The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-23

tcs,ntinnS and the etIe:c
- double" said Ma iOr Mont
iOrd. When Mime. Hlavai
sky Mrs. Eddy, Colonel Olcoti and all
the modern adopts had been discussed
II don't profess to understand any
thug about occult science and I am
prompted to confess rliat the lirtlc on
l,crieuce | had in india"
IF you tel! chat story. major. I'll
quit the room. You know that l can
explain away your whole Theory Tnnt
M::riteet adept WAS all right. Ii WIS
Ssttt. Iault of til" camera or something.
i"
''N"w come. come. Anne. Don't
spoil the story. Try you, hand at Il
Welsh rHrehit ii you d0n'i li!i 10 hear
it. but let me teii il my own way fist.
You can add aI the trimmings after
ward
SO ,be sweet iittie lady ,o,lrrd like
Il sweetheart III he tulih beau who
uni nceu her husband fn: five years
and left the room.
Il was Qlarirreu with Al:trjhee tnat
year w.th M: ~Uuaurnii oi ine House
hold Cavalry. Ii Ma> Our first try oilt
in the trop.cs aud every Jolly officer.
liur ana staff. was dying OF ennui 1t
WAS too hot inr GOi.. :nh ponies We're
too sick with the fever To >,nn'i even
AN aiming 1T POLO and tilrrc wsili
tOiclable white Wnntu W.ihin Sixty
iuiirS We We're an DacnciOrS Dlt
Colonel Din"!dd,r. and he. ;or REASONS
ot his own, had lets the m:iuam III Hir-
nin@ham ana wits glad o. i.
~ eli. we were nnrt! pui 80 il for
recreation unCii t.n-:.n l'iicaiTu.
Wrirdiaced. IuuuisIIiNe ynun@ Chap.
began to give us all riie rrerps with ms
stories about occuir!Sui. :,Str:l bodies,
spnoks and manifestations. We'll,
Diuwiddlc and Pitcairn and kept Up
the best mess in the station. and. OF
course every buck in the garrison VINO
had Tire entree spUngeu Oft our hos
pitality. So when they We're all
worked up with the euSi@nS story l
hit upon the c:lilny idea uf getting up
one of the Indian adep,S, as Pity
called theul, TO give :. Se:,ncr in our
garden Ii wasn't Il garden ut all. us
IL ,illtter of fact. but Il sandy. fiat bit
OF ground fenced in al the back OF our
bungalow, with II nONsr il the middle
made of nothing better tuau n hinped
roof canc pillars and mosquito bars.
IT WAS Il good place 10 play ecartc Of
Il hot night hut i'll tn" daytime ii was
;tn nnt as he tire box of Tophe,.
SO Pity arranged lnattrrS With his
sorrcrcr and | sold tickets 20 the cn,tl'-
iainincn, at two shiliill@s english
money. for the Officers and one
tor the soldiers. We wrote the
i.riiets out by hand on the bacns Of
old playing cards. and they went like
hot cakes. for the unlucky TommieS
didn't know what to do with
themselves day or night. and the
chance of a show was almost rs wei
come as a letter from home.
Except for the colonel and major
surgeon we had no chairs, and tile
audience squatted around in u circle
upon the sand. We borrowed few
torches from the QuarrerMaSter,
though we didn't need them. as il
the low roof of my quarters before
Pitcairn, as elf-importuut as Mrs Jar
ley herself. came in with Ali Beg. the
S;t,lEled mystic. who alone could make
sure my personal guarantee tha, the
tainment was worth the fee.
Piuy led his adept into the centre of
TIL" ring. a space about twenty feet in
diameter, and introduced him with Il
pninpous sHlutatory and Il grand wave
OF The hand. The TOmmieS. who had
no respect for anything native, hooied
the miserable Indian. who almoS, grOv-
elpd before them, calling him Alley
bcGGar' and asking him. .Aven'i YOU
ANY happaratus:. The performer,
brought with him one of the para
phcinalia which European 'nlaSicians'
always have about them. though he
wore upon his skinny shoulders II dirty,
urab-colored ciouk. which he uuwound
and dropped upon the sand as he Sa-
iui2d Colonel Dinwiddie and the ribald
ring of 'sHiiibS' round about. Perhaps
some of you have seen these strange
necromancerS of the East! No. Well
they are quite past understanding
This one. like all | have known. being
as agile as he was thin. with deep-set
scintillating black eyes. skin like a
faded yellow parchment and fingers
like the talons of Il hawk