Amusement Only

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Amusement OnlyISBN13:9781481830911ISBN10:1481830910Author:Marsh, Richard (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - This Historic Book May Have Numerous Typos And Missing Text Purchasers Can Download A Free Scanned Copy Of The Original Book (Without Typos) From The Publisher Not Indexed Not Illustrated 1901 Excerpt: The Strange Occurrences In Canterstone Jail Chapter I Mr Mankell Declares His Intention Of Acting On Magisterial Advice Oliver Mankell Was Sentenced To Three Months' Hard Labour The Charge Was That He Had Obtained Money By Means Of False Pretences Not Large Sums, But Shillings, Half-Crowns, And So On He Had Given Out That He Was A Wizard, And That He Was Able And Willing--For A Consideration--To Predict The Events Of The Future--Tell Fortunes, In Fact The Case Created A Large Amount Of Local Interest, For Some Curious Stories Were Told About The Man In The Town Mankell Was A Tall, Slight, Wiry-Looking Fellow In The Prime Of Life, With Coal-Black Hair And Olive Complexion--Apparently Of Romany Extraction His Bearing Was Self-Possessed, Courteous Even, Yet With Something In His Air Which Might Have Led One To Suppose That He Saw--What Others Did Not--The Humour Of The Thing At One Point His Grave, Almost Saturnine Visage Distinctly Relaxed Into A Smile It Was When Colonel Gregory, The Chairman Of The Day, Was Passing Sentence After Committing Him For Three Months' Hard Labour, The Colonel Added--During Your Sojourn Within The Walls Of A Prison You Will Have An Opportunity Of Retrieving Your Reputation You Say You Are A Magician During Your Stay In Jail I Would Strongly Advise You To Prove It You Lay Claim To Magic Powers Exercise Them I Need Scarcely Point Out To You How Excellent A Chance You Will Have Of Creating A Sensation The People Laughed When The Great Panjandrum Is Even Dimly Suspected Of An Intention To Be Funny, The People Always Do But On This Occasion Even The Prisoner Smiled--Rather An Exceptional Thing, For As A Rule It Is The Prisoner Who Sees The Joke The Least Of All Later In The Day The Prisoner Was Conveyed To The Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2012-12-24Weight:0.64 lbsDimensions:0.44'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:192Language:English

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