Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-25
Mr.. Wright Comes
Along
By CLARISSA MACklE

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W. 1874. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate
The fortune teller scanned Patty's
she peered intentiy into the great crys-
tai ball before her.
"A lover for my lady" she said i'm
pressively.
"Oh, bother!' cried Patty, thrilled
to the core.
Perhaps he is not coming" gloomed
the palmist maliciously. "Ah, l see
that Il pretty lady does not love him
he rides away-far away. The line i'll
the palm and what the crystal reveals
do not agree"
TRY the cards, then, Jane" broke
in tart voice behind Patty. Get
on with your fortune telling, my dear.
Here is poor Patty hanging by her
ears, so to speak, and waiting"
Ethel, you are idiotic," offered
the amateur seeress, forgetting pose
and foreign accent. Pretty Lady Pat
ty. your lover is coming to you rid
ing on a lion-there, greedy one, is
not that your moneys worth?' she
gibed.
Patty Gray tossed another half-dol-
lar on the scarlet cloth and went out
laughing. This bazaar 20 raise money
for daily vacation schools had been a
huge success, and Patty. who had
worked tirelessly from the beginning,
was now enjoying little of the fun.
James fortune telling was always
amusing-her French girl had ready
wit that added tank OF credullty To
her predictions, and she sent all her
clients away happy, but Pattys fortune
did not please Patty herself.
How absurd! Coming on Hon. IN
deed! l don't believe there is CIR
Gus within hundred miles" with
three or four eligible young men trail
ing after, not one OF "hom fatty cafeu
siXpence for, 1t was pity that Jane
Lamont could not nave uleartileu
somebody out OF the ordinary lor one
of her dearest friends.
perhaps she Is not as mad us IL
seNnds' thought fa1tS, sittihe uo"h
on one OF the deserted pehches 'ha'
overlooked the FOUNTAIN ana the merry
go-round. i wonder "here Dich i'apen
is tonlghtf lie mas actea Simply hor-
rld ever since tiie oa''eio's uan.
"hen Ernest rlohopoii"eu me
nave sent thehl al away ioi soou
no"' anu was hopihs
fatty sat opeh-inoutheu' "niei was
ehtlreiy pecomlhs' ior s"e was
markaply pretty siri.
something was happening over a'
the merry-go-rouhu. ohe hurr'eu o'ei
smith had peeh 'fSihs circus SUM ,
on 'he "ooue'i 'lorses anu ""u ou,'ipeu
MS heau 'io'eh'.S. i".'s i.n,.eieu M
hrst alu-piehts Vi ICE anu UP "'i,'e
IN the lainliS car iiia' Is '''"' s'ie
sisheu'
when the niue cro"o nau sca''ereo
fatt! re'iiiineu nea' VI. ,,' .aiiou'e
watching the childreh' ann soiiie'iihe>
riding herseif. once she SAT upon
camel ana went clrcHhe anu s"aviis
nance from the presence Vi .he "oouel
camel upon which she roae'
mo use in pretending she smlleo
to herself, that l am sheik uauSh-
ter speeding over the NOT sahds OF the
Sahara. when glimpse over my lett
shoulder reveals the glimmering foun-
tain.
The sheik's daughter pursued her in
nocent pastime, hailed by all the chill
dren as rare playmate. until one by
one they departed for the refreshment
tent. leaving Patty alone with the
dying music and the slowing carrousel
"I feel like the lonely lady that sits
In the sightseeing bus to draw custom
ers," sighed Patty, when Henry, the
owner of the carrousel. started the
music off with an alluring tempo that
brought wild scramble from the re-
freshment tents. Now there was fun
a-plenty.
Patty clung to her mount and
whirled dizzlly; she wondered what her