DOLL MAGIC Basil LaCroixDoll Magic Basil LaCroix Copyright © 2008 FINBARR INTERNATIONALThis no grea secrt that ad Tas brought up by Gypsies and spent my ealy te avlling with «two bit crus In de Une Twas entertaining in the Ring swith my own act as hypaodst billed as ‘Mapico, the Human Magnedzer Exraoedinary! ‘One afternoon ater Snishing my turnin the Ring Iwas set fr by the crus conned tod to sept to his ofce-cumcarvan. The owner introduced me 0 Soungih, very wel dressed woman whom {had never seen before. The owner Tel aod she came stught to the point: ave bead that not only cap you ‘mesmerive animals and Busan, but that youcan ao hel people of sickness and ren ment illness Is thin rue?” “Taken abc, Lanswerdy Well am itis true tha T hove healed some people ‘butwty do yous me ths? Uigured tha maybe she wanted hel for hersel,and ant fr wrong. About a year ago she sid rather gravely om this very Bld there wa staged nd my dager, ped nine then, ws enoyng the aous rides’ Shep ors momeat ber conning dont know how happened, but y daughter slipped and war crown fom ane of the fst ides and it wood Appear that shesruck es head on soa ard object At the hospital the surgeons {fun that he al bad been damaged sed thi a portion of bone was touching the brain Another pause followed. "They opersed an fed te abusive bone od ay daughter recovered. She fo well and very active gun, but se is not the sme il anymore, She has become quiet and inwospectiv, she takes 0 interest in anything, abd docs augh or pay anymore. Now what Tam asking yous can ou help my daughter?” a era ew moments pindeedon wha shes ante aewcredy wppose {couldbe dove, ut worby me. Youse, this weal take"ongtine sl mosh ‘eaeound lang eaough o doit Working here a he Big Fins Hsia aed "biveto go wherever the circus goes Lam sorry ba you ss understind “Of ours Lundrsand ad thought you migoay someting like tat ‘vant you kaow tat ~ you don't mind ~ fam prepzed co evel wth your ‘ress that you can belp my daughter. Can you pleat do this or me "The lady was clecy in exres 0 what could [do Du ages? She std she would get the ecu itinerary fom the owe id i would lok format to ‘ecing her sein Ts no moreot her wtilaouta week or wo ate we pulled ato nem own ‘nd found on the pitch a brand new caravan and pt of vey horses ovaed bythe well to-do lady She introduced me to her nupter and I gan tenting Ke ‘All tha summer the lady and her Hie il llowed the show so that ould perc de healing every day Very gradu litle Elin regained the charm ad Dlvfsinesof er old ef. Iwas wel ao aut by the tie twas decided hat the treatment had done is jot Elaine was changed completly and her mother ‘wos afr happier and lated woman than the antous concerned one fist met Everyoue hap, we wea ur separate ways and hat ws tat ‘Some twenty years rs rolled by and I wa sil with the Big Tp, Wold Wa I ‘had come aad gone, leaving me sadder and oder. The heyday ofthe big ict ‘was drewingtoacloseandnolonge did allthe wold and his wife got the cies ‘utes adits tactions fr children andthe show sill eat on. I wat hot slr dy ~ yes we used to get sach dys in England, you know! that» ‘ar polled on othe crus Bed. The a's river wae a bright spelling you dy who was eaguiting about Mr Mapicn. She wa leo where Iw 200g the bg eats ions). stepped ou ofthe cage and she greted ze witha hope ‘beaming sie, bar vas bowed fT kaew who she was, "You deat change much tal Magic! she ned. "Tim sue shold now who youare, am, but'm darned if can remember! Temust be old age creeping up on me” ‘She loked at me keenly. ‘ast your mind bac, Magico to about ea years before the war Can you remensber lady who travelled with your ecu jot 0 long as you could lp he daughter afer an accident?” "Yes that emember Gondnes mc cal all hate a0?" "Ye is weary-one years ago ao, and that young gil yo8 helped is me (Oba ve gown in ht tme 0 orgie yo fr not emer ‘We exchanged some thoughts on that lng agp ime, but soon, withthe