Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-27
sco?yright. 1:oo. by A N. Kellogg Newspaper Col
CHAPTER VI,

Lttt cO-Ll LJ y Ol HIS Itt ilttl locted to give Ta!lev any work to do. When he was not following his wife about like doting slave he was brood ing alone in his room or walking ner5- ousIy in the wood behind the garden.
 The night before her departure Mrs. Goddard retired to her room im1ne- diGteiy after dinner was over. The first two hours were given to her hus- band, but at ten o'clock she dismissed kim with the request that he send Blanche to her.
 Oar young lady found her seated over little fire in her luxurious boudoir. Tie Gaslight in a yellow globe was burning low and the red coals in the erat4 gave q rich tint to the fur1it 1lrc and tGpestr',s. She greeted Blanche with the superficial smile which she had been conferrinG on Her without stint since tie hatchin@ of her nefari- ous plot, and taking her hand she drew her down beside her on q sofa.
 Il want 10 have one friendly chat willl you before I go," she said. q am afraid ! have not been so good 10 you as l should have been; but 1 was born thoughtless and have never gotten oyer it.''
 Blanche could not think of a suitable reply, thcueh she allowed her hand to rest passiFeiE in the clinging grasp cf the woman, which action was sufficient ly cordial foi a nature so coarse of fiber as Mrs. Goddards.
 What do you suppose have been doing every spare moment lately? Don Ia;oh. buJ''-1frs. Goddard point cd o 8 Bible on the table near her. d rich affair bound in Russian leather and eol@-"t hare been reading that Book and finding out how wicked ! am. Before Goin& away l want, hum / bly,. to beg ycur pardon, Blanche. could have treated you better. Iou are Christian, aren't you. dcar?" II try 10 be, Mrs. Goddard hopo i am
 My attempts in that direction have l generally been spasrnodic," |" went on the older woman, smiling. T presume 1 have really not striven hard enough, CT kept at 1t long enough. fer my efforts 1 to be really good have always ended i ill an explosion of good intentions. 1 The devil i|5 always beguiled me into l places from which there seemed no out 1 let without making other people un- 1 happy, and that is the l1eenest sort of 1 punishment-to be made to feel that i you have made you-.e,lf the devils CO., ] adiItor It has been that way in re- ga"5 to your guardian"
 { MT Goddard ?" murmured Blanche. | ''I don't understand.
 "BIanche l shall feel bette if make 9 full confession to you before l go. 1 l want you to sympathize with me pity me if you wish, but try to see a lit tie good in me. Dear girl, 1 was SO world ly-i1inded that I married your guardian for what l could get out of him. because l!2 was at that time rich, but 1 do not love him and. to be more frank. l am miserable with him. It i seems to me that simply cannot stand ii Eerc another day.
 You don't love him." said Blanche, with shudder, and she recoiIed and drew her hand from Mrs. Goddard's s clasp.
 "Ah. I see you don't understand how such thing could Ee, but it is so. and, try as 1 will, cannot make myself care for him. This voyage gives me infinite pleasure because 1 shall be free if only for little while. But you must not tell him.
 Never: 1t would kill him-break his heart!" exclaimed Blanche: he loves you with aIl his soul. I don't see how you could be with him every day and-''
 Don't reproach me- begged the old
 ar woman. giving another glance at he
 Bible. II have beer? trying to get for
 eiveness to-day. I have actually been
 ,n 11y knees half a dozen times, but 1
 Than-Elauche. are you slperst itious ,"
 Not much. 1 think. Mrs. Goddard"
 Well. 1t mus be the natural cCndi-
 tion of wicked people. 1 am full Of su-
 perstitiCn. l am always looking for
 punishment in some supernatural way,
 md right now ir seems nearer to my
 heels than ever. Have you ever heard
 Of Mime. Legare. the fortune teiler?'
 Blanche fad. and she sat wiIe-cyed
 with surprise as Mrs. Goddard con-
 tinued:
 T went to see her this afternoon.
 have heard SO many wonderful things he has foretold. She seems to be able 70 look right through the curtain oI : the future and to actually tear it dowr
 from the past. I don't know what made me decide to go, but when thl idea presented itsulf I went without stopping to weigh tlre consequences. Her house is in West Fiftieth street , and when I went in and the man haC
 closed the front door l found mysei , in total darkness. l assure you I fei } as if | were actually in my grave. Ever = the sound of the wagons and carriage } in the street was shut out. The at . terGant gave me his hand, and. whis pering to me that l had nothing t fear. he led me into a dark, still rcon I on the right of tie entrance. There h , left me for at least ha.f an hour. a tell you I was frightened almost out 0
 -ny senses, but did not dare get up t l retrace my steps. I seemed tc breath
 only the stUfy darkness. and absorI :. new horrors from my surroundings l Presently 9 soft glow as delicate as tn first touches of sunlight on the easterl , skies shone in front of me. This grey ! into a sort of rosy radiance, and the a gauzy curtain seemed to be lifted
 and I saw q woman reclining on a coucl 2 under faint pink light. l knew tha
 it was Mns. Legare and that she wa : in her famous trance condition. Jus 1 then the attendant came to me am
 whispered faat l was to advance an