The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-24

~ isihs could be accomplished wit h
the ala OF stage accessories and confed-
ates by the modern tuggler, but given
ha1-naked Chinaman as the sole actor
box, and a cloth as the only "nroner'
ties' think all must conclude that
tne Jugsier was one of the masters of
his profession. Vi
ms was the consensus Of opinion
among the party. There was one doubter
! "o"eVer, who scoffed at the guIlihiIit,,
" ms brother tars. The unbeIiever wa
DaPC Geordie" Weber of the bark
I1appy-Go-Lucky of South Shields. A
sn"iieu ana knotted old heather. obsti-
90, as mule, with strong Northun-
Oilah burr" in his voice which sailine
ABOUT the seas almost from infancy baS
! fly. '''"'' ii'oui-
Ill bet one months wage that this
seno" devil can't repeat this perform
dice ABOARD my bark" exclaimed he
wake 1t nifty Mexican dollars and I'll
take the bet" said Capt Caleb of the
ankee clipper Eastern Star.
Dohe' shouted Skipper Weber.
iansements were made then and
@ lor repetition of the performance
next day on the Happy Go-L,uckv our
most Mr.. Roughgarden. prevailing mon
tHe Juggler to break through one of his
lules' which was never to iuggle excent
On dry land He explained that he would
"e forced to charge a double fee for this
CohcesJon. Mr.. Roughgarden scented fun
dheau' and promised to paw the nrice
demanded. l was wide-awake youngster
IN thoSe days and missed little that was
3o'ns on AS followed my Captain down
the landing l saw Capt Caleb in
St oalK with Mr.. RoughgardSn's
coihPredore-that cunning rascal-and
IKE Mr.. Roughgarden. I too scented f,,n
ahead. i"li
Next day the same party assembled
ABOARD the Happy-Go-Lucky. a ponderous
lrlgate-built vessel with an old-fashion-
ca poop cabin. Capt Weber did the
hohors' passing the grog bottle and cigar
boxes round with salorly hospitality as
the company sat under the awning on
the poop 'i'
I've had everything cleared out of the
1aplh' IL as bare as an empty barn.
ihere Will be no chance for the yellow
juggler to play any tricks on simnis
sailors aboard my craft" said Can't.
"eoper with a significant glance and
grin at Mr.. Roughgarden.
lou couldn't give a clearer place to
the Juggler than l gave him yesterday.
mere wasn't even a rat hole left open,"
answered Roughgarden, pretending to be
| angry. ~ W
BESIDES, went on Capt Weber.
that rascally compredore of yours won't
De mere TO help him. l noticed the pair
wlnklng at each other before the iuggler
began to play. But here he comes in a
sampan"
Inc Juggler assembled the side ladder.
followed by his coolie, bearing the little
ooH winch Inquired so wonderfully in the
previous seance. He saluted the company
III patronlzlng manner, which was Of
fensively bumptious, and was conduct ed
to the cabin, which had been stripped of
all furniture for the occasion. The long
table and the massive mahogany side
BOARD and settees had been removed
Ihere was nothing in the saloon but a
NUMBER OF camp stools, one for each
spectator
The necromancer went through his feats
easily and successfully repeating every
act of the previous day This seemed to
| surprise Capt. Weber, who was not up
to the wiles of heathern necromancers.
| Capt. Caleb concealed his trump as well
as his handsome sunburned face would
permit. Webber's countenance showed
that he was greatly puzzled. The loss of
ms wager did not disturb him a bit, but
| that magic arts (for such they seemed m
good sooth) should be worked in the
main saloon of the good bark Happy-Go-
Lucky and under the British flag was a
source of much mental pain to the simple
| skipper, who thought that the exhibition
| in Mr.. Roughgardens house was either
a cleverly devised imposture of a mar
velously optical illusion, at which his
! host had nefariously assisted in order to
! fool the simple shippers.
But still more startling surprise was
in store for Captain Weber The juggler
| gave us to understand through Mr.
| Roughgarden that he had one more trick
| to show, the most wonderful of all but
| that 1t could not be performed unless at
| least S. was collected for Joss. The cap
tains Clipped in and made up the de-
| sired amount The magician drew from
| the never-failing box a queer-looking
musical instrument, shaped like flageo-
| let, and placing the mouthpiece between
his lips, blew and produced strains like
| those of a wheezy bassoon. The prelude
over. he made several mystic passes
over a portion of the deck. Then lay
ing his loin cloth over it he made more
| buzzing music with his pipe. About fifteen
| minutes passed, when the cloth began
| to raise as if there were something living
| beneath. The magician continued to play.
| The object under the cloth became more
active. The magician ceased his buzzing,
and. lifting the cloth, displayed the finest
| sucking pig you ever saw. He pinched its
/ ear. A SQueek IOilOWeu. ne lllIeu the pig
and presented it to Captain Weber.
Round it's little curly tail was tied a
label with this inscription: Capt. Web
bers Chinese Baby. With the compli-
| menst of Joss"
This was to much for the skipper OF
the Happy -Go-Lucky. He didn't know
| how to take it. In fact, all of us were
astounded 1t was the cleverest juggling
| trick ever seen. Capt Weber fully be-
| lieved in the black art ever after. He
was going to throw the magic pig over
board, but Capt. Caleb begged so hard
for it that Weber made him a present
of the little beast whose origin has
ever been a mystery to all who witnessed
| it's creation.
NY opinion is that Mr.. Roughgarden's
compredore and Capt. Caleb of the Yam
kee clipper Eastern Star could have
thrown light on the subject had they felt
so disposed The writing on the label
was very like Caleb's. The jugRer and
the compredore were seen much together
after the incident of the pig, and it was
the talk of the town that the compredore
had been quite lucky in the way of col
lecting much "cumshaw" about that
time was quite flush of cash, and that
the iosshouse. the opium Joint. and the
gambling den had been benefited literally
by his contributions. Capt. Caleb, who
is now retired and lives at Salem, Mass.
has In his possession a certain box with
a false bottom and ingenious mechanism
with which a skillful juggler might per-
form many wondrous feats. 1t would