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practicalmagicia00harr.pdf | 72 | 62 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN. from China to Peru, from the Equator to the Poles, you per- ceive he still sounds like a hardy Pole himself. (Rap, rap, rap.) "I perceive, however, by the glaring of his eye, that, after my too rough handling, he is desirous of starting on his travels. I suppose we must provide him with the needful for his ex- penses. Large sums are given now-a-days to special corre- spondents in foreign countries; who will kindly give him suffi- cient? He will want a golden or silver key to open some curi- osities he may wish to inspect in foreign cities. (Pause.) Oh. well, as there is a delay about it, I must myself supply him. I think I have a few disposable coins in my pocket : he shall havo them." Suiting the action to the word, while your left hand holds the upper part of the cloak near the neck, EO as to cover what you are doing, you withdraw the wooden body with your right hand, while you move your right hand down to your+pocket for the coins. You then leave the body of the doll in your pocket, and taking out the coins, present them to the head and cloak of the figure, which is held in your left hand, saying: "There, my good friend, you can now, if you wish, proceed on your tour to Algiers, or Dahomey, or Timbuctoo, or wherever the universal Yankee travelers fancy at the present to resort. " Ah, I see he is pleased and in good spirits again. He wishes apparently to bid you good-bye. You will excuse his looking also round about him, to judge whether the weather is fair to set ont; after which I will lay my hand on his head to ex- press my good wishes for his journey. I dare say he will not stay much longer after that than a schoolboy does after his mas- ter has bid him good-bye." Place with formal ceremony your hand on his head, press it down through the opening below it, receive it in your left hand underneath the cloak, and bestow it safely in the pocket. Affect astonishment at finding the gown alone left in your hands, and fold it up with a lamentation at his departure. You may say : "It is clear that he has chosen to go to a hot climate, as ho has left his cloak behind him.' Discourse for a few minutes about sending a telegram to over- take him at London or San Francisco-talk about the sea-pas- sage, railways, tunnels, and what not. "Ah, but I need none of these if I wish him back. I can summon him again by a few mystic wavings of my wand and by secret art. Hey, my friend, I need thy presence ; quick, re- turn, I pray you. I wish to see you again in your familiar garb- By the pricking of my thumbs, Something ghostly hither comes.' |