Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-02-13

the great liners saloon everybody
pauses without knowing Il and looks
at the captain.
ms gentleman merely settles to bis
luncheon more comfortably than be-
fore, while anchor chains rattle ont
and the steam whistle blows and tho
passengers hasten on deck to feel a
heavy, tropical wind blowing or low
shore, along which tigers and allIga-
tors may creep TO the waters edge by
night. but where now n noon sun lies
yellow ON the buts and rico fields
which are the strangers first glimpse
OF Calcutta.
>The liner swings well out in the
stream.
Presently flashes through the brown
ripples Of the Hoogly river dusby
body. and up the anchor chain nimbly
as monkey scrambles a man. clad
only in loln cloth ana having n tiny.
tight rolled red bundle fastened ut the
back OF his neck out Of reach OF the
water.
The mans first action IS TO pick ND
from the deck bail OF Irvine with
which saiO is mcnding pawlin
and unwind the string. which goes
straight up I'm the air in defiance Of
the law OF gravitation which should
nave trailcd IL along the deck.
As the fakir passes another sailor
who has bought n cocoanut and Is
cracking il open. he gently takes from
the mans hand half OF the still full
shell, holds il high above a ship's buck-
ct into which water streams from the
cocoanut until the bucket has been
twelve times filed and omptied. Next
the Juggler asks for large earthen
dish. pours into il n gfllon OF v-ate-.
raises IL aloft i'm his left hand-.,ls
right being laid against his forehead
The dish grows smaller by almost i'm
perceptible degrees Of shrinkage until
1t completely disappears Then. after
Il pause. tiny brown speck Is seen
IN the juggler's hand. II grows larger
and larger until the dish Is visible as
at first filled TO the brim with water.
which the juggler pours out ard which
runs down into thc deck cutters.
\ little aloof from the eager circle Of
spectators sits n young American wo-
man. her baby swinging I'm ham-
mock. her fvc-year-olI daughter on a
cushion ut her feet. The iuggle- stands
perfectly still. his eyes Fixed .lbsentlv
upon the group. apparently coacentrat-
inG his forces upon some fresh wonder.
The American shrinks backward with
movement Of repulSion. which the
juggler evidentlv~ notice. Tor he turns
his gaze upon an Engllsl miss Of If
teen who stands on the opposite side
of the semicircle
Suddenly the young mother secs the
English girl begin 10 rise from the
deck and float across the space be-
tween her ami the hammock In which
rests the sleeping baby To he.. nor
ror. the girl stoops over cod takes u1
the infant. Then the .-irl r,-es from
the deck. higher and higher. until she
Is lost I'm the clouds
The mother is helpless II cry out or
10 move. sac is In sort OF waking
nightmare. As she s-arcs she per
ceives a spot in the ileecy clouds-near-
er. nearer il comeS-,l, disccrns the
form OF her haby-snfc i'm the arms Of
the English girl. who gradually de
scends 10 the deck ANA lays the infant
back i'm the hammock.
With frantic effort the mother
bursts the spell that binds her ana
snatches up the child TO find il sound
asleep. How could you let that
strange girl take your little brother
awayE' she screams t. her startled
daughter. who sits quietly on the cush-
ion.
why. mamma" replies the child,
brother has been asleep in his ham
mock all the time. 80 one has touch
ell him."
II was but one more trick OF the
senses played by the holy man from
India. 1t was utterly meXpllcable.
The fellow came over the ships rail
dripping wet after long swim from
shore. The lincv has just dropped an
chOr after a voyage OF s,veral thou
sand ra..as. y confederate is m la
possibility. An audience OF about 600
skeptical persons Groves close around
the jugglcr. There is ID chance for
deception.
Now the liindoo Urt.c' the bundle
from behind his neck. opens square
OF red cloth. passes il t. The audience
for inspecti.,, AMI th,3 .,~,l,s Il r,t
ON the deck His eve, iu~n inward
ppd bcco,na e .-l Tyc ,,,,tt,..,ht,,
celr ana arf ,-aIl,,r., th~n. ti,ncs
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