Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-28
THE SPIRITS BREATH.
BORE A VERY EARTHLY DOOR
OF BOILED ONIONS.
How a Mediums Game ON Rich Man
Was Exposed - Robbed while
Seeking to Meet His De
=.ss. ceased Wife.

There are more dupos in this
city than you newspaper fellows have
any idea Of " said one OF the sleuth
hounds OF private detective agency
the other day.
We'll il / spin you yarn tho dra-
matte PERSONA must remain incog.
Air. B. is q very rich man. Some
five years ago no lost his wife. and
and had been devoted husband he
felt that the light OF his life had clean
gone out
In this mood he turned to Spirit
ualism and took 10 attending ma.
terializing seances lie went to sew.
eral places and saw no end OF ghosts
who appeared and disappeared while
the gas was turned down very low
and who always spoke in sepuIchral
whispers rs though they had lost the
best portions oI their innings
Ghosts como high. ana Mr.. b
spent lot OF money hunting for
them. He struck one that looked like
his wife or that he thought looked
like his wife. for OF course. no iden
litica ion with just enough ligh. TO
mako darkness visible would hold ac-
cording to the laws OF evidence.
But something about this particu.
lar one touched some peculiar chord
OF memory ana he became convinced
tina he had seen the materiali1ed
spirit Of his beloved wife. This was
at u seance given by Nine. Y.
OF course Mr.. b didn't want
any other persons to be present when
he interviewed the shade OF the de-
parted wife. Such intrusion seemed
TO him like sacrilege. Besides he
had money and could afford to be ok
elusive. So he made an arrange
ment with Nine y by which she
gave him 4 private seanae every
Thursday night And FOR every such
seanee he paid her $50. II was d
pretty nice figure. but what man. es-
pecIaIly rich man. would weigh tho
blessings OF immortality demonstra.
tel against filthy lucre2 Perish tho
thought
AT these seances there were none
present but Mr.. b. Nine Y and
tie apparision. The thing went on
with the regularity OF clockwork.
After singing sweet Hour OF Prayer
Mime. Y, Mt 10 turned down the
lights and waddled into the cabinet
| and at 9:i5 there emerged from the
cabinet a slender wlllowy white.
robcd creature. She allowed Mr..
BIO kiss her hand il he ever be :
came more demonstratiye sho would
retreat into the cabinet and appear
no more that evening. declaring that
the spiritual elements OF which she
was composed were not strong enough
TO withstand closer contact with
earthly flesh and blood ana at 9:35
] any how she always futtcred back in
10 the cabinet
'.She never spoke above whisper
| to Mr.. b. told him that she was
happy progressing patiently await
ing his coming was glad that no con
| tinued TO love her and so on. And
when Mr.. B--went away he always
left behind him an envelope contain.
ing three ten dollar bills
The thing ran on couple OF
years Then Mr.. BIS suspicious
| became aroused. and ia very pecu.
| liar fashion. He detected an odOr Of
onions about the alleged ghost OF his
wife. A ghost that smells OF onions
is certain TO awaken suspicious It
may exhale an odor Of yioets or roses
with perfect safety but onions are OF
the earth. earthly. Besides. tho late
| Mrs. B. detested onions.
There was another motive at work
with MIR B.. Time heals many Il
sorrow. IL had healed his And no
| had discovered that certain charm.
ing widow could console him much
more effcctually than the ghost
In fact he found that the ties that
bound him to the ghost had become
rather embarrassing. AT the same
time his conscience would not allow
him to break oil with genuine
| ghost. That would be worse than
| playing false with the living.
The upshot Of II was that | was
put on the case. never had an easier
one in my life. was convinced that
Nine Y. had a confederate. because
sue " A9 wv DhlhJ LAVAoStt w Hyi 5btl-
ate the late Mrs b. discovered
that Nine. Y. had another visitor on
Thursday nights-a female who al.
ways arrived half an hour before Mr..
B. called and went away half an hour
after he had left the house.
Il traced this female TO re5prcta.
bio house on Fifth avenue. learned
from tho servants that the lady's maid
was a great favorite with verybody.
especially her mistress but that rain
or shine she always went out on
Thursday night. In fact. that was ono
Of tho conditions under which she held
her place 1t was supposed that she
had sweetheart and her devotion
was regarded as point in her favor.
.Of course the inference was ire
sistible. got Mr. H. TO introduce
me rs friend at the next seancc.
When the ghost emerged from the
cabinet | stepped in front OF 1t. Mr..
Il. turned on the light and the next