The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-26

only eaiiv FIRE co,,rtr. T AZ. - SS. LA
her peopie. He daci.roJ S;'" as ~ , ~
struck with the sreat haa',,. 80 ~, ann,,,,.
| ter and the ami:Ible connta,a.,aaas "a
anne. NV wife 'i''' '''''>e "a '-'''
Unfortunate3v INV s,,,.u,, ,, no,
| equally struck with lie a,'nas 800 and
proposition on NV na,t ~ a I,as.nt ma .'. new
| friend 20 Them met Will, ,as 5;s,a;,,,
tsWhatD exclo;ned ,ns ~ .';s, " ss,ssa, bor-
rid Frenchnan with h;i},r,Is vr;ttor on
| his face and eves l;La ohni.s.s9 n.,sa;,',.,
not" ~ ~
"You probablv ,noon ,,,r,,,;ds mn
| deaf" i mildly sr,ccastad d. 49,, s,r IA
\ has billiards wr;iten :, ~ t '-' ''o
4 ssNonsrnse nam - ,a,, aan,,,..or hrolo
! in: "you know verv val, Whit nommo
means and she y o,,;to s;,h, toe Wa 10
| a horrid man Has al.,s,,s s,a,s mo- ~ mo
i as Il he wanted M ace throvch mo ploase
don't introd;,ce b;,,, -, ne CO.. sto,,'t
sneak To him n Won, A., . No 5an,,,'t.r
I has win Of her dwn. sbc ;nbr,its II fron
her moihcr ~ o"''' '''' ''''''''' ~ ''o"'
Nalurallv tho o,,,,,.;,;o, ~ - s.,,;,,,
only served to increase my liking for Mr.
J ycther. and fonnd him n most enterta;n.
ting coInpanion, He was n vary attent;ve
Missioner, md meyer wesr;eS ~ Iear;ra mo
! exnound INV nol;t;coI y;ews an, yarv
strong ON politics as 7 have said beforeH
ar exnutiafe on The enormous extent of NV
business relations or h;mseli no smoke
but rarely until one d.y snromos al one
Of our many noI;t;cal discnssions he
| offered 10 tcli me his history and n very
astounding revelation II was ~
~ WIS thinking INV friend.r he said 10
me- ..of the con- verss,tion we Ind vesterday
about Irish affairs and ~ n remar, M vonr,
that struck me very forcibly. Won said
that TO maintain existing institutions one
should have recourse 10 tbe same means
by which these institutional were crcotcd
and that ms n eon,hination oI lavish brih.
cry and the statesmansbin az pin had
brought about the Union 4 would reouire
n like eombination IN maintain II -
"Certainly.n i said moJes,ly stbat IL
my idea bnt Won see that nowadavs there
are certain difficulties about bribery ihot
did moi then exist and besides wa have no
statesman like Pitt"
"En effet. Won hnve no statesman like
Pitt. Yet. ii Won pleased Won mighi have
Pitt himself" ~
"Why, good heavens, the man is dead
and buried these eighty wears"
"Jusi SO. The respectable Pitt has long
been corpse, but his spirit where is
that You might yourself be Pitt"
81 become second Pittl My dear sir,
you natier me too much, or else You arc
laughing at me-" .a-'..i
~ never laugh, nor do l wish to fiatter. :"
The black eyes looked at me searchingly,
and his tongue took a more foreign accent
as he rapidly proceeded 'Iisten, my
friend, / will explain what mean. You,
who are so intelligent and widely instruct
cd, YOU. ut any rate, cannot be unaware of
problem that has engaged the minds OF
many men in every generation. Ever
since the world began attempts have been
made 20 bridge over the gulf that lies be.
tween the living and the dead, TO form
Some means OF communication by which
the living Intelligence can be put en- ran.
port with the spirits OF the departed. To-
day that sysiem of communication has
been brought by some men 10 a pitch oil
almost absolute perfection"
"Ah! YOU mean spirit Ripping and ghost.
Ia hands made of kid gloves and sawdusl.
But that is all humbug. YOU know"
"As Won s,v my friend In vonr oxnrass.
i've iany,,s.e Tint Il ali bnm6nc. In, do
moi mean ,bat nj ali. / sneak moi Of thc
| vulunf ChQrlatQn. tie miserable lmnUIlOr.
who calls himself spiritualist and has 50
little esprit as 10 descend to such wrptchet
tricks. The art that speak OF is known Ia
lint very few. and by those few II IA ken,
nm inyiolable secret: IL | sneak al il 10 Won
n h because Won are an honorable Fuaiisj
gentlemen. al an intelligrnco that is rnrc
and nossessing rarcr srualitIrs for profitine
by snch knowle,l,e. i will tell Won ms
own story. hut frat look me In the face and
tell me II Won can belieye me. for cannot
sneak 10 one whose mind harbors distr,ist y
You NAV IMAGINE I Was considerably
siagcored by sucR an addn4s. Neyerthc.
lcss aid turn my eycs. almost unwillingly
10 meet his. What did those ewes OF III
NOT expr,-ssY They seemed AT once 10 en-.
irrat me. Az command. 10 menace. An
,p,r seemed no mass and WAS still GNoll,
s,nring Then Kind az mist came be-
tween ne. INV strength suddenly desortel
me. and lad / moi clutched nj n rail
should have fallen M tho ground. With 4
violent .II,rt / wrenched nv gaze from
! his did moi wish 10 answer. and vet
! answered linn m spite OF mysalL and m,
ovn vo;c,. seomcd 10 inc lar away AM
strange as n siammcrcd out the vords
al shall believe YOU"
"you can bcI,cvc7. Il IA well. then
IA ~, ~, In ~, h.t;, ~ ,..d;n. ~.
Gs ra,'ars Won would have hcarJ ~ An,
; s.',,a VI Roh.r, NIacai,i.lis Won yonl,
Z h.,.. he.,.i. ~ h;s .ehems' ~ rrroi,,io,
2 ~, o,,id i,a,,. ,,sss.,.,..d t;recr, ,s,in n
! III ,,s, lie 10 cxc, losi. nj I,i- ,,r.,s
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