The herald., 1898-11-05
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familiar with those matters in genera
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familiar with those matters in a general
way:
said. -,
Again she was silent for long while.
They were going over the register, IN
ferred, afterwards. Finally. she turned to
me again. There Is no such spirit there,
she said.
Not there!" | cried. "Why, that
strange. He is surely dead his sons own
Yachts. But do not trouble yourself further +
about the NATTER | said. Possibly | shall
change my mind about the investment, any
| how
rs there nothing can tell you about mar
riage, or love atfairs!' she asked, pleased,
seemingly, to be able to change the subject.
Nothing replied, quickly; absolutely
| nothing. In fact, / could be induced to part
with considerable information upon that
subject myself [ would be able to quote
some very low figures on information of that
| kind | would close it out way below cost.
But we have not touched upon my future
prospects as yet. That is what | particu-
! larly wished to learn about. l am deeply
interested in the subject. 1t is sort of fad
| with me. Tell me, would l do well as n
newspaper man? / have always wished to
join that profession
| Without hesitation she replied: "No,
think not. You seem to lack imagination.
You have no power for the creation of fan
cies of the brain, and even your ideas seem
| to be limited to certain extent"
1T as feared" | said, and l could not
conceal my disappointment from her. She
noticed it and was sorry for me, ! am sure,
for she added: ''But you might become a
fair magazine poet, in time Then after
awhile she added: "You ought to try the
night school"
was anxious to change the subject again.
| / didn't seem to be getting my moneys
worth, somehow. "Would you be able to
tell me if my hens are ever going to lay
| again?' / asked.
| lay again when the conditions are right, y
she said.
"And that will be" exclaimed eager
"When the price of eggs gets down to the
lowest notch again" she said, coldly:
"And is there no way to induce them to
| lay while eggs are worth anything?" | asked.
"Iou might deceive them by putting up
| a bulletin board in your hennery and put
! ting false quotations on it every day. l
would suggest that you gradually work the
quotations on eggs down and at the same
time send the prices on dressed poultry up.
But you must be cautious. Once you allow
the hens to learn that they have been de-
ceived, and they will stop laying: Each one
| will gather together a door knob, marble
that the children have left around the door
yard and q bone that the dog has polished
and filed away for future reference, and she
will set on the combination in spite of all
you can do. Just what they expect to hatch
out is more than can tell you at my present
rates. There is only one way to stop them
from setting under the circumstances, and
that involves the use of an AK
O o O
began to feel now as if I were really get
ting my moneys worth. zone more, l said,
"and then l am done. is the S. p. in poll
tics?"
She did not appear to hear me, and was
obliged to repeat the question. She imme-
diately went into a trance. She was in a
long time. I grew anxious. Finally she
came out of it. *Come back any time after
the middle of next week." she said: "and
/ will have the answer ready for you."
Then paid her well for her trouble and
came away.