Evening star., 1899-10-14

tfon until after L had learned something OF
the professors life. And / said:
MY, your power Is certainly wonderful
and L wish you would tell me something of
your past life; how you came to be such a
wonderful medium
He said: "Why, there Is nothing very
difficult in it. My power Is so strong that
| can impart 1t to others. and since 1 have
been looking at you I am convinced that
there is power in your makeup that is
hidden and only needs development
l jumped at this with alactrity and said
to him.
II certainly would like to be a medium -
He said that would cost me fifty dollars,
and that l could make a hundred times
that every month If 1 would only study;
but my poverty prevented me- from taking
advantage of this generous offer, and 1
had to content myself with a rehearsal Of
his past life. He said:
Sketch of Mediums Life.
although [ am fair in face and figure,
1 am not an American, nor am I an Eng
lfshman My mother very dark; she
was an East Indian. My father was an
Englishman and met my mother in Calcut-
ia. / was born in the jungle with veil
over my face, which gives me occult force
superior to any ten ever developed. Why
you may not believe me, sir, but senators
and representatives and judges come to me
here and ask my advice on public questions
how to vote and what to do in politics,
L was quite a boy I began to foretell
events; and my mother, who understood the
psychic power Of the race, undertook my
education along this line. For years
nave practiced IT. / came to this country
during the worlds fair and set the country
wild with my wonderful manifestations.
The Mediums Association elected me its
president. (And to prove this the professor
handed me his letterhead, with the state
ment thereon In blue ink to that effect)
nave read the past and future of the most
prominent people in the world, crowned
heads have come to me in their troubles
and even In this country and here in Wash
ington l have saved many heartache and
brought together separated lovers. Why,
here is letter that I received from one
of your most prominent women"
And with that the professor handed me
letter purporting to be from the wife of
United States senator, in which she stated
that the professor was the most wonderful
medium she had ever seen. The indorse-
ment was written In pencil.
Greatest Living Lady ReveaIer.
As arose to take my departure, the pro-
fessor asked If had ever heard of Lady
karina, the greatest lady medium in the
world. I acknowledged that I had not, and
he told me her address was rs 10th street
northwest; that he knew her and could
state for my benefit that she was wonder
full. I told him I had no idea of going to
any one else, and left the professor and
1t wasn't with the same ecstatic feeling
that experienced in boarding the profess
sor that I anticipated my seance with the
Lady karina. She advertised much the
same as did the professor. In fact, her ad-
vertisement IS placed alongside of his each
of which has the principals picture, but
neither one resembles in any particular the
person 1t represents. My summons at the
door was answered by q colOred woman,
who smiled audibly when I asked for the
Lady Karfna The lady was locked in her
room, but made her appearance at once
and graciousy invited me into the parlor.
As I entered big, burly fellow followed
and took a seat He was evidently the
bouncer, and I would have felt his wrath
had l refused to pay for the reading. but
l had no intention of doing anything of the
sort, and the lady kept me waiting but a
moment when she reushered me into rear
room. It was her boudoir, and I tried to
look embarrassed when I viewed the sur
rounding lingerie which was hung in conve-
nient places about the room.
I had a good opportunity to study the
form and features of this great clairvoy-
ant. She Is tall and well proportioned. and
was dressed in a loose-fitting gown of black
satin, with yellow silk trimmings, and a
few jewels were on her hands. AS looked
about me I saw a table almost similar to
the one the professor had operated on. and
there in identically the same place at
the professors house stood the picture be-
hind which the clairvoyant would manipu
late mysteries. Word for word she went
over the same story that the professor
had just given me. She looked into my
eyes and took my hand l trembled, blush
ed and looked down. and she quieted me
something like this:
why are you so nervous?'
Il was never in the presence Of such a
wonderful person as you are before in all
my fife" I stammered out.
Don't be afraid. 1 have held other
hands before: and while I am possessed of
this marvellous power, it will not be used
against you"
Talks Business.
And she smoothed my hand with such a
loving caress that 1 was reassured She
was business, however and wanted to talk
finance right away. l repeated my story,
to the effect that I wanted a dollar read
ing, but she stood out for two dollars. and.
after pleading great poverty l finally
agreed. / was sitting opposite to her at the
table. with the little picture between US
and she went out of the room while ! wrote
the same things l had done for the profess
sOr only changing them as follows:
l gave my name this time as Frank B.
Green L took that name because of my
yerdant appearance. and gave my birth
date as February 3, 1874. and these ques-
tions!
viii none marry me?
viii the mortgage on the farm be
liftedT'
VIII the humbugs be found out?"
had raised my age four years because l
man might detect fraud, and when / wrote
None" as the name Of the girl l thought
she would pronounce it Money" She did
| had no doubt to the third question
That was my business
l wrote the questions on the same kind
of piece of paper that the professor had
given me. but used a very hard pencil, and
this proved Lady Karina's undoing for
though she palmed the paper and dropped
the questions behind the little frame and
opened them up to view, she failed to dis
Germ anything but the name of the girl and
the first of my assumed name. l thought
the Lady Karina needed eyeglasses, but
l dared not suggest it to her. The thinking
part she did was more interesting than
that Of the professor, and / really felt
sorry for the woman, as she strained her
eyes in trying to decpher the illegible
handwriting of newspaper man. While
she was engaged in this part of the per-
formance l quickly arose, and there spread
out before my gaze were the questions She
didn't seem at all excited, but quietly put
her hand over them and looked up at me.
Again the Blonde Man.
I did not let her know that l had seen
the questions, but resumed my seat and at
tributed my sudden change of position to
nervousness. She Is by no means as clever
as the professor, for the change she made
in the substitution Of the counterfeit for
the real questions WAS a bungliDR pIeca Of