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The Dancing Fakir

And Other Stories (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Dancing Fakir: And Other Stories Once, in better days, he had spent two seasons with a third-rate variety company in one of the Calcutta music halls. He had shown really marked ability as a mimic, and could take off a native to the life; his patter songs were popular even when drunk, as was frequent, he could keep a wonderft serious face. But one night he returned from a strange revel in the Chinese quarter, and proceeded to divest himself of his clothing on the stage-slowly and impassively. It took six men a considerable time to remove him. He had a rooted idea that he was a Dancing Fakir, and with a dead-white face he made rings round the manager and his minions, until he fell insensible among the footlights. His theatrical career ended in that faint. Jackson drifted on. The Calcutta race-course knew him for a time in various capacities - none of them above suspicion. At one time he was concerned with bicycles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

At one time he was concerned with bicycles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work.