San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-29

per, ana soon revealed 10 me InaC the CauSt
was the visitor then with her daughter.
''Shes some Of Marsh lls friends, but she
ay leaves Rosina In bonny state, and 10
never dune Begin money. The iassie has
hardly shillin' she can ca her ain"
'An elderly woman carrying basket" i
inquiringly returned.
mo, she has nae basket, but I'll warrant
she has a pouch snorted the mother, and
Just then the voice in the next room rose to
angry alteration, and we heard Rosina
sobbingly exclaim:
Its his money, and Gamma give you a
penny Of it,"
The answer was spoken so quietly that it
did not reach our ears; but, after a quieter
talk, the matter seemed to be adjusted, and
the door opened and Mag Storrie and Rosina
stood before me. They both seemed
alarmed, though the agitation had not
gone out of Rosina's face. Mag seemed to
have some idea of trouble, for she was hurry
ing towards the door when intercepted and
said
"What have you been after herey'
"Oh, just seeing Miss Wilson here" she
promptly answered, trying to charm me
with a sweet smile.
"Blackmailing her-forcing money out of
her by threats, ehF'
Rosina gave a startled cry, but the fortune
teller continued her sweet smile, and fawn-
ingly rubbed the back of one hand with the
palm of the other, while she answered:
"Oh, no. | never did such a thing in my
life-did l, Miss Wilson,
Rosina hurriedly confirmed her statement,
and wanted to know by what right was
here and putting such questions.
~ have come to take you both to prison
for conspiracy, and you, Mag Storrie, for
fortune telling as we'll"
The answer was like an explosion of gun
powder among them. They dropped into
seats, and shrieked and kicked and jerked and
bewailed and protested till they were tired.
| felt most for the mother who had been
completely deceived, and would scarcely be-
ieve that Mag Storrie was not a relative of
her expected son-in-law. Rosina declared
that it was all false, till stopped her and
her evil helper by telling them that / had got
it all out of Marshall, and that he now knew
how he had been duped. say l stopped
Rosina, for the news caused her to drop off in
a faint. When we got her right again she
piteously declared, and suppose with truth,
that she knew nothing of the means that had
been used by Mag Storrie to charm Marshall
into loving her, and that the whole scheme
had been proposed to her by the fortune
teller when Rosina asked her if there was
such a thing as love charm. The agree
ment was that Rosina was to tell her every
thing likely to be of use to her and to give
her 20 shillngs if she succeeded in charming
Marshall into marrying Roslna. The money
was demanded long before the marriage, and
more demands followed, Mag threatening to
reveal all to Marshall, and to charge Rosina
with devising the scheme If her extortions
were refused. In this way she had forced
out of Rosna all her savings and three pounds
Of the money given to her by Marshall to
furnish the house. She had also got from
her silver watch, two gold brooches and
ring, under the pretense that she needed them
to rule Venus, and keep Marshall from going
back to his old love- Mag Storrie stoutly
denied every particular in this statement,
but on going to her house found the watch
and brooches and the ring. got good deal
of money also, but of course that could not
be identified, and there was also a bank note
representing such large sum that the man
who was with me wistfully remarked:
"When I'm too old to remain detective
I'll turn fortune teller. and try to make a
little money"
When the case had been prepared and ad-
justed We were glad to take Rosina as a wit
ness to make sure of Mag not slipping
through our fingers, for she had engaged a
clever lawyer, who had q reputation for
talking judges and juries out of their own
convictions, and the law in regard to fortune
telling has never been on a satisfactory basis
The result was that conviction on both
charges followed, and Mag went to prison
for Elk months, while R1sina crept from the
court room, shamefaced, broken in spirits
and ruined in prospects. She left the city
Immediately and eventually married Q pub
lican in the west / have seen her twice since
that, and she is now nearly as broad Is she is
long, with tho same merry black eyes and
determined curve of the lips. Her husband
appears to let her rule, and to be az happy
under her government as some men are in
ruling. Marshall made Bella his wife not
long after the disappearance of Rosina, and
made ample amends in his after conduct for
the misery be had caused her to endure be-
fore.-Jamss NcGowan in Sheffield (Eng.)
Telegraph.
A Fight with a wildcat
James Maddrah, who raises fancy chickens
and lives alone in his old savmill near the