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the presence of the precious, liquid. The
bowl was full of boiling Coffee which 1
poured into cups and offered to my astouno-
.srhe first cups were only accepted, so to
speak, under protest; for not an AraD
would consent to moisten his lips with
beverage which he thought came straight
from Shaitan's kitchen; but, insensiply Sc
dueed by the ri me 9d some
of the boldest decided on tasting the maglc
liquor and all soon followed their example.
1.-THE vessel, rapidly emptied, was re.
neatedlv filled with equal rapidity, and 1T
Satisfied all demands, like my inexhauslole
bottle. 80 ano,,sn 70 amuse nv
spectators; / must also, in order to fulhll
the object of my mission, startle and even
MANY Of my readers will remember
having seen at my performances a small
but solidy built box 5ec wnaen ye 1en heavy or
light at my order, child might raise 1t
with ease and yet The most powerful man
co 1T advanced diva with my box in my hand,
to the center of the practicable commun-
i STessgg the the Arabs f said to them:
From what you have witnessed you VIII
attribute supernatural power TO me- , LIZ
of INV marvellous authority by showing tnas
/ can deprive the most powerful man OF
his strength and restore it at my VIII. any
one who thinks himself strong enough to
trv she experiment may draw near me-
/ spoke slowly in ORDER 70 give nrd she ih'ei-
pt aAn Arab Of middle height, but well built
and muscular. like many Of the AraDS are,
= Are YOU strong@ said, measuring him
from head to foot. :.
sOh yes he replied sarelessIy.
q Are YOU sure you will always remain
So?
/. Won on are mistaken for in an instant !, |
will rob you of your strength, and you snail
ssThe Arab smiled disdainfuliy as sign
OF ~. esfav', 1 continued; lift up this box
..The Arab stopped, lifted up ap, ~ the oo&' ana
said to me. colby, is That an'
.Then. with all possible. gravity, 1 maze
an imposing gesture anu eoieii'
nounced the words: o,ar.
Behold! you are weaker than woman;
now, try to lift the box
REWILDERED ARABS.
.-be. hercules, quite cool as to my con-
iuration. seized the box again by the handle
and gave it violent tug; but this time
the box resisted and, spite of his most
vigorous attacks, would not bulge.
.srhe Arab vainly expended on this un-
,,,okv box a strength which would have
raised an enormous weight, until. at length
exhausted, painting. and red with anger. he
was on the point of withdrawing; but that
would be admitting his weakness, and that
he. hitherto respected for his vigor, had
become as child This thought rendered
He bent once again over the box; his
nervous hands tWined round the handle,
and his legs placed on either side like two
bronze columns served as support for
the final effort
"R,It wonder of wonders! this Hercules,
a. moment since so strong and proud, now
bows his head: his arms, riveted to the box,
undergo a violent muscular contraction; his
legs give way, ana ne IailS on MS knees
with yell of agony,
IAN electric shock had been passed on a
signal from me from the further end of the
stage into the handle of the box. Hence
the contortions of the poor Arab.
ut would have been cruelty to prolong
this scene.
current was Immediately intercepted My
athlete disengaged from his terrible bond
age raised his hands over his head.
sAflaht Affair he exclaimed. full of ter
ror: then wrapping himself up quickly in
the folds of his burnous, as III to hide his
disgrace, he rushed through the ranks of
the spectators and gained the front en-
trance.
with the exception of my stage boxes
and the privileged spectators. who appeared
to take great pleasure In this experiment,
my audience had become grave and silent.
and / heard the words, 'Shattan,' Die
noum,' passing in a mursnur round the cir
Gle.
recover from the emotion produced by my
experiment ard the flight of the Herculean
lone of the means employed by the Mara
bouts to gain influence in the eyes of the
Arabs is by causing belief in their in
se !one or o. them. for instance. ordered a
gun to be loaded and fired " him from q