Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1902-01-01


..Montmorenc5-s wonderful world re
nowned circus" Still. il was rather
inpudent OF hI,a. a >s;llow Et,l,' man
Of dfyy. 10 faiI u leve WIKI pretty Mel
lie War3ng. the prime pal bareback rid
er. Poor Ne.i-e told him Il could not
be.
''Besides.'' She said. there's lack
you know"
Jack Thcrnhin was the big. hand
so.1e trapeze artist.
There was one man named Haxcraft.
WHO came regularly every night He
used to leave boxes OF sweets 1T the
door for Nellie and throw bouquets 70
her every night Neither she nor Jack
took any notice of this at first. bnt one
evening. when the bouquet contained
bracelet set with pearls and Il note
asking for a meeting AT an appointed
place. Jack got Wild.
Jack consulted with the Paujandrum
as to what he should do ana promptly
received the only advice the poor little
man could think of giving-to challenge
the fellow 10 duel. This. Jack ex-
planned. was impossible but said that
the next best thing would be a thrash
ing and asked his friend To accompany
him TO the place next day and watch
the performance"
Jack approached TO where Haycraft
was standing and asked him If the
note was his writing" He received
the defiant request TO mind his own
business.
Haycraft was no coward. bur he
H.,
stepped back pace or two and drew
a revolver.
Jack sprang at him with his fist
clinched and grasped the revolver.
There was a short struggle. daring
which they fell together on the ground
Then there was a report. AMI then Jack
rose. breathless. leaving his opponent
lying still and motionless. with the re-
volver clutched in his hand.
very ugly rumor began to gain
ground among the company. and all
advised Jack to clear out of the neigh
borhood for time. 1t was to the eff
feet that Haycraft had sworn that Jack
Thornhill had shot him and that
warrant was out for his arrest for at
tempted murder.
Jacks appearance on the trapeze was
just before the Panjandrum's show,
and it was while the former was TAX
ing place that the little man noticed
Among the audience one night. with
his eyes fixed intently on Jack. a burly
Inspector. whom he had seen veveral
times in the town.
He stepped into the arena and was
greeted with the customary applause.
for he was a great favorite with the
audience.
Ladies and gentlemen. tonight
have re. honor to present to your notice
trique which is new, all entirely. |
was make re omelet cook in re seek
{at eef any gentleman shall be SC
good as to lend him me. All. re gentle
man zere" and walking up to the in
spector and leading him. not unwilling
w. into the arena amid roar of laugh
ter. he will be so good as to assist of
me.
II borrow your seek at. sare." the
little man went on. taking the hat from
the inspectors head with flourish.
land breaks zese two eggs in him as
You see
He produced the two eggs, apparent
" from the victims breast pocket. His
eyes spanked strangely as he went on.
tapping the inspector knowingly two
or three times on the breast. where he
heard the rustling of paper. Then he
proceeded to break the shells and let
the yolks fall into the hat amid roars
of laughter at its owners disconsolate
face.
Now you must cook EN-, but | not
hurt re at. | take zese two pieces Of
papaire." which he produced very
quickly and apparently from nowhere.
land | light zem-so- Now you must
hold zem under re at till they are
quite burnt OUT
The inspector took the paper as di-
rected and held ii at some distance IN
der the hat till the last portion was
consumed. when the Panjandrum. aft
er a few passes and some cabalistic
words. produced the ome1et in dex-
ferrous manner and showed the hat I'M
injured.
While the audience was clearing out
of the theater the inspector remained
standing in the arena. when he turned
round to Montmorenci and said:
Now. look here. | don't wish to be
unpleasant at all, and I've got my duty
to perform. and it must be done
There's one of you people wanted for
attempted murder. and | want to take
him away now. It's Jack Thoruhill.'
The Panjandrum. now quietly smok
ing a cigarette. stepped into the mid
die of the group and said:
Perhaps the gentleman. before he
takes our friend away. will tel US his
authority for doing So
Certainly. | have warrant signed
by a ma gistrate"
He put his hand into his breast pock-
ct: then he turned pale and hastily felt
in the other ones. and. oblivious of the
presence of the lady artistes. he used
a bad word. I've lost it, he burst
out
RpfOre. q new MARIA Mt could he OBJ