The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-15

story OF the Lady, the Obi Stone from
HastI, and the Broker.

HaytI, and the Broker.
An episode of the Presidential campaign,
which has not been chronicled. is the story OF
the broker. the lady. and the obi stone. The
following account Is according to the lady; and
the broker. like a good man and true, endorses
every word. In this fashion. so runs the tale.
was the nation saved from disaster. and COM
mitted to the saving policy of sound money.
About a week before election q Wall street
man displayed one evening to a party of
friends a queer-looking, pretty. eolored stone.
heart-shaped. and with a curious mark OF a
cross SCARED into its surface. The gentleman
had lived for a number OF years on the island
of Hayti. and he told his friends that the stone
was a relic he came into possession of while
there: h at II was reputed % have great value
as "A talisman. and had within his knowledge
brought good luck on more than one occasion,
when its powers had been invoked.
The stone ls what the H~aytians call a % SPIRIT
"a white mans spirit-and is described as the
embodiment of a Frenchman who lived on the
island more than a hundred years ago. Tho
natives believe that its full efficacy can only be
evolved when it belongs to a white man. so they
recognized the propriety of resigning 1t to the
New Yorker, and as the natives have a whole
some awe Of the man who carries such n charm
about MIN he thought that 1t certainly was a
lucky thing to have in Hayti.
Since his return the broker has kept the obi
stone very much In evidence, and more than
once its poker luck Is said to have been phs-
nomenai. In view OF this n proposition was
made 10 the owner to cast its influence into the
was on the point OF sending it out TO Canton.
Here the lady interviewed, becoming unwittingly
a special providence to protect protection, as it
were. She wanted TO borrow that obi stone;
and with the clOquence Of her sex proceeded to
demonstrate that at least FIVE days, good luck
yet remain sufficient time for 1t to reach
Mckinley and establish itself as a factor in his
favor before election. OtcOurse, she had her way.
Four days Inter, over tho brokers' telephone,
came a despairing wall from the woman:
VIVA shall do with that awful stone? 1t
such bad luck in all my life as during the time
i have Kept 1t by me. Everything has gone
wrong. I've lost "A lawsuit. been robbed.
sprained my wrist, quarrelled with my best
friend. and now | have influenza, who am
never III! / am too III to carry 1t TO you. and
messenger on such an errand; yet | do not think
/ can stand having 1t In the house much longer"
The broker went after his obi stone that
night, and was solemnly warned on no account,
Is he valued his country's veal. TO leopard its
future by shedding the baleful influence of
harm. IL was not sent TO Canton. The lady
now recites the story OF her misfortunes to
sympathizing friends with q complacency
which is explained when she adds:
1T has been awfully hard on me. but / feel
that | have literally been a martyr for my
country! If had not suffered all these things.
MIR. - would infallibly nave sent that nasty
stone TO Mckinley and the whole nation would
now be- on the road to thu poor housed"
engagement ut the Garden. but will continue
1.-The Mummy" tho farce with which he has
been making his audiences laugh AZ that thea