Gloucester County Democrat., 1892-03-31
CLAIRVOYANCE.

he asked.
"Quite a number-there were Mrs.
Schuyler, Henry Harrington, old Mr..
Cheyne, Bessie Murray
''And who else?'
"No one particularly-the usual as
sortment of every Tuesday, but Bes-
sie'
well, what about Bessie.s
''She was peculiar pale, seemingly
i'll and agitated, but i'll spite of all pref
tier even than usual. While speaking
on Indifferent topics, she feverishly tore
bits off the lace on her dress; then, all
of a sudden. she drew closer to me and
took my hands in hers.
ssDo you believe she asked, that
woman who has been deeply loved can
live without love?"
ssWhat did you answer
sNothing - astonishment kept me
mute; and even now am still striving
to find out just what Bessie meant
"Her meaning is evident enough
Your friend is neglected by her husband
and greatly courted in society. She is
yet innocent, but has reached that point
where a woman needs confdant to
hold her back from the edge of the abyss
or to excuse her if she slips thereon.
s'Poor Bossie-poor Bessie" and Helen
returned to her contemplation of the red
and blue flames on the hearth. Then,
bestowing on her husband look Of in
effable tenderness, she went on, How
happy am, my Arthur, for your love
for me is still unchanged"
Eyes, my darling
''They say, though, that happiness is a
myth, yet it seems to me that God must
have given it to all, only do not know
how to keep it-and generally in a
family it is the husband who is its guar
dian. Arthur, you have nothing to say"
Because | agree with You, my dear
Helen. You talk like good book.
.'Then l bore yOu-so much the worse.
shall continue: If Bessie's husband had
remained faithful to her, they would
both still be happy, Why have his feel
ings changed for one 50 lovely and 50
goods Ezpisfn To me what It sis tiEzEs'
makes q husband csasete love his wife.
'.Wbat a child you are."
.TrTly? All see and hear around
me in society astonishes me more and
more each day, and often regret hav-
ing left my country home There Bessie
would not have been neglected"
''Still harping on Bessie. Did you re-
ceive no other visitors as interesting? It
is one Of the pleasures of people Of the
world to view, IS in magic lantern,
the eccentric types of humanity.
IT saw Marie, who told me something
extraordinary, almost incredible, and yet
it seems it is true"
s.Tell me what it was.
1T is clairvoyant story. l laughed
over it at first, as you are doing now,
but ended by trembling"
1--WE shall see if I am as impression
able"
"The clairvoyant Of whom spealz--a
woman-lives in an obscure quarter Of
the city, and it appears can read your
thoughts accurately, and even those Of
persons not presentif she is given a lock
of their hair"
.sBosh."
''She told Marie how to find some lace
that had been stolen from her
ssMere chance!r
''And spoke to her of . secret known
only to herself"
ga woman never possesses q secret
known only to herself"
s'She revealed to her those of her hus-
band"
"Often there are mysteries that are
such for none save those most directly
interested"
'In spite Of what you say quite long
to go and consult that woman. Suppose \
I take her lock Of your hair
"Oh, nonsenser
''Please let me, dear Arthur. 1t would
be such fun. I'll tell you everything she
says"
mo; l don't desire any fun of that
sort.
why notg"
Because"
Because is not an answer. 1t is
what we reply to children whose curios-
.ty we do not wish to satisfy"
"What you ask is improper"
''Improperl For what reason? l do not
understand you"
"You understand nothingl 1t seems
to me, though, that three years Of city
life ought to have somewhat sharpened
your wits.
'Oh, Arthur. Your words wound me
deeply. No, do not understand how
two persons who love each other can
have anything to fear from elairvoyants
You believe in them, them"
Il believe in the credulity of women"
Arthur, beseech you, let me cut a
lock of your hair"
II forbid yon.
Silence reigns in the drawing room
Helen is deeply distressed. Mechanic
ally she looks toward the fire, but its
flames are gone, it is almost out, and
from the midst Of its ashes rise images
and voices that remind her Of the past
AS one IN dream she gazes and listens
First it IS tho cid home that appears
to her, and all her childhood is seen
again. Then, grown older, her mother
speaks to her of Arthur, their neighbor
in the country; Of Arthur, who had al
ready found favor in her sight and to
whom she is soon married. She sees
him then her devoted lover, with no
thought save hers, adoring her youthful
ignorances and her belief in goodness.
sit is you, he says, who are right
and my past life seems to me now an
evil dream, but you will make me bet
ter, and together we shall find happi-
ness, a happiness that win last forever
The months pass by. She is in their
new city home, in the midst OF the fash
ionable world. Several Of its audacious
frequenters pay court to her. Now be-
fore Helen passes the face of Bessie, and
the words she spoke resound strangely
in her tired brain:
DO you believe that a woman who
has been deeply loved can live without