Marvellous Exhibition of the Conjuror on a Chinese City Wall By Our Wucwanc Cossssronvexr.
He was dressed in coolie-rags. His countenance. was ugly, but coiled: itself and wriggled upon the Jground. From the second another snake was produced, and from the remaining bowl a third.
One of them wriggled away through a hole jand disappeared underneath the sacking.
The remaining two, he of where his precious beads had' din Jappeared to. Turning to a little: boy the conjurer insisted that had one of the beads, and amid: roots of laughter he appeared to draw one of them from the astonished youngsters nose. Another screwed up into balls, just as he had done the tapes, and threw back la coolie who was standing by, he recovered from the wels-bell of ut into his basket. More coppers were flung in by the onlookers. One old.gentleman next to.me ith fine white beard who was leat jon one of those long tobacco-pipes which serve equally well as a walking stick, waxed enthusiastic, flung several large coppers for which he received much thanks.
After this, the conjurer produced alas! the performer made a aux pas when.he ventured to discover tone of his marbles in the white beard of the old gentleman whose admiration had been excited by hin previous trick. This sally, which Jexeited mirth" in the crowd, was asa gross insult by its victim. The old gentleman flew into an ungovernable rage, and Hanyang Gate, where there -is a eight or nine pink marbles, or large poured forth vituperation. Had he broad. space in front of spot used beads. These he put in his mouth, not given generously to the vagato stand the famous Yellow one by one, and swallowed them bond juggler', and how should Grane Tower. with "evidently much pain and|such a son of @ pig dare to insult [were a piece of sacking with many effort. But no sooner had he safely lone who might be his grandfather? holes in it, a basket cent passed them down his throat, than In vain, the conjuror protested Jor three old rice bowls, some eggs, he produced them again from differ- that it was only his fun, and marbles, a few pieces of cotton tape ent parts of his body. One he pluck-|insolt had been intended to the fand—no doubt the, most important [ed forth from his knee, another venerable beard. Raising his stick, of all—a small stick or magic wand. from his ear, and so on,' until the the old man rushed forward in Having leisure, I joined the circle tale in his hand was complet once furious onslaught, and would have around him and waited to see what beaten the conjuror if some of the bystanders had not seized his arms.
T had often seen Chinese Jugglers
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