The San Francisco call., 1896-06-12

He took the cane and drew a diagram
on the floor of the star the spiritual
Goliath wore on his breast. When he had
| finished describing it in detail he contin-
/ ued his story:
"As you know, have not been in the
best of health lately, and asked this ma
gician what had best do for it. Well, for
some time l could not make him under
stand me, because he spoke in the Persian
! tongue, but in about four months be had
mastered the English language and was
able to advise me for my good. This is
something really wonderful, you know, as
1t would take human being about as
many years to master the finesse of q for
eign language.
'Since that time l go into this small
room across the hall every day when it is
time to take my medicine. Immediately
the magician appears with his followers.
Holding an empty goblet in my own hand
L grasp hold of his hand with the other.
No matter how tenaciously cling to the
goblet it always demateriaIizes. When it
Is again placed in my hand it contains the
potion for me to drink. Immediately
feel invigorated."
The cattle king then related marvellous
instance of how he had made a wager of
nifty cents with certain lady living two
miles away, that on the evening the wager
was made he would obtain possession of a
certain valentine she had in her posses
sion, and would return it to her later.
''She at once locked 1t in a trunk" be
said, land sat on the trunk and read a
newspaper till past the hour named as the
limit. a little sprite who has done me
many favors-Mayfower is her name-at
once set out to get the valentine.
In short time she returned and said
that in getting it out of the trunk she
would have to tear small piece off the
corner 1 told her to go ahead, and soon
she returned and handed it to me, with a
small part of the corner torn off. This
little nymph always appears to me by sit
ting on my shoulder and will not converse
with me unless l let her do so.
when | went up to the woman's
house. there she was sitting on the trunk.
l asked her if she had the valentine. and
when she looked in the trunk she almost
tainted to find it gone. l then produced
1t, and at the sight of IL she grabbed it and
ran down the stairway without saying
word"
White told of a similar instance that
occurred in the case of his brother. Perry
White of Virginia. Here, however. his
brother remained with him. and the
magician had to come in and lend Nav.
flower his assistance. When the article. a
leathern wallet, was dropped into his
brothers lap White said the effect was
worse than the recent turn in politics on
Boss Buckley.
And now," he went on, "you want to
know if the spirits have told me anything
about the Round Valley affair, 10 you?
Do you remember when Dan Woodman
held me up in a creek and made me sign
checks to the amount of $25, 900?
"Well. Mrs. Emma Robinson and an
other woman came along in a buggy lust
in time to prevent his killing me. The
spirits afterward told me that thew had
instigated Mrs. Robinson to do this. as
they could think of no other way of saving
me- Mrs. Robinson herself told me thai
she never could analYze the motive that
caused her to go out riding that day.
"As for this latest phase of the troubles
up home. | had better not speak under
the circumstances. Mrs. Whitney. how
ever, has received a communication from
the spirit land that Littlefield met his |
death at the hands of mob"