New Britain herald., 1928-04-02

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 You are-what you call lt "a farmer" Sally went on in her Sc luctively deepened voice. Oh il 1! was fun 10 'play-act' and To be paid for it' You vary reach young man. Vary hceS farm. You 1 have mother. luther, H'l scester,' Thank heaven, her ears had been keen that night of Pearls party. even i. she had been inarIicula'e with shynese. You ar'rc in love. Zee q gir-rl, q heeg, pretty gir-rl with red hair an blue eyes. Eos 1t not zo?" H,r little low laugh was d gnrgle, which started q shout of laughter ill the crowd.
 Yeah. l reckon so.' Ross Willis admitted, blushinS more violently 1 than ever.
 "Oh, you Pearl.' 2 girls voice shriled from the crowd.
 You marry with thees gir-r'. 1 have three vary nizo childs,f Sally i went on deliShtedly. After all, why shouldn't Pearl marry Ross Willis, i since she could not have David 70 That ccs all I zee. shl con- ! cluded with sweet gravity. Zee creestal she SO dark now
 Ross Willis thanked Princess Lalla" aUkwardly and dropped from the platform to the grass | stuhblod ground. entirely unaware |! that the marvellous secrcss was lit- 1 tie Sally Ford.
 | Confidence and mirth wellcd up 1 in Sally. She began to believe in | herself as Princess Lalla,' just as she had always more than half believed that she was the queen or the actress whom she had imper- sonated in the old days so recently i ended forever. when sine had ''play- acted' for the other orphans. The next seeker after knowledge of past. present and future was not so easy. but not very hard either. for the applicant was q girl, l pretty, very urban looking girl, 1 who wore 3 tiny solitaire ring on . her enga cement finger and who had been Clinging 10 the arm of an ob- 1 viously adoring young man. For the pretty girl Sally obligingIy foretold q happy marriage with T dark. tall young man. Vary hand some: q long journey. and two children. The girl sparkled with pleasure. utterly unconscious of the her nothing of the past and very little of the present.
 Quarters were thrust upon hrr thick and fast. Because of the brisk demand for her services, Sal ly gave only the briefest of read
 ings." and only q few mut'"rcd an grlly that 1t Was q swiude. To q middle-aged farmer she gave q bumper wheat crop, q now eight cylinder car, a prospective, son-in- law for the girl whom Sally had unerringly picked out as his un- married daughter. and thc promis'.
 of many splendid grandchildren.
 To a frerkled. opcn-faced, "nGae
 ing youngster of 10. 1hrus, upon
 the platform by his adoring mother.
 she grandly promised othipg
 less than the presidency Of th'
 United States. as well a> riches and q beautiful wife.
 Some of her prophecies such as twin babies for th" newly married couple. brought shouts of laughter
 from the crowd. and some of her vague gueSses as 10 inc past went
 very wide of the mark. ass th" appl-
 cants did not hcsitat" 10 tell her
 the old m lid, for instance, who
 looked so motherly that Sally lav- ishly endowed her with q husband and three children; but nearly
 everyone who paid a quarter for what "Princoss I.alla" conli sec il
 the magic crystal went away won
 derinc and thrilled and satisfied.
 During tn" first luIl betWccl performances. Sally slipped out O
 the Palace of Wonders" and Jar : ingly mingled with the crowds out
 side. IL was all beautiful and won dcrful 10 Sally. who had been 10 ;
 circus only once in her life ans