Biographer, Novelist, Playwright, Journalist, Screenwriter
Author of The Great Farini - The High-Wire Life of William Hunt
The Lives of Farini-Hunt - Tragedy (Part Two)
Here’s what happened next …
“Gripping
her dress in one fist he held on tightly and fell with her until the back of
his knee hooked around the wire. The Great Farini had more than enough strength
to hold a human being in the air with one arm and he tensed his powerful
muscles to meet the need. But the dress, that beautiful dress of light fabric,
tore in a agonizing, ripping sound as her full weight pulled downward
against…and she was gone, spiraling away from his as he clutched at thin air,
her piercing scream now mixing with screams from the crowd. Farini hung there,
looking straight at Mary as she dropped. She hit the seats with a sickening
thud, her head crushing against them and her body flopping sideways. For an
instant she rose, staggering like a clubbed animal, and then collapsed.”
They tried to save her, the best doctors were sent for and they actually
thought she might survive. Unfortunately it was not to be and six days later
she succumbed to her fall. Farini was devastated but well consoled by the
people of Cuba. Farini stayed in Cuba for a long time after the death of his
wife. Even as Farini grieved, he agreed to perform on the high-wire at a
benefit that “the great Cuban circus
impresario, Chiarini”, was holding for him. It was reported that between
$15,000 and $20,000 was raised for him. Eventually, “Farini moved on, for all intents and purposes alone again”.
NOTE: Mr. Peacock has written several books. His
latest series is about "The Boy Sherlock
Holmes" This is a
wonderful look at the legendary Sherlock Holmes, in the beginning! To learn more
about Shane and all of his works, please visit his website at www.shanepeacock.ca.
(To Be
Continued)
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