Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-08-06

had q suspicion that, had our meeting
been under circumstances less product
i've Of anxiety for him, he might have
somewhat tempered his welcome. Hewas
extraordinarily the man Of money whom
sudden gains have inflated beyond, his
normal size. His early advantages had
also, rather obviously, been rudiment-
airy; nor had there been any apparent
later effort to remedy such deficiencies.
Presumably, however, Mr.. .Devereux
had no consciousness of any shortcom-
ings in this direction. His large coun-
tenance, now overspread by a sickly pal
lor, must usually be capable, felt, of
exuding a sense of immense prosperity
and Importance. %
seven in the brief conversation had
with him with regard to the mysterious
pathological condition of Miss Estelle
Devereux, conversation during which
the worthy mans parental anguish
transpiredS plainly, he managed, Incl
dentally, to allude to his courier, his
daughters maid, his private equipage
with which he jonrneyed, his suites of
apartments, which were those usually
preserved at the Archduke for travellers
of royal lineage alone. IN .si# ~
Miss Devercux was in an adjoining
room, and presently we were hurried in
to her unconscious presence. The
room, which was large, was filled with,
knots of men, young, old and middle
aged = professors, doctors, students.
Miss Devereux's maid, very demure
young woman, with lowered eyes, sat
by the lounge, where, outstretched, lay
Miss Deverellx's inanimate form. VIII {
Zone may be doctor as much as one
likes, but it is an incontestable, if repre-
hensible. fact that one remains man
for all that. Twill confess that the first
thing that struck me, was the young
lady's beauty. In a loose morning robe
of very poetic and exquisite effect, she
was from her fair head to her small slip
per, visible beyond the hem other dress,
certainly most charming and attract
i've vision. a;4a
1 II don't want to do my profession
an injustice, but I must say suspect
that every man present felt the power
of her beauty. Even to old Schultze, the
great authority on hypnotism (who had
married his housekeeper suddenly one
morning because, as he said, he must
have some one to see that he did not for
get his nightcap, without which he al
ways took cold, and he had no time to
look for wife), was quite aware of this
fact. AS for Haskins, he was so ever
come that he actually dropped his stick.
"The maid got up and bent over her
young mistress, smoothing something
about her pillow.
1t is the most astonishing thing,
gentlemen said old Devereux to US in
a hoarse whisper, but just about this
time she is gifted with the most extraor
binary clairvoyance. We had almost
what You might call a ''see-ants" here
recently. You can ask her. whatever
You like and she can answer it,
"Haskins nudged me.
"'Ask her something
II approached the couch. Miss
Devereux lay rigid, her eyes closed, yet
there was faint, warm flush on her
lovely face. bent slightly over her
with some questions, I scarcely remem-
Der what, but her lips began to move
before had fairly begun.
L see man. she answered, two
men. One is quite young, very tall,
with blonde hair. The other is older,
with gray hair. They come in together,
I see them coming. They pass over the
bridge. They stop on the way. They
are going into a shop. don't know
just what kind of a shop. I can't see.
1t looks as though there were great
many little wooden boxes, with no
covers, under glass case. The two
gentlemen are buying something. 1
can't tell; can't see.' The voice died
away in sigh. NV E.,
II stood dumb. remembered that
Haskins on the way had complained of
being out of cigars and that he had,
after passing the bridge, gone into a
shop and bought some.
THE auditors looked at us though
for confirmation. Haskins and:I nod
ded. Old Schultze grumbled some
thing about very unusual case in his
beard. One or two of the professors
came forward. One felt Miss Devereux's
pulse. 'Rather weak, but normal ~
Weak, sir: weak!' cried old
Devereux in his sick room whisper.
It's wonder she has any pulse at all.
Eats nothing - absolutely nothing!
Hasn't for week, gentlemen
"Schultze shook his head, came near
er, seized the girls delicate wrist in his
grimy paw and raised her arm. The
arm participated in the rigidity of the
entire body. -.
"'Curious! Curious!'
"And yet the case presents features
unlike any of the authenticated cases