Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-01-09
THE
MEDIUMS
DAUGHTER
BY H. M. ECBERT
&C. 1924. Western Newspaper Union.)

Madame Yogara, the travel
L. ing medium. Lawyer? Lives
in this town.?
Timmons, the little spy whose duty
1t was to scrape acquaintance and
gather news in each town that they
visited, nodded "Know himW he
asked. Goldfish man-about seventy,
and getting little credulous."
"Tve-Pve heard of him. whis-
pered the middle-aged woman, sinking
down into her chair. "What did you
learnT'
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 glrl-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 nice
child too"
"Never mind" interrupted the me
dium. "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 creduous and to avoid
the attentions of the police. OF course,
more money could be made by remain
ing longer-in fact, 1t 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
ly, by means Of handbills, and that
same afternoon, as she was preparing
for the seance, young, smartly
gowned, rather communicating wom-
an called.
Madame YogaraT she inquired.
Let me introduce myself / am Mrs.
John Lewis, and something Of me-
dunn myself" Here she wlnked bra
zenly.
"Yes2" 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, take it you are out for the
money!"
"All | can get" smiled the medium.
"And you wouldn't be averse to a
nice little windfall of couple Of hun |
bred dollars? I 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 |
rhlld, girl with about as much brains |
as her father. Leastways, he doesn't |
want to do 1t, but he has sort of |
sense Of duty Well, he's worth fifty |
thousand. and think five is enough
FOR fool kid that wouldn't know how
10 spend 1t. See? SO want his de-
ceased wife to come to him and tell
him to hand over forty-fve thousand
% me. He's just on the point of do
zig II anyway. II the late Minnie
irmsby pipes in at your seance that'll
onvince him."
shes dead, Is sheT questioned
iadame Yogara.
Hasn't been heard Of for twenty
Years. Old Enoch Grimsby divorced
Ter. Yes, she's dead enough, for our
purposes"
do you think I'm going to do that
FOR two hundred dollars2" demanded
Madame Yogara with a show of in
disnation. "How do l know the spir-
it's will come at all7"
Well, see herei I'll make it three,
ash, which is all can afford. Three
hundred cash as soon as the late Mrs.
Grimsby has come. And say, put up
hot argument, will you? Tell him
that Mrs John Lewis Is his only true
friend on earth, and that it's a sin and
shame to leave her destitute when
she is a powerful medium and needs
The money to devote herself to the i'm
proyement of the race by spiritual
Guardianship. Catch onY'
Fifty In advance" said Madame
logara.
The other hesitated. You're sure
the spirits will comeY' she said, with
leer.
"NIy Lord" said Madame Yogara,
III they won't come for two hundred
and fifty I'll eat my mink neckpiece.
That's ALL"
There, them said Mrs. Lewis,
counting out ten five-dollar bills upon
the table.
"'Timmons,' said Madame Yogara
little later In the evening, were 60
ing to move on tomorrow"
"Move on after one nlghtT'
Eyes. There's going to be trouble.
And, say! Does that old Enoch Grlms-
by take his girl to the seances?"
Never" answered Tlmmons shes
at boarding school. Sort of neg
lected 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"
"Find where II Is, Timmons, before
the seance."
"Sure !" gr'inned Timmons.
The seancc was sparsely attended.
for the first night Is not usually a
profitable one. At dollar head
this would only bring In sixteen. II
Is these who 90 home that bring the
tT De the second night and the third