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A Magician

           Thequeen’sbrowswerefrowning.Theyunderstoodthatheatleastwasindangeroflosinghisears.Thenativeshadcontractedthecirclearoundhim;fiststhreatenedhim,andtheywereabouttopunishhim,whenanunforeseenincidentchangedtheobjectoftheirevilintentions.

           Themagician,whooverlookedthewholeyellingcrowd,stretchedhisarmstowardonespotintheenclosure.Thegesturewassoimperiousthatallturnedtolookatit.

           Mrs.WeldonandlittleJack,attractedbythenoiseandtheclamor,hadjustlefttheirhut.Themagician,withanangrygesture,hadpointedtothemwithhislefthand,whilehisrightwasraisedtowardthesky.

           They!itwasthey’!Itwasthiswhitewomanitwasherchildtheywerecausingallthisevil.Theyhadbroughtthesecloudsfromtheirrainycountry,toinundatetheterritoriesofKazounde.

           Itwasatonceunderstood.QueenMoini,pointingtoMrs.Weldon,madeathreateninggesture.Thenatives,utteringstillmoreterriblecries,rushedtowardher.

           Mrs.Weldonthoughtherselflost,andclaspinghersoninherarms,shestoodmotionlessasastatuebeforethisover-excitedcrowd.

           Themagicianwenttowardher.Thenativesstoodasideinthepresenceofthiswizard,who,withthecauseoftheevil,seemedtohavefoundtheremedy.

           Thetrader,Alvez,knowingthatthelifeoftheprisonerwasprecious,nowapproached,notbeingsureofwhatheoughttodo.

           ThemagicianhadseizedlittleJack,andsnatchinghimfromhismother’sarms,heheldhimtowardthesky.

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