage
set for the concluding part of the pro-
gramme-the cabinet act. When the
professor requested the aid of some well.
known gentleman in the audience, Hal
bert 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 attention to the fact that
there was no possible communication
with the cabinet from below nor from the
wall behind. For the edification Of the
audience he turned the cabinet round on
its rollers, in order that they might see
that there was 40 door in the back.
After having returned it to its former
position and replaced the doors, he put
chair, tambourine and some bells in
the cabinet.
+" 1t will be necessary to blindfold the
gentleman and tie his hands, he ex-
planned, blandly.
Clymer made no objection. Seating
himself in the chair, he placed his hands
in readiness for the cords, only taking
care to close his fists tightly and thus
swell his wrists as much as possible. A
silk handkerchief was then tied over his
eyes, and after few remarks by the pro-
fessor the door was slammed shut ely
mer Immediately devoted himself to The
task of slipping his hands out Of the
cords. This was no easy thing to do,
and the bells and tambourine had been
going for minute or two before he fin
ally got free and pushed the handkcr-
chief up from his eyes. One glance at
the materialized spirit before him satisfied
him, and stepping to her side he put his
arm around her waist and said:
"Amy, why did you leave mep
The being in his arms gave slight
scream and dropped the bells on the stage
as she jerked her hands back into the
cabinet. II the audience hadn't been de-
voting themselves so vigorously to
applause over the supposed discontinue
of Clymer the professor might have
gotten some inkling that his spirit was in
trouble, but as it was he only knew that
the dropping of those bells was the sig
nal for opening the doors of the cabinet,
asd this he proceeded TO do at once,
swinging them back to their full width
and stepping aside so that the view OF
all the auditorium might be unobstruct-
ed. The gaping spectators took one
breathless look, and then broke into
vociferous reclamation again. They
thought they understood the situation.
Clymer had found out how the trick was
done, and was going to expose 1t. How
ever, he did not appear to be altogether
satisfied with the result. He relaxed his
hold of Amy and she stepped from the
cabinet aud slipped out of sight among
the scenes, whispering a word to the
frowning professor on the way. Ciymer
went forward to the footlights and made
his first effort at Grafton, amid an I'M
pressive silence:
"Ladies and gentlemen, feel that
ought to offer word or two OF explana-
ton. The young lady who has just left
the stage is not stranger to me. had
hoped. until recently, that she would
some day consent to be my wife. | was
very much surprised to find her here. !
did not intend-she wasn't-wouldnt t.
The indulgent audience kindly helped
the stammerer out by brief burst oil APP
plause; as it subsidized, the stentorian
voice of Halpert was heard: -,
sDot's all ride, Glymer, boot how diu
she got in dot cabinets"
Chow did she get in there" repeated
Clymer, vaguely, as if that had nothing
to do with it. II don't know how she
got in there"
The audience made no attempt to con-
ceal its disgust. The professor was all
smiles once more, and with a profound
bow gave the signal for dropping the
curtain. Clymer at once hunted up Amy,
whom he found in tears, but not disposed
to be at all frigid toward him. In reply
to his questions she said
sTt was all Eds fault. His assistant
lately met with an accident of so serious
a nature that it finally caused his death.
Ed is so Jealous of his tricks and myster-
les that he was afraid to employ new
assistant. and he begged me to come and
helm him. He said it would not De
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