Chapter 11
Tovar The Red
Tonight only in Dogwood Park, experience the magic of Tovar The Red. He will amaze you! Free admission–Showtime 8:00 to 9:00 PM.
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Beneath the large, extravagant text of the flier pinned to the telephone pole, one of many it seemed—every pole, notice board, and window in town seemed to have one—was a picture of a man with a narrow, handsome face covered with red stubble, and red hair that stood from his head like flames. There was no magician’s top hat in either his hands or on his head, just a simple black cloak draped over his wide shoulders, a simple white shirt tucked into black pants, and black boots with heels that added another few inches to his tall, narrow frame.
In one of his wide-stretched hands he held a plain black wand. In the other, a smal
