Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-04

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utter q cluck of dismsy. She was still
within the magic circle, however.
Refusing ali assistance, aud shrlekipg,
"Ke,p away dab, keep away, or yer'll
spite do charm" She crouched upon
the canvass, clutching convulsively
with her left hand one OF the printed
figures.
After q while, when she had some.
what recovered her breath, she said
pantingly: 81 dunno dissackly wedder
It's a man or q woman, 1t kind O. bod.
ders me. But I knows de fust letter
of de pusson's name who tux it,"
"You dor
"Yes. 1t commences wild q V.
Who do yer know by dat are name7'
Turning over In his mind all the
names he knew commencing with a
V, beginn'pg with Vespuclus and end.
Ing with Vepnor, and not being able,
oonscientiously, to charge them with
the loss of the earnings, the reporter
said that he didn't know ANYBODY
whose name men with a V.
"Den yer wife knows"
"Supposing my wife doesn't know
was the hesltatirg r~ejoirder.
"But she will know" was the posi-
tive response, and the sorceress gave
unmistskable indications that she
thought enough had been given for the
m" ney.
Before my departure the "Lewssnna
Hoodoo" expatiated forcibly aud at
great length upon the wonderful pow.
ers of a stone, resembling very much
an eye stone, which she picked out Of
a tin box taken from her pocket. The
lucky possersor would be given what
! ever he or she wished, no matter what.
1t was procured by p%urloining a ships
cat-a ship that had actually been to
sea; no lake vessel would do. She cut
off It's head, and 1t was dsnuded of Its
flesh by anita. The stone was found
embedded in the skull. Its virtues
were never known to fail The price
was the ridiculously low sum of 81
The following day she was much sur.
prlsed at the non-discovery of the
thief, and she told many "reminiscences
of her past successes. Thevast amount
of wealth returned to its lawful own
ers was wonderful, and the number of
errlng and fugitive children returned
to the right path by her supernatural
IL fuences was marvellous. Another
trial must be ossayed, an entirely new
one, for which she would only charge
one dollar. This was agreed to.
Twenty.six cards were laid upon
the floor, each bearing a letter of the
alphabet. Upon every one Of these
letters was placed q single grain of
seed. The rooster was released from
his confinement, and he began to peck
| with the greatest avldity. As soon es
ono grain we, gobbled It yrs immedi.
ately replaced by another, for q SINH
lar letter may occur twice in the same
name. Decidedly the rooster was not
q success, but he undouhted had . re.
markably fine feed. He could not
pick out a proper combination to spell
anything. At Last, sfter much dexter
Gus manipulation by bis mistress, he
selected an oat from q j, an o, an r,
and G.
"Ha, ha," shouted the negroes,
jumping up In great glee and foudling
the bird; 81 knowed he'd gone done
an do 1t Dat ar's de name-J O r G
-George!' and she smiled an air Of
well-merlted uecess
Many other dlvination tests were
suggested, but politely declined.
These were by fire, by e.bslancinp
by q wedding ring suspended bvs hair
and by the combination Of q b biz,
key, the 50th psalm, and Il garter
This last, 1t was allegeo, was neve
known to dlsappoint. Even the satis
faction to get square with the thief
for the paltry charge Of fifty cents ant
an onion, was refused. All that wa
necessary was to stick an onion full o
pins and roast It before q hot fire, &c
peating an incantstion--to be pur
chased for the aforesaid fifty cents
between midnight and l O'Clock In tn
morning. As the onion slowly waste
away, the heart of the person who hs
Injured you also dwindles away Il
unison, he suffering excruolating tor
ments the while.
A number of psdlocks hanging upo
the wall excited curiosity. She sal
that they were charmed and that the
would stop the annoyance of barkin
dogs. Poison Is dangerous. To CON
PLAIN to the Board of Health is t
excite the enmity of your neighbour
Purchase one of these locks-if 20
haggle about the price you spoil tn
charm-and when the dog begius
bark, preventing sleep, olore the hrsr
turn the key, and repeat the follow
Ing lines:
Dog; dog, close your mouth;
. Put muzzle to the ground;
BE as ! wish you'd be.
And never more make sound"
The astonished animal immediatel
becomes mute. and Is so grieved at HI
enforced silence that he quickly pine
away and dies.
! "Now, honey" said the prophecies
following her visitor down the stair
to the door, "as yer q customer ys
shall have dot are wishin' stone fc
fosh dollars. No; deu take 1t fc
free-for two.
Each offsr was met with q shake {
the head.
"For onel"
"It wouldn't be right for a man I
purchase all he wished for In the werl
for 3 dollar. He'd ruin trade"
"Honey-"
But the lowest price for such q mar
} vellous treasure was not discovered
As she was speaking two yourg, evi
IDENTIFY respectable, and fasionabl.
dressed women, entered the court
and was recognized blythe sseress, VIII
smiled graciously upon them, a
though she were already handling
good fee. CHANGING timidly at us, the,