Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-19

The Com mander-in- chief seemed to
have turned headmarters into a mis-
eeliaheous tinker shop At least that
was what l8ill thought when he made
one OF his furtive visits
wal drawled Bill. amt you talk
IN on too much? You are carpenter
ing, Workln at electricity. and what
you dom with that causer a bellows?"
blll. this is new stunt that ! am
AFRAID you can't come in on. With
you. the spirit is willing but the intel
lect is weak. First go to that printer
and get few letter heads of this
'Sociololcic Society printed, also some
magazine Clippings telling the noble
work of the society, then put a want
ad. III every paper for a skeleton not
articulate,i, that is, not wired together.
No one VIII think anything strange
of such an adj. as all saw bones, es-
pecially young ones. think that they
must have one. Get also small stor-
age battery and some sheets of trans
parent Cellulaid about the size of a
postal card. We are in for double
stunt of clairNoyance and buried treas,
ure. When | get this table fixed with
ALI the trimmings Sal can tell the past
in way that will give faith in pro-
pheces for the future
sDown where we are going there
abide yaps with kale. Not SO long ago
as to he ancient history an express
company was robbed of fifty thousand
down in Arkansas. Forty seven thou
sand of the money disappeared and
there is not a gazabo but what has
hunted for it. Now if we cannot get
something cut of this l will know the
reason"
Two days later Bill" and Sal"
were at the scene of action cleaning
statistics. They worked as quietly as
possible. and By combining their atten-
ton 10 the cid village historians, with
in week they had rather complete
hiagra plies of those they hoped to
work
Ten days later the great Egyptian
geeress mind reader and reVelator Wis
tied the town and opened up business
in the best suite at The best hotel. As
became a high rank Egyptian lady,
she was always heavily yelled wher
she appeared in the street, ana she
dined privately in her room.
The commander-in- chief directed the
campaign and acted as usher. while
Bill secuted for customers. who. IL
spite of high prices. began to come in
There was great formality observed
with visitors; they were detained il
the anterocm until the commander
had taken the name and carried theii
card in and learned If the seeress was
under the divine fire" He was al
ways careful to collect the fee.
Once within the room the caller
would see a yelled lady in rich 0rien.
tai robes sitting at a small table. the
very simplicity of which inspired con
fidence With frigid nod the Sferess
would seat the caller on the opposite
side of the table. Then she would
draop her eyes aud half chant some
thing like this:
Il can see saat notwithstanding
some unhappy days in your youth YOU
arc row a happy woman You live
happ:Iv with your husband and have
ioy in your children. l see a long and
happv life before you, and that wealth,
great and unexpected. will come to you
soon
This formula was sometimes varied,
but IDG prophecy ifSdIhliS N'ehi'i'
was never omitted. There was fufof
OF excitement over the marvellous ae-
curaey OF her delireations of the past
and firm. faith ia her ability to see into
the future Her clients were dreaming
of sudden wealth and growing impa
tent that it did not come at once.
The commander was growing more
affahle and attentive to the clients and
Bill worked with unusual zeal.
Bill" said the commander, we
must get action. We are doing we'll
but we must do better. We have got
up such ar eNeit4ment that 1t Is only
a question of time till that table sal
uses will be examined and the secret
of her reading the past will be out.
ut is built on The principle that the
angle of incidence is always equal t