White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-06-29
An Evening With
the Spirits
By RING LARpNER


we said lead us to 1t and he took us
down to 30 st. and ave. and they was
doctors name on the door and said
to myself this guy will probably give
us prescription that will knock US
for goal. But the doc took us in
inside room and introduced us to
lady whom they all call Medie witch
l learn was short for Medium so you
see the kind Of spirits we got and the
kind we thought we was going to get
was 2 different kinds of spirits. Medic
was a Medium rare blonde lady that
could of lose 80 or 40 pounds and still
talk back to Gene Tunney.
Well, pretty soon Medic and the doc
and our party went into still another
room yet where they was about 20
other guests mostly female that looked
like the end of perfect wash day. A
alma mater Of Oberlin college asst me
to look at kind Of close line that
was stretched acrost the room and on
1t was bunch of toys such as dolls
and coolies and etc. witch Medic had
told her was for the baby spirits to
play with when they got cross.
We was all put around in a circle
like Yale learning their signals in the
4th quarter. l set next to Jack and
his Mrs. from Yonkers and the rest of
we skepticals was scattered around
amidst the believers.
"Is there somebody here name r"
says Medic SO says yes it was me.
"This is Edward" says the spirit and
Medic asst me If l had brother Ed
ward and says yes. So Medic says
"This is your brother Edward that
was killed in accident a long vile
ago wasn't he?" So says yes yrs
ago. Then Edward said Hello there
and said hello Edward how are you
and he said hello there and couldn't
refute 1t so he left the field with the
last word and give his megaphone to
Irish comedian.
"Oh, here's Pat O'Brien" says the
doc. "He is funny Irishman that is
with us every night, get his brogue.
So then Pat told a Irish story that
died even longer ago than Edward
but you don't feel like razzing the
spirit so everybody laughed the right
amount.
Before the darkness had fell had
noticed bird setting over to the left
of me that was countryman of Nora
Holmer and now all of a sudden a
spirit spoke to him in Norski and he
answered back in the same strain and
never understood Norway before but
as soon as these birds begin to talk
knew they was saying hello Knut hello
there and etc. Pretty soon Medic
turned to the live ski jumper and told
him his mother was going to die.
"She was all right the last time
seen her" says Ellert. swell she is
going to die" says Medic and personly
think she was right as Ellert was
around 45 yrs. old and when man
gets that age their mother is seldom
never trying out for the Vassar basket
ball team.
"Here's beautiful spirit, who does
he want" says Medic next. "He says
dear boy"
"Lots of people call me that" says
Herb the guy that had broughten US
there at $500 crack.
Eyes 1t is your father and he says
he was on the river once in boat
when he was little boy and was
saved from drowning and he says
something about q. dog. Did dog ever
swim out and save your father from
drowning?"
"Well no" says Herb after terrible
pause. "But a dog barked and reused
up the neighbors and they come to the
rescue"
"There that's evidential" says the
doc and several female voices says
wonderful.
"Shish" says Medic lis there some
one here that lost their wife?"
II did" says Jack from Yonkers.
"Hello sweetheart" says the spirit.
"Hello Kate" says Jack.
"Hello sweetheart" says the spirit.
"She must of forgot my name" says
Jack in my ear.
"She is beautiful spirit" says
Medic.
long about this time got rest
less for smoke and begin rattling ii
cigarette paper and new spirit
whanged me on the knee cap with a
megaphone and says what have you
got there.
"That's Bright Eyes talking" says
Medic. "She wants to know what you
have got"
"Tell her l got sore knee" says
"Be serious" says Bright Eyes.
Well they was lot more Of them
that give us all the latest news from
Over There like hello dear and hello
there and hello mamma and finely
Medic came to and turned up the
lights and we all showed off to So st.
} "Wel" says Herb. Ibid you have
brother that got killed yrs ago?"
mo" | says But know man that
has brother Edward chat ought to Of
been killed yrs. ago but what about
that dog story?"
"Well" he says part of 1t Is true
We use to have dog once and he uss
to bark"
Then Mrs. Jack from Yonkers ballet
Jack out and we all thanked Herl
for taking US to where they was moth
ing but beautiful spirits and he says Ii
you want the bad kind you can go to a
7 Medic evil.
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