Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1905 — AN APT CONJUROR. [ARTICLE]

AN APT CONJUROR.

How a Littl<r Ruse Saved Hint front Probable Death at Morocco. The troubles of France over the Moroccan question recall the difficulty into which a French conjurer got at Fez in the time of the late sultan. He was wandering about the meeting with great success among the Moors,'when the sultan heard of his skill and immediately sent for him to Fez. He was commanded to perform before the court and .the trick which met with most success was that of tne two pigeons. 4 The conjurer produced a Couple of pigeons, one white and the other black, and, cutting off their heads, placed the head of the white pigeon in the neck of the black one and liberated the two birds, who flew about the sultan, wl |> was much taken with this trick and at once sent for two mganifieent slaves, one white and the other black, and ordered the unhappy man to perform the trick on them. The conjurer knew that to refuse would mean» his own death, but he was equal to the occasion. He declared that lie could do tlie trick easily, but that the magic weapons he had with him were not strong enough for two such big men. He therefore asked leave to go and fetch the necessary tools, promising to return aud perform the trick in a few days’ time. As soon as he got to the coast he set sail for France and took particular care never to go near Morocco again.