The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-02

sale bet he'd be on hand. j made up my
mind / was goin' to see some. U n
when tn se-ance got nicely under way
Mrs, II. sprung her little surprise.
"Ah, I feel a strange sPerrit m0 own
Rhostlike. All me, ali me. It's tn speTrit
Of a woman. She cries aloud to me; my
home is gone. my heart Is broke what
Mrs II. moaned louder an louder when
she got that far. / set right next to Abel
Mapes, an he was a-starlnF at her as ef his
eyes'd pop out Of his head: A.
Mapes." Mrs. II. moaned; EFF Abe MaPes
be present let him heaTken TO IN voice
from tn dead. Y~es-no-yes, II a
soul fer tn almighty dollar. Every dollar
you lay your hands on you put right OUT
OF circulation. Ell you would retain IN
respect OF your fellow men cease TO seek
fer sordld GAIN
sMrs, H. certainly did herself proud.
like without impairin' it's 7~orcetulness.
Everybody in tn room. was lookln
at Abel Mapes by this time an he jest sluhk
an covered in his seat, He looked more
ashamed than any man ever see.
Il nearly bust out laughin, 90 see rd nIm;
was sobefed an tempered by tn Thought
that tn old skinfint was jest a;gethn. 9
good lesson, one he'd needed a long time
IN had seemed In a fair way never 70 get
short Of tn Judgment Day,
Uncle Oak paused and chuckled at the
recollection, Joe Gish was listening with
astonished interest. His cousin, 81 Corn
nelium, was laughing unrestralnedly.,
soho. SO that was how she come to KNOW
30 much about folks round here, ehYT MT.
Gish commented, 'Hy-guy. well III %
And he did not seem to be able to make
a single other remark for the time being.
sTh' next day Uncle Oak continued,
II posted her all up about Anthony Tanning.
Told her how he had always been a drummer
ton, which is so necessary in tn drummer'e
trade. had run away with him till he'd got
30 he lied up an down in tn most unneces-
sary an distractin' fashion.
y told Mrs. FL. all about his gradually,
6usiness~oheap swindles. all Of them,
an how fer tn last year he'd been seilln.
poor people who couldn't afford TO lose their
money bogus copper stocks at four cents
a share with immediate dividends OF 70
per cent. She got that dow pat. liz.
"When night came she handed out q line
Of warnin' an good advice TO Anthony
Tanning that l guess he'll never forget to
his dyin' day. She told him imagination
was tn gift Of God an sh'd be used only
on tn rarest occasions.
Wnbu III DOTu luNcHpSu ulakh hNS -
a noble quality with which to bless man
she said tn devil Immediately went 10 work
an invented lynn In all shades from cream
white TO a dead black. She told him that
he must beware, beware lest he allow
his gift OF imagination TO degenerate into
| tn blacklist art OF w~ickedness, namely
promisc'ous lynn.
"From that day TO this Anthony Tanning
has never 80 much as said tn word copper.
1t distresses him to have his wife ask him
to buy a copper kettle. He sees a hidden
neanin' in it.
Eyes, sir; he's returned TO his old trade OF
plain, honest drummin' with Imagination
only an no fiction on tn side"
"Good Lord. / can see tn whole thing nov.
iest as plain as can be-" Joe Gish exclaimed.
well, we'll, Oak, I'd never given you credit
fer half tn sense Of humor you displayed.
1t certainly is funny. wish you'd let me
in on it at the time. Besides, l think you
lone a lot OF good"
"Well, | amt been able TO see any harm
that's come OF it so far, said Uncle Oak
refectively. "'ceptin' to Mrs. Haiicarnassa
herself. She had intended to stay two
weeks longer right here, but those two
| sessions with Abel Mapes an Anthony
Tanning was too much Of a good thing.
9TH third night she didn't have any
audience at all. Everybody was scared
away fer fear some unpleasant sperrit d
show up an tell tn truth about EN-, an
Mrs, H. had to move or down TO tn east
end Of tn island and start all over again