The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-08-08

| anu Importance.
Even in the brief conversation had
with him with regard to the mysterious
pathological condition of Miss Estelle
DevereUN. conversation durineswhich
the worthy mans parental anguish
transpired plainly, he managed. Incl
dentallv, to allude to his courier, his
daughters maid. his private equipage
with which he journeyed. his suites of
apartments, which were those usually
preserved at the Archduke for travellers
of royal lineage alone.
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 DevereuN's iranimate form.
"One may be doctor as much as one
likes. pat it is an incontestable, if repre-
hensible, fact that one remains a man
for all that. Twill confess that the first
thing that struck me was the young
lady's beauty. In loose morning robe
of very poetic and exquisite effect, she
was from her fair head TO her small slip
per, visible beyond the hem of her dress,
certainly most charming and attract
| i've vision.
Il 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 10 time 70
look for wife), was quite aware of this
fact. As for HHskins. 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-
dinary Clairvoynnce. We had almost
what you might call "see-ants" here
recently. You can ask her whatever
you like and she can answer it.
'Haskins nudged me.
"'Ask her something
81 approached the couch. Miss
DevereuN lay rigid, her eyes closed, yet
there was a faint, warm flush on her
lovely face. l bent slightly over her
with some questions, scarcely remem-
Der what, but her lips began TO move
before l had fairly begun.
"I see a 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,
l see them coming. They pass over the
bridge. They stop on the way. They
are going into shop. l don't know
just what kind of a shop. l can't see.
| 1t looks as though there were great
many little wooden boxes, with no
covers, under a glass case. The two
gentlemen are buying something. 1
can't tell; I can't see The voice died
away in n sigh.
Il stood dumb. l 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 l 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 a 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
on record said DIR. Holm to DR.. Balm.
'Haskins, the next day, came for me-
as he had done before, and, as before,
Miss Estelle DevereuX gave US an ac-
count of the way we had taken to reach
her, with various other details as to
how l had employed my time during
the morning which only Haskins, who
had dropped in upon her for only little
while, could have known.
This state of affairs continued for
upward of a fortnight. Miss Estelle
DevereuX's frances occurred at the
same hour every day and lasted for the
same length of time, and were always
accompanied by most curious eXhibi-
tons of clairvoyance and clairaudi-
ence, of which she had never given evil
dence at any other period of her life.
Mr.. DevereuX still asserted that she ate
next to nothing, and the statement was
verified by the attendants of the Arch
duke hotel.
THE wise heads of the university |
town for once were at loss, and shook |
their unllempt masses in vain before
the puzzle.
''Old Schultz at last suggested thai |
the test of hot irons be applied the next
day to the soles of the subjects feet.
Il happened to Le in her room and
very near her lOuDoe at the time The