The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
THE
MEDIUMS
DAUGHTER
By H. M. EGBERT
%. 1924. Western Newspaper Unior

| visited, nOQQeQ. hnOW ums uo
asked. Goldfish man-about seventy,
and getting little credulous."
"Pve-rve heard of him." 'whis-
pered the middle-aged woman, sinking
down into her chair. What did you
learnY
"Why, he's gone crazy on spiritual
ism and is sure to come here for the
seance. Married thirty years ago In
Battle Creek. Wife turned out bad.
She ran away with some cheap jack
theatrical company, and he paid her
five hundred never to see the child
a girl-again. Ten years ago Grimsby
settled here. Got hit by spiritualism,
and there's a woman named Lewis
trying to get his money by holding
private sittings with him and getting
the spirits to tell him his wife's dead,
and that Mrs. Lewis Is to get all the
money instead Of Ada. Ada's a nice
child, too"
"Never mind" interrupted the me-
dunn. "We'll fix him. Yes. we'll fix
him"
Madame Yogara" intended to spend
three days and nights in North Lynn.
That is about long enough to reap the
shekels Of the credulous and to avoid
the attentions Of the police. Of course,
more money could be made by remain
ing longer-in fact, it Is the perma-
nent clientele that pays, but then
Madame Yogara could not afford an
other police court case. The last one
| had given quite knock to the bust
ness.
She had advertised rather discreet
", by means Of handbills, and that
same afternoon, as she was preparing
for the seance, young, smartly
gowned, rather communicating wom-
an called.
Madame YogaraY she inquired.
LET me introduce myself. I am Mrs.
John Lewis, and something Of me-
dunn myself" Here she winked bra
zenly.
"Yes?" queried Madame Yogara, on
guard.
"Now, I'll come straight to the point,
because there's no use beating about
the bush when two are at the same
game. I take 1t you are out for the
money!"
"All can get" smiled the medium.
"And you wouldn't be avefse to a
nice little windfall Of couple Of hun
dred dollars? see you wouldn't.
Well, there's an old fool living here
called Grimsby. Seventy years of age,
and just ripe to swallow anything you
tell him. He wants to marry me, but
he wants to pass on his coin to a
child, girl with about as much brains
as her father. Leastways, he doesn't
want to do it, but he has a sort of
sense Of duty. Well, he's worth fifty
thousand and think five is enough
for fool kid that wouldn't know how
to spend it. See? SO l want his de-
ceased wife to come to him and tell
him to hand over forty-five thousand
to me. He's just on the point Of do
ing it anyway. If the late Minnie
Grimsby pipes In at your seance that'll
convince him."
"She's dead, Is sheY' questioned
Madame Yogara.
Hasn't been heard Of for twenty
years. Old Enoch Grimsby divorced
her. Yes, she's dead enough, for our
purposes"
do you think I'm going to do that
for two hundred dollars?" demanded
Madame Yogara with show Of IN
dignation. "How do know the spir-
its will come at all7"
"Well, see here! I'll make it three,
cash, which is all can afford. Three
hundred cash as soon as the late Mrs.
Grimsby has come. And say, put up
a hot argument, will you? Tell him
that Mrs. John Lewis Is his only true
friend on earth, and that it's sin and
a shame to leave her destitute when
she Is a powerful medium and needs
the money to devote herself to the i'm
provement of the race by spiritual
guardianship. Catch |onT
Fifty In advance" said Madame
Yogara.
The other hesitated. you're sure
the spirits will conner she, said. with
q leer.
my Lord" said Madame Yogara,
"if they won't come for two hundred
and fifty I'll eat my mink neckpiece.
That's ALL"
There. then" said Mrs. Lewis,
counting out ten fve-dollar bills upon
the table. ..,
."Timmons," said Madame Yogara q
little later In the evening. we're 60
ing to move on tomorrow"
"Move on after one nightY'
"Yes. There's going to be trouble.
And. say! Does that old Enoch Grims-
by take his girl TO the seancesT
Never" answered Timmons. "She's
at a boarding school. Sort Of neg
Iected. you know. and they say he
never sees her more than once a week.
though the schools only a couple Of
miles out Of town." srt. EH-. =
"Find where 1t Is. Timmons, before
the seance." g@
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