Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-12-07
on a black square of tin:
MADAME FANNY. COUNTESS DE PARIS
cLAIRvoYAxr AND HEALING MEDIUM;
uNEQuALED SPIRIT GUIDE;
UNrTEs THE SEPARATED.
FRONT PARLoR; DAILY.

i: uNrrEs TIE SEPARATED.
: FRONT PARLoR; DAILY.
Martin found the janitress, and at
once secured the back parlor of this mis-
cradle tenement, which was connected by
folding doors with Nine. Fanny's front
parlor. The two men had got themselves
up to look like very disreputable fellows
Rush like Bowery boy and Martin
like Spiritualist. The latter's pale face
and inky beard. and the peculiar express
sion of his eyes, helped him to carry out
this disguise; and he parted his rather
long hair in the middle, and wore coat
with cape, and big soft black hat.
Rush could hardly contain himself when
he talked to the mediums about the ICON
troll" fell into apparent frances and
spouted the greatest lot of rubbish, all of
which was listened to with delighted
ears, particularly by the novices. The
old hands knew it was only acting, just
as their ''trances" were acting.
In their back parlor Martin and Rush
spent many long hours, the former be-
guiling the time by telling thrilling sto-
ries of his detective work. He had had
some wonderful adventures, and he
sometimes named names when he was
telling them, names that were well
known in New York, but about which
few people knew that there were any
suspicious circumstances.
Rush and Maftln visited MADAME
Fanny, Countesse de Paris" one day, to
get look at her room and see how the
communicating door was fastened. 1t
was not very secure fastening-a bit of
string tied around the two handles. A
sharp knife dexterously thrust through
the crack would easily cut the string,
and the i'll hung doors would roll open Of
heir own weight. On the day of their
visit to the Countess" Martin intro
duced Rush as a young man who had
been robbed of his watch in the Bowery.
1t was valuable one, and he hoped she
would be able to tell him where to find
it. As an inspiration to her trance,
Nine. Fanny demanded fee Of one
dollar in advances; and then, taking her
seat in shabby stuffed chair, she closed
her eyes and waited for the trance.
The men seated themselves on an
equally shabby sofa. and Rush watched
the medium as she lay back with her
eyes closed. She was thin and pale, with
sharp features and hair that had been
touched up with dye and that was still
in curl papers. She wore soiled wrap
per, and the slippers on her feet had evil
IDENTIFY seen better days. Nine. Fanny
herself looked as if she might have once
been pretty. That she thought some
thing of her appearance was seen by the
attempt to take care Of her hands. Her
nails were not over clean, but they were
long and carefully trimmed, and her fin
gers, though thin, were well shaped.
By the time Rush had made this
mental inventory of her personal charms
Fanny heaved a deep sigh and her lips
moved. "Me see watch-pretty watch
tick-ticky-tick-gold watch"
EYES," said Rush, "gold watch and
chain-watch with gold face. and fob
chain"
"Such a pretty watchl Numbers in
gold, too" she continued, not noticing
the interruption. "Pretty chain! I see
pretty things hanging on chain. Oh,
naughty man he take 90 watch. There
he run fast to shop Three balls hanging
out in 'front.' Old man with big nose.
He got watch" Then, shuddering from
head to foot, Nine. Fanny opened her
eyes and looked around her. ibid you
get the desired informationw she asked.
"Yes," replied Rush; "a little isping
child told us that the watch was gold
watch; that had been robbed of it and
that the thief had taken it to pawn
brokers'"
"The control is little Mamie; she al
ways tells these things correctly. If you
search the pawnshops you will find your
watch" Rush thanked her for her
information and the two men retired to
their room.
Ibid you ever hear such a pack of lies
in your life?" said Rush, as the door
closed behind them.
"Hushl you will be heard" answered
the detective. "Yes, of course l have,
often, from the same class of people,"
.And to think that they can get any
person to believe in themI"
II am not surprised that they can
dupe the lower classes-the poor igno-
rant creatures that infesS this neighbor-
hood; but they succeed in getting pre-
sumably respectable, intelligent lotof pa
irons. Didn't you notice that nice looking
turnout few doors below here yester-
day? Well, saw handsomely dressed
woman, heavily veiled, get out Of that
carriage and come in here to Nine. Fan
ny's. She probably listened to just such
drivel as you heard in there just now;
only, Of course, it was about a love af-
fair; and she went home satisfied. 1t is
credulous world"
Eyes, credulous where it should be
suspicious and suspicious where it should
be credulous," answered Rush.
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