The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-04
Il MODERN MAGICIAN.

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Holhank. who wro;e so many school
books, IT would be Of ln,erestto you
"Dia he write .Holbank's Ar!shmc-
t!e2' asked the boy.
Yes"
May l have the p!eturcf"
"ccrtaihly-gla TO see you taking an
Intelligent iateres, In your work. You
can.cut IL out"
The boy syas Of unudy appearance and
salloW complexion. He possessed at
school among his fellows a reputation for
nystery which he thoroughly enjoyed.
He did not attempt to maintain 1t in the
more critical and sl;ertical atmosphere
OF his home. HIS nltne Was Williams
Charles Williams; Smith, aged eleven.
fuilS believed In him; Thompson, aged
thirteen, had admitted there might be
something in It.
As they entered Schoal Charles VIII
llams carefully abstaInel from speaking
to Smith, but pressed q note Into his
hand.
Whats up?.. said Smith, not being
entirely ready Tor mydtery ut that mo-
ment.
Williams put D finger warnlnGly 10
his liis and passed -o~h,-@1e4rAth opened
the note. It was ln.cribed outside: Ell.
Smith, Esq. secrit and Private" In
side st ran:
"see me Immediately after school on o
urgent mater of business. Your help is
headed. tsisned) c. WILLIAMS"
Up the street from the school. down by
the left to the cpd OF the town, went C..
Williams and II. Smith. It was a winter
afternoon and dark. C. Williams paused
before a houGe in process OF building
standing alone on the outskirts. The
workmen engaged on It had gone.
This Is the place." said Williams.
Follow me. No: wait until the lantern
Is ready" He procured a small lantern
from his pocket and lit It. Now we're
ready. Ask no questions
"Shan't we be c~opped?" asked Smith.
who's to cop us?" replied the daunt-
less and m%ystifying one.
BY means OF q ladder they made their
way to the first floor, which was still in
the skeleton stage. Smith found the lad
der good.
This is rather sport" he said.
az won't be sport for some one else
when I've finished. Be careful-one false
step and you're dashed to atoms"
They seated themselves side by side on
a rafter, and Smith produced his por-
trait OF DR.. Holbank.
DO you Know who that ISL"
No"
ITS the man who wrote the arithmetic.
I've been on his track for years, and now
I've got him."
What are you going to do?"
XIII him; you've got 10 help me. No
one will ever know. Its going to be done
by maSle-the way they used to do in the
old days"
Il don't see what You mean"
"see these pIns?"
"Well?"
Have You got anything against the
man? Have you cver been kept in for
arithmetic"
Twice last week. And my answers
were right and the answers in the book
were wrong"
Take these pins and dig them into
the two eyes Of the plc;ure. That's right;
now he's blind.
WHY"
Whatever We do to the picture hap
pens to the real man. I'm going 10 dig
q pin into his forehead myself. That's
where the brain Is. and i;Il send him
mad. Thatll teach him 20 lay traps for
us; that'Il teach him recurring declma!s.
81 say, do you think We ought to do
this?"
You don't know any more about re-
venge than n child. I've been on this
mans track for Said that before?
n vas % T an How ,,,ny horsas loes
II take m nlo,cb = field in ian d,vs 1,
one bors. Is \ roatg IN ,eocb b,n, n
ask questions like ,h,t, This ona Is IN
his beort" And o,o,hor min narfor,tad
the centre Of the watch chllp IN tho mr.
trait. Now he's dead"
.J say" said Smith ,rhss. "is,,, .bIs
/ rather going II? moan II rs rao,o"
"1t,s real sno,rh 10 make o,,y,a or
tain, II vouTl omen tho lantern I'll bnrn