The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05
yes, food and platters together.


In describing the above care has been
taken to make accuracy the chief aim.
All concurred that the methods by which
the magician accomplished his feats
were inexplicable to the company that
witnessed them. There was no accomp
plice, no trap door, and the box, SO far
as we could see, was just an ordinary
box, quite as normal as the dishes the
bowl and the living fish. Perhaps feats
more surprising could be accomplished
with the aid Of stage accessories ana
confederateS by the modern juggIer but
given a half-naked Chinaman as the sole
actor, box and a cloth as the only
properties 1 think all must conclude
that the juggler was one of the masters
of his profession.
This was the consensus Of opinion
among the party. There was one doubt
er, however, who scoffed at the gulIfbfity
of his brother tars The unbeliever was
Capt. "Geordie Weber, of the bark
Happy-Go-Lucky, of South Shields A
gnarled and knotted old heather, obstin-
ate as mule, with strong Northum-
brian burr" in his voice which sailing
about the seas almost from infancy had
seemed to accentuate rather than modify
III bet one months wage that this
yellow devil can't repeat this perform
ance aboard my bark" exclaimed he. =,
Make it fifty Mexican dollars and I'll
take the bet" said Capt. Caleb. of the
Yankee clipper Eastern Star. -
Done!' shouted Skipper Weber. i
Arrangements were made then and
there for a repetition Of the performance
next day on the Happy-G o-Lucky. our
host, Mr.. Roughgarden prevailing upon
the 1uggler to break through one of his
rules which was never to juggle except
on dry land. He explained that he would
be forced to charge a double fee for the
concession. Mr.. Roughgarden scented
run ahead, and promised to pay the price
demanded. was a wioe-awake
youngster in those Gays and missed little
mat was going on. AS I followed my
captain down to the landing I saw Capt
Caleb in earnest talk with Mr.. Rough
gardens coinpredore-rthat cunning rascal
and, like Mr.. RoughgarSen, I, too,
scented fun ahead.
Next day the same party assembled
aboard the Happy-Go-Lucky, a ponderous
frigate-built vessel with an old fashioned
poop cabin. Capt. Weber did the hon
ors, passing the grog bottle and cigar
boxes round with salorly hospitality as
the company sat under the awning on the
poop.
I've had everything cleared out Of the
CABIN It's as bare as an empty barn.
Ihere will be no ehance for the yellow
]ussler to play any tricks on simple sail
ors aboard my craft" said Capt Weber
with significant glance and grin at Mr..
Roughgarden
You couldn't give a clearer place to
the Juggler than I gave him yesterday
1here wasn't even a rat hole left OPEN"
answered Roughgarden, pretending to be
angry.
Besides" went on Capt Weber, that
rascally compredore OF yours won't be
mere. to help him. l noticed the pair
p-af.l1 ,Nft1 r.
began TO play. But here he comes in a
Sampan.'
Inc Juggler assembled the side ladder,
iolloWed by his coolie bearing the little
noX which had figured 80 wonderfully in
the previous seance. He saluted the com
pany IN patronizing manner, which was
oiLenslvely bumptious, and was conduct
ca TO the cabin, which had been stripped
OF all furniture for the occasion The
long table and the massive mahogany
SioeOoard and settees had been removed
mere was nothing i'll the saloon but a
tator 81
Inc necromancer went through his
4eats easily and successfully repeating
every act of the previous day. This
seemed TO surprise Capt. Weber, who
was not UP to the wiles of heather NEGRO
hlancers. Capt. Celeb concealed his fri
umph as well as his handsome sunburned
race would permit Webber's counte-
nance showed that he was greatly puz-
Nlsu. ihe loss of his wager did not dis
turD MIN a bit, but that magic arts (for
Such they seemed In good sooth) should
pe worked in the main saloon of the good
PARK Happy-G Lucky and under tie
prltlsh nag was a source of much men
TAI pain to the simple skipper. who
thought that the exhibition In Mr..
Roughgarden's house was either clever
~ devised imposture CT narveloIsly op-
tlcal illusion, at which his host had ne
Iar1ously assisted in order to fool the
simple shippers.
But still more startling surprise was
IN store for Capt. Weber The juggler
save US to understand through Mr..
Fooghgarden that he had one more tri k
10 snow, the most wonderful Of all, bur
tnat II could not be Performed unless at
least 50 was collected for Joss The cap
talns, Clipped in and. made up the de-
sired amount. The mag clan drew from
the never-fail;ng box a queer-lookfng
musical Instruments. shaped Jike
naseoiot and placing the mouthpiece be-
tween his lips, blew and produced strains
IKE those of wheezy bassoon. The pre-
lude over he made several mystic pas ses
over a portion Of the deck Then laying
ms loln cloth over it he made more buzz
Eng music with his pipe. About fifteen
minutes passed, when the cloth began to
rise as If there were something living
beneath. The magician continued TO