Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-04

A stuffed owl with diatended wings
engaged In the cheerful occupation Of
disemboweling rat, whose lits's gore
was atartlingly depicted, stood upon a
bracket, and a live rooster In the last
stages of melancholy was In the cage
on a table neal the window, making
abortive efforts to keep DIP his ,ptrits
by Growing diSmslly.. .An ambitious
attempt to conceal the presence Of a
bed was made by straight atrirs of
calico hanging from the ceiling.
"Are you q fortune telleil" was
asked diffsrentially.
II nebber said I were, sah," was
the cautious response.
"Well, the case Il Just this My
wife has lost some valuable jewelry-
diamond earrings. l have heard of
your great reputation, 80 have called
on you for assistance. Can you help
me to find them2"
Else no fortune teller, sab; Use a
Hoodoo."
The necessary apologies were made.
M"An mor'ober, sab, Use oocustom'd
to references. Who referenshuated
you to mel"
For q moment the searoher after In.
formation hesitated. Every name
but that of the Princess Louise seemed
to fade from his mind; 80 at o venture
he replied "Mrs. Louise Campbell
devoutly hoping, as that lady was In
Bermuda, she would not hear of the
unwsrranted use of her name.
"A dark complicated ladyf"
"Yes, ma'am."
SAN lives In Il xenty fourth s~trest2'
EXACTLY" with q gasp of relief tha'
the reference should be so satisfactory
After this everything progressed
smoothly until the oharge-three dol
lars-was objected to, 1t being mildly
limited that a colored lady In Crosby
street would impsrt the desired infor
nation for one dollar. In an instant
all suxvity was swept aside and fury
reigned instead. She begged 1t to be
understood that she was no ''oommor
Nor Kerolina niger, but a g~inovine
Hoodoo from Lswsanns."
When three hundred pounds Of
human flesh IL pranoing about q small
room, not lquite twelve feet square,
something has to be done, and that
quickly, II the onlooker wishes Ia
keep bis own body intact. Apologies,
II not sincere, were OF least given with
great earnestness, and the depositine
Of three dollars on the table seemed to
hAye . modifying effect. She swept
the money up In one of her wild
rushes, and It was seen no more. Her
mind soon became tranquil enough to
resume business and ask questions.
No n was suspected, so 1t war
impossible to say whether the thiei
WAS dark or fair. 1t might be 9
woman, perhaps a man, msyhap 9
child. Anyway the earrings were
gone.
"Dah's a good deal OBJ difficulty il
dis yere case" said the seeress. AT
ter much pursing Of lips and knitting
OF brow, she went to q corner and got
q roll OF canvass, which she opened
and fastened to the floor. It WA
about four feet square. On it two
circles wero drawn, an inner and al
outer one, with figures resembling tn,
signs Of tho Zodiac printed between
them. Stepping In the center OF thi
canvass she began to gyrate, slowly q
first, then faster and faster, until 4
made me dizzy to look ut her, keep
Ing mp mean while low, monotonouI
chant of unintelligible gibbering. AL
though whirling round with the mo
mentum Of . top, never, once did he
feet stray eutsids the circle. It, va
sstonishtpg ~ Q 20 large 4 yoma,
psrform su0h Q feat, and hsSa visite
began to~s4psr3snce the sAps b~epsatio'
nost tAndsmsh feel when frst q sss