Show A theatrical machinists frear FREAK some months since an E englishman ng lishman named atkin on bought a country place near apithi viers in france for many weeks thereafter ear carpenters penters and masons were busily employed in repairing and und altering the chateau and after alter their work had bad been completed mr atkinson issued invitations for a lare iare dinner party to all the mot most prominent tood prominent romi nent fai fal families nilles in the neighbor or hood the guesta guests arrived at six and on taking their seat seats 8 at the dinver dinner table noticed with surprise that there was not even one ser servant vaut to be seeli seen tho the soup was consumed in silent astonishment me ut when all had partaken partaker par taken of it the host sounded a whistle and as if by magic the t plates disappeared and three magnificent at silver platters platter each containing a roast goose appeared little littie cries of terror were heard from the ladies mr atkinson took no note of his guests surprise but remarking that it was a very war warm M evening whistled arain again and the whole cell ceil ceilius ing lug disappeared the hosts hosta black coat vanishing at the same moment leaving him clothed in a white suit the guests alarmed were about to rise from their chairs when they found themselves their chairs and the table suddenly raised five feet above tho the floer floor they however were soon won lowered again to the flo orand all took refuge in hasty night flight from the A judicial investigation was instituted and it was found that kinson had been for ten geffs the chief machinist at covent garden theatre in london where ho he had amassed aman ed a nice little fortune the dinner was a little freak to indulge his fondness for his old pur pursuit alt ex |