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Show TANGIER"HOLYMAN" HAD LEARNED THE METHODS OF BAMNUM AND BAILEY. American Experience Aided Charlatan In Gaining tho Reverence and Small Coin of His Fellow Believers. "Thoro Ib hardly anything moro on-joynhlo on-joynhlo thnn to find an unexpected bit of tho woat In plncoa thounnnda of mllea and hundroda of ycara from tho United States," uald a Now York man recording to tho 8un of that city. "My wlfo nnd I wont to Tnnglor from Gibraltar. Tho day after our arrival ar-rival wo paid an early visit to tho markoL Suddonly, na wo atood looking look-ing on, thoro wna a commotion In tho crowd, which parted right and loft. I could hoar tho clash of cymbnlB, but wna amazed to boo men bowing nlmoat to tho ground na thoy mado way. In tho lano thus croatod appeared a tall man wearing a long robo of mnny col-ora col-ora and n nocklnco of charma. Ho kept his oyoa turnod henvonwnrd na he walked, kooplng up n clashing with ft pnlr of cymbnlB na ho proceeded. At lila glrdlo waa a gourd into which flomo of tho multltudo tosBod coppor colna. My courier told mo that ho waa dervlab, n holy man from tho Sudnn. "I thought tho dorvlah would mako a good Bubjoct for my camera, but tho courier Bold ho doubted whothor It could bo arranged, as all good Mua-solmnnB Mua-solmnnB had rollgloua acruploB against bolng photographed. I liiBlBtod, nnd tho courlor Bald ho would do his boat. "So wo followed along nftcr tho dor-vlBh, dor-vlBh, through a Uttlo aldo strcot Into a broader ono, nnd hnvlng turnod tho cornor tho courlor npproachod tho dorvlah dor-vlah and exchanged a fow words with him. Tho holy man looked to boo whothor any Mohnmmcdana woro looking on, nnd thoro bolng nono In flight ho nodded In n dignified manner. man-ner. Ho poaod while my wlfo and I took Bovoral good BtinpBhota of him. "I wont up to glvo him n small token of thnnka nnd wna BiirprlBOd whon, aftor looking nt mo n momont, ho aald-'Engllah?' aald-'Engllah?' " 'No I ropllod, 'American. "'Ah! American!' ho cried. 'Mo America,' ho continued, pointing tow-nrd tow-nrd himself. 'Now York, Drooklyn, Philadelphia, St. Loula. Six months Dnrnum & Dnlloy. Ho smiled nil over na ho took what 1 offorod him, thon bowing In n dignified fnshlon ho went off, cnBtlng hlu oyoa toward tho ky ind clanking hla cymlmla as ho wont. "Tho next morning wo wont to tho market ngaln. Suddonly ngnln wo hoard tho cymbals clashing, and Baw tho crowd part, nnd nlmoat prostrnto Itaolf, and In a bocoihI our dervish frlond of tho day boforo appcarod ngnln, his oyoa ploualy cast toward hoavon. "Wo woro Bitting on our donkoyh and watching him In somo curloBlty na ho uonrod us. Juat aa ho got oppo-Bite oppo-Bite ho turned hla head In our direction. direc-tion. Ho caught my eye nnd tho lid of hla loft optic closed In ono long, eloquent wink." |