Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-02-10


black es-there-handsome
"lt's the same man Yes, If we could
get him. Why notf We must have some
body, and the Professors about come to
the end of his rope. Why not, Lavinia
Bring me within speech of him. did
speak to the Professor, but he got on stills
at once"
There's some talk of his losing his pow
er. But that's what he Gays himself
Therefore it must be part of his make up
They say he is going away. It's the talk
of the servants. l always talk.to the ser
wants. Haynes, wherever l go, because
there's many little secret comes out that
way, and very useful I've found it."
las for Hetty, now
you won't find it easy to persuade Het-
ty. She's an unnatural daughter, Haynes.
She isn't proud of her mothers dlstin-
guished position. She won't help me any
way. Sometimes che says disrespectful
things about the profession. Very cruel
things she has said when I've wanted her
to do any little thing for me--just to pass
me a roll of paper at the right oment,
when it would have made all the differ
ence between successful seance and a
failure. No, not even the crook of her
little finger will that girl give me. Spirits
must be helped and encouraged, and She
knows it, but she won't help bit-says
it's cheating"
That's bad. Because we shall want
band.
"And something's come over her. She
never says anything AT all now; has her
breakfast and goes off to her work comes
home and goes to bed. But now she ism
grumpy any more, and her eyes are soft
She looks happy. Perhaps it's our Amerl-
can lodger that she's so fond Of"
"Well, Lavinia, she's got to come with
us, and do what we please, Exercise your
authority, Lavinia--as mother
That's all very well. But you are her
father, It's your authority, not niue,
tumhler and don't spill it again"
MY authority shall be exercised" said
Haynes, firmly. Il shall command that
girl. She shall obey her father. pve never
commanded anybody yet, but now the
times come l shall go through with it.
will be stern, Lavinla."
AT this moment Hetty arrived.
you here :" she said, with more sur
prise than welcome. 81 thought my
mother was not to know that you had
come back"
II concluded to come home" said her
father, simply. Take your bonnet off
and sit down, Hetty. Your mother has
got something to say to you"
THAT is to say, my dear, your father"
Hetty turned from one 20 the other.
They were afraid. They looked mean and
small beside this beautiful daughter Of
theirs, to whom they were about to pro
pose life of lies.
Well she said to her father, say
what you want to say"
I'VE ale going to America together,
your mother and me, on business. You
will come with us, Hetty, also on business.
On advantageous terms, OF course, he
added
81 shall do nothing of the kind"
Il am your father, Hetty. And your
mother is-your mother. And we mean
to be obeyed.'
The words were strong, but their effect
was greatly marred by the manner of ut
terance. Also the handling of the church
warden did not add to the authority of
the words.
81 am not going to obey you. But
what do you want me to 60 to America
for ?"
Your mother and l, Hetty, are going to
run ashow-l mean-conduct high class
Spiritualist Variety entertainment, of an
instructive character. Your mothers
worldwide fame as a medium-in Grim.
son velvet and white hair-has preceded
her across the wide waves of the Atlantic
Ocean. American citizens have long been
asking why they, the bigger and more i'm
pOrtant half of the Anglo Saxon speaking
race. dwelling under the flag of liberty,
should not have the opportunity of behold
ing the manifestations which this rcuown
ed medium has lavished upon her own
countrymen. That opportunity will soon
be granted to them. Lavinia Medlock,
whose agent is the well-known Haynes
Medlock, for many years largely engaged
in the conduct of similar enterprises, will
shortly land upon the sacred soil of Free
dom, and be greeted by the citizens of that
great and glorious Republic. She will be
accompanied by her daughter, Miss Hen
rietta Medlock, clairvoyant whose teats
have been hitherto designedly kept Sc.
orr in hnt Oh iDl hI1r- Hxrtt !,
full lustre upon the enraptured gaze of
the American Eagle Henrietta is now in
the bloom of her seventeenth year" Mr..
Medlock at this point, carried away by
his own eloqueLCe, rose, and assumed 4
position on the heal thrug, where he stood,
his left thumb in his waistcoat armhOle,
and the left hand spread out In his right
he gracefully brandished the churchwar
den. The effect of this attitude, combined
with his spare figure, open frock coat, and
small, insignificant features, WAS impos
ing. Her seventeenth year." he repeat
ed. SIN her sweet seventeenth. Heaven
never made fairer creature thsn this IA
yorite of the spirits. She is dark, with
large and limpid eyes, charged with mag
netism. Young men have been known to
fall down beneath the gaze of those eyes
Constant meditation and communion with
the other world have given her youthful
face the lofty and distracted air of the
aged philosopher. She is nobly formed.
She possesses voice at once soft, musical
and powerful. She plays and sings only
music taught her by the spirits. In the
hands of her father, the only operator
whom she will admit, she performs the
most extraordinary teats--things never
before attempted-of clairvoyance. There
IS nothing that she cannot do. She reads |
letters in envelopes; she tells the mum
bers of bank notes; she prophecies the flu |
ture; brings news of the absent; conveys |
to the dead"
stop" said Hetty. Enough of this |
nonsense. | will have nothing-nothing |
to do with your shameful and disgraceful !,
cheats. On 1t has been misery enough |
to see what is done day after day-and to |
hear what is said and thought of mediums: |
but TO join to pass my life in it--oh !"
"Hetty, my dear" said her mother. In |
imploring tones, don't be hard on Us. |
think, we are SO poor, and |
there Is great fortune to be made. And |
indeed it isn't trckery. 1t is only dres-
sing up the thing arttully,so rs to catch |
the people 1t must be dressed M. You |