At first, Monty Trellis was excited about

At first, Monty Trellis was excited about the tour to promote his new book, "Stalking: A Scientific Approach." But after a few cities he noticed the same woman turning up at each s

-peechwriting session. It didn't occur to him that this woman might be his editor. She was obviously stalking him. So he raised a copy of his book high over his head and

began loudly quoting Bible verses as though he were a street preacher. He watched as she quickly disappeared into the growing crowd. "Well," he thought, "she's gone for now, but

I'm sure we'll be meeting again real soon. Now... to deal with this crowd of Christian fanatics..." In his mind he began to list off all the weapons currently in his bag. Which one

to choose? If any. He could just leave if he wanted to, but he didn't want to. He didn't want to at all.

He decided he would spend a few minutes longer in the strait-jacket. It gave him a warm snuggly feeling. Sighing, Houdini went back to work and gripped key in his teeth.

His sidekick Bouzini began to snore loudly. Houdini elbowed him accidentally striking his bulb horn. Bouzini woke with a sneeze still in his strait jacket. Harry shushed him angril

y and then nicely to make up for the angry part. Bouzini hated Houdini and all his stupid tricks. That's why this time, there was no key for this straightjacket. This was the last

performance for Houdini! Bouzini covered his smile with his cuff as he feigned shock at Houdini's inability to escape the straightjacket. Houdini's eyes bulged in disbelief.Bouzini