Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-02
MAGIC IN THE EAST.

-h@ApIN IN l HE LAO l. have intended to tell the story of lit | tie Akli before. l don't know why haven't done so, unless it has been he cause But will tell the story this 1 time.
 had been jOurneying through Egypt
 Tn company with my friend. Harry Kel- , lar, the magician. We were stopping at the quaint old town ot -Boolak, which is situated on the right bank of the Nile, at
 the divergence ot its Pelusiac branch.
 ono mile northwest of the historic city
 of Cairo, of which it forms Ia ,suburb
 Our hosT was an Egyptian grandee
 whose fine country place overfooketl the
 shipping from just outside the more
 densely populated part of the town.
 One day we were strolEng down near
 the landings when an old Egyptian
 market woman besought us to purchase
 some of her tamarinds, naming an ex-
 orbitant price
 Why, my good mother, do you s,l,
 these tamarinds at that low figure" ex- claimed Kellar in mild surprise, ad- dressing her in her own tongne. They are worth much more than that, am sure"
 She looked surprised: 50 did our host.
 Yes, l was sure of it." Kellar con hnued. and he broke ono of those that he had taken up and drew a small cop per coin of the country from its center.
 For a moment the woman was too startled to do more than regard the coin with wonder. Then, however. her nat ural avarice asserted itself. and she snatched the t.away from Kellar's uu- resisting hand.
 "Ah! l see you are fakir." our host said smilingly as We moved on. Tt was well done. Now know that vou and my other esteemed friend here will more than ordinarily enjoy the slight diver sion have to offer for your entertain ment after coffee today. Perhaps, too. you may have the keenness-though it is not in me to explain the performance to divine how little Akli can survive the marvellous act Abalani forces him to do, and to discover how Abalani can perform his part of the strange enter tainment.
 But about the old market woman; A servant told our hest later that she had hurried directly to her rude cot on our departure, where she had careFuIlv opened every tama-ind in her basket to hnd the copper Dit in its center. The dlsappointmeps she suffered on not find ing single bit of money and the loss of the spoiled fruit served her right for at tempting to impose Cpon the supposed ignorance of strargers. But Kellar was loo l3TSe beATted to allow the lesson to OS oas Chat should make her the poorer. and the servant was dispatched directly 70 the old peddler's home with more than twice the worth of tho fruit in cop- pers.
 That evening Abalani. tho f2Lir ar rived at our host ta house.
 He was small, wiry little man, whose ago was about &5. if you were to judge u from tho dark, clear eyes with which 1e cAlY'saAnmed You up. They seemed | 10 pierce ms through and through az hc nado q t}cpreCatU-y bow before me, his ,hln arfaa and palms cx:cndcd tCwar5 a1e ls the attitude uf banC fiction.
 4sS only Sarmunts Were G light bIeech- | doth cl ;. dark reI shatle aL \ a flowing lIk nll--tlc. lark yc.!Uw lE lulu-. The 1D!y uluamcut Lo wore was a dark cop- per ring hanging rom his neck by d greasy looking piece ot leather or cord.
 looked for -Akh, the little boy with whose assistance he performed the tricks we expected :o witness.
 But Abli3ui vls alone.
 then looked for the coil of rope which had heard played part in the strange TRctacle.
 The fakir had brought none.
 l said to myself that WIG were to be dis appointed, and that the little weazen imbed falir had cunle tu make excuses or his inability to amuse us this time, md could see that Kell;rr thought the ' anne
 But 'tIGu host retained his wonted good \ lature as though nothing was wrong. \ nd it was not the place of either Kellar 'r myself to show disappointment. the little 'fakir led the way 0 a smooth hit "f ground nor far from he house.
 Here we almost unconsciUusly formed n expectant circle about him.
 He spoke few words, and We main aimed perfect silence under the spell he little fellow seemed to throw around i'm. But this was not the sensation of aging upon a serpent that one expert noes when witnessing the performances so mary of his class.
 My masterS you wish to see Aki limh: he said fin a cracking. restrained one.
 They do. -Four host answered for us
 Ihe man Glappe1 his thin palms to- ether twice snartly.
 As he did sO1a small boy appeared by is side likeIa fiasb> where there bad 'eea no one.the, mgmemt before. Kellar taTted forwaSd with aniR~oluntary ex- iamataon onRhisIps. I, loo. was great startled. .oTIhefakir cad thrown aside is silk mhn4le and stood before us lothed. oqhy in his. breechcloth. The oy, a .hfndsomc aaGa of apparently ,-1 F. W. SinnllazSy clothed. At nest h' tooA s9y hand and ,.ra Ee iendl- xrressaar,. S "
 9nSt t"A''e r%,r-Snas, ha,A 'pe' eSGsSa1 ned AoSlaniner,,,s,sl< as estscaee ed in the< ar onfcLIr ro;,,' sint . LrSShS Farm, his ac,ioas seem;no = ,A-Ahr' 1
 He ce3sel tho sctiu,, and 1o,,.o-, lis ar'isS'dispieSPd a large coil of nat;re ope 'nliis hand that it would 5,.va I'nn' nposslbie fof him to have 'conooD1e,I onut his person. Then. gifb o,'; lotion, he pitched one end of thd rsnghtup into tho ar, l,ee;piint. 'fho 1ne coli end m his grasp. ''e oth
 e"ed oo catch up there in
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