'Mrs, Fan had one son, who does not figure in the story, and three young daughters, the eldest of whom was living with a wealthy, man as his mistress, but the other two were at home.' The cook tablished himself in the good graces of his employer and ere long was promoted from his menial position to that of adopted son, taking to himself the name of Fan Sung-li and apparently supplanting the ree son altogether. According to hi confession, all that followed done at the Fan, but hor hho confessed was a parcel of lies, devond the fact that he went into, trances and claimed to be an me carnation of the Buddha, 1
After having really or been in a trance several time: Fan Sung-lin took to wearing yel low robes, a priestly head-dee Durning in front of him, he answered questions about the future and wrote th sacred name of Buddha on a sla 80 that it might be washed off into which would heal all manner of diseases. Men and women bes gan to worship him and in duo course he proclaimed himself a living Buddha, able to remit sing, Iheal diseases and dispel sorrow, Women's Infatuation His next move was to gather a coup of disciples, who paid ree gular contributions into his fers, They were for the most part women and boys, and now that.
in durance vile the rascal hag furnished the newspapers with the names and addresses of them al As the days passed, Mrs, Fan came dissatisfied with maternal res lations with her adopted son and became his mistress. This caused trouble among the-women disciple which was overcome by him prot rising them all everlasting haps piness if they became his "cones ines.
The man boasts that this sug gestion was adopted, but it must have proved too much for some of the women, since information was passed on to the police as to what going on and he and Mrs. Fan fare. nov" Iifely to face sre. pow: lily ering
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