The Indianapolis journal., 1894-04-08

NY name IN Dl0Od at the end or eacn copy,
or, rather, what was supposed to be my
name. When ] had finished. the doctor
signed the paper, giving the street and
number, and also placing the letters. &c. III.
p beside the signature / asked what the
Priest"
He then took a large iron seal that came
down with a terrible thumD and struck
on the manuscript three times. stopped
and then three more times. During this
fIrr f3psrat4n IN he was rolling his eyes and nut.
paper with a light brown powder. L asked
him what 1t was and he answered.: Sui
phur and sweet smelling herbs" He then
informed me that the spirits were very
fond of anything that smelled sweet and
nice After this he folded the paper. d.
rected it TO the chief spiritual ruler of this
day and hour and also wrote on II &c. IL.
toned. sprinkled some more powder on it
writing precious blood and their visible
filled with sitting smoke.
The little Doctor continued to add more
powder and looked intently at the burn
ing mass. l asked what he was looking
for. and he answered: when you hear
something in the fire crack and snap. then
the spirits have found your gentleman,
and Immediately they will begin work on
pause, and with a satisfied air he contin-
ued: There! Now they have him. It's
We never fail when. a lady shows such
earnestnesS as yours"
tabs and told me 20 hold my hands to-
gether over it, which I did. He then poured
oyer over them a, red fluid. | asked him what
made to represent blood. and you are
supposed to wash your hands in it." l
shuddered. but kept on. He told me not
to take my hands apart until 1 had rubbed
them quite dry, and TO continually repeat
while rubbing them:
'I demand that John Jones' Of 121 West
Lake street, or wherever he may be found,
shall Immediately become my husband and
love and protect me evermore."
HE HAS MANY CUSTOMERS
1 repeated what 1 was told. and poor
John Joness ears must have tingled, who
ever he Is. and wherever he may be. 1
asked what 1 must pay for all this. He
said that his price was s25, but that some
ladies had given him 800 and $500 they
were so grateful for the assistance that he
rendered them
DO the ladies' that come to you9, all want
He laughed and said: "Oh, no. lady: 1
have customers of all kinds, Some land
ladies who cannot obtain boarders enough
come TO me, and / help them. Ladies who
want their husbands to give them more
money, come; and also business men who
desire their business 70 increase"
Another factor in the Doctors incarnation
is letter or the handwriting Of the one
upon whom the spell is TO be worked. He
t-'t it 1sGpposediy1 m with the Writing. % perfumed
powder and other things and tells you to
take it home and hang it in a chimney or
posed to make things hot for our lover
then.
lover, which he keeps over night, and is
supposed to work spell upon it. Then he
gives it back and tells you to stand it head
and and each day fiji the glass
If it be that your sweetheart is in the city
where the Doctor can see him that will
help to work the charm. as he Is supposed
control him better in that way.
1 asked the Doctor If he could make peo-
pie rent my rooms, as | kept a furnished
room house and most of my rooms were
empty. The little man gave me some or
the brown powder in paper, and told me
when L reached home to take some hot
Goals in a shovel and go In the room that 1
wished to rent and pour some of the pow
der the shovel, repeating while 1t burned;
Some one nice, come and renG my room
l was TO do this in each room three times
a day. He vowed that my rooms would be
rented before the week was out. told the
Doctor that / did not have much money
with me- and would not like to pay SO until
| I had seen some signs of my sweetheart
| coming back TO me.
quite right, lady; pay any time that you
| find it convenient.
GOOD LUCK CHARMS.
He then said that he had some good luck
| charms that would cost me 50 each. told
| him that he could prepare one and that
would take it the next time came. He ad-
| vsed me to come twice week, at O'Clock
| in the afternoon, and do all Of the writing
| over again, even to the blood part L prom
ised to be there at the appointed time and
| told him that 81 was all that had with
me-
When I asked him if all who came there
| had to do as l had done he said that some
| cases were very much easier for him 10
handle and did not require much work
| as mine did, but that he never failed. He
further said that if my gentleman was not
| brought back to me before month NAG
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! go to Long Island, where three other doc
tors of the black art We're They would
all work together and it was impossible for
| them to fail. as they had more space and
greater quiet to- work in down there The
doctor said that his mother, from whom he
| inherited his wonderful power, was an ola
Indian medicine woman, who could work
the spirits to please herself, and that while
living she always insisted upon real blood
to work with, even to the washing of hands
| in it. 1 fear that my courage would have
| given out entirely If l had lived in the days
| of the doctors mother.
| The little man showed me many tokens
| of gratitude given him by his lady Gus
| toners. Upon the raantel stood some hand
| plush tablecloth was the table and a
| large unframed painting, that really looked
| out of place in the dlngy room, was on the
wall.
ON the Doctors person was hand
crocheted necktie of white silk, bearing a
| diamond pin. Likely some fair hand made
| that necktie. Many tides and lambrequins
| Of macTame work hung upon chairs and
shelves. all showing woman ; WOFk. On the
piono stood a full-length portrait of the
Doctor in Masonic uniform.
The little Doctor is quite tasty in his
dress and more neat in appearance than
the average negro. His WIFE who is sell
dom seen, is white and very handsome. She
does not appear TO be more than twenty
four years OF age. I wonder if he secured
her as his wife through the power of his
black art
For a few moments, when 1 was left alone
in the little private room / had a good
opportunity to notice with some care, the
details of which L have spoken, and also
took occasion TO examine the Doctors new
shiny silk hat, which bore the name OF
well-known halter. who has some influence
in setting the styles.
bade the little man goodbye and reached
the fresh air after coming from a narrow
hall that was approached by a side door
in the private room AS l reached the
street / a lady leaving private car
riage at the corner. and, impelled by
curiosity. i watched TO see where she
would go. / heard her say to the coach
man: BE back here in an hour" Fol-
lowing her with my eyes, while pretending
TO wait for car. | saw her enter the lit
tie drug store, evidently another caller on
the little doctor
The sympathy of the Audience.
New York Times.