Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
him about the thought-reading, or you'll

him about the thought-reading, Of you'll
"Thanksl All right, I wil-didn'tknow
he was home, either. Coms il you can,
Barrington," and nodding to him ha Silly,
Lord Curzon fastened along Albsmarle
street, after the Colonel's r.treating
"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,
II you hadn't disappeared in that unac.
countable manner. Now that you've come
back, clothei-n
"What do you mean?" asked the Col.
onel.
"Why you certainly didn't look in your
right mind the last time I saw you in
sloane street, a month ago. You had on a
hat that Noah himself might have en-.
We'd"
"Ill come to Lady Clanjamtry's with
pleasure" Lyndhurst interrupted, ha ,ti-
ly, DESTROYS OF letting by.gonss he by.
cones. "Ah! by the way, is Darlington
going! saw him with you just now."
pressed him, but couldn't get him to
promise" at which Colonel Lyndhurst
looked exceedingly relieved, and promis.
ing to call for his companion at half past
ten O'Clock, he and Lord Curzon went
Unelr separate WAYS.
Meanwhile 1om harrington had turned
In at a well.known library and theatrical
agency, and re emerged in a short time
with a card in his hand which bore an ad.
dress that he constantly perused as he
walked eastward. Arrived at Piccadilly
Circus, he crossed the road and dived into
a narrow street leading to Gold en- Square
was consequently lost to thu gaze Of
the fashionable world.
"
The thought reader at Lady Claniam.
fry's soiree was q little f~oreipn.faced
Jew, brown and wiry as a Frenchman.
without q single Teutcuic trait to corre-
spond with his German name, He stood
IN the center of a red car peted dais,
winch MS hostess had erected at one end
Of her big draw g room and in front Of
the boudoir door; the boudoir serving an
a green.room.
Lady C%lanjamfrv has, as everybody
Knows, a most ELUSIVE manner, which
enables her to fill up what might other
wise prove awkward pauses, when. as
often happens, she fails to identity peo-
pie by their right names. She has a very
large circle, and is perpetually exercising
some new hobby round it. Tonight she
has swooPed upon a luminary OF the
Church and an eminent physician. aud
has dragged them to two arm chairs be-.
SAP VIA UA0 AAS
w 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, q man of mind, Of
intellecs; also. II possible, a soldier, a
hurst. is that your You are the very man
we want to mako our little experiment
complete. Ysu must, positively, eblige
me by joining those two gentlemen on the
platform as Herr Won Boschmann's com.
mittee. We have none Of us forgotten
your wonderfully clever book on!-ou-
the habits of the Afghans, wasn't it? 1
know 1t enthralled mol"
And poor Lyndhurst, before he could
assert either his detestation of all forms
of occult power or the real topic of his
book, found himself on the dais, too,
the Eminent Physician, who glared fero-
ciously at him as the acknowledged "man
of intellect"
"For goodness sake take my place, Cur
zon," he expostulated. II would not be
here of my own will for anything you
could give mel" But Curzon only shook
his head, and with an innocent air asked
II he looked liks a imam with q mina?'
After which he slipped into a seat near
his aunt, and the business Of the soire go
began.
v'Sh.iy auou1 my race anu cover Inc eyes,
leaving the nose exposed to the air." said
the Professor to the clerical celebrity.
The clerical celebrity tried to do as he
was desired, but in his anxiety he tied a
granny knot; whereupon the eminent
physician se.zed the bandage and welded
it with professional ability. Then Herr
Won Boschman requested Colonel Lynd.
hurst to conduct him to the front Of the
platform, and still holding his land to at
tach himself to the eminent physician,
who in his turn was to clasp the fingers of
the clerical celebrity, though the latter in
consequence of the slip with the granny"
was reduced to a position OF minor i'm
whether such an exhibition was in keep.
ing with his figure and his canonry. So
there stood the four black figures against
the startling relief of Lady Claniamfry's
cream.colored boudoir-door; and very
foolish they must look. Lyndhurst felt
of relief that Tom Darlington did not
know Lord Curzon's aunG. He stared
straight in front of him and wondered
how much longer this would last, when
the Professor in broken English, rendered
strangely nasal by the successful bandag-
ing, announced that the chain OF influence.
ing power was still incomplete; that an.
other element was still necessary to make
suf1 cient impression upon him to perform
any successful experiments.
"What we want is the female power,
the great lever OF the universe" ex-
planned the Professor, with a smile in
tended to be fascinating, though some-
what marred by the handkerchief. "Have
we here a young lady who will so far lay
aside her w convenience as to mount our
platform aud give us her ~assistance? Is
there here a young and beautiful lady of
what 1 would describe as the auburn or
purely English type, with fairc complexion,
basel eyes, broad forehead n wavy
chestnut hair?"
Lyndhurs5 started ~involuntarily; it was
an obvious description of Mabel Barring
ton. 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 Clanjamiry's plat.
form?
"This Is the sort of influence that I de.
sire to add to my chain of concentrated
power" continued the Professor. "Will
any lady VIM corresponds with the de-
scription be SO very kind as TO volun-
teer?"
whether the d%eacrlption given by the
Professor did not altogether accord with
the canons of feminine beauty then in
vogue, or whether the ladies were shy.
does not appear, but it is certain that no
ladies seemed inclined to move. The
clerical celebrity, anxious to recover his
lost prestige. signaled hopefully to an
ample lady in black iace in the second
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