The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-16
SOLD TO A GYPSY
GIRL FLtES TO
UNCLE
AND RETURNS TO LIFE OF RICHES
FROM THAT OF WANDERING
vAGARoNDs.
WAS GIVEN FOR DEBT
Bv Her Father -Four Long Years ago
and She Has Since Lived the
Life of Nomad--Ran
Away From Camp.

Chicago, July 15.- From life pens
with a band of gypsles, sleeping IN
der the stars, telling fortunes by The
wayside Malica Adams, fifteen years
oh ard unusually pretty, yesterday
emerged into a world in which there
are bath tuhs and Iinger bowls, a
world in which girls 30 TO church ana
to parties
She left behind her a gypsy chief
who paid her father $500 for her four
years ago. She left, too. her husband
whose imposing name is Ephriam
Eria 10, and whose years are thirteen
Little Malicia whose eyes sparks
like Jewels, and whose once fair SKIN
is now brown as a ne ~. shed some
tears as she renowned the gypsles
who were her onlT companion tor
four years. She cXpla ned, though, that
while they had been very good to he
she wanted to live with her own peo.
Die, the existence of whom she dis
covered a few weeks ago.
Uncle viii Take Her.
In the Juvenile court Yesterday she
told Judge Carpenter hat her uncle
Alexander Adams, of Grand Rapids,
Mich. was willing to take her TO his
E~.,,a to haye he~ shako oT ~ w.
rowing habits and to see that she be
rane HFe ether lttla oiris "'
had roofs over their heads all their
liYes
: Maiioa's apparel III the court room
was picturesque compromise be-
tween her old life and he new one.
She wore skirt that was sober II
toioring and hat to which no mil
rnery purist could object Bur heF
waist It had all the colors that We're
in Toseph's coat Her neckwear was
n flaming scarf aHd in her pretty ears
were lcoped rings tar were extremely
CANDY without being particularly neat
The story which ne gnd her uncle
and Alizo Fri ito, her gypsy owner
and Chief of Police Bates of Harvey
told Judge Carpenter was a strange
one
Is Given for Deoi.
Four years ago her father. J3saph
Adams. who has since disappeared
without leaving any forwarding al
dress was in Alizo Z istio's debt to
the extent of $500 lie couldn't pay
Tris only asset was his daughter. She
was then eleven years old. Adams
WHO must have been singulariy
affectionate and devoted father, trans
ferred his daughter to the gypsy ioI
and in consideration Of the cancelIa
iion of the $500 debt
ssThe little girl was taken into the
rvpsy camp A few weeks later she
was married with much calico ant
gasoline lamps rcmp TO Ephriam ol
the tribe of Eristio. Ephriam assumed
husbands responsibilities at the age
of nine
For the NEXT four years The lttl'
bride roamed through the middle Wes'
with her foster people, informing inc
unreasonable folk OF the countryside
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that they would do wen 10 aFSH 'i"i q
persons or that they would sooa g(
on a tourney. The gypsies were Zoos
To her. She grew to like the life IN
which there is no rent to pay ne
street cars to ride on and no stuhN
rooms 10 live in. Her home was
tent and her front YARD al outdoors.
Runs Away From Camp.
She walked into Harvey a couple oI
weeks ago with the rest Of the rovers
There by chance, she heard that hei
uncle lives in Grand Rapids. One night
she waited till the camp was asleel
and then he fed. not even stopping tC
say goodbye 10 her gypsy husband.
A gypsy girl is not distinguishel
nv many shrinking violet characters
Tics and Nalicia got to Grand Rap Is
all right. Her uncle was glad to see
ber and said he would Willingly keel
tsr with his wife and himself.
He knew that his brother had sold
the girl to the gyp les -or $500. BEING
a business man, and liking 10 have
things done IN a business Ike way NJ
went 10 Harvey % see the man |n'
had purchased Malicia. Their inter
view was 80 spirited tnat its culmina
tion was the arrest Of each party =
the conference. upon charges prefer
red by the other
Chief Of Police Bates Of Harvey va.
called in and he had All the pariies t'
the strange litigation in the juven L
cnurt yesterday.
IF We can't keep the girl" said thf
gypsy chizf, a pers0nage who was go
MP in sartorial splendor. regardless oi
expense. we ought 20 have our S5ea
lack"
Gently but firmly sudge Carpenter