The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-09-18
,sET. Pa, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER ls. 1872.
Itwould make mother easy for life

Itwould make mother easy for life 2
VERY true,- said his uncle.
They were both silent for q while
the Lieutenant smoking and Pau
turning over the leaves OF che bool
with a feverish haste, glancing uI
now and then, furtively, at his uncle
What put this matter in youl
head, Paul y'
Il don't know. We really need
money so often, and theu Fred Parker
told his stories of Kidd's treasures
and | see these clairvoyant advertise
ments in the paper every day"
= As to these mediums said lieu.
tenant Calderwood, thoughtfully
my opinion is that they will take
your money and YOU viii get no infor.
nation in return. / never had any
intercourse with them, for | have nc
belief in their ability to tell YOU any
thing YOU do not know yourself A
friend of mine, Captain Johns, told
me of woman, fortune teller, who
made some remarkable predictions
very remarkable indeed She sketched
out his whole career for him."
"Who was she Where is she to
be found ?" cried Paul, forgetting to
ask whether the prophesies proved
true or not-they were most ridicu-
lousy absurd and untrue
At No. 81 Poplar street." said
his uncle, after several minutes, hest
tation "She was only to be consult
ed only at night. But that was sew
eral years ago.
I'LL 90 and see her tomorrow
night, " said Paul He was more ner-
vous and unsettled than usual that
evening, and sat looking in the fire
for long time
"The boy is ruined,p sighed his
mother, nothing will restore him to
usefulness.
1t Is a long day until sunset, +"
said her brother, quoting his fayorite
proverb
The next night Paul got on his
oyercoat just after supper, and his last
dollar in his pocket His uncle had
not been home during the afternoon.
Paul kissed his mother good bye.
Where are you going, nv son p
To make our fortune be said CAV
lv as he ran out.
No. 81 Poplar street was soon
found. 1t was a-narrow, dark entry,
lighted by red lamp, which gave a
ghostly and murderous light Paul
went up the winding stairs, and found
at the top a door with placard, on
which was printed with common
pen:
MADAME D'AUBREY sEEREss.'
! Paul tapped No answer. He tap
ped again
Enter Y said boarse voice.
He pushed the door. open and
walked in. The room was bare of
furniture, except another red lamp,
which shed its bloody glare over the
gray walls, and black antique chair,
in which sat tan, gaunt woman
She was robed in a loose, falling hab-
/ it Of black from head 10 foot Her
face, of which Paul could see but little
but the chin, was deathly pale Now
and then be caught glimpse of a
pair of keen ewes, which he though;
were both fierce and threatening
( Il came TO consult you,r he stam-
mered.
The black covered head nodded
1t is unnecessary 10 explain your
self further Your name Is Paul
Forbes. You desire 10 know by
what means you may obtain GER
tain treasure
Paul was terrified. The other me-
diums that he had consulted had new
er told him actual facts.
When do you hold seance 2"
Now - in a horse grating voice.
need no trumpery tables, nor cards,
nor machinery. Do YOU ask wheth-
er can see into futurity ? You have
a scar ON your shoulder beneath your
clothes, an unhealed wound below
your knee. If can tell YOU about
these things that others eyes cannot
see, you can afford 70 trust me for
the truth Of whatever else / may say.
Ask what YOU viii and | will an
swerr
How am / to obtain the treasure?
said Paul"
How should | know what treas
ure YOU mean? But pause" The hg-
ure moved her hand slowly to her
forehead, muttered for afew moments,
then slowly took it down and looked
piercingly at the terrified Paul
The pot of gold waits for you,
enough to give YOU fortune and pow
er. Here are the directions by which
you are to obtain it, She then
placed a small slip of paper in his
hand
"0n these conditions she said, in
a hollow whisper, that YOU solve the
mystery of this paper alone. You are
to receive no assistance in reading it !; |
if YOU do, all is lost. Begone you !
are answered"
Paul placed his money in her out /
stretched hand and went stumbling
down the stairs under the red lamp.
The next morning by daybreak he
was knocking at the door of his IN
cle's chamber.
What is this p showing him a
paper full of figures, lines and dia-
grams. Don't read it to me. Only
tell me what sort of puzzle it is"
The Lieutenant raised himself on his
elbow, smothering q yawn at seems
to be a mathematical puzzle, Paul
the description of some locality, /
think. | won't interpret it to you. 1t
would need a good Typographical en-
gineer to do that. Where did YOU
pick it up ?"
Paul muttered out something and
A week after the Lieutenant re-
turned to his regiment He noticed
Paul busy every night with his math-
ematies and his slate and pencil.
The dream book was laid on the
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