[Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock]@TWC D-Link bookArcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich CHAPTER FOUR: The Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society of Mrs 24/51
He murmured, 'Osiris help you!' and pointed to the ceiling.
I raised my eyes instinctively, and when I lowered them the money had disappeared.
I think he must have caused it to vanish." "Oh, I'm sure he did," said the listener. Others came back with wonderful stories of Mr.Yahi-Bahi's occult powers, especially his marvellous gift of reading the future. Mrs.Buncomhearst, who had just lost her third husband--by divorce--had received from Mr.Yahi-Bahi a glimpse into the future that was almost uncanny in its exactness.
She had asked for a divination, and Mr. Yahi-Bahi had effected one by causing her to lay six ten-dollar pieces on the table arranged in the form of a mystic serpent.
Over these he had bent and peered deeply, as if seeking to unravel their meaning, and finally he had given her the prophecy, "Many things are yet to happen before others begin." "How _does_ he do it ?" asked everybody. * * * * * As a result of all this it naturally came about that Mr.Yahi-Bahi and Mr.Ram Spudd were invited to appear at the residence of Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown; and it was understood that steps would be taken to form a special society, to be known as the Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society. Mr.Sikleigh Snoop, the sex-poet, was the leading spirit in the organization.
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