The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-10-04

ara orabed a-holt of that idee with
celebrity.
First. I up an told her about Abel
Mapes. told her how Abel used to
go barefoot to school when he was
bow. how he went into tn grocery
business an sold poor stuff at starva-
ton prices durin' tn civil war; how
he bought little land from time to
time till he got a-holt of half tn town
shin. how he foreclosed mortgages
shown no more mercy than a ma
chine, an in short, how he was as fine
a specimen of tn tightward an skin
flint as you cd find in million.
"She jest hung on my words. When
got through she had as good an idee
of Abel Mapes' character as if she'd
had to live with him fer forty years.
81 took p'ticklar pains to attend the
seances that night. Abel had been at
tendin' right along night after night
an it was a safe bet he'd be on hand.
made up my mind I was goin' to see
some fun.
When tn seances got nicely under
way Mrs. H. sprung her little sur
| prise.
"'Ah, I feel a strange sperrit movin'
out O. the Darkness she moaned most
ghostlike. All me, ah me, It's tn
sperrit of a woman She cries aloud
to me: Ny home is gone, my heart
is broke; what shall I do?"
Mrs. H. moaned louder an louder
when she got that far. set right
next to Abel Mapes, an he was a
starin' at her as eff his eyed pop out
of his head.
"Th' sperrit cries Abe Mapes, Abe
Mapes,' Mrs. H. moaned; EFF Abe
Mapes be present let him harken to
tn voice from the dead Yes-no-
yes, it leaves a message for him: You
are sellin' your soul fer tn almighty
dollar. Every dollar you lay your
hands on you put right out of circula-
ton. Eff you would retain tn respect
Of your fellow men. cease to seek for
sordid gain
Mrs. Fl. certainly did herself proud.
She expressed tn message most poe
try like. without imparin' it's forceful-
ness.
Everybody in tn room was lookin'
at Abel Mapes by this time, an he jest
skunk an covered in his seat. He
looked more ashamed than any man
I ever see.
Il nearly bust out laughin' to see
him. 1t was certainly good joke,
but my mirth was sobered an tenn
pered by tn thought that tn old skin
flint was jest a-gettin' a good lesson
one he'd needed a long time an had
| seemed in fair way never to get short
Of tn Judgment Day"
Uncle Oak paused and chuckled al
the recollection. Joe Gish was listen
ing with astonished interest. His
cousin, ST Cornelium, was laughing
unrestrainedly.
Ohio, so that was how she come to
know so much about folks round
here, eh?" Mr.. Gish commented, ely.
guy, we'll I'll be darned!"
And he did not seem to be able tC
make single other remark for the
time being.
9TH next day." Uncle Oak con
tinued, Il posted her all up about An
thony Tanning. Told her how he hat
always been a drummer an a blame
good one too. How his imagination
which is SO necessary in tn drum
mers trade, had run away with hin
till he'd got so he lied UP an down
in tn most unnecessary an distractin
fashion
Il told Mrs. Hall about his grad
ually gitten' interested in tn copper
minin' business-cheap swindles, all
of them-an' how fer tn last year het
been sellin' poor people who couldn't
afford to lose their money bogus
copper stock at four cents share
with immediate dividends of twenty
FIVE per cent. She got that down pat
when night came she handed out
a line Of warnin' an good advice tC
Anthony Tanning that I 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.
when tn Lord invented magma
ton as a noble quality with which tc
bless man she said tn devil immed
lately went to work an invented lynn
in all shades from a cream white tc
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 wickedness
namely, promise Gus lyin.
From that day to this Anthony
Tanning has never so much as SAIL