The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-05-02
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| straight down the palm and tapped
| three times again. Sawyer staggered
back as struck by lightning.
People, hear mel he shouted. L
am we'll known here. / am known to
you as Honest John Sawyer. would
| not lie to you. This is a fraud. He
| pretends to expose mediums and is
himself the very greatest of mediums.
| Not living soul but I knew the signal
agreed on between myself and my wife.
He must have got it from her. 1t was
my wife spoke to in the cabinet. This
man is medium and fraud and
swindler.'
HE kept walking toward the door
and waving his arms in the air,
Mr.. Sawyer Mr.. Sawyer / shout
ed, won't you listen to an explanation"
No., he shouted, I'll listen to moth
ing. You are a fraud and swindler.'
AS he reached the door he threw his
arms up and fell dead.
while exposing spiritualism in Tex
as made thehacquaintance of one John
DAILY, who had been gambler, but had
been converted and then gone in for
Spiritualism. Daily was fine fellow in
his way like some of Bret Harte's
gamblers. He came to me after one Of
my performances and said:
II was delighted with the show-de-
lighted; but 1 was panied, too. I am
on the western side of life, and it is
wrench to the heart-yes, a wrench to
the heart to find that there is no foun-
dalton for the things that one believes
| in. Now, there is a little girl fourteen
years of age, who receives extraordina-
ry communications. She can't be a
| fraud. There's nothing that she could
make from such deception. want you
to come with me and see her.
THAT is an error one often hears
stated. She makes nothing by IT. A
| craving for notoriety impels some peo
pie as powerfully as want of money 1
went with Daily to see the little girl
She was accompanied by her grand
father, a very respectable man. She
had the usual strange communications
in which her friends had faith. I saw
through her performance, which was
simple enough. After it was over DAILY
asked me what I thought of it, and I
told him that I could not make up my
mind without consulting the little girl.
/ took her aside and said:
My little girl, don't you think that
you ought to tell the truth about these
matters? Your father was a gentle
man, your grandfather is a gentleman,
Don't you think that you ought to tell
the truth?'
"The little girl finally broke down,
made confession, and showed me how
| she did her tricks. ] led her back and
explained to her grandfather and DAILY,
and she showed them how the tricks
were done. DAILY never said word,
but began to tilt slowly back in his
chair. He went completely over and
fell with a terrible crash amid the frag-
ments of his chair. We ran to pick him
up, and found raving maniac. I he
lieve he's alive yet in one of the west
ern asylums. That cured me of trying
to convert people from their delusous
If a man is comfortable in his delu-
sions, say leave him alone unless his
beliefs do harm to some one.
Zone of the queerest adventures I
ever had was in Borneo. I got away
up the country in the land of the Dy-
axis, and performed before a king and
an audience of head hunters. A prin-
cess was among the people who saw
my show. She expressed her pleasure.
She was especially taken with my row.
er to burn people up. She wished she
had the power, as then she would start
several CONGREGATIONS. I informed her
that 1 was ready to burn up any one
who disp1eased her She thought for a
time and then fixed on great, hulking
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would not work called him ana gave
him good scolding, saying that had
heard complaints about him, and that
he was not any good, except to other
evil-doers He jawed back, saying that
he could not see what business of mine
it was, no matter how much he loafed
While we were talking my confederate
scattered a few drops of fluid on his
clothing, and he soon burst into flames.
He ran away bowling. I told the prin-
cess that in consideration of his being a
member of the tribe / would not con-
sumo him entirely and sure enough the
flames did him no harm
She proposed marriage I said I
was married already. She told me that
that made no difference, that she would
be sister to my wife, and together
they would rule all other wives might
acquire. My wife, who was present
when the interpreter gave us that,
thought it was all a joke, and was for
Jumping UP and throwing her arms
about her new-found sister; but I could
see that there was very serious side
to the matter. To refuse was 20 insult
the king, and meant certain death. /
explained that such a great honor
merited great preparations, and that I
would have to go toSingapore in order
to buy presents and wedding clothes
l asked the princess what she wanted
me to buy for her. She made long
list, and was delighted at the idea of
getting all the things she ordered SO
l lied myself and party safe out of the
land of the Dyaks. The nearest Eng
fish consul to whom I related my ad-
venture told me that 1 had got him
into a bad scrape, and that he might
have a poisoned arrow shot in his back
sometime on account of my doings.
The only way out of the difficulty
he said, is for you to send an enor-
nous official envelope all covered with
seals announcing that you are dead I
id that, and 1 guess the princess grad
ually got over her disappointment.
I'VE went to Mandalay, thinking to
do a good turn of business there 1t