The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-06-15

having enough for her daughters bur- ial expenses. The doctor had been inn posed upon before, so he told the Wo- man that he would go to her home the following morning and bring the neces- sary funds to defray the expenses. Thanking Dr. Mcleod, the woman took her leave and proceeded to the pastoral residence of the assistant rector Of Trinity church. Telling him the same story, she succeeded in obtaining five dollars and the promise that the doctor would otllciate at the funeral.
 This original fakir then went to the residence of pr. Fiske, pastor of Gun ton Temple Memorial church, to whom she again repeated her story and ob- tained q like reward. She sought two other clergymen on whose sympathies she worked with the same tale, and se- cured from each five dollars and an as surance that the ministers would preach her daughters funeral sermon To each one she gave the same hour, name and address. The result was that the fol- lowing morning five preachers, armed with Bibles and hymn books, serious and sympathetic looks, appeared at ten o'clock at the quiet home of very re- spectabe Irish family, and each one an nounced that he had come to conduct the funeral of the young girl. The Irish lady, thinking that some one had played a practical joke on her. promptly be- came incensed, and emphasized the fact that there had not been death on that block for six months.
 Several days ago a tall, foreign-look- ing man visited several prominent cler- gymen, to each of whom he handed his card, on which was engraved "Rev. Charles Mohammed" His card did not state to which denomination he be- longed; consequently he told each min ister that he was a member of his church and a foreign missionary. To some he said that he needed funds to go to New York; where he was scheduled to deliver lecture, and to others he claimed his destination was Baltimore for the same purpose. He succeeded in obtaining various sums of money, until finally he reached the Rev. Dr. FiSke. To him he showed his credentials, which seemed to be correct, and furthermore, he claimed to be q professor in Prince ton university. He showed a clipping from a Richmond newspaper, which sta ted that Rev. Charles Mohammed had been mistaken for a negro who was wanted there for some crime, and he was almost mobbed before he could es- tabish his identity. In addition to this he had his clerical orders from the Bal timore and Ohio ond the Pennsylvania railroads. However, these orders had expired in 1S99 and the Rev. Mohammed could not wait to have them renewed as he was due in New York early the next morning and in Princeton the fol- lowing evening. He wished to borrow ten dollars from pr. Fiske and prom ised to return it two days later
 pr. Fiske suggested that he telegraph to Princeton. To this the Rev. Mo- hammed agreed at once and thanked theI doctor for his thoughtfulness. Dr. FiskeI sent a telegram immediately, In the meantime the Rev Mohammed went out into town and called later In the evening to ascertain if an answer to the telegram had come. The time was ap- preaching for the leaving of the train ! and as the Rev. Mohammed seemed | very anxious for a reply to the telegram pr. Fiske was impressed with the worthiness of the case and willingly | loaned him the money The next morn ing a message from Princeton stated that there was no such gentleman at Princeton but like many telegrams, the | message came too late.-Washington !. Post.