The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-25
MAHATrlAS' rlESSAGE.


"
describable feelings of wonder and awe h..
read;
Coercion is abhorrent 10 us. vcx thy of
spring no longer. Ii IL our command. Tibet,
Aug. "a
A message from the mahatmas I'm faroff
Tibet and dated that very day. Could
there be trickerys he wondered and &c
place the matter beyond the shadow OF a
doubt he made an exhaustive examina-
tion of the room and its contents Tho
window was fastened, the door locked
and the chimney closed, and there was nc
other opening In the walls Continuing
the search on his hands and knees, under
the table, chairs and couch, he covered
every square inch Of the carpet and then
rose, convinced that the room contained
no living thing besides himself And there
ON the table lay the indisputable evidence
that time, space and brick walls were as
nothing 20 n mahatma. Was there ever
such charitable creed that the inncrmost
circle should interest itsclf on behalf OF
one who had openly expressed his opinion
that such m. iifestations were "boshs"
Tho next meeting OF the theosophists,
before whom Mr.. Shirley detailed the cir.
substance and produced the evidence,
unanimously agreed that his bodily health
and perhaps his very life might bc imperil-
ed II he still persisted in opposing the
wishes of his masters. They implorcd and
abjured him TO rclcnt and worked on his
feelings TO such an extent that he went
homo impressed with an awful sense OF
sono impending doom, some terrible ca
larnity that was about to burst on his Of
Tending head.
Meanwhile the situation had become as
unbearable to Sydney as 10 had TO Doris,
all their plans for communicating having
so far failed, the natural course of events
having taken q turn for which no pro-
vision had been made. A love so intense
as his could stand the separation no lon
ger. That very afternoon he would go
boldly 10 the house and ask to sec his be-
loved; her father might say or do as he
pleased. The resolution once formed, he
was In state of feverish impaticnce 10
put 10 into practice. He would start at
once. And start he did wondering what
reception he would RECEIVE ut the hands of
her parent and hoping that he might not
be invested with the order OF the boot.
But Providence had prepared for him n
surprise one OF those Kaleidoscope changes
which ever make the 'best laid schemes
OF micc and men gang aft aglcy."
Scarcely had he reached the gate when a
telegraph boy ran up and handed him a
message. Sydney's first thought, Of course,
was Doris--thon, Some dire disaster AS
soon as his impatient hands had ripped of
the covering he read:
Come at once in friendship
RIcnp. SHIRLEY
An invitation from the very man whom
he had been mentally picturing as kicking
him out of tho house "Say III be thero
like shot" he said TO the astonishcd
messenger, then recollecting himself, mo
answer" and the next instant he was
speeding TO the station TO catch the train
then due. His reception surprised him aS
much as tho telegram. Hc was welcomed
at the threshold by Mr.. Shirley and taken
into the study, his host beaming with the
very essence of affability. After few
preliminary ''hnws' and vicious clearing
of the throat Mr. Shirley addressed hin.
thus:
'In refusing your ardent request for the
hand OF my daughter l believed that was
acting In the best interests of my only
child. / know nothing against you-in-
deed much TO your advantage-but tho
principal reason that induced me 10 take
the course thnt / did was your openly ex-
could not possibly be a Judge. Young
man, read that" And with a dramatic
flourish he handed him the message.
After minutely detailing the circum-
stances of it's arrival be continued:
"ln compliance with the command
therein expressed ] have sent for you, to
give my consent to your union with my
daughter and am not without hope that
the mysterious message you have before
you may DO the means OF converting you
by Its tangible existence and the forgiving
nature OF it's contents
Sydney gazcd at the paper bewildered,
spccchlcss. Tais was n complete fioorer
"Wcll, now, go 20 Doris. She awaits you
in the drawing room. Leave the paper
here. 1t is too precious 10 trust out OF my
sight. ! have To go out now on business
but If you give mo a call, say, tomorrow
evening ut O'Clock, shall be prepared to
discnss matters with you"
1t is needless 10 attempt to describe the
repturous meeting of the reunited lovers.
Those readers who have experienced such
blissful moments can picture IL for them
selves. and those who have not may rest