Wichita eagle., 1889-01-09
ghe aaliehta Daily aaednesaa gaorn gaunaru

The following evening waited at the door
Of the printing place and had her rival
Rosina Wilson, pointed out to me. There
was nothing very daring or wicked in her
appearance She was very dark in complex
ion and hair end rather smart looking
short, dunlpy lass, who appeared TO have
more nlerrilnent than guile about her. On
the whole was inclined TO think better OF
her than before seeing her. She had that
satisfied and jubilant air peculiar to women
who are engaged, but wore no ring on her
finger, while Bella Richardson still wore the
poor little pledge given her by Marshall year
before At first had half intended to speak TO
this dark, dumpy girl, as if TO get some partic-
ulars regarding the fortune teller's visit to
the workshop, but a look at her face made
me desist. With ell her merriment could
see she was a girl with a determined will,
and one who would not be easily surprised
out Of a secret. As was going south, fol-
lowed her and her chattering companions,
hearing nearly every word that was spoken,
till she left them at Drummond street, when
her face completely lost its merry expression
and became sober and oppressed She walked
along briskly enough, and | was about to
turn up through Nicholson square and leave
her, when saw her stopped by an old wo-
man with basket on her arm. 1t was the
basket which caught my eye first, and sug-
geSted q hawker of tapes and needles, and
then l looked at the face Of the basket holder,
and decided that 1t was Mag Storrie They
we're good bit from me, but gesture of
anger from the girl drew my attention to her
face, and made me get a little nearer-still
on the other side of the street. The face of
the book folder YVES crimson with passion,
and, though none of her words reached my
ear, could easily tell from their rapidity
that Indignation and wrath were almost
choking her The fortune teller, on the other
hand, was calm and insolent. She spoke
little, but every word seemed to strike home,
and at length the book folder took out her
purse and offered her silver coin, which
was contemporary refused
More wrath and alteration from the girl,
and more cool retorts from the old woman,
and then two silver coins were offered and
again refused. Then in burst of anger the
girl emptied tho purse into her hand, and
put the whole of the money in the open palm
Of the old woman, who pocketed it without
thanks. and said something which brought a
deeper cloud TO the brow of the girl.
"Rlackmaill' l thought, as / snapped my
fingers and whistled aloud at the discovery
THAT ignorant girl was right after all
There is something between these two-whaJ
Is itP'
The two women parted and went different
ways without nay being able to settle the
question. l thought the matter over for the
remainder of the evening without coming
much nearer to a solution. 1t was clear that
Rosina Wilson believed herself IN the power
of the fortune teller and was being bled re-
but as the secret was known
only TO them, it was scarcely possible fer me
to discover It's nature. l could easily have
believed that the old woman might have
gone through some trumpery form, which
she might call love charm or incantation,
but how that could have had such q surpris-
ing effect on the lover was the staggering
point. The rummery NJ ght deceive the girl,
but how could it charm the MANI
According to Bella Richardson, Marshall
was a simple, true hearted, steady fellow,
who had never shown the slightest disposition
to wander in his affections. and had always
expressed the greatest dislike and contempt
for Rosina, whose undisguised efforts to
catch him had always excited his disgust.
Yet that same fellow had changed as COM
pletely and IS mysteriously as If he had been
turned into another man, and was now about
TO marry the very woman whom he had pro-
fessed TO despise. l could at this moment
have arrested Mag Storrie, and Was even
urged TO do so by Bella, who blindly under
stood that she had been wronged by the old
woman, though she could not define the
wrong, but | WAS now curious to get at the
bottom OF the secret before closing in on the
fortune teller. l soon decided that the
could never come TO me through
Hosina herself, who was SO desperately anx-
ouS to have 1t concealed that she submitted
10 be blackmailed, and as firmly was l con-
vinced that Mag would never pronounce the
words that were to send her TO prison. There
then only Marshall himself to be
.ried, and quickly decided that it would be
useless to turn to him either, as, if any charm
lad been worked, he would certainly be ig-
1orant Of its existence.
Three times on the day following 1 turned
ID the direction Of the cabinet makers in
which Marshall was employed, and as often
turned back again, saying to myself that it
would be useless. The day after, however,
found myself by chance in the lane, and
-urned towards the workshop and entered it
Jefore the cid fit came on me.
Marshall was not there, and the old cabi-
let maker who told me SO added for my in
"We're slack the moo, and there's
10 Job for him till | finish this table"
There was no other at that end of the
1lace, and the man seemed in no hurry to re-
ume his scraping and sand papering, so L
at down on bench close by and began to
hat with him
Marshall is going to be married, be-
ieve," remarked, aftef l had accommodated
ne old man with q chew OF tobacco, smok-
ng being against the rules.
cay, puir, silly creatur'," he responded.
"W hats silly about thatF' laughingly in
luired. Some must marry or the world
would come to an end"
''Oh, I've naething against that, for I'm G
married man myself" he brislliy returned;
ur' to believe a that miserable spaewife
ellt him"
Good Lord! was there a spaewife beTef'
exclaimed, with a powerful start, which
early landed me among the shavings cover
og the floor.
LAY, YVES there" aud be never was the
anne man after. She cam in pretending she
Fauted TO sell needles and thread in the up
olSserer's shop; but when she SGT in she be-
oud to tell fortunes for threepence a head,
nd near a the shop got their hands read.
lima ken what she tellt him, because she
aid naebody was to hear it, but he was as
7hite as corp when she was dune wi him,
nd I've heard-but that's name O. nv bust
eSS"
''Oh, well, it's safe enough with mel en- 7
remarked. "Whal have you
esrdi"
I've heard that he's guarded WI his 1
Keetheart. and q 'en another. a through I.