The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-12
A Gifted Liar.
From the Cnfcaao Mail.

''You may talk about gifted liars, but want
to inform you that know one who can give the
snake editor cards and spades and beat him
out, said John Stapleton, stage manager of
the conservatory
He is the most audacious rumancer that ever
walked, and it is real pleasure to look into
the calm, mperturbable depths of his eyes, as
he reels off some fearful lie. and stu dy the gall
that makes its possible. He is a young man
who lives little way in the country and keeps
his poor, old father hard up by his life in town.
but know Of at least two dozen different
stories he has given out regarding his parent
age, tanglIng himself up with half a dozen
great families abroad. His particular hobby is
to be known among celebrities, whether of the
inspires his lies. He comes into my office every
day or SO and springs some wholly gratuitous
and unnecessary lie on me. For instance, he
will say, without the slightest provocatIon:
81 called on Mrs. Soand-So last evening
mentioning the name of some millionaire So
ciety leader.
well, know very well he didn't do any
thing of the sort, and that he probably never
saw the lady in question, so | say:
''Where does she live?'
''He replies promptly and without tremor
Of embarrassment:
Thirty ninth and Calumet avenue
Il don't happen to know whether this is right
or not myself, so have to accept it. But may
be syly get directory and look the address
up. Then say:
Why, Mrs. .so-and-so doesn't live on
Calumet avenue
"'Ob, yes, she does he says.
why, no, she doesn't. The directory gives
her residence on Michigan avenue
Z" She has moved since that was printed he
announces snlilngly and am floored.
lone day he was in my Office when a friend
of mine whom the liar knew spoke of a per.
Torrance at one of the theaters the night be-
fore, which was quite society affair, and went
| on to tell of the people prominent in the social
world that occupied the boxes He named over
a number of bright lights and then the liar
Clipped in:
Ibid you see me?' he asked placidly.
mo; we're you theref
"'Oh, yes
"'Wherey'
''In one of the left boxes
lis that so? Why, thought / saw every
body in the boxes, but didn't see you
III was there, said the liar as coolly as you
please.
'''Well, didn't see you
% 4 saw YOU retorted the liar.
Where did sit?' asked my friend, thinking
to catch him.
The liar never even so much as allowed an
"'You sat, lie said quite gibly, in the sew
enth row, the fifth seat from the left side
- No l didn't. L sat on the right side of the
house and near the back of the parquet'
Exactly, said the liar, the seventh row
from the back, the fitch seat from the left side
OF the section.
HE said this so pleasantly and with so much
apparent ingenuousness that my friend who
really didn't know just where his seat was gave
it up. He knew the fellow was lying. and that
he probably wasn't there at all. But it WASH t
any use trying to catch him. He's like the boy
who was asked il he ever heard of Ananias and
Sapphira, who were struck dead for telling lies
and answered that he knew them both and saw
them struck. If you loaded whole tons of CON
Trajectory facts on one of this fellows lies it
would wriggle out and perch on top of the pile
He is the champion.
But this is only a'sample These incidents
do not represent that element of picturesque
.rrt,tn all tnla Tod fnV- II
another instance which is different from either
of these two There was big summer produc
ton to be on at one OF the theaters, and Ger
tain young lady, quite favorably known in
amateur circles as an actress and singer, wanted
to secure an engagement She mentioned this
one day in the presence Of this liar, and he i'm
mediately said:
why, I.know Mr.. So-and-So, the stage man
ager;'
can help me-
Help your exclaimed the liar. why, I'll
get you the engagement. He is a very par
ticular friend OF mine and will do anything I
say. You shall have letter from the man
ager in two days. Why didn't you speak of it
before?'
Not only two but four or five days went by.
and the young lady concluded to go to the
manager of the theater herself She did So and
found the liar in tie Office. While they sat
waiting the managers leisure the stage man
ager of the production, whom the liar claimed
to know so well came in. The young lady
knew him by sight, and was amazed to note
that the liar didn't speak to him. and that he
didn't seem to take any notice of the liar After
some little time they left the offics together,
why, you didn't speak to Mr. So-and- so. :
said the youny lady.
g No. said the liar, affecting a tone of in
finite superiority, L never recognize actors ex-
cept in matters of business. Socially, or in the
company of the manager of the theater never
speak to them. It's bad form; very bad form .
Now want to know how anybody is to
grappie with that sort Of chapyn