Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1893-04-21
igare-for Waterer vas :. gradu;a lII,,'7

etraueo# 9ourney. He was now 4 foot
from ms chair. still in a sitting posi-.
tion-and up. up up. he was going.
The wretch was white as a sheet and
gas2lrg with fright and bewilderment
Thunders OF applause burst from the
audience 1t was again and again re:
ncwed; out the Loadstone did not. as
her custom Was, bow and smile in re-
spouse. She still stood motionless
and Waterer still assembled.
At last. at a height fully twenty
teet from the stage he stopped.
simultaneously the Loadstone gave a
loud shrek as she fell back into the
arms OF the manager-and the rajah
awoke.
Il beg your pardon" he said po-
liteIy; II was drowsy. Anything CO.
ing on?''
No; he's stopped now,'' answered,
my eyes eagerly fixed on Watere:.
The rajah rose from his seat with a
yawn. ''There'll be nothing more
tonight" he said; LETS 90 home
go home. man!-with that before
our eyes!"
The rajah shrugged his shoulders.
''She won't. do anything more" he
| repeated. Look at her; she's cutie
done up
And. indeed, the Loadstone looked
half-dead as she gazed fearfully up ut
Waterer Her demeanor was not that
Of triumphant performer.
DO sit down. l urged; 1--WE must
see the end OF it,
With weary sigh the raiah SIT
down, saying: I'm not sure you
will you know"
While we talked the audience grew
impatient However wonderful q feat
may be. the public likes to have
things kept moving. They thought
Waterer had been in the air long
enough. and there were cries oil
''Thatll do! Let him down." Give
US another!''
The manager held hasty confer.
ence with the Loadstone: he seemed
to urge her; but she shook her head
again and again. and would do moth.
ing but lie back in chair and pass
her hand to and fro over her head.
lie ra: ah looked at her with a slight
smile. The clamor increased. think
a sort OF panic-an angry panic
seized the audience.
Bring him down! Bring him
DOWN. they cried pointing to the
p@llld Waterer who sat as rigid as
trlssed fowl.
After another despairing appeal tc
the Loadstone, the manager came for.
ward and made a lame speech. The
Lcadstone was exhausted with her un.
PARALLEL exertions. 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
shoulders: they made it clear tia nc
cords held Waterer. A step-ladde1
was called for and brought Placed
on sturdy table. it just enabled q
man to reach Waterer's feet. One
mounted amid intense excitement.
Turning to the ra.:ah, exclaimed
Look"
He was asleep again; and the Load.
stone stood stitly upright beckonine
toward Waterer Slowly and gradu.
ally he seconded, leaving the man or
the ladder grasping at empty air. til
he Sat again on his seat The ap-
plause burst out and the Loadstone
sank back in faint on the floor. The
rajah awoke' and the manage,
dropped the curtain, hiding the Load.
stone, Waterer and his friends from
our view. Give me your arm. sale
the rajah; Il am tired" I escorted
him to cub and we drove home.
The Loadstone gave no perfor nance
the next evening; she was too ia
tigaed; and Waterer was absent from
the boat and from the sight of men
two days. When he reappeared he
made no reference to his friend, the
conjuFor. He SUNK about the college
grounds, looking very pale and upset.
! met him once, when l was with the
rajah. on our way to lecture. The
rajah smiled urbanely at Waterer and
said to me- when he had passed:
':lt's such rude thing to cali q
gentleman Niger: isn't it?''
Waterer has not done it again. And
the Loadstone never did that tricl
again. She took the twenty-five
pounds though The manager called
on Waterer and asked for a check
think that incident pleased the rajah
| most of all
1t is ready utilization of the un.
expected. he remarked. (which does
our friend much credit st. James