The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-16

rays anu nISNNI~ ~ - ~ NJ - 49,
they are. He was sr"m the North
OF India, he claimed. and his flow
ing dress was grimed with many a
rnl;e 81 travel. His lips were red
with hetAi-uut and his eyes were
piercing black as he glanced from
underneath his turhau At the gain
erirs throng OF people upon the
hotel veranda before him.
Il was boat-day in Colombo: 4
great liner. on ro'!te from Australia
TO England had disco'Eed It's pas
sensers for tweu'yt0ur hours on
shore. They a;,tsd about the city
in ricNshaw and gharrl or threaded
their way on foot into the Ghee-
sr1siliuc native baZatrs. When
thsy were tired or too hot they
sought the zig hotels and sat at
little tables in the gardens or up""
the verandas while hareto"ted
Sinsalesr boys with Ions black ha'@
drawn back by tortoise she'll cor :
brought long iced drinks.
These were the people tSoT'
whom, the native coniurer and juH
rler hoped to obtain the greatest
reward True. his audience was not
composed wholly o. tourists. Here
and there was a planter from up
country ard an occasional hareor
oHlcial or commercial man 81 the
town sauntered over and edged MS
way into the crowd TO see aSa'"
the old tricks he had seen so OFTEN
While the audience was still IN
creasing the native uncovered NAT
wicker basket and blew few shr'!'
no,s, On wooden whistle with
stops for his fingers. As the notes
sounded tho cobras lifted the''
hooded heads fromfout the basket
md Swaved from side 70 side with
darling tongues Carefully the
,at,ve seized them from behind and
held them out at arms length.
"Sahlh. One h!te-snake Kill
re- exclaimed and dropped the
rep.iles into the basket, where theS
,-o..adad 70 coil themselves up.
Very ordinary work commence
q big man in white t!annels' Inc
snakes have probably been rendered
harmless" he continued for the
ha,ast OF the crowd while pointing
with his cane AT the basket. on
80, ..s u done 4, the side show OF
any circus.
Some Of the spectators seemed 10
-. With the critic while few
mildly resented his interference
Mos, OF them. however. were 100
a,nac,ant OF what was next 10 hap
per 20 pay him any attention.
TWO men in rear OF the crowd
.,.ad bach n short distance and
stood talking out OF earshot. one
wa. an English police sergeant
very smart In his white duck uni
form. The other man was tan ana
ra,r,. and might almost have been
, bo,. EXCEPT that the look IN MS
h,un gray eyes VAS too mature.
That's him. sir" said the ser
rsont indicating the big man.
"pasn here n month and has heeced
every. man in Colombo who touches
lard Young Mr.. Darlington put
rim, un at the club when he nrst
or-ivsd and now he's ruined. Tried
N shoot himself last night. That
him sir, beesn' about the snakes.
"IIo,. do Won know he is crook
ED" asked the tall man.
We can't get anything on MN
sir" replied the sergeant. "out MI
Darlington said that he offered TO
nav him back half his losses ana
y,va him ten per cent Of future win
n,,rs IL ne would take him up to
Kandv and introduce him. or
course no gentleman would make
such a proposition as that. sir.
And he Is sailing tomorrow
Yes sir" continued the sergeant.
you've only got twenty-tour hours
How Won do these things I don't
rrov sir, certainly don't see how
Won IAN do this trick before the boat
sails. DO YOU think it's possible
Mr.. smith =,
"I-h-huh." said Smith. Perhaps
While this conversation was 60
t,r on the native coniurer had risen
70 hi. feet ard proceeded 10 balance
a Twelve foot bamboo pole upon his
,roteettnz chin. Close to the top OF
the pole were half dozen small
cross-p pieces which projected three
or four inches.
The native took a small ball. not
much larger than pea. from the
folds ~ his huge sleeve and threw
- into tho air. The first time he
missed hu, the second time the tiny
xay,,oinnI the
ton OF the pole. With cant OF his
chyn he dislodged the ball again and
caught IL In his hand. This he re-
neated several times while The
crowd watched curiously feat that
wa. dif,cult but in no ways start
linz
The big man with the cane had
engineered himself into chair AZ
a small, table near the railing and
ra. paving more attention Ia an
iced drink than to the Juggling.
The conIurer dropped the hall and
drew out his wooden whistle, at the
name time overturntng a small box
with his foot He hlew few
varhlv notes and from the over
turned box six tiny birds few up
ward and perchsd upon the cross
njeces attached 70 the long bamboo
nols where they remained silent
ard almost motInHless.
The native altered the notes
which no blew and the birds burst
into song He repeated the hrst
note. and the birds once moro be
came silent, At single note from
N. whistle one bird few away and
disappeared into some bushes. One
~. one he sent the remainder awav.
he made them sing among the
bushes or be silent "a he wished.
Einall,. he called them all back to-
.Sa- ,,1 dronnin~ the mole re-