Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-09-26

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In high admiration.
''Weil, put up yer show said the
wizard, little Modified by the COM
| pliment.
Here, you canvas hands! Raise
the tent and get ready for a quick show:
the door Is 10 be put here. Hey. Won
hostlersl Water your horses at the
creek a quarter OF mile back and let
EN- Craze awhile. Hey, you wind lam.
mers! Get cut your horns and play
tho old man tune. Cookl Want
dinner ready by the time the show Is
out. Nhoop-er-upm
Thus the manager delivered himself
and went to work here there, and ey-
erywhere, while the wizard pulled out
a long pipe and comforted himself with
smoke as he sat taking observations.
In few minutes the wind jammersn
ranged themselves in line in front OF
him and played their usual parade Sc
leeiions. lie praised their skill, espe-
eially that Of the slide trombonist who
eHeelled all the rest in volume OF tone
and came out considerably In advance
al the end as well.
In less than an hour the curtain rose
on the audience of one. reinforced by
the doorkeeper, the ticket seller and
the canvas hands, and the performance
was gone through. II was not A.
pleasant to the performers as orylinari-
~ for a fair audience would have
rusiled a first been drawn down 10
quiet attention presently. nppla,S ed
| strong points and roarea with laughter
al the hup.Or and So given the per-
formers pirii to do their parts; where
as the old man sat IN quiet the whole
time In fact, one or two Of them gave
side scOwl al him for his lack Of ex-
pressed appreciation. but still he sut
/ quietly smoking.
Nov, then. old man. said the man
ager ~ the close eve have given you
the whole show.
''Ah, yes. Well take down yer
tricks again, II that's the case. aud
will gi,n sou little show myself IN
return.
'iiow's dinner. cooks. inquired the
manager.
dinners ready. sab
A+eAAAANNH AfHhtAA A4AA AAANNGAfEs ANiu
DC escorted the old man to the table.
The old man did not eat much.
seeming quito unfamiliar with ordl-
nary viciunls but that did not inter.
fcre with ihe appeiites 81 tho rest.
Take doTn. pack up. and load.'
called the manager and the various
ltinriloanrles proceeded to undo what
they had done; in thirty minutes all
WIS ready "a start again
Being Gll on the wagons AS before,
the old man observed TINT they might
- well 90 on. ~ he could give them
bis performance quite as well while
they wore getting over the road a.
otherwise 80 Oh they went aud left
him sitting on a log his horse teih-
erred TO n boigh clo.c By. He was
putting away his pipe at tho last
glimpse they had u him.
suddenly they hcari n heavy roar
"a the distance. a milo or 10 ia the
rear was huge. black, mnnel.shaped
cloud. Tho lower point Of Il was
whirling rapidly. the two upper
corners seemed 10 reach the skies.
Its cyclone shouted the man
agrr. We're done for boysl'
The roar increased. and Il became
evident that the cyclone was coming
/ toward them Great trees were 10 be
seen whirling around IN the funnel.
Very shortly II was upon. or rather,
alongside them. and then one moment
Of fury aud II was gone, and they
wcrn uninjurcd. There was a clean
cut path. scyenty-fve yards wide,
right parallel with the trail. every
tree IN Il iolled.
a whishl was heard. and on the tail
Of the tempest. as Il were. like an old
stump with long wisp of moss for u
beard went the old man.
That's the first act OF my show,
boys" he yelled. as he passed on,
A little shower fell, the clouds van
ishcd and everything was pretty much
as before.
Some two or three hours after din
nor the horses began TO show want
Of water and the people as well, but
mile after mile was passed through
that quiet. level oak forest without the
sign Of n stream or even one OF the
usual stagnant red pools. Rests were
taken In the dcnsest shade that was
encountered, which was thin enough
at best and the 'outiit" moved ON
slower than ever
At last came the joyful sight OF
running branch, and rs tho horses
eagerly pulled the wagons into IL, side
by side. and drank their fill. behold!
there sat the old man on fallen tree,
MS cool as usual.
They passed on.
An quieted down again and they
were polsing along through the forest
MS usual when. without warning, they
came right out on the brink OF a cliff
thousand feet 10 the bottom, right
over which the road appeared TO lead.
As they were pondering over this cir
cnmstance in a great quandary, the
band leader heard voice calling from
over the cliff;
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