The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-08-18

| the L0adstone did not, as was her
sassoM. psN aae SMILE ~ response.
Sks s,ill stood slasisElsss, aaa VI atsr-
e. still aseSndss.
At last. at Asisat If fulv twenty
feet fros1 the stage hs stoepod. Sim
| xltsneouslv the LeaaEtens give a LOAD
shriek ~ sEo fell back ists the arms
of the sanassr and the Raiah awoke
| j beg yoar pardon," hs said p9-
litclg. i was drowsy. Anything going
| on
No: he. stopped nos-." answered,
my eyes eagcrly fixed on Watsrer
The Rajah srose from his sea; with
yawp. ~There'il he nothing more
ss-nigilt.' he said. lets 20 home
Go home. uan,-With that before
our cyes9'
The Rajah shrugged his shonider.
| "She wont DO anything more" he re-
| peated. Look 1t her; she's quite done
| up"
And. i,le-,l. the LoalEtone Looked
half aosa =. she sazsd fearfally at
| WatersiH. Her deEl ssaor "as 2ot that
1 Of u trium phant performer.
do 81 dowa." | urged; we must
see the cas of il"
With weary sigh the Raiah sat
| down. saying: I'm not sure YOU Will,
you know"
While sc talked the audience grew
| impatient However wonderful 4 feat
may he. the pGbie likes to have things
kept moving. Tley thought Wsterer
had been in The air long enough, and
| there were cries of "Thatll do. Let
| him down. "GiVe us another!"
The manager held busy conference
with the Loadstone. He seemed to
| urge her. but she shook her head again
and again and would DO nothing but
lie back in a chair and pass her hands
To and fro over her head. The Rajah
/ looked at her with slight smile. The
Glance increased. ! think sort of
panie-an angry panic-seized the au-
diance.
Bring him down! Bring him down."
shey cried, pointing to the palsd Wa
terer, who sat as rigid as truSsed
| fowl.
After another despairing appeal to
the LoadStOne, the manager came for
ward and made a lame speech The
Loadstono was exhausted with her un-
PARALLEL cNrrtions. She must rest
presently she would bring him down.
Then Waterer's friends arose and as
cended the platform. They walked
about, they stood on one another's
shoulders; they made it clear that no
cords held Waterer. A stepladder was
called for and brought. Placed on a
sturdy table. it just enabled man to
reach Waterer's feet. One mounted
.,N,fI nj
the Rajah. exclaimed. Look"
He was asleep again, and the Load
stone stood stifliy upright beckoning
towards Naterer Slowly and grad
ually he descended. leaving the man
on the ladder gra.ping at empty air till
he sat again on his seat The applause
burst out and the Loadstone sank back
in faint on the floor The Raiah
awoke and the manager dropped the
curtain, hiding the Loadstene, Water
er aha his friends from view.
~Give me your arm" said the Raiah,
81 am tired" escorted him to a cab
and we drove home
The Loadstone gave no performance
the next evening; she was too IA
tigucd; and Waterer was absent from
the boat and from the sigh of men two
days. When he reappeared he made
no reference to his friend. the con-
jurer He skunk about the college
grounds looking very pale and upset
| met him once when | was with the
Rajah on our way to the lecture. The
Raiah smiled urbanely at Waterer, and
said to me when he had passed:
Its such 4 rude thing to call gen
| tlpp11O 81 piroar isnrt ;t5,
Waterer has not done it again And
| the LoadStono never did that trick
again. The manager called on Water
er and asked for check. | think
that incident pleased the Rajah most
of all.
1T is 4 ready utilization of the un-
expected" he remarked. "which does
our friends much credit" - 44Ythui
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