The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-19
From the Los Angeles Times
"Stppped"

IN the sudden stiffness that pervads
the great liners saloon. everything
pausss without knowing ii and looks
n the captain.
This gentleman merely settles TO his
luncheon more comfortably than be-
fore, while anchor chains rattle OUT,
and the steam whistle blows, and ire
passengers hasten on deck. 10 fee. a
heavy. tropical wind blowing OF a
low shore, along which tige-s aa@
alligators ma creep 10 the watc. :
edge By night, bu. where now Il nom
sun lies yellow Oh the huts and rice
fields whi.ll are l1e strangers t.st
glimpse OF Calcutta.
The liner swings well out IN the
>tream
Present. flashes Through the brown
ripples of thu Hcogly River a dusky
body, and up the anchor chain nimolv
as a monkey sc:amoies a man, cad
only in a loin c'Ctn, and having 1
tiny. tight-rolled red bundle fastened
at the back of his neck out Of reach
of the water.
The mans first action is ~ pick up
nom the NSCh Il DaIl vi NhIaS -
which a sailor is mending a 'pad'ln
and unwind the string, which goes
straight up in the air III defiance OF the
law of gravitation>, which should
have trailed it along the deck.
AS the fakir passes another sailor
who has bought a and -
cracking il open, he gently takes from
the mans hand half of the still full
shell, holds it high above the ships
bucket. into which water streams from
the cocoanut, until the bucket mas
been twelve times filled and emptlel.
Next, the juggler asks for 4 iarGe
earthen dish, pOurs into 1t a gallon d
water. raises it aloft in his left hand
MS right ~ i3c laid against his lore
head. The dish COWS smaller OE
| almost impercetible degrees OF shr!nh-
| age. until it completely disappears
then, after a pause, d tiny broWI'
| speck is seen in the jugglers hand; II
grows larger and larger until the dish
is visible as at first, filled to the orinl
| with water, which the juggler rour5
| out. and which runs down into tnt
, deck cutters
A little aloof from the eager circle o;
# spectators sits Il young American
| woman, her baby swinging IN a haln-
mock, her t~,ve-year-old daughter ~
a cushion at her feet. The 1ugeiel
stands perfectly still, his eyes 3N"d
absently upon the group, apparently
concentrating his forces upon SOM
fresh wonder. The American SnriEk-
backward, with a movement OF repul-
sion, which tthe juggler EVIDENT!
notices. for he turns his gaze upon aI
English miss Of fifteen who stand.
on the opposite side of the semi I'll
Gle.
Suddenly the young mother sees tn
/ English girl 1eein 10 rise from thI
the deck and float across the space
between her and the hammock II
which rests he sleeping baby. To h"I
horror, the girl sIoOps over and lake
up the infal,. Then the girl rise:
from The deck, higher and higher, an
til she is lost in the clouds.
The mother is helpless - cry out o'
to move. She is in a sort Of wakIn:
nightmare. AS she stares, she pei
ceives a spot in the fieecy clouds
nearer, nearer 1t comes-she discern
the form Of her baby-safe in the arm
o fthe English girl. who gradual,
descends to the deck and lays the IN
J FAINT back in the hammock.
With a frantic effort the m6t-c
bursts the spell that binds her, an
snatches up the child 10 find II SCUM
asleep. How could you let the stranS
girl AXE your little brother away? sh
screams TO her startled daughter. ~h'
sits quietly on the cushion.
Why, mamma" replies the chill
, GEL-@.I-- - Iaa- nrInnr. w HE ftanA
mock all the time; no one has torche
him
1t was but one more trick Of tn
senses played by the Holy Man froi
India. 1t was utterly ine~xplicab!e:,
The fellow came over the ships "a
dripping wet after "A long swim froI
shore. The liner has just droppe
anchor after a voyage OF sever
thousand miles. 4 confederate Is q
| i~mpossibility. An audience Of a5ou
500 skeptical persons crowds clos
around the juggler; there is no chanc
for deception.
Now the Hindoo unties the Dundl
from behind his neck. opens a sauar
: of red cloth, passes it 20 the audiene
T !. for inspection. and then spreads
tn oAA AAIN hItE~ lao 's~o
: and become fxed-He mutsers 10 hil
+ self and, after walking three tim:
q around the square. he thrusts his TAI
: arm under the cloth and brings fo't
n rudely carved little boat, meas1ril
: not more than eight BY o inche
Il is unlocked and empty. the OF
: thwaTt across IL is pierced with
= mast hole. With the boat he bT-n-
2 out Il small cocoanuL
He offers the BOAT and the nut I
l the scrutiny Of the passengers Z
those who see and touch IL the q
g is pronounced 10 be scraped clean Al
4 10 be pierced with three small hoe
u The juggier sticks a thin BANJO.
wand Of about two feet into the ia
hole, then places the II on the enl
1.-THE wand. retreats { a distance of II
r yards. and commands lin Hind"'