The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-29
,aoo h., Robert Howard Rus

u-,.nyrieht, 1902, by Robert howard rus
sell.
..;rhe grandest doin's we ever haa : :
cts Corners, where J. hSeal 49,
Was fifteen, was the procecuii i.: , t,,,I
-, 1l,e yisi, of three Hindoo lnJuhs' wv
.,5.,n, ,n,,n= one OF 'em a boy. IneH Was
s.,l genuine Hindoo lnjuns ana ma !, :,
r:a5s .iall about your magiciafls- an
n.,34 sjeisht of hand man could 20 On ~
ri: 20 with curtains and trap-aoois anC
aai.,es around him and the crow 90.
rs;g off from him and IN lroii' % -.
.;,"iIl !iinGoo lnjuns done iish' 49, go
.he ground with people caly a Ie" iee1
cnar s,,rroundin en- on all sioes ii
rs,,l,. On the public square, and Wlthont
I'm, curtains and such. They didh Ieeo
s,s.Iinp ike that. for what they Gone
wasn't tricks, but real.
..N.ell. sir. they'd make a SEED gro"
nj, cut of pot into bush right pslote
ealr eyes in five minutes. ia. ui l,I,e :
s:,a, do, They'd throw forty feet OF rope
I'm i,.1o tile air and one of ienl could chmo
i;.~,}, nm on il and vanish off the end,
knl then haul The rope Up alter hiIl II
si the time fadn' away at the pom.
= here he had vanished, until the last OIL
1t had been tirawn up there INTO nothih :.
1:v and ny While we was Wasclhh me
.lla.. ma gician AMI the boy 90
rec the Teller who had gone up the rope
r,;,,d come. walkin into the cnse OF the
,e,,,yd with the rope thrown over ms
t,,,laer Then they'd put the boy under
basket and jab knives. great long
,nr,es as long as corn-kniie Isht
tf,,crEh the basket every which way,
rrl blood would run out from UNDER the
la.ket in a stream. Then they ihio"
r !, Lite sheet all over the basket, mum
lie and palaver awhile, then jerk the
fleet off. lift the basket. and there,d be
she ,m:y LAWN there smilin' and as well
RS 10. ever was. Now suppose You think
! n, eyaggeratin' in telin' about these
things
Not at all. Mr.. Gorsuch," said the
r,6ience While nave never witness
a., any of these feats. ! have read that
they have often been performed in India
rna that the closest investigation has not
s.st served to discover how the Illusion is
tWdrced
felssion about them performances. 1t
MS real all real. George Bort, OF our
tIvn, he thought it was delusion de
MAS ,.eputy-sheriff and accustomed to
s-a.ch out for tricks and smooth par
tirs and he said there was a trick. If we
!, r,nld find IT out He studied the plant
E1.nnin' performance, sa 1T as real seed
Ind real plant. and gave that up.
BUT this here basket business, said
re. there's chance for a trick there.
Nc don't see under. the basket. not uii-
der the sheet. Now suppose some one OF
aus vas to offer to go under
.-we'll perform the feat with you. If
you want to- said the head magician,
takin' him up uuicker'n a. wink.
:. Well said George Bort. took a-back.
III won't 20 under myself. but I'll put a
1.-TWO hundred pound shoat under.
I'll bet you fifty dollars you. won't
NE able to find out where the trick is, If
there is trick said Matt Horris.
Matt Horris was a strong enemy of
George Bort. He was runnin' against
George for the nomination for sheriff.
both Of 'em was courtin' the wilder
Lane. George took the bet and fetched
his shoat snd they tied its legs and put
Iii under the basket and the magicians
commenced jabbin' at a great rate and
how that pig did yell. He yelled just
like he was really bein' cut up and Bort
couldn't stand it and he rushed into
the circle and grabbed the masicians
Iby the scr,rr OF their necks and threw
Fem ten feet
You're KILN the pig. didn't want
ITO kill the pig. He wasn't to be hurt