The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-02

Iopened the door. he commenced to ex-
postulate, and said: 81 ask it as favor
that you will go, for a more audaclous
proposition has never been made to me-"
The memory of this visitor, like that of
so many others, was driven in turn from
my mind, and the next event which
have connected with this little drama
took place on the following day.
My manager who came to see me in the
morning, said: "By-the-bye, lady called
on me yesterday and made an appointment
to see you; she would not give her name
and she was very closely yelled, so gave
her card filled up for Miss Blank and if
you have the transcript made of your de-
scription of her hand she will send for it at
forwards. She won't give her address to
have it mailed to her."
SO many people consulted me in this
mysterious manner that had to cease to
look upon such occasions as dramatic cpl
sodes, and accordingly, when an appoint
ment card was presented to me in the after
noon, bearing the name, Miss Blank" l
did not give more than passing thought t.
the remarks my agent had made in the
morning, and directed that she should be
shown up.
She was, as he had said, very closely
yelled; she was dressed very uncompromis-
ingly in black and trembled In every limb.
| ascrihed her disturbed condition of mind
to ordinary nervousness at something which
is strange and unknown, and directed my
stenographer, as / always do on such oc-
casions, to take her place Immediately at
the lady's elbow, as | have found that the
presence OF another woman often goes far
to allay the nervousness exhibited by
some of my subjects. The preliminaries
having been gone through, l remarked to
her:
II see that you have some reason for not
wishing me to know who you are and that
you are married. You are not the first lady
who has removed her wedding ring before
coming into this room with a view to testing
the accuracy Of the science. The precau-
ton is unnecessary, though do not wonder
that with such a marriage as you have
marked in your hand you should be
glad sometimes to put ont OF sight, II not
out of mind, the symbol of eternity, the
ring which keeps the fact continually be-
fore you. But this, amongst other things,
l wish very strongly to put before you, you
are evidently a woman OF strong VIII In
spite Of your highly nervous organization.
Surely, you are strong enough to resist this
personal infueace which has come into your
life and which threatens to play havoc with
It, Surely you can foresee that the course you
are pursuing at this moment is one which
must end in ruin, absolute and irretrievable;
believe me- the misery which you would es-
cape from Is mourning 10 bilaJ WHICH YOU up
parently wish to fly into. Don't do II;
because an organization like yours is not
one which can withstand SO terrific a test,
il not one whichis strong enough 10 bear all
the horrors OF the situation in which you
stand in great. danger Of finding yourself"
During the wnoio of our interview she
maintained a dead silence, and tO this mo-
ment ] have not the yaguest conception
who she was or of what her personal APP
pearance may have been, but if ever / SEQ
that exquisite hand again. / should know It
among 10000 Apart from this, the incl
dent was soon oblterated, only about "A
week afterwards, received the following
extraordinary letter;
SiR-You are even cleverer than l gave
you credit for being, and such histrionic
talent as yours ought not to be lost to the
stage. confess that did not detect be-
meath the bombast Of your manner. when |
called upon you the other day and made
YOU a certain proposition, any intention of
Complying with my wishes; now, however,
that YOU have done so in every particular,
1 thank you for your action in the
matter, though the manner in which you rer
ceived il renders the enclosure of my check
for the amount which specified to yea
complete quittance from any obligation on
NV part. In forwarding you this sum as
agreed, / have only 10 say that IN making up
your mind TO adopt the course which sug-