The Marshall republican., 1908-04-10
The Golden
FleeCed
., GEORGE raEDEa,cx WILSON
(c~opyrlsht, b. Daily story Pub. COP


with quotation marks around it for
with Shorty life was one prolonged
vacation. His occupation was that
of working people-he was
known to work for them. A recent
successful haul in jewelry had net
ted him nearly q thousand and he
was enjoying it at a certain we'll
known watering place, where were
many beautiful and wealthy maids
TO admire his manly type Of beauty
and make the most Of his presence.
Shorty was vain.
II did not take Shorty long to
make a deep and noticeable hole in
that thousand. About two hundred
remained at the end Of the first
month. Therefore it was up to
Shorty to do something and do il
quickly.
Though on pleasure bent Shorty
had an ever-prcsent eye open to the
main chance. lie had made him
self solid with every lady at the re-
sort and knew each ones social
standing and the limit that each
could play on fond papa" This
information was gotten by devious
and indirect ways, an art in which
Shorty excelled. II you have formed
an impression that Shorty is Of the
common breed, forget il! Four
years Of Yale were behind him.
One Of the many things that
Shorty had learned in his eventful
career was that superstition is n
le~veller Of all ranks, hitting the rich
equally as hard al the poor. Let
the impression 90 forth that a GER
tain charm will bring good luck to
its possessor and you will find that
the rich are soon the possessors Of
the greater number Of them. OF
course, your wealthy person will
want its charm in solid gold, set
with precious stones-the common
herd will get theirs at the five and
ten cent stores.
When Shorty discovered the hole
in his wad he set himself to think
ing. He got an idea and he tested
it surreptitiously among the ladies.
A few days later he bid them . ~
luctant farewell, his excuse an Inn
perative telegram.
A week later there came to the
resort under cover Of darkness q
heavily bearded man Of swarthy
complexion, and q half-dozen large
trunks. The gentleman went 10 the
leading hotel and the trunks fol-
lowed him, as trunks have Q habit Of
doing.
On the day following his arrival
every lady at the resort got . very
neat, handsome and eXpensively got
ten-up circular letter stating that
Youma Hamsd had arrived direct
from the Orient and was prepared
to give select readings in Microscopy
and palmistry on the following day
in his parlors at the Bancroft.
This was something new at this
resort and it caused much excite
ment among those present. On tho
day Of the opening the corridors Of
the Bancroft were crowded with
ladies who had come for q reading
out Of mere curiosity, 20 they % in
formed their friends. It was the
same curiosity that gives 90 many
palmists and their sort q decent liv-
ing in our cities-a curiosity that
impels one to 90 to these "seers'' in
the belief that they can really de-
one good.
Youma Hamad's apartments wers
. on the third floor and q the ladies
stepped from the elevator they wers
. met by a diminutive negro boy in
g~littering uniform who escorted
them to the seer's apartments. Her
they weregreeted withsucha daxzlinl
array Of Oriental splendor = woul(
dispel all doubts q 10 The ssssi
genuineness. After . wait Of . Sss
minutes the tinkls Of Q sweet-toasi
bell would issue from an inAs
!. chamber and another negro b.
would escort the next lady in In
into the seer's inner chambss.
:. Once within the innsf chamhs
she would be greeted By . gsatlsnal
Of swarthy complexion, lonO hasl
bsssd and piercing black sysa. VI
e wssld swear by ten millisn -
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