The Washington times., 1909-10-02

clubs. is a director In two banks, and
mas the entree TO some of the oeSl
society I'm town. Yet he Is just as
much faker as any of the rest
Edythe was not entirely convinced
but she passed the objection for the
present to take mp one which seemed
70 her practically insurmountable.
But how could I ever carry Il of
haiphS she frOwned. Everybody
Knows that am not at all gifted or
sluowed In that way. / should be
recognized and exposed as fraud be-
AofS could even get started"
Pshsw, he SHOOK his head, don't
you suppose have taken all that into
CoIsloefatlon You forget that it's
been a long while since you've PLAYED
~ New York. and that practically all
the people who know YOU here nova
days are at the agencies and in lie
summer bunch along the Rialfo from
neither Of which class do I EXPECT 10
draw our clients. Besides. a wig and a
touch Of makeup ought To settle ali
possible dangers on that score
Ihey had reached by this time the
big LOngacre Square Hotel, for which
they were headed, and the discussion
was necessarily interrupted during
their progress through the thronged
rOjunda and the ascent OF the close
packed elevator. But once upon the
Oreeze-sWept roof, aglOW with it's hun
dreds Of fairy lamps. and seated at a
t.pIe under d white, Vine-wreathed per-
COLA, Edythe returned TO the charge
one after another. though, he met
Satisfactorily her searching INQUIRIES. al
ways falling back when other argu-
ments failed on the distressing alter
native OF the Pennsylvania water tanks
at eighteen per.
'Bnt is there really any money TO
De nader finally propOunded the act
ress. driven to her last stronghold Of
opposition 'AH the fortune-tellers
nave ever gone TO, except Pemberton,
were snuffy old derelicts in dingy third
and fourth floor rooms along Sixth ave-
hn r1rrf# ~
more than hold soul and body together. %
An. but that is not the style of game
we are going 70 play" retorted Davis,
ooasttully None Of that cheap, sew
ent1-son-o f-a-seventh-sOn, and your
iplete-horoscOpe read p for e. 50 cents
business in ours. We are going into In
on the psychic and intellectual side
don't you understand, with the hirb-
nrows and society people as our sDon-
sors, and catering TO Wall Street men
as our speciality"
Wall street menI'' exclaimed Edythe
with uphtted eyebrows. You don't
mean TO tell me you expect to rome in
anybody o. that sOrt2''
Expect TO rope them In? why. nv
girl. they'r the easiest fish Of the whole
lot. Ask PInberton. or Madame Nfvf
or any OF the other tOpnOtchers. who
are their regular clients, and If they
ans wered truthfully. thsv'd hand YOU
a list which would read ike a bankers
direct ry-tr1st company presidents and
ciers whose names are famous the
whole world ground
ny, just 20 show YOU how strong
the game Il. I'll let you into a little
secret. This deal is being financed By
no one less than Andrls & BOdine. the
big Exchange Place brokers A firm
Ike that isn't putting up SO. 600 to s2s-
no, are they. unless they see pretty
vel where they are going to come out ?
Yet when I put the proposition up %
them this afternoon. they snapped at
II like trout going after a hy"
Twenty-Five or thirty thousand dol
lars" gasped Edythe. .fAnd do they
expect 70 get back an that money from
the fees we take in?''
"Oh. dear. no. Whatever comes in
that way belongs to us
How. then" she puzzled. 'how do |
these brokers expect 20 make anything |
Dr even TO get their money back7''
"+Oh-er," Davis apDeared a tribe
confused Why, don't you see. all your
predictions WIN be based on Information |