The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-11
The Story Of {. Summer r Resort Ex---
periience and.a Sequel.
CRAIG FARMERS sUND ER SPELL


Have Escaped Uncle SANS Isey-
s s.55 cnue ON GERS They Claim
they We're Hoodooeei
NEWCASTLE, VA, March Especial
Last summer. whensa correspondent. at
fashiona BILE sum mer resort, a 5cersa.n high
c:ass journal, who ambitious .,oung eui.ors
took a pride in the Woman,s page, wrote
to me, asking for the portraits and bio
graphical sketch of some of. the prominent
people at that American spa. wen t
about securing these portraits, and thsreH
being quite a dirth OF tstiEguished guests
at the time, my al tention was called to
a certain notwithstanding lady, who
took about with her quiet, inofrens.ve#
husband, but about whom absoIuteiy-
nothing was known. She seemed pzoLd
Of her clothes and fond of p5ses, and fat
as white pudding.
The first good look 1 had at her face
I knew she would be willing 20 go bsfore
the public, and perhaps. buy a hundred
or so of the papers with her, picture in
it. And it was not my business to trace
her pedigree too far back Bat ap-
preached, ina spirit of adventure, and
she was greatly hattered, s if it. was
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her beauty and fame. / did not know
thing a bout her fame, but she produced
scra p-book items to prove that Manilat-s
tan Beach society reporter had given her
space in prominent New York paper,
forsher display of diamonds q nd her fine
dresses, and her voice as a Singer Not
being a connoisseur in the latter art,
had only my Judgment CT her fine fea-
lures, and while suspected her OF being
like the jac.1daw, prtjs.er without riliu1
within, I took advantage of the only ma
terial I could find at hand, and sent her
picture to the paper. Now, there csrtain-
~ was no harm in this-;f she had not
wanted the honor all to 4 herself, and
when suggested willingness to take
her at her own estimate but thought,
to add force, she Should make me ac-
quainted with her husbands business, or
social Standing, the little lady grew
alarmed, and p'oI'h ss!eti ure results were
any reference made to that.
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Then 1 insisted that before used her.
name she Should satisfy me. as to her
entire responsibility. She told me her
husband was Mr.. Gordon Macintosh
with big "I"-engaged in the noble
business of English brokerage. $ was at
sea as to the business, but English
had spectacle Ctd-Word sound to it,
and I reflected that since Mrs. Fora e &
Macintosh had been pictured on the back
OF piece of nursery music, as she proved
to mel forget title and pubHshar-and
as the New York Press had recognized
her worth looking at, certainly she might
smlrk at the readers of the IS on one
day out Of 365 so Il sent her with a
protest in private TO the managing edi-s
tor
A few days after that she left the
springs, and left me a note that if her
picture was good she wanted numbers of
Rome, Australia, and the Philippines:
She also limited at paving me for giving
her the glory. but she took good care
not to pay. me, sand she wrote back to
me that her "lrubby''5wa outraged be-!
cause the papercnad spoiled her picture
and hadn' tsmade herEpretty, but she had
ordered all the batch from the news
stand. Now. what was my surprise to
see. standing in front of the Central
Hotel one day this week, the natty-look-s
ing, suave-ma nnered gentleman I knew
as Mr.. Gordon Macintosh, English bro
ker. In New Castle, and I thought he
was in Australia! I made some in
quiries as to his business here, and found
he was cutting {; wide 1.-The through
the ranks OF. unworlfl'y fa rlners arG cat
tlemeE in Craig and Botetourt noun
tains, and the tales they tell on him are
thrilling. Yesterday he packed up in
some furry and 1lurTiedly left New Cas-
tie, but some sturdy old farmers were
after him with vengeance since the, law
declines to injure trade to the extent
J of prosecuting dry-goods fakir for
selling $40 worth of goods for $50 bond.
AN OLD SCHEME.
It seems that it is an old scheme. but
new in Craig, and Mr.. Macintosh came
in hereYa few weeks ago with hypnotic
powers and some packages OF reputed
English wool goods, scuttled in Through
the revenue Office without duty. He was
selling bargains of goods impossible if.
the heavy duty was paid, and anything
z to beat the riff, says 7. Craig county
Denlocra IS. But upon close examina ton
there were no. bargains, except for Mr.
Macintosh, and his big braW:ny3:; Irish
assistant, Mr.. OiBrien5 y
Mr. Macintosh registered on tha hotel
register simply as,....N1acIntosh,"S and no
address He went all through the. county;
and took the old fellows. who Rugged
their money like a bear would a bee
tree. and by force they say For instance,
& Mr.. Cally Mann, a shrewd, respectable;
eminentIy worthy citizen, claims TO have
been s hoo-dooed in some fashion; and
to have given his bond for s15 when
s.he had lots of cash in his home, and he
says he did not know who, or where
he was for two hours after the men LIFT
his house. 80 s z.
Then he sent the money after Them
and lifted his bond. He received a pack
age of paltry goods, which could have
been secured for a few dollars at any
country store. i
Such a hew and cry was raised against
these two men, circular letters sent out to
warn the unwary farmer. who, fond Of
Ill lid
opens his doors with hospitality to the
fheila ted trayelec t,,lat they. no doubt