The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-21

Has the girl gone back on himr' asked
Wyoming.
'No,D said the Enelishmsn. LAWNS is as
much in love with Frank as Frank is with her,"
well, theni'
''There is the cruel parisn. He is worth ESQ.,
600 . year, and Frank hasn't . red cont"
Then he'd better pass in his cheeks, hadn't
hef' Wyoming inquired. dropping into American
slang. as hs did inevitably when he talked TO
Cameron.
pie have not dared to tell the old man the state
OF their feelings. He suspects nothing. He is
very ambitious for his daughter. He would like
her at least to be a countess. But he is also q
little daft on the subject of spiritualism. and as
be has been going In for fads like
lone moment, II you please, Cecil inter.
rupted Wyoming; las i warned you, the lin
Ruistic mau-trap has you by the heel. To 60 IN
for and fad are Criticisms of the most British
kind
II know il" Cameron admitted, s~orrowfully.
but yours is such q difficult tongue to acquire.
Where was IN
"You were saying that the girls father was q
man of many left-handed IDEAS
THAT'S it exactly. On some subjects he is
like the rest Of US, and on others he is very &C.
centric the Englishman continued.
And in mechanics" said the American, "the
eccentric Is often very near q crank"
In some ways he is cranky. indeed" Cameron
replied. He is an enthusiastic chess-player
for one thing-though he doesn't play remarka-
bly,"
.'But what have / to do with this estimable
country eentlemanT"' asked the American.
Only this. Mi. Bulstr0de Travis is q fatal
list, a believer In signs and wonders, q practi-
tioner OF Notwithstanding, an interpreter Of
dreams, and 80 forth. Now. Frank knew that I
was a student of modern magic and that I took
no stock in spookical research. So he cam to
me and confdee his plight, and asked no to
help him out. Frank thinks that / can show
the old man some strange marvel, and then ring
In on him q prediction of some sort. pointing to
Frank as the only proper husband for Lavinia-"
Work the oracle, in shortT
precisely. And l Rave said / would; aud I
want You TO help me az a member of the Rosi-
crucisu Brotherhood. Mr.. Bulstrode Travis has
been up in town for a week. and although he has
two old foey clubs of his own, the Mausoleum
and the Sarcophsgus, l got him put down here
as q guest, and / coaxed him to come here, and
L prevailed on two or three good-natured fellows
to play chess with him, and get beaten, so the
old boy drops In here pretty freely. He and 1
are excellent friends. We talk over the mystic
ries Of magic and thought transference, and | am
properly serious- He has asked me to run down
with him to Redrose Hall to spend
Saturday and Sunday. I have spo-
that you have been a profound student Of
strange rites / said that / had been tod that
You had investigated the Eleusinian mysteries;
l knew Jon had been present at . Voudoo exer-
aoAts on4 Il q q rOu0
information as to the future by means Of the
sortes vereiliana- In fact. he takes you fora
boss spook-stalker."
"Welll' asked the American. with an express
sion Of solemnity. not to say gloom.
IF he comes here 10 lunch to-day we'll drop
into a chat together, and IL he doesn't ask you
down to the Hall to spend Saturday and Sunday,
then l haven't any savvy."
"Weli," repeated Wyoming.
"And once down there, we'll raise the devil
for him. or the witch of Endor. or tha uitchea
of Macbeth; and we'll make them prophesy the
union of Lavinia and Frank"
II see.n said the American; ''and it's q pretty
scheme il it works-but-"
"Hushm Cameron interrupted. "Here he is"
TIL broad door of the diningroom had opened
TO give passage 20 q handsome, portly old gen.
tleman, bearing he sixty years bravely. This
was Mr.. Bulstrode Travis. Cameron Introduced
Wyoming, successfully suggesting by his man
ner that he was presenting q man of marvel.
Mr.. Bulstrode Travis sat down to lunch with
them, and before long the three were Ia full cry
over mystery and magic Wyoming and Cam
eron played into each others hands so as 20 sug-
Rest dimly 10 the old gentleman that they were
the personalities Of Cornelius Agrippa, Para
CELSIUS, Faust, hobart, Houdin, the Egyptian
msgicisns, Count Cagliostro, Arbaces. and vari-
Gus other engaging persons. Cameron related q
tale which, rs 1t happened. he bad actually
heard from an imaginative doctor, who said he
had lived as a medical student in Bulwer. Lyt-
tons haunted house in Orchard street. and that,
among other things, they never wanted
needed interjected Wyoming with soft correc-
ton, any artificial light at nightfall, as Uns cen
POWER kindly provided il. Wyoming capped
the story with an American tale of his own, the
incidents of which he said bad actually befallen
him. They alluded casually, but frequently, to
inc wonders they had sometimes worked in con-
Junction. Mr.. Bulstrode Travis Was in an
ssstaay st the idea Of such strange doipss; he