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THE MASTER
OF MAGIC...
BY ELIAS LISLE
Copyright, 1901, by JL. S. Richardson
"So you're the fire king," said the
proprietor of the town's one hotel as he
exhume the register from a heap of
empty bottles.
"Fire king and master of magic,
known to a large public as Pyro," said
I politely, ornamenting my signature
with lambent flames in ink. It's a
great advertising dodge if you can man
age to have the register left open on
the counter.
"You've struck Campbellstown at a
good time," said mine host
"So my ascendant star informed
me," I replied. I does no harm to
throw in a little astrology now and
then.
"The miners are in from all around.
Old Kanawha's in flood and that means
knock off work at the mines."
"Seven days shall the flood endure
then shall the waters subside and
those in the depths of the earth shall
walk dry shod," I pronounced in my
best manner. Weather lore's a fine
bluff if you put it far enough ahead so
that you' 1 be out of the a in case
things don't turn out according to pro
gram me. But I missed it clean that
tin.
*'Dry shod, your eye!" said the hotel
man scornfully. "It ain't the water
that does the damage. It's the gas.
[When Kanawh a gets up very high—
and she's higher now than for years—
the natural gas outlets get shut off.
Nobuddy knows just where they are,
but they're in the river or on the
banks somewhere, and when the water
shuts 'em off the gas puffs out all
around the country, specially in the
mines. Then, after a few of the boys
has keeled over or there's been a blow
out or two, they knock off and wait for
the river to go down. Town'U be full
of 'em this afternoon, and Campbells
town full of miners is about as peart a
spot as you'll find in West Virginia."
"Peart" it certainly was. There were
shooting affrays and a general
fight that afternoon. my invitation
•a dozen of the visiting miners came in
and had drinks on me, and I gave them
a taste of my quality by blowing flame
instead of froth from my beer and light
ing my cigar with the end of my finger.
Morose fellows they were, the effect, I
believe, of working in darkness, but
they served my purposes by spreading
abroad the fame of my gifts, so that I
as assured of a crowd that night.
One of my guests, a powerful fellow
.with an evil eye, seemed to take a dis
taste for me and cursed me as he left
for no other reason than that he didn't
take to my ways, and announced his
intention of being at the performance
and seeing that things went right
"Kinder ugly, eh?" commented my
host. "That's Sledge Turner, and he's
one of the worst men in these parts
when he's drunk. always goes
heeled too."
I had an overflowing house that
night, and in the third row I beheld
Mr. Turner's forbidding face. Every
thing went well, and I soon had my
audience in a condition of mingled de
light and awe. Whe I down into
the body of the house to collect silver
dollars, white mice and other miscella
nies from my admiring spectators, I
[was in such high spirits over the suc
cess of the evening that I did a foolish
thing. I pulled a dollar from between
the scowling eyes of Sledge Turner.
'At the same time I saw the hilt of a
murderous knife projecting from his
'belt and heard his announcement that
he'd have that dollar back or cut my
heart out.
After the performance, as my assist
ant as out in the box office and I as
getting my apparatus packed, the door
burst open and Turner had me by the
throat with both hands. Between his
teeth he held the big knife I had seen.
There were hate and murder in his eye.
The profession of magic makes a man
quick to think in emergencies. It also
provides him with resources not pos
sessed by the average man. In an in
stant I had sent a spurt of flame to
Turner's face from the wire in my
sleeve connected with the battery be
tween my shoulders. The current
wasn't strong enough to knock him
down, but he loosed his grip on me, and
the next instant I gave him a Japanese
elbow trick. he went and lay
there struggling on the floor, for I had
caught him fair in the throat, and the
blow is an ugly one. It struck me chill
ingly that I had rather overdone the
thing. Throwing along ulster over my
inferno costume of scarlet and black, I
explained hastily to my^ assistant and
made my a back to the hotel. Ten
minutes later my host entered my room
swithout the formality of knocking. I
ihis band he held a revolver.
"Take this and git for your life," he
isaid, thrusting the weapon into
Ihand. "You've done Sledge Turner,
and the lodge is after you."
"It as In self defense," I said.
.''Whatever the lodge may be it
fjean't"—
"It's the miners' lodge," he interrupt
ed. "Blood oath and life for life.
ISledge as a member. If they get their
[hands on you, they'll string you up like
a a 'X.
There was a hoarse roar outside that
grew nearer and nearer.
"Hustle!" cried my kindly "No
time for the door. Tak the window
JflKeep right the river road. Ten
jmlles down you'll strike Carton. You'll
safe there."
^\.To reach the as an easy
E£hts
atter. chances re good.
made an excellent light running
mti&m ....
costume. I as an athlete and in good
training a magician has to be. he
roar of the riv«r told me the road,
and as I sped a a into the darkness I
ran full upon a an and knocked him
flat The mischief as done. Th
view halloo of the man hunt rang in
the air, and, with a roar, the pack of
human hounds as on my trail.
the road I at my best speed a
good hundred, yards in advance of the
van of my pursuers. Presently I be
came aware of a brightness in front of
ine, and, coming around a turn, I a
half a dozen negroes seated around a
fire at the roadside. There as but one
thing to do. With a demoniac roar I
charged them, it as as I had hoped.
The sight of a scarlet and black devil
leaping at them from out the blackness
of night as enough. Like rabbits
they plunged into the brush, and the
sound of their frantic prayers bore me
company as I sprinted past the fire. I
would have made a corking fine poster
'that scene, "The Apparition of Pyro."
Then a shot sounded out behind me,
and I put my thoughts linto my heels. I
as gaining on the pursuit my
feet splashed into water and I as up
to my knees before I could check.
I wasn't in the river, for I could hear
the flood roaring well to the right of
me besides, this water as stagnant.
Th true nature of the pool flashed into
my head it as .a backwater from the
river that had flooded the road and as
probably but a short distance across.
Bu if the miners knew of any path
around they could head me off,, as my
progress through the water .would be
slow, even if I did not have to swim for
it and lose my bearings. Nevertheless,
straight ahead as my only chance.
Before I had got waist deep there
as a flicker of light on the bank, and
by the glow of a brand which they had*
snatched from the negroes' fire I a a
group of my pursuers peering out
toward me.
"He's taken to the water," said one.
"Then we've got him," cried another.
"Bill, you and Bibbey get around and
head him off."
I kept on till the water as at my
shoulders. Then something choked me
like a rope around my neck. I had
heard about the choking feeling of de
spair, and I thought this as I
staggered and almost fell back a a
strange, thick smell clogged my nose.
On the surface of the water there as
a bubbling and chuckling. I could feel
It a my feet too. I as queer, but
queer things don't make much differ
ence to a man is going to be
hanged in five minutes. Tha as my
first Then I had a better one.
I remembered the high water and
N
the
gas, and I knew at that bubbling
as and as ready to take the chance
and do a special turn for my life.
Of course I had to have some talk.
You don't get the full effect of these
things without a good spiel.. Th only
thing I could think of as a patter
from a book called the "Last a pf
Pompeii/' so I gaTe 'em at
"Earth born villains," I shouted, "be
hold the avenging Orcus spouts
forth flames from the face of the wa
ters to protect its own!"
There were answering shouts from
all around the pond: "There he is!"
"Where's the rope?"
"Silence," I yelled, "and behold!"
Then I flashed my electric spark into
the middle of the gas and dove. Whe
I came up ten yards a a after stay
ing down as long as I could, there as
a big circle of red, yellow and blue
flame dancing beautifully over the wa
ter. On the shore the brands flickered,
but they cast light only on trees and
bushes. There wasn't JL living being in
sight, but all around there were a
mighty crashing of brush and howls
that would shame a a a The
miners' lodge had chased the devil just
as far as they wanted to. act as
a sure enough it
I crawled out on the opposite side
and on to Carton in a boat that I
found. days later my assistant
came along. Sledge Turner wasn't dead
after all. That's the reason they hadn't
lynched -He said if I'd go back
there I could play to S. R. O. for a
month, but I couldn't see I'd had
enough. Bu It as a great ad. for me.
Some day I'm going to make an act out
of that night's work
a in W
M. Marchand Investigated the brains
of 1,173 persons immediately after
death. Th weight of the* brains is in
fluenced by the disease. Diphtheria,
for example, increases the The
brains of newborn boys weigh on the
average 371 grams, of newborn girls
361. A the end of the first year the
figures are: Boys, 967 girls, 893.
the end of the third year the weight of
the brain has trijpled, and from this
epoch it increases very slowly, espe
cially with girls. I attains its greatest
weight at about nineteen and one-half
years for men, at about seventeen for
women. average weight of the
brain of an adult male is 1,400 grams,
of an adult female 1,275 grams. Th
reduction of weight due to senile atro
phy commences with men about the
eightieth year, with women about the
seventieth. W a recall for compar
ison the following facts: he heaviest
brain on record is that of the novelist
Turgeneff, 2,120 grams. One of the
lightest is that of Gambetta. 1,160
grams. he weight of the brain is thus
one1 factor and only one in the compari
son of different and of different
sexes.
"•die iv W as Overflowing
Las summer Minnie took a trip with
her papa and mamma and they visited
many beautiful places. Bu Minnie
liked Niagara falls She seemed
greatly impressed with the roar and
volume of the water. On returning
home she told Uncle Frank all about
her journey. W to Niagara falls
in a splendid time," she said, "for
there as much water. Of course it
isn't a a so, but there as a hard
shower just before we got there!"
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President Roosevelt Issues the" Cus
tomary National Thanksgiving
•^fp'r^^Daj Proclamation.
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tf POINTS NOVEMBER 27 AS THE DAY.
Characterise Year Close
.One of a a O in
Plenty—Declare W Can a is
God Not "Word* Only Bu by
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Washington Oct 30.—President
Wednesda issued his proc
lamatio designating Thursday, N
vember 27, as a day of thanksgiving
The proclamation, is as follows.:
"According to he yearly to of
our people, it falls upon the president
at this season to appoint a day of fes
tival and thanksgiving to God.
"Over a century and a quarter as
passed since this country to ok
place a the nations of the earth,
and during at me -we have had on
he whole more to be thankful for
an has fallen to the lot of any
people. Generation after generation
as to manhood and passed
away Eac has had bear it pe
culiar burdens, each face it spe
cial crisis, and each as known, years
of grim trial, the-countr as
menaced by malice domestic or for
eign levy, he hand of the Lord
as heavy upon it in drought or flood,
or pestilence, in bodily distress
and anguish of soul it paid the penalty
of folly and a froward heart. Never
theless, decade by decade, we have
struggled onward and upward
abundantly enjoy material
being, and under he favor of the.
Mos we are striving earnestly
to achieve moral and spiritual uplift
ing. The a at as just closed as
been one of peace and of overflowing
plenty. Rarely as any people en
joyed greater prosperity an we are
enjoying. or is we render
heartfel and solemn a to
Giver of good and we to praisa
by only by deeds,
by he a in which we do our duty tot
ourselves and to our fellow men.
"Now, therefore, I, Theodor Roose
velt, president of the Unite States,
do hereby designate as a day of gen
eral thanksgiving Thursday,
twenty-sevent of he in Novem
ber, and do recommend at through
the land the people cease
their ordinary occupations, and
their several and places of
ship render a unto Almight
God for he manifold blessings of the
past year. .',.{•
"In it whereo I have here
to set my a and caused he seal
of the Unite State to be affixed.
"Done a he City of Washingto
this 29th day of October, in the a
of Our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and and of he Indepen
dence of he Unite State he one
hundred and twenty-seventh
[Seal]
"(Signed) THEODOR E .ROOSE
VELT he President
"(Signed) JOH N HAY Secretory of
OTDER A E S
Missing? SUtairnsburar, la. Banker
with. A S a of
$25,000 I Captured.
St. Joseph Mo., Oct. 31.—H. C.
-Christensen, president of th
Sharpsbur (la.) bank, as arrested
at he depot platform in Marysville,
Mo., Thursda afternoon on
a of embezzling th bank's
funds. he a which Mr. Chris
.tense is alleged to be short is
a public -but it is said to be $25,
000. The. doors of the bank closed
last Monday, and at at me it as
a at there as a shortage A
he a me me he president of the
institution disappeared. Christensen
a he a property enough
a the a good
WU TING FANG RECALLED.
Chines Ministe Ordered to
me by Most
Route ?r" •'".•
Washington Oct 28.—Wu Tin
Pang the Chinese minister, as been
recalled his country by a special
edict which as received
Monday. is. ordered to return by
the direct route Shanghai
and will leave as soon as he can pack
his effects, probably" within
weeks will me minister of
commerce and will also be a
of the joint commission to a
commercial treaties.'
Iowa. Bank:
De Moines, la., Oct. 29.—The bold
es bank robbery occurring in I a in
recent a took place at Prairie City
early Tuesda morning. IThe robbers
dynamited he safe of the I a a
bank and secured an a approxi
a in $4,000.,.- ..exchanged
fusillade of'snotis/wit local: officers
and escaped. -.*
Rooae-velt on he id
N York, Oct. 30.—An article by
Theodor Roosevel on the duties of
he president, it in 1900, 'de
clares he latter -has re
an a other ruler a be
held accountable or is a or fail
ur to act. jr
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W Confesses
Chicago, Oct. 31.—Luke Wheele as
made a practical confession of
Masonic ax fixing fraud.
will probably state's evidence
before he grand jury. "President J.
H. Gormley and in bujine
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