THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , OCTOBER 29 , 1893-TWENTY PAGES.
NOW CANNY SPOOKS ARISE
And Impish Kids Make Off with Guardloss
Gates.
CUPID MOUNTS A CLOUD OF MYTHS
Qrnciomo Talm of Anclunt Hallowe'en ,
Kotlneil nil Amoiuloil for Modern
Merriment Qninoi I.oudcd
wllli Laughter , tUo.
There nro two nights in the year In
vested with distinct charm : ) for the
Bmnll boy , and which develop opposing
chnracU'ristlcs. The night of the Fourth
of July is ono of explosive mirth and
roystoriiitf. Hallowe'en is the rovorso.
The small boy is as much abroad on the
nipht of October . ' 11 as on the Fourth ,
but ho shouts not , neither do his foot
falls nxrnkcn the neighborhood. Vanish
ing gates , ringing doorbells and the
mvstcrlous tapping of window panes ,
followed by distant yells , proclaim as
loud as cannon crackers that the boys
nro about on mischief bent.
The pranks of the Pinull boy , annoy
ing and often malicious , nro a porvor-
Blon of the customs and superstitions
which cling to Hallowe'en. In the
ancient calendar of the church of Rome
are the following observations on the
1st dav of November : "Tho feast of
Old Fools Is removed to this day. " The
night of October 31 ia the vlpl ! of All
Saints' ' Day , which falls on November 1.
"The Ibt of November , " says llutchln-
son in his Northumberland , "scums to
retain the celebration of a festival to
Pomona , when It is supposed the sum
mer stores are opened. " The Druids
also made uc of this night for divina
tions and consulting of omens. It Is an
unconscious and graceful mingling of
the old heathen rites that wo enjoy on
this fateful night , and the wild license
of the old times has simmered down to a
decorous hilarity.
In the papal tlmos It was the custom
to ring bells all night long at Ilallow-
tide for alfChrlstlan bouls. Henry VIII.
ordered this stopped , whether because it
made him think of his headless wives , or
simply because it disturbed his rest , his
tory tolls not. Queen Elizabeth con
firmed this order , and the church bolls
rang to quiet Christian souls for the last
time during her reign.
England and Scotland had each some
peculiar customs that were attended to
with duo imnortanco as "nut-crack
night" came 1round. The people of
Shropshire , Eng. , used to bake a ereat
number of what they called soul cakes ,
laying ono upon the other like the
pictures of the show bread in the old
bibles. The peasants and children then
journeyed from house to house , singing ,
and wore rewarded with those cakes.
Another curious custom was practiced
on the Island of Lewis , the homo of the
"Princess of Tlnilo. " The natives had
a custom on this night of making sacri
fices to-tho sea god "Shony.-1 At Hal-
lowtldo the people from all over the
Island eamo to the church of St. Mulyay.
having each man his provisions
with him. Every family furnished
a peck of malt , which was
brewed into ale. Ono of their
number was selected cto wade into the
sea up to his waist , carrying a cup of
ale in his hand , and crying in a loud
voice : "Shony , I give you this cup of
ale , hoping you \vill bo so kind as to
send us plenty of seaweed for enriching
our ground the ensuing year , " and so
throw the cup of ale into the sea. After
this they returned to church , and , after a
few minutes' silent devotion , went to the
field , wliero they danced and feasted
until morning1. >
Many and straniro are the rites and
superstitions that envelope Hallowe'on.
A few are recalled.
If yon are hrave enough to tempt the
powers of darkness , supposed to bo
abroad on the last night of October ,
Walk throe times around a church at
midnight strewing hcmpsced , and re-
coating :
Hcinpseed T sow ,
Hcmpsced I strew ,
Ho that Is my true love
Come nftqr rae and mow.
On the third round your future hus-
band \vill sppcar behind you with a
scythe.
A favorite but ghastly trick in the old
countries is the throwing of a ball of
yarn into the well. Begin to wind it
up and say :
I wind , I wind ,
My true lov you to find.
With the end of the yarn ho will rise ,
icatcd in his colllr. .
Comb vonr hair before the parlor mir
ror , at the same time eating an apple ,
nnd ho will look over your- shoulder In
the glass as the clock strikes 12.
Leave so'ap , towels , brush and razor
on the bureau , Ho awake and watch ,
and at 12 o'clock ho will enter , bhavo
himself auJ retire. If he fallsto come
you are doomed to bo an old maid.
If thora happens to ho a now moon on
Hallowo'on go out to the gate alone and
repeat the couplet :
Now moon , true moon , reveal unto me
Tills nitrlit who my husband la 10 bo.
Ho will nj > | icar before you , It is re
counted that a lass who tried this was
whipped up and berne away by a horse
man in a black cloak.
Less truglo was the experience of the
jrlrl who put a pan of ashes at her bedside -
side , expecting to bee the name of nor
future husband written in It next morn
ing. During the night her brother
itolo rflyly In and this is what she
found :
Trying tricks Is hut a notlqn ,
Death nnd hell shall bo thy portion.
If you would bring the absent love to
your stdo make a llttlo rag doll and
nam It with hi * namo. Wish that ho
will have neither rest nor peace until
ho coiuoH , and bury it in hot coals and
ashes on the hearth , where it will
smoulder slowly. By the time it has
burned away ho will arrive. Th Is seems
to have originated from the molting of
the wax imago of an onoiny before the
Ore , an old Scottish superstition em
balmed in Uossottl's poem , "Sister
Helen. "
Kilt a thimbleful of salt , go to bed
backward and in sllcnco , and the man
you are destined to wed. will bring you
\yator in your dreams. If in a tin cup ,
you will bo very poor ; if a glass , com
fortably well off , but if you quench your
thiret from silver you will bo wealthy. ,
In Germany the frauleln goes into tli o
garden backward at midnight and pulls
i cabbage , If earth adheres to the
rpQta shn will marry rich.
Llttlo the Omaha maiuon of the pres
ent day euros for this antique custom of
her forefathers , unless , by chance , from
the ombora of old , she may rake a cos-
tutno or game that she can re vivo for the
pleasure of tln ) guests she will assemble
around her | lro to crack nuts and tempt
fato.
1 A little thought and time bestowed on
the subject by a protective hostess can
Secure , at llttlo cost , an entertainment
that will express a good donl of charac
ter. If glftod with pen or brush you can
uiako tjio Invitations very euggehtivo
uiid pretty , and they will bo gladly treas
ured us souvenirs , With sepia or water
volprs make llttlo bkotchis of witched on
ttrpornatieks on" their way to a orescent
'uloon. An rfar of red corn must bo
painted on young glrla1 Invitation , and if
Uje boys d9 not know to what privilege
they are entitled by a girl finding
an oar of red corn , GO much the
worse for the boys. A tiny
grate with chestnuts roasting , and a
young man hnd maiden watching thorn ,
a girl standing by an old fashioned well
curb and winding a ball of yarn , under
the legend , "I wind ; who holds ? " la
clover. A girl sowing grain , while a
young man steals after reaping with a
sickle , a branch of witch ha/ol or n
cluster of chestnut burrs , showing the
glistening nuts within , is apropos , too.
Von might sketch a window with corn
pattering against It , and some scamper
ing urchins , while a cabbage stalk , with
its sprangltng roots , would toll Its own
tale to most boys.
These are a few of the many designs
that may occur to you , and If you have
any customs in your vicinity peculiar to
the night try and portray them in a sug
gestive manner. Decorate your rooms
with asters and golden rod. Ears of
corn with the husks pulled back to show
the goldonN grain within are very ef
fective , hung with rhjh colorcd'portlors
for a background. With grapevines
with leaves and fruit drape beautifully ,
and autumn leaves , of course , are to bo
used ,
llavo the nuts prepared for the candy
and heaping dishes of fruit and nuts
ready to eat and for games. Happy the
hostess who has a basement kitchen and
dining room for such a lark , and may
the saints preserve her carpets.
Kvorybody knows how to bob for
apples and how to go out In the gardener
or in a dark collar at night to pull cab
bages ; and the old trick of eating an
apple in front of a looking glass in an
empty room , lighted only by a candle ,
has been the. occasion for so many pranks
that It need not bo told again now.
But there nro Hallowe'en plays which ,
while not more enjoyable than the
others- , are not so well known , and may
bo very acceptable as an addition to the
evening sports. Ono of those is the
Wassail Bowl. This consists of a very
large bowl _ of milk a punch bowl or
even a big wash bowl will not bo too
Jargc. Into the Wassail Bowl must go a
do/on baked apples green , yellow , red
and russet u handful of roasted chest
nuts , two peeled oranges , and uncracked
nuts and popcorn.
Wnen it comes time to servo the Was
sail Bowl , ono of the uarty , who acts as
high-priostess , prepares a table of fate
and invites each ono to partake of the
magic bowl. Ono by ono each advances
to the table and with a spoon draws out
something from the depth of the bowl.
Only ono dip is allowed , and from the
prize which is brought forth the fortune
h told from the table of fate by the
high-priostcsst who solemnly reads it
aloud.
If a baked apple is dipped up it moans
that good things are to happen all the
year. But if only some popcorn and
nuts are brought up In the spoon , it is a
sign that there will be bad luck , which
the ono who dipped these unhappy
things can turn aside by bogging a slice
of orange from the ones who are lucky
to bring up these great prizes of all. A
roasted chestnut , if burst open , means a
present soon , and a spoonful of them
means several presents.
Another game is to take bits of bread ,
moisten them with water and take a tiny
slip of paper on which is written the
name of some loved friend and press it
into the center of the moistened bread ,
forming into a little ball ; drop the ball
into a glass of water and if it rises to
the top the friend is true ; if it remains
in the bottom of the glass they are sup
posed to be falso.
Again , when an * apple is eaten the
seeds are htuck on the back of the hand
and named , the hand is then thrown
back over the left shoulder , and what
ever seeds remain are true friends. The
girls are all seated in a circle , the boys
carefully blindfolded , and each with a
magic wand ( a cane will answer the
purpobo ) walks three times around the
circle , tlien touches ono of the girls
with the wand , and so selects the ono ho.
is to wait on during refreshments.
Again , you can have a fairy party by all
dressing like brownies en masque , .re
moving the masks when refreshments
are served.
Another favorite pastime is to melt
lead and pour-it into water through the
hole in the handle of a door key ; the
fantastic shapes it assumes is supposed
to indicate the calling of your future
spouse. Another game that makes
much sport is to place three basins and a
table , ono containing clear water , an
other milky water , the third being dry.
Blindfold each guest in turn , being
careful to change the positions of the
basins each time , and lead thorn up to
the table , where they must put their
loft hand into ono of the basins. If they
touch the clear water they will marry a
maid or bachelor ; if the milky water , a
widow or widower ; if the dry basin , sin
gle blessedness will bo their fato.
Of course you must take a mirror , and
going backward , pass clear around the
house , and your futuro. husband will
look over your shoulder into the mirror.
Do you remember how , when sweet
"Leslie Goldthwaite" backed off the
stops at Holabird's Hallowe'en party ,
she almost foil Into the arms of the gal
lant Dr. Hautayno ? And'woro they not
engaged Doloro six weeks had passed ?
Talk of fate and omens ! What a
charming Hallowe'en party It was which
Mrs. Whitney tolls of InVo Girls. "
If- you llyo in the country , lot the party
proceed to the cabbage bed and each pull
up a stalk , the llrst their hand touches.
Bo it straight or crooked so will their
future bpouso bo ; taste the heart , and
If It bo sweet or bitter so the disposition.
The chief ceremony at a typical Hal-
lowo'en should bo the cutting of the cake ,
which must contain a ring , a penny , a
thimble , a key and a button.
"Tho ring for ainarrlago wlthla a year ,
The penny for wealth , iny dear ,
The tlumblo for old maid or bachelor born ,
The button for sweethearts all forlorn ,
The key for a Journey to make all right ,
And this you will BOO next Hallowo'on
nlijlit. "
The cake must bo cut * ln absolute silence -
lonco , and the llrst word spoken there
after Is prophetic In some way of the
speaker's fato.
Su | ircliinf the I'nrion.
Ixmilon Figaro ; Thcro are many talcs
told , inostof thorn apocryphal , of queen-In
cidents at weddings. I can vouch for the
following ; A worldnirman was being united
to the laUy-of his choice at a certain church
mill just before the moment for the produc
tion of the ring arrived the oillciatlnc
clergyman leaned over toward the brldo and
whispered , "I'lease take oft your glovo. "
To his Intense dismay the bridegroom ro-
senteil the action and cried , "Hero , mister ,
uo whispering to my gal.1
A llrleht I'llture.
Texas SIftlngs ; "But , Herbert , " she snld ,
"think of the futuro. you are rtoor and you
cannot surround me with the luxuries to
which I hijvo been accustomed. "
"But your father "
'He would do nothing for us. "
"Does he play poker ) "
"No. "
"Then I'll teach him. Trust In me , darling ,
aud have uo lear of the futuro. "
I'rtp4rtinn.
Washington Star : "I did think of trying
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soaker.
"Do you think you are qualified to fill
ouol" asuod the congressman.
"I don't know yet ; but I'm doin ? lay
"liowj"
' I've bought mo a monocle and I practice
at least three hours a day. "
*
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tion" arc the leading themes of the current
number of the North American Review. The
contributors on the former subject are all
presidents of largo financial institutions and
ostensibly carry some weight , but In reality
are not entitled to credit on that score. The
reasons given are puerile and divergent and
only show that the operations of national
finance are no moro accessible to bankers
than to other mortals. In fact these are
moro In danger of being misled by early ac
quired assumptions cnnd a surrounding at
mosphere of vitiated ; selfish interests that
clint , around the bourse just ns the antebel
lum slaveholder was prejudiced and rendered
the last person capable of clear and reliable
judgment on the moral status of slavery.
Congressmen McMillin , Dalzell nnd out-
William J. Bryan present tneir ideas on the
coming tarllt legislation , but strangely both
McMillin and Bryan enthuse so much in dis
cussing the evils of tariff that they forgot
the subject they assume at the outset to
treat. It is amusing to follow the Tennessee
congressman in his pyrotechnic flights , blaze
all the evils of the day in populist colors
and then without the shadow of logical con
nection find them all consequences of tariff.
Undo Sam has very bad symptoms to com
plain of , true enough , but dilating on symp
toms Is not diagnosing a case , aud as for
euro it is simply ridiculous. Mr. Bryan con
founds an abstract privilege impersonal and
open to all with a strictly personal monop
oly. The most characteristic feature of the
articles is the neglect on the part of these
tariff tinkers to touch the subject in hand ,
which Mr. Dalzell , a republican , confines
himself to , avoiding unnecessary mention of
the merits of tariff. North American Review -
view , Now York.
lu the "Commercial Policy of England
Toward the American Colonies" ( Columbia
College Studies In History , Economics and
Public Law , vol. a , No. 2. ) Mr. George Louis
Boor subjects to a most impartial rc-oxrunina-
tlon the many and varied-materials bearing
upon the early colonial system. Ho insists
that the navigation lawa of the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries must bo viewed in
the light of the then prevailing morcanlllo
system which Justlllcd England in regard
ing colonial commerce chiefly as a means of
enriching British merchants. Those acts
wore neither originated in malice nor carried
out In bitterness. They were looked upon as
a matter of course by both colonists and
traders. They had , to bo sure , important
bearings upon tha industrial develop
ment of the American colonies , aud
these have been most conscien
tiously traced by Mr. Beer in Ills pains
taking and laborious searon through con
temporary documents and statutes. His
conclusion seems to affirm English writers
who maintain that ttio commercial' legisla
tion of Great Britain prior to 170U had no
material effect in causing the broach that
culminated m the revolution. While Mr.
Beer has not arrived at any thing , novel In
his conclusion , helms brought our , a host of
Interesting anil important facts concerning
the resources and commerce of the colonies
and his book will save the general historian
an incalculable amount of the work of
minute documentary research.
It may have a silly sound to call Prof <
Goldwin Smith's now political history o
the United States charming , but the unaf
focted. style , plain and deep sighted , wtu |
which he goes Into ulotails when necessary
and keeps only to main facts when it is bet
ter , is charming , and nothing else will ex
press it. There are no dates la the book ,
events follow ouch other ns the legitimate
result of a cause , andao ono unfamiliar with
the Inner political life of our nation up to
1871 the book will bo of incalculable value.
In the preface Prof. Smith says the book is
Intended rather for tbo English than Ameri
cans. This Is ouly true In ono way , ho
writes as an Englishman , with perhaps more
regard for the mother country than would
bo shown by an Auiericun-born roared on
this side of the Atlantic , and his ideas of
the neutrality of Enifland during the re
bellion may porhan * not bo qulto as near the
fact as Mr. Blalne's opinion of the same
subject , still the treatment is broid and up
to the times in every eubjoct mentioned , uvon
woman suffrage andim-thodoxy. Tno words
of pralso ho gives Abraham Lincoln are
among the kindest uid , truest from any his
torian of the day , and when ho speaks of
what no American would ever have thought
of enough Importance to mention tlio fact
that the common privates in the war could
all road and write the ingonlouinoas will
bo amusing to his readers in this country.
Macmtllan & Co. , New York.
Book New * comes out as often as the moon
changes and the number just out U as bright
and newsy as ever. This journal takes iU
readers behind the scenes of the literary
stage , if the expression is perinlssable , and
and Introduces them to the makers of heroes ,
at the same time strewing bits of crisp
gossip by way of relish throughout Its pages.
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New York.
Nothing is more charming or delightful
than to lift the veil of ceuturloi and peer
into the dim galleries of the past , to see na
tions nnd races revived and the drama of a
long-goue epoch acted before our eyei. For
such a possibility wo are ouce more indebted
to General L w Wallacs , 10 nU known B'I
\
the author of "Ben Hur. " This time ho lifts
reproduced the tragic period In history when
the Christian empire In the east wan over
thrown by Mahommed II. triumphing over
the blood of its last emperor and his devoted
subjects. The work Just from the press U
entitled "Tho Pnnco of India , or Whv Con
stantinople Fell , " and It represents the
ripened fruit of the '
general's rare oppor
tunity while holding an official place nt the
Turkish capital. As In his former produc
tion , the author has centered the movement
around the great problem of the unknown ,
the source nnd destiny of humanity. His
leading character , the Wandering Jew [ it an
original version , has traveled through every
inhabited land upon the eloba and witnessed
the changes of the years through moro than
n dozen centuries , and In nil his wamlerinc ,
through all this lapse ot time , ho clings to
ono worship , Is fed by ono faith the father
hood of God. Ho bcllovc * in ono true God ,
nnd under thU banner , regarding this ns the
great central Isiuo in nil human life , ho
scoks to unite the nations of the earth In a
true brotherhood , thereby to put an end to
ho fierce battles of the creeds. The light
shed Is practically toil in the general dark
ness of the times , nnd the drama of life with
its counter-interests stirring heart ngMnst
heart and hand against hand , continues to
rage as before. Brotherhood as an end ,
resting on belief , proves a failure though as
n creed or religion a longing or prayer of
humanity for a brotherhood in effect a
working brotherhood not merely depending
on beliefs , but on law truly lilted to our na
turc3 , it Is Justlllcdand Is justly made promi
nent us the bund tint * , links the ages ono
problem , absorbing , deep nnd broad , The
other characters in this hlchly romantic
story Princess Irene ; Mahommed , heir of
Amurath ; the Sultan of Turkey ; Lael , a
Jewish girl whoso filial love warms the
heart of the wanderer , and whoso Oriental
beauty leads to her abduction and It- ? dra
ma tie sequel , and a host of other characters
nro all drawn with care and precision , and
form a delightful study of Oriental ways.
The work Is subdivided Into six books , and
M bound In two volumes. Harper & Brothers ,
Now York. For sale by McgcathStationary
Company , Omaha.
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per ! Then use DuWltl's Llttlo Early Risers.
Young Fair , son of the California Crtnsui ,
should value his bride highly. Shu has cost
him $16,000,000.
"So you have sued him for broach of prom-
isoi" "I Inve. " "Do you think ho has the
sand to light the suit ! " "I don't know ; I'm
not troubling myself about his sand ; it's his
rocks I'm after. "
Miss Annie Tyng Higglnson , daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cnnrlcs M. Higlnson of River
side , was married at noon Monday to Vibe
KieralfC Spicnr , son of the late Coinmodoio
Soloor of the United States navy.
Miss Lottie Zlekler and James D. Htitchln-
son wcru married nt high noon In the highest
car of the Ferris wheel in Chicago last Tues
day. When the bridal party returned to the
earth the band played "On the Bowery. "
JIggers Young Justwed says his wife Is a
very magnetic woman. Jaggcrs You bet
she Is , Ho asked her to let him go down
town with mo U'o other night and she
showed both negative and positive qualities
In Icss'n half a minute.
Mrs. Dutyborno An obedient girl should
bo perfectly willing to accept the husband
her parents choose for hcv. Miss Dutyborno
I don't see that at nil. They always have
to accept the parents chosen for them and
that ought to lot them out. '
The engagement is announced In Philadel
phia of Dr. Walter M. James , widely known
as a homeopathic physician , to Mrs. Guer
rero , who lives in the house once occupied by
Joseph Bonaparte , on South Ninth street ,
nnd long occupied by her father , Mr. Potter.
"Want to marry my daughter , doyou } Let
mo say , sir , that .vou are not exactly the
I would like for son-in-I.iw. "
sort of a man a - - .
Young Gentleman Well , you are not the
I would like for fathor-ln-
sort of a man a - -
law. but then , you know , wo needn't bo
chummy unless wo want to.
An interesting occurrence at the Carlisle
Indian school the other day was the marriage
of Otto Wells , a full-blooded Comancho. to
Mary Pnrldiursjt , an.Oneldr , girl. After the-
ceremony they went to Wells' home in Bucks
county , Pennsylvania , where ho is a tenant
farmer. Ho is a graduate of tlio school ,
which hn entered as a blunkotrd Indian nov.
Under a law passed by the Pennsylvania
legislature last winter , no licouao for marriage -
riago will boTiccessary in that "state until
October 1,1S'J5. A great rush to Pennsyl
vania has already commenced from adjoin
ing states and couples within the state art )
hastening into matrimony. It is like spread
ing a free lunch and inviting the public in.
There has boon no date set for the wed
ding of Miss Katharine Sands to Mr. Theo
dore A. Huvemoyor , Jr. , of New York. Miss
Sands is now In Paris , deep in the mysteries
of her trousseau , bho will return to Now
York with her slaters about the middle of
next month. It is very probable that the
wedding will occur iu December in New
York.
In the marrlago of Miss Carola Livingston
to Count do Vlllocours there will bo another
union of a respected nnd old American family
with the nobllltyof Franco , Miss Livingston
Is the daughter of Johnston Livingston , who
Is ono of the original patriarchs , and who for
many years has been prominent in the soci
ety of Now York. Their marriage will bo
celebrated in St , Patrick's cathedral , Now
York , it Is said , ou December 22.
During modimval times a woman who had
nothing when she was married escaped re
sponsibility for her debts. Wolnc11 were
then often married In a single garment tore-
Hove themselves of indebtedness. A.young
and noble German lady of the sixteenth eon-
tury , to make assurance doubly sure , had
the marriage ceremony performed while she
was standing In a closet , entirely divested
of clothing. She put out her hand through
the crack of the door and was thus married.
As soon ns the ceremony was performed thu
groom , clergyman and witnesses left the
room , she came out , arrayed herself in
clothes provided by her husband and took
her place at the marrlaga foas t.
A \Voll Known I'xperlment.
Washington Star : "I see , " said the man
nt the railway lunch counter , "that you are
n believer In the superiority of mind over
matter. "
"Huh ? " said the clerk.
"I perceive , " ho repeated patiently , "that
you believe tlio mind can control inanimate
things. "
"Whatjo meanj"
"I refer to the fncllo way In which you
transform those 5-ceut cigars Into two-for-a-
quartors. "
lie .Mount It.
Detroit Free Press : The small boy , who
was a Sunday school scholar , had had a row
with another ono , and was venting his mind
very freely to his Sunday school teacher.
"Don't talk so , " she said , pleadingly ;
"what will you do when you meet him in
heaven ? "
"Do , " exclaimed the boy violently. "Do ?
Why , I'll yank ono of his wings off and
thump the stuffing out of him with it , that is
what I'll do , " and the kid looked as If ho
really meant it. '
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Harper's Bazar : "Prisoner , " said the
judge , "you have been found guilty of
posing ns a blind man and obtaining money
on thp street from passers-by when you can
see as well as 1 can. The sentence of the
court/Is turoo months m the county jail. "
"iVell. well , well ! " said the prisoner ;
"dls Is do first time I over heard of a man's
bom' sent to jail because ho could BOO !
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