human
And now, Evalena, said Mrs. Winslow, rounding off her story with a great flourish over what she was to make out of Lyon, whom she described as still madly in love with her,
gpt
Well, I've got the same husband----
human
Oh, pshaw!
gpt
But he's such a dear, good old fool that I can't throw him over. Why, I can make him shrink from six feet two to two feet six by just looking at him! Money couldn't hire such a devoted servant anywhere. He'll do just anything I tell him; and if I want him out of the way for a few days, she continued with a comical wink,
human
I just give him a fifty-dollar bill and say: 'Daddy, you don't look well; take a run into the country, and I'll write for you when I want you!' He goes away then with his face about a yard long. But he goes; and he never made a rumpus in his life!
gpt
Oh, that's quite another thing,
human
Yes, he's what I call an 'accommodation husband.' He accommodates me, and I-- here Miss Gray sighed piously--
gpt
Exactly,
human
Well, resumed the marvellous medium,
gpt
Every time!
human
So at St. Louis we resolved to become Spiritualists.
gpt
The very best thing you could have done!
human
And at Quincy, resumed Evalena,
gpt
D----n the newspapers, anyhow!
human
Oh, no, no, no! _that_ won't do. Make huge advertising bills. That's better--much better. That's what _we_ did, and we made big money too. By and by we came on here to New York, made a huge show, took in a vast pile, and then went to Europe. Oh, that's the only way to do it!
gpt
Yes, said Mrs. Winslow with a deep sigh.
human
I have often felt the want of that peculiar tone which going to Europe gives one.
gpt
Well, we did have a gay time, though, said Miss Gray in a dreamy way, as if ruminating over her conquests;
human
Bigger game than the Czar? Oh, my!
gpt
Well, bigger game this way, pursued little Miss Gray, reasoning it out slowly.
human
This Spiritualistic business can only be played on low, ignorant people ordinarily. Get the recognition of so big a man as one of the wealthiest brewers in Great Britain, and then, if Miss Gray has money and can open sumptuous parlors in so fashionable a vicinity as Madison Square, and can own a quarter of a column of the New York papers every day, Miss Evalena Gray's fortune is made. Do you see?