The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-07
Good m at ,1r ed Bear.
How He Told His story; Ills Childhood; His Mother
and Fathers His Trying Experiences
CHAPTER XII.

y a beating heart, and every llihp liol mo
hluking with apprehension, | addressed
tie human race on tho subject Of pills.
had heard 1t was a vulnerable point
4 l really do not know what said--e-for
the fact liz, i WINS 40 alarmed mt speak
Ing to ali nsscinblhgo Of the boinys pf !.
mira cliloiis senses and unparalleled WIS
4 dem. that even 1T tho tlma ! did not
know welt what WAS saying
8 However, tho moment began 70 SPEAK,
numbcro OF persons came round me. ana
laughed loudly thought ! vas louna
cut, ana stopped. 90 on Doctoi-.so On \
Ouncksulverl'5 cried they. SO went on
A crowd soon collected, all Of whom
lnughcd immoderatcly, saying, w hat ~
voice! Look at his nose!-d'd you ever
hear such MISUNDERSTANDING n f!su'p!'&
they bought all ny pills. IL a very sliart
titnc. ard / was only ttblc TO make my
eecnpe BY telling them that must 80
To my lodgings for soma more U rnn, 70 Z
f5 n short distance, una as soon az j found
myself alone, I danced with delight I
set down under D. hedge, and taking ONT
Z q slice Of gingerbread, began 70 make
some more pills. but I was so very over
1oycd Mt my sunccss, that J. could not
rol. them, and lost the PIECES. ! was
obliged to wait till the next evening be-
fore + returned to the Fair.
nOh, how shall describe the Joy and
cxultation felt at the increased sue
cess Of my experiment upon the Wise
and generous human race! was obllged
ia double the price or my pills In or
der to prevent them from going 20 fast.
Everything said produced immense
laughter. even when myself knew that
i had said no witty or sensible thing
. ut all, while any ordinary reply made
was received With shouts o. applause
For instance, he;frd tau Prusslail
{,fn ira In
about my pills being a certain prescrva.-
tive against hunger. IL yOuMtook enough
OF thcm-which you know was very true,
because they were all made Of ginger
brcad-this corporal heard say to
\ friend. How we'll tho dog does it,
meaning mo- Sir said I, give me leave cay,
In tell you, with all submission, that
there Is no dog living who can speak
us well as i do At this, all the crowd
reared again with laughter, though
could sea nothing In It, except tho truth.
Gradually. however. began to per-
ceive that they all thought my strange
voice. dialect. face. figure and general
be havior were assumed, and that ], was
acting part: In fact, that could speak
and appear very differently II ! liked.
i did not altogether feel pleased at this
discovery: nevertheless j was obliged TO
take what cnrne and make the best OF II.
! therefore,. spoke US well as ] could,
4 u j
der, I suffered II to he supposed that
] krew bet and thus cndehvoscd 10
humori the eccentric wisdom OF the hu-
man race. 53 4 is
II now took my petition III society;
had lodging in house, and Hlept in q
bed! How L stood looking NJ the Snow
white luxuryt--and walked around 1t soft
ly. holding my brcatn-and touching x
80 gently, and considered my own hum
bic origin. till shed tears OF JOY q to
think how ] had risen In the world. But
did muster courage OF last, and &C,
tualiy got in between the Sheets
II visited other large fairs. and with
Increased success: SCI that in the coufse
of year or two had gained great
sum OF, money But in doing this seveTnl
little circumstances both puzzled ard
amused mo. I4found BY experience. TINT
as my pills became famous for their
many virtues, 1t also became requisite
to dip them In a little Juice OF some very
i bitter berry or herb, because people seem
ed to think thsrc could be no virtue In
thing unless 1t was made rather dis
agreea BILE. I, therefore, bowed with defer
ence to the wishes of the lords and ladies'
OF creation, and presented them with bit.
ter pills accordingly. continued to make
money at. a great rate.
II soon became famous at all the great
fairs, whore BY some was called the
Whimsical Doctor, on account OF my Odd
dress, face ana voice. all OF which they
regarded as assumed. Several wealthy
frequenters Of tho fairs offered to go
partners with me. and at last con-
scented. My partner was very clGvcr
Jew, named Tobias. q 3eWeller: He sold
all his Jewels, or rather Returned all
his Jewels into gingerbread, and we made
wagon loads Of pills In the course OF tho
manufacture, however, Tobias talked to
me In style which caused me 70 feel,
for the first. time, that this method OF
dealIng with tho human race was no:
l,onora BILE; that, In fact, the human raco
was really not In all respects so wise
as had imagined, and that nobody ought
to cheat them. The moro my partner
talked and re1oiced over our success, the
more I felt wa were rosues: so ane morn
ing told him, that wished TO dis
solve our partnership. All said he, than
as you leave, OF course, you will lenWe
with me ali tho stock in trade, and all
the money too, No. said ]. not all tho
money Take all the pills and welcomes;
& hut give me back half the money He
refused; we had u few words, when sud-
denly no turned sharply upon me md
said: You shall have nothing. II you per-
slst, / will betray you. You ara not
man-but q hear!' II
IT was thunderstruck! I fell back into
my infant years as If had fallen over
preclplce, ! felt was u bear! But tho
next moment soixod Tobias In my nrms,
and lifted him UP IN the air. saying in
r. loud voice: Wicked fellow-nausbty
Jew--what shall do to you? At this
moment, however, recollected my
mothers words, set him down upon
the ground where no stood Quite breath-
less with fright. and as pale as asres;
and | said to him with sosmnity: 'Uh"
grateful man--also dishonest, and OF a
poor spirit. take my money, and 80 thy
way In peace was Thoroughly asnanlssi
Of him., and as soon as ! WIS alone J
: cried bitterly to think that should
have been used SO unklndly by tho lllst
man with whom I associated 5s
II had lost all my money, and had
now 10 begin all afreal. / did not much
mind this It seemed such u very easy
thing to make money, What, sums had
been made by showing ne, When Twas
mere captive! BY what nonsense and
gilgerbreada II had ONCE made my for
tune; how much easier then. thought i,
will II ba to make money! nv n j3ittleI