Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-05

under his breath, It was the only tune AJ IL
could whistle, and he always aio arsat deal on
Sundays ..&
"Poor Mabelr' he ruminated. Had = TN, IN
Of course ant a nm back again
wonder what 1t was all about? They ,a sSe saw
70 be getting along brayely when When! . As - was
them together. shouldn't wonder "
some of this supernatural, electro-bioioglsi.nag
business has put his back up know ne Iat off
IL IKE poison sent one of his sisters h n aa hot
now, a. she ee ceuldn u's bear to hear il men.
toned. / must try and get 1t all stralgnt ior
Bosch, the wizard, turned out TO be that ras.
cally little Jew we kicked out or Coicnes.eds
wi mitn ms marked cards In his POCKET ,ond d and
morning."
on the afternoon Of the 9th Of July, tnr rec
weeks after the foregoing occurrences, ana the
day Of Lady Clanjamfry's soiree, Captain b ar
friend Lord Curzon.
You're coming to my aunt's affair to,nig nt
aren you? They are awfully short OF tle d
ana Sne told me to go out and eaten anyoo
ana everybody and make them come You see
mat II has got about that they are gong W
mNs snls German aa ans nave de-
ciined-and 1 don't blame them. But you re
such good-natured fellow, you won't reluse!,
"Look! there's Lyndhurst; he IS much more your
man. man. Didn't know he was home! Rusn aIIet
MIN now, and make him go to-night-oniy dont
you tell him about the thoughtreaoing' VI
Thanks! All right, will--didn' tiknow he
was home, either. Come. If you can. barr1ng-
hastened along Albemarls street after the colo
nel,s retreating figure.
You must come Lyndhurst! You are one OF
my aunt's favorite young men, and I'm sent
out like Noah's dove to bring you in: You
would have had a card, of course If you hadn't
disappeared in that unaccountable manner.
What do you mean?' asked the colonel.
"Why you certainly didn't look in your right
mind the last time saw you in Sloane street,
month ago. You had on hat that Noah him.
self might have envied-"
"I'll come to Lady Clanjamfry's with pleas
ure.. Lyndhurst interrupted, hastily, DESTROYS Gus
OF letting bygOnes be bygones. "Ah! by the
way, il harrington going? l saw him with you
just now.''
him. but couldn't get him to promise" at which
Colonel Lyndhurst looked exceedingly relieved,
and, promising to call for his companion at
hait-past ten O'Clock, he and Lord Curzon went
their separate ways.
Meanwhile Tom Darlington had turned in at
a well-known library and theatrical agency,
his hand which bore an address that he con-
stantly perused as he walked eastward. Ar
rived at Piccadilly circus, he crossed the road
ana Owed into 9 narrow street leading to
Golden square, and was consequently lost to the
gaze of the fashionable world.
v.
The thought-reader at Lady Clanjamfry's
sOiree was q little fOreign-faced Jew, brown and
wiry as a Frenchman, without a single TeutOnic
trait to correspond with his German NAME He
stood in the center of a red carpeted dais, which
his hostess had erected at one end of her big
drawing-room and in front of the boudoir door,
the bOudOfr serving as green-rOOm.
Lady Clanjamfry has, as everyone knows, q
most effusive manner, which enables her to fill
up what might otherwise prove awkward
pauses, when, as often happens she fails to
identity people by their right names. She has a
very large circle, and is perpetually exercising
some new hobby round it. Tonight she has
an eminent physician, and has dragged them
To two arm chairs behind the experimentalist
on the dais.
1--WE must have men of note, you, know; one
accustomed to direct the souls and the other the
bodies OF his fellow creatures. Now what we
want to complete the chain Is, the professor
says, a man OF mind, of intellect; Also if posi-
bile, a soldier, commanding nature. All, Col.
Lyndhurst, is that you? You are the very man
~,eta want to make our little experiment com
ing those two gentlemen on the platform as
Herr Won BOSchmann's committee. We have
none OF us forgotten your wonderfully clever
book on-on-the habits OF the Afghans, wasn't
1t? know it enthralled me-
And poor Lyndhurst, before he could assert
power or the real topic of his book, found him
self on the dais too, alongside of the clerical
celebrity and the eminent physician, who
"man OF intellect"
"For goodness sake, take my place, Curzon,"
he expostulated. ~ would not be here Of my
own will for nything you could give me!' But
CurZOn only shook his head, and with an inno-
cent air asked if he looked like man with a
mlnd?' After which he slipped into a seat near
his aunt, and the business of the sOiree began.
"Iou will please tie this handkerchief tightly
about my face and cover the eyes, leaving the
nose exposed to the air." said the professor to
The clerical celebrity tried to do as he was
desired, but in his anxiety he tied granny
the bandage and welded it with professional
ability. Then Herr Won Boschmann requested
Colonel Lyndhurst to conduct him to the front
attach himself to the eminent physician, who
In his turn was to clasp the fingers of the cleri-
cal celebrity, though the latter, in consequence
of the slip with the granny" was reduced to a
position Of m inOr importance and was evidently
bordering whether such an exhibition were in
keeping Win ms tgufe os ana MS canonry 50
startling relief of Lady Clanjamfry's cream
colored boudoir door, and very foolish they
mind darted q feeling of relief that Tom Bar.
rington did not know Lord Curzons aunt. He
stared straight in front of him and wondered
how much longer this would last, when the pro-
lessor in broken English, rendered strangely
nasal by the successful bandaging, announced
that the chain of influencing power was still in
complete; that another element was still neces-
sary to make sufficient impressions upon him
to perform any successful experiments
what we want Is the female power, the
great lever Of the universe" explained the pro-
lessor, with smile intended to be fascinating,
though some What marred by the handker-
chief "Have we here young lady who will
so far lay aside her own convenience as to
mount our platform and give US her assistance?
Is there here young and beautiful lady of
what would describe as the auburn or purely
English type, with fair complexion, hazel eyes,
broad forehead and wavy chestnut hair?"
Lyndhurst started invOluntarily; it was an
obvious description of Mabel harrington
Could the thought-reader have looked into his
mind as he thought of Tom, and hoped Mabel
would never hear of his appearance on Lady
Clanjamfry's platform?
to my chain Of concentrated power" continued
the professor. "Will any lady who corresponds
with the description be so very kind as to vol
unteer?"
Whether the description given by the profess
sor did not altogether accord with the canons of
ladies were shy, does not appear, but it is GER
tain that no ladies seemed Inclined to move
The clerical celebrity, anx i0us to recover his
lost prestige, signaled hopefully to an ample
lady in black lace in the second row, and even
out effect.
"Will no one come to our aid and forward the
Interesting experiments of the evening"" asked
Won BOschmann again. "There is, think in
the left hand corner Of the room, q young lady
such as we require for our purpose. She fs
has golden star in front Of her hair. Can She
be persuaded to join US for the sake Of promot-
ing the necessary tnfuence7"
Lyndhursts eyes darted to the corner indf.
Gated. In spite Of the great length OF the
drawing room, which was the special glory OF
Clsnjamfry House, he in an instant discovered
Mabel seated haSidA har YuOthar and Ar>eood