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Show TBLOXfilX,TliE UOl'K WALKKI t ' rrr - , yiit.MimihTAeJltrste Jmrnai tht t ilescribes jl. lllondiu's passage: ot tr -tl t- Niagara, river lu the "character bt a e Indian, cbiefi -,'.' 'After being dressed In Jus ilcslwolbn :t ti'gliW, wampum. aproK bead nccklac and 'mocassins, be, cauic but (with li y particularly', uncombed' sandy hair Unco '-. cred os yet by Its crown pf feallicrs); 1 0 took a little to the arrangement for b performance. ForJiftecu.ortwtfiiiy mi le utea the little Tecurosehwaabo.pp'ii tl about,iryiiig the cords, which held- tl s, ropes to the stanchions, cocking the p' tot wbiclt war to be fired to announce 1 J,' return, giffng directions, for the musi le binding. the ligatures, of bis balance-pol Id and answering tcry merrily all tbe jok and questions of the looker on. lu tl ts motions, back and forward, he took i lie regular Step; he simply bounded. Lil ill a child's soap-bubble, the difficulty seem t'r to be to get to the groundto keep fr; floating away. During all this time, u course, I bad the desired opportunity .! J, the study of his face Jt was one whl je uinctecn pooplo out of twenty, on seeii ly It in a crowd, would pass orcr as wLol uninteresting the twentieth and mo n. obserfant man glring, him a good.Joo ie as one. of the most coolly determined ni g- honestly spunky little fellows he hader I'c seen. The top f hls.sknll, of course; It rcryhigb with lilsliump of firmness. U cheek-bones nro promlueut, hi no lit straight nnd with thin espauded uostril id his bps thin nnd firm, his check's hollo a: and pale, and.lic wcani a sandy mustacl iy and imperial Louis Jvapolco lo Though anything but beauty, be is man It Is impossible not' fo take a fm id to. iletiring to his shanty for a minu u- or. two,. after all was arrangcu7hls rea ' pcarancb was announced by a grai d- utmost-iana Trent the band, and Torwai rc cmo Tcfnmscb, with o high crown m lmahy-Colored feathers on bis head n with a slow pace, as would be cxpecti from an Indian Chief, but dnneiug a j nil the way to tho precipice. It w yJcurtduif, liowevcr, to see that the smile d, lils lfp. and bis other slgn3 of mcrnmc ns for tufrttany, were altogether mechanic and artificial, while tbe closclprcssi to eyefid thrbugb which bis kei blue C, was bardlyyisiblc, showed the iunerjnlne ho utter absorption and concentration lit t fwor be liad to do. The rope was drv st, from shore to sborOt eight hundred f nt across, mid tvo hundred and fifty fe at titgli ovcr thfi Niagara rapids a perilo itt bridge for homau lcet to walkf I to 1 a ; bold of his arm as be stood trylugt cr ropp for a uwinent with- the ball of I cd foot. It ivas like a bunch of iron wi ig, wholly nnlmpressiblo, .And oway aiswcnt bis moccaslncd-fect bugging t 4twosides of tbe swaying cable, lils balaii od polo playing op and down', and his tft irt figure gradually.dimibUlilng as ho walk Jt. steadily on and. reached the middle pf t chasm, where; b'e proceeded to staud up he one ley and bold tho other put at rbj ah angles. Tho spectators,, of course, wi all breathlessly silent; thopgh I found BlfHIU,IIUtU IV'.nVI?.JJIIj 11? IIU tlr tTl -.sueh apparent ease and certainly, that, Y was like (seeing bird fly or a pidc W e4thn ceiling noti'to. be. wbhdcred ftt fl rtthuttklnd tof: creature.- ' I am IhcllticiJ i tj think it. would.be rhiore startling (bett cnablliig bticr to Imtgino himself- tit tl ;. pcrfpniKir's place) if he wcre to' do It ,. cbmnipn clpthcs: " Looking "scarcely hi Hgcr than a butterfly as bo reached tl c opposite' shore, Blondiu remained fifte :0 or twenty minutes out or fgblt and th the pistol, . Was Urctl to- announce, hi j j, turn, -Jltt came quietly on to the ccnt "wliero hb; slopped to lie down at fi r, lengUibit tho .ropcarid; ciicutdrTorlo postures . ami, gymnasllcji; and, be'twc t. this and b reaching oor shore agaln ' h mado sefcral pretended tritw. naif losii ai fiIs.balahcetVcrcatnsof thoiiffflght i0 ladies, at tins cry comlcallyvaryjiig t lb' tBnb.whicba8,bfcin5;endcaT0red by t a; band., ,fAa he 'came up the slant, or 1 is rope ,bgain, J bow; .thai" hl xlip3 wt io lightly drairri logctherjand Ins fc'atut , were gidly:'s'etnith'tbe mental cxerttt Hind It was: an cxpfessfpii of -faco th would-be. worth uiaintiiig as ti typo; rp tletchnhicd;willf. Tlirough all . the anxft :b of a spectator's. suspense,'! cpuld not hi a adinlrlng;the little "man eicccdinglya ct I was; the, first to give. hlm.o,baud;ii!n; ;r stepped 'on. tbc:clllf; Jt .was ' Wcoh c(a t. &t$k 'P. 'l0 '' gaTome In return,' a fb hisJngcrS;clt Jeyjnuil, wet Eycrybb cr whbeo'nld.reac'lrlilitt'gavcll fa the hand.bn hrshviy,' to tbp;stiautya st' tlieliaithnsiasnt for blm-scbmedluiiivch 'li And so bYided Hbe sbb bf-alinmau -1 ill puHTcarfulIy -jiitfpcrill,., At. Blpndin ft was afterward .told, ha ?i wifo;uud efc; cliildrcnanibmidp at-'Kfagafa, IioVi ill od&pted;it asJdsiliijater of" pcrforfijao n: If Is jprofessioti' profits amount - to'vi ,-.: 'lbo6sattddollar4.'arj'earl!' X |
