The Saint Paul globe., 1902-01-16

with the exception Of q few lame and
blind, lined up In front Of the platform
and waited for the show. Two colored
boys pounded out rag time on banjo and
guitar and then a girl with an abused
voice Warbled about the old folks who
would be tickled if she returned some
time later.
Then came the sensation Of the even
ing The pensive boy over there pushed
in under the spotlight and commanded
silence and attention. He was armed
with basket full of sealed envelopes
and in one hand he carried a small
bundle of envelopes still open. AS the
crowd was willing to listen, the fakir
explained that he was only anxious to
start market for his goods. He had the
money and was only looking for advertis-
ing. To prove he cared not for any old
microbe-infested paper currency he an
nounced that he intended to right then
and there give money away
THE mayor was again invited to come
out into the clear. The mayor again ap-
peared and the fakir handed him sew
eral $40 bills.
" Are they real? asked the man
anxious to throw stuff away.
They are, declared the mayor taking
a chance
Then the mayor was asked to shove a
double x bill into each envelope. The
envelopes with the money were dumped
into the basket full of stuffed envelopes
ana the basket was covered over for
shaking. Then the fakir explained some
more. Every man paying one dollar for
bottle Of the hair restorer had right
to draw an envelope. If he drew one
with double X inside the money was all
his.
THAT man almost caused a riot The
citizens fell over one another getting to
this gold mine. In about seven minutes
the fakr was out of hair restorer
That was all fine and dandy but it
came easy and the fakir decided to stay
over for a chance at the rest of the
population. Right there he made a fatal
misstep.
THE citizens while waiting for the
second night all got together and talked
It over. Not man in the bunch was
aole TO admit that he had connected up
Wluh piece of real money and the crowd
began to think about things. A COM
mittee was appointed and the entire town
was canyassed. Every owner of a bottle
OF halr restorer was asked If he had Sc
cured double x, and every owner
answered with sad shake Of the head.
Ihlngs We're rolling up fine and dandy
for the fakir
That night the colored boys again
supplied duet and the girl with the
oVerworked voice switched to song de-
scrlb1ng the bright moonlight shining on
the banks Of some river, and then came
the fakir
Dear friends, he started, AS I told
your fellow citizens last night we don't
care for the money. All we want is to
advertise this medicine Now I am about
to get -
And then he certainly got it. First
a nice mushy tomato hit him right above
MS determined looking chin, and then a
tlred egg spread over his left ear. Then
Things came so fast that I could not dis
tlngulsh the articles. The fakir raised
ms arm but that only made him a bet
ter target and then he started six Jumps
TO the block 70 the steamboat. The
crowd hurried after him. but he ap-
peared to be in training and beat them a
IuA square to the gang plank
L don't know how the coIored bows ana
the girl escaped, but when the crowd
abandoned the idea of swimming out to
the steamer and returned I'D town the
company and the platform had disap-
peared.
Don't think that boy over there is a
millionaire - ="