The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-01-05

my horror l found that $50, 600 Of them
were gone. I asked him for them, and he
said he didn't know where they Were.
We had an argument, and eventually
he agreed to try to get me back the
bonds if I would agree to sell them to him
for 81. 600. He said be thought they were
secretcd somewhere in my house. He
made me write down Il contract, in which,
in consideration Of II, 900 paid me and
other considerations, agreed TO sell him
those missing bonds.
When | had written this, l refused to
sign it until / had consulted my lawyer,
Mr.. Shields. saw him, and then we de-
cidcd to put up q trick on the doctor and
expose him. In the next room to my par
lOr up stars is u room with a closet, and
we though i they all hid in the closet
the shul...s ard lawyers ana everybody
they could hear what happened.
"Wet.led st first to hide m young lady
typewriter in the piano, but she has such
long legs she wouldn't fit. I made ar.
rangcmcnts for the doctor to come up and
look for the bonds on Monday night at 10
o'clock. To make a long story short, l
got him in the sitting room on Monday
night, and tMe closet was full of the sher-
Efs
- Dt'i Esittb W itSt "a oAAS ~
was a gamble III his part, but that be was
q born gambler, and he'd do anything l
had Il mind to. and he'd take the risk"
This talk about "gambling' was e2.
planned to lie rater by DR.. Stark. He said
that after Mrs. Johnson gave $40, 900 of
bonds to her coachman she repented OF her
generosity and made him "materialize'
them. AS soon as she put her hands on
them she kept them, and the coachman
never got them back. This trick, he says,
he thought she was going to repeat on
him in order to get back his $40, 900 worth.
The first thing he did was to send for
beer, and then he locked all the DOORS"
continued Mrs. johnson.
Now, says be when he had drunk
the becr-'ncw, I'm going to dc a thing l
haven't done for years. I'm a natural
born medium and thought reader. l can
tell what's passing in any ones mind. /
thought if he had any idea of what was
passing In mine he'd jump out of the win
; dow.
Then he went off into a trance. He
shook like a leaf, grabbed my hand as
tightly as he could and wiped the perspi-
ration from his brow. l said, oh, doctor,
amt you just wonderful but that was
only to fool aim. l kept repeating that
just to stop him from getting suspicious.
Then he led me to the bed, and from un-
der the mattress he grabbed a bundle of
the bonds.
They weren't all there, though. Then
he ran up with me to the garnet, where I
hadn't been for a year. l told him it
wasn't any use going up there, but he in
sisted. From there we went into the
maids room, and he pretended to take
some more bonds from one of my dresses
that was hanging there, but he took them
from up his sleeves.
"Then we went back to my room, where
the people could hear us, and the doctor
wanted me to give him the $50, 900 worth
Of bonds for 81, 900. He kept saying: oh,
my head; oh, my head! I'll never do this
any more! Oh, how sick l shall be for
this tomorrow, though 1 am a natural
born medium and a mind reader all in
one!'
while he was going on like this, hold
ing my hand, Sheriff Hawkins came into
the room and changed places with me-.
When the doctor recovered, he was very
much scared, and he wanted the thing
settled.
Now, a great deal has been made out
of the fact that l have a lot of diamonds,
anu lnaI l Keep money aDOuJ Inc ilouse' 1
do keep a few thousand dollars perhaps,
but what's that to me? l am richer than
1 care for, and l can't begin to spend my
income. l have just ordered a diamond
thumb ring from a New York firm, but
what of that? Even if I did buy a $13, 900
pair of diamond carriers!
Il am not insane. spend money, but
it is mine. My husband would stretch
out a penny like a piece Of chewing gum.
1 believe in spending my money. Mr..
Johnson would borrow SIS from a niger.
I was married 30 years ago to that tiend.
Are you married, young man? No? Well,
don't ever get.
CDR. Stark is certainly a magnificent
looking man. she sighed. Then she add