Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-24
THE tttNbOO EAKIRs
THEY ARE PRINCES OF JuGGLeRs
AND MAGlciANs.

lusion and Dcxterity Thene Mnsters
of the Mystic Arts of the Orient Arc
snid to Pceforni,
"StuppedW
In the sudden stiffness that pcrvndc.
the great liners saloon everybody
pauses without knowing 1t and looks
ut the captain. .sb4
This gentleman merely settles to hi,
luncheon more comfortably than be
fore, while anchor chains rattle out
aud the steam whistle blows and the
passengers hasten on deck to reel n
heavy, tropical wind blowing OF low
shore. along which tigers and all!ga
tors may creep to the waters edge b.,
night, but where now noon sun lie,
yellow on the huts and rice field,
which arc the strangers first glimpse
of Calcutta.
The liner swings well out in thu
stream.
Presently flashes through the brow,
rlpples Of the Hcogly river dusky
body, and up the anchor chain nlmbl,.
as n monkey scrambles man, cln,
only In loin cloth and having tiny
tight rolled red bundle fastened at til.
back Of his neck out of reach Of tho
water
The mans first action Ia to pick ur
from the deck ball of Irvine will
which sailor is mcndlng a pawllr
md unwind the string, which goes
straight up In the mir In defiance O.
the law Of gravitatlon which should
have tralled 1t along the deck.
AS the faklr passes another sallo,
who has bought cocoanut and Is
cracking 1t open, he gently takes from
the mans hand half Of the still fnN
shell, holds 1t high above n. ships buck
ct, into which water streams from tn.
cocoanut until the bucket bus beer
twelve times filled and emptied. Mex,
the juggler asks for large earthcr
dish. pours into 1t gallon Of water
raises 1t aloft in his left hand-his
right being laid against his forehead
The dish grows smaller by almost i'm
perceptible degrees Of shrlnknge unit
1t completely disappears. Then, nftcl
n pause, tiny brown speck is seen
In the juggler's hand. 1t grows larger
and larger until the dish Is visible as
Mt first. filed to the brim with water.
which the juggler pours out and which,
runs down Into the deck cutters.
A little nloof from the eager circle OF
spectators sits young American wo.
man. her bnby swinging In ham,
mock, her fiye-year-old daughter on II
cushion at her feet. The Juggler stands
perfectly still. his eyes fixed nbsently
upon the group, apparently concentfat
Ing his forces upon some fresh wonder
The American shrlnlts backward Will,
a movement Of repulslon, which the
juggler evidently notices. for he turns
his gaze upon nn English miss of If,
teen who stands on the opposite side
of the semiclrcle.
Suddenly the young mother sees the
English girl begin to rise from the
deck and float across the space be,
tween her and the hammock In which
rests the sleeping bnby. To her hor.
ror, the girl stoops. over and takes up
the infant. Then the girl rises from
the deck, higher and higher, until sh.
Is lost In the clouds.
The mother Is helpless to cry out OF
to move. She Is In q sort of waking
nightmare. AS she stares she per.
ceives spot in the fleecy clouds-near,
err nearer 1t comes-she discerns the
form Of her baby-safe In the arms OF
tho English girl. who gradually de,
sends to the deck and lays the infant
back In the hammock.
With frantic effort the mother
bursts the spell that binds her and
snatches up the child to find It sound
asleep. "How could you let that
strange girl take your little brother
away?" she screams 10 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. No one has touch
ed him."
1t was but one more trick OF The
senses played by the holy man from
India 1t was utterly inexpilcable.
\ Tho fellow came over the ships rnl
dripping wet nfter n long swim frors
shore. The liner has just dropped an
Choir after voyage of several thou
sand miles. A confederate Is an i'm
possibility. An audience OF about COZ
skeptlcal persons GRO Ids close around
the juggler. There is no chance fol
deception.
Now the Hlndoo unties the bundle
from behind his neck, opens square
of red cloth. passes 1t to the audience
Cor inspection and then spreads 1t fla
'bn the deck. His eyes turn Inward
alll laanapna &xal 70 him