Show Maria Used Dead Language The gloomy looking man walked slowly up the dingy flight ight of stairs that led to the abode of the successors successors success success- ors to the oracle at Delphos He was immediately ushered into a darkened apartment fitted with Oriental draperies draper draper- ies and was greeted solemnly by a I in white What would you of the mystic beyond beyond beyond be be- yond 1 she asked Well Well ell said the man Ill give you 10 f you call up the spirit of my myde decreased de ded ased wife wife Maria Have you the money Yes thank you you may may place it here You the medium apologetically apologetically apolo apolo- know mow went on I 1 wish to have filthy lucre and all sordid mundane things off my mind before I plunge into the world of or shades The medium mumbled with wide staring eyes while the two bod able stage assistants waved phosphorescent phosphorescent phosphorescent phosphor phosphor- draperies with telling effect All Ah droned the medium I see Maria Marla beautiful and happy She points to you and smiles All Il right said the business man in a businesslike tone of voice Now ask Maria w what t is the combination of the safe in my store When she died the secret numbers of the combination combination combination tion d died ed with her and I cant can't open the blamed thing But ut faltered the seress perhaps perhaps perhaps per haps haps she's forgotten the combination in the abode of bliss bUss Not on your life said the man Maria had a good memory and sheH shell tell the combination all right Just ask her Maria will tell you the combination tion tion listen She says Hocus nil vent vidi vici viel sic semper Hey what's that asked the manI man manI I cant can't make head or tail out of it It sounds like Latin It is Latin said the medium back my money you fake yelled the man Maria Marla never knew a word of or Latin in her life But she is dead and Latin is one ona of the dead languages isn't it or Show him out John And that was the end of or the and of his bis 10 10 Chi Chi Chicago cago Inter Ocean |