Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-07-28
SPIRIT WARNING.

Harry HODaft ana MS pretty sister Dor
othy were almost inseparable. They were
orphans. Their parents died when they
were too young to remember them.
Brought up by an aunt, they had happy,
uneventful lives until they had reached
manhood and womanhood. With youth,
health and riches, their future seemed
without a cloud. Harry was now q, Dor
othy two years younger.
In faroff Singapore tho Hobarts had an
uncle. He was II bachelor and was in bust
ness there. They received q letter from
him some two weeks ago, saying: ~ am
alone in the world. l would like to have
my brothers. children with me. You,
Harry, have attained mans estate. If
your aunt approves, ! will take you as
partner in my business. Dorothy can be
queen of our household. You shall be as
my own, and when l leave this world, all
I have shall be yours"
Harry had often expressed a wish to see
a little more of life than could be seen in
the small suburban town where they now
lived, and on receipt of their Uncle Johns
letter he vas eager to leave Boston and
sail for India.
Dorothy begged and pleaded in vain for
him to change his mind. In spite of his
deep affection for her, her brother was
wild to get a glimpse of foreign lands.
$50 with me, sister, said Harry. "Uncle
John wants you, and Aunt Lucy can live
here with the servants while we are
away"
But the affeotionate girl would not leave
her old aunt, who had been II mother to
her. 1t almost broks the heart of the loy-
ing sister, this parting, but her duty, she
said, was with her aunt.
The day before Harry left he sat with
his sister in the library talking of the flu
ture. 81 will stay one year without you,
Dolly. Then you must either come to me
or I to you. And remember this, if any
thing happens to me, If / never return and
death 0vertakes me, I shall watch over
you, my dear one, and in some way warn
you if danger is near" So with many
kisses. with tears and promises Of future
meeting, the brother and sister parted.
Six months passed.
The two lonely women had received
many long letters from the absent one.
He was we'll and happy; "would be per
fectly contented if only my Dolly were
with me-"
About this time the fair Dorothy had
two suitors for her hand. One was an
Englishman, a man of fine appearance,
some 20 years older than the young lady,
but graceful and fascinating and of great
wealth. The other gentleman was young,
fair, with an honest, open countenance,
but poor, al artist almost unknown to
fame.
The girl favored young Arthur Allen.
Her aunt urged her to accept the elder
man. Times were hard, money scarce.
Many large bank robberies occurred. The
robbers were experts and escaped detec-
ton. Wealthy mansions were invaded and
Jewels stolen.
One evening Dorothy was returning
home from the city. She had been to her
bankers to get a diamond necklace she
wanted to yea at a reception. All her
valuables were in Mr.. Bassett's safe.
Darkness had come OF before she was
aware. The road was lonely. Suddenly
a soft light above her head attracted her.
The sky was filled with stormclouds. The
light was clear, a faint outline Of a hand
appeared, pointing toward a thick clumE
Of trees. For q moment the girl was be-
wildered. Then, hearing oaths and foot
steps approaching, she rushed in terror to-
ward the friendly thicket.
"Where Is she?" cried a deep voice.
"The bird has flown, and we have lost the
diamonds. I wish / could find her. ]
would make that dainty throat bleed"
Almost f~ainting, the poor child reached
home at last.
"Aunt Lucy, Harry is dead!" cried she
Is she sank into a chair. II have had a
warming"
She related her narrow escape and the
strange warning of danger received.
A few weeks after came a black border
ed letter telling of the death of her dear
brother.
Three years passed; many changes had
come to sweet Dorothy Hobart. She was
alone in the world. Aunt Lucy and Uncle
John were sleeping their last sleep. Young
Allen was in Italy pursuing his studies.
Dorothy had promised her aunt that she
would marry Mr.. Ellsworth, the English
man. "He will be a kind, good husband.
Promise me you will accept him. l can
then die content" So the girl, against
her will, became betrothed.
The day before the wedding Dorothy sat
in the library alone. Tears were in the
pretty blue eyes. She was thinking of her
brother, and also Of the absent artist lover,
for she had given her heart to him while
promising her hand to another. On a sud
den a faint, soft light shone near her, and
again the shadowy hand appeared. The
light glowed, and the hand pointed to a
folded paper near.
Dorothy, pale and frightened, glanced at
the letter. 1t warned her not to marry
Mr.. Ellsworth. He was suspected and was
being watched by detectives. The letter
was unsigned. On her wedding day the
poor girl was i'll with a fever.
When, a month later, Dorothy arose,
pale and hollow eyed, from her siokb bed,
Ellsworth was convicted of robbery and
murder. He 1t was who, with an accom-
plice, tried to steal the diamond necklace.
He wanted the heiress for her money.
Dorothy went abroad, met her former
lover in Paris and was united to him. Hel
brothers spirit rested in peace.-Ex'
change.
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