Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27

first though when Marin Lie was gone
was one of satisfaction at being rid OF her.
l wasn't entirely proud of the way l had
acted in the matter; had sense enough to
know that l had proved ungrateful to wo-
man who, whatever her faults, had ever
been a good friend to me and mine. But
the relief from contact with her horrible
personality was stronger than any other
feeling.
LAS for the CONFER thought no more Of
it than you do now, and would have laugh
ed at any one credulous enough to believe
in it, as you are laughing at me now. In
fact, l entirely forgot it, and it was more
than month before 1 thought of it again.
Then one day l was sitting in my office
with nothing to do, and no prospect of any
thing. Everything was fearfully dull, and
| was more than a little down at the mouth.
Looking out o. my east window l could
see the roofs of the Warren-Esta br ook
after you left. didn't they? Yes? Well,
they big iron concern with ramifica-
lions all over the south, and with a great
deal of important and remunerative legal
work, of course. White & Robinson had
gathered most of it in, however leaving
only the barest pickngs to the rest of u.s.
Sitting in my office that day I said, idly,
to myself: Wish 1 had the business Of
that concern IN my hands, Immediately 1
was conscious of singular SenSa ton some
where inside of me. l distinctly heard a
sound somewhere between the 'chug' of a
steam exhaust and the click of register
ing machine. With it was a feeling as of
something being rolled up, or taken away,
leaving me smaller somehow than before
couldn't in the least tell whether it was in
my head or my heart my lungs, or
where it was; it was inside of me, that was
all knew. No, l knew something else, too
although 1 didn't know how l knew it, 1
knew that my idle wish was to- be granted
few moments later a messenger from
Warren Estabrook summoned me to con-
ference with the heads Of the concern,
which resulted in my becoming chief legal
adviser of a firm worth Millions"
"Pshaw! Nothing strange about that
Such things are happening every day. You
were rising young lawyer who had at
tracted the attention of men who wanted
hustler for attorney; that's ALL AS for
the peculiar bodily sensation why, an ex-
ira piece of pie or slice of UNDERGONE
pork will play the mischief with a fellows
insides sometimes, and make him think he's
all sorts Of kinds of machines and things >,
Yes. that's the way explained it to my
that no thought Of Marin Lies confer
crossed my mind. But some time after 7
was searching for a certain decision which
was vitality important In case which the
company had on trial. / knew that 1t was
In book in my library, but though / HINT
ed for hours, could not find it. The time
was short; l must have that decision. or
my kingpin was gone. Hang it allr I ex-
the thing is!
Scarcely were the words out of nv
mouth, when was conscious Of that curl
GUS sensation again, this time accompa MED
with slight distress, or sense of constrtc-
ton, and l saw clearly the name of the
book, the number Of the page, and the
place OF the volume on the shelf / took
down the book, opened to the DESIGNATED
page. and there was the decision for which
l had vafnly searched half a hundred VOL
umes. 1t was then that I Remembered
Marin Lies prediction that I should ha ve
did?' '"a'
'Humph! Decidedly queer. 1t must he
confessed, but not necessarily convincing.
Probably a mere coincidence
But condolences that continue tn occrr
cease to be condolences and become The
manifestation of law. Once the thoupht
was in my mind. of course had to verify
or disprove 1t by experiment This I At
tempted IN various ways to do will NOT
weary you with details: it Is enough to saw
that every wish / expressed came immedi-
ately or soon after to fulfillment and that
In each instance there was this curious feel
ing OF which have spoken, increasing in
sharpness and strength with each repetition.
Shall give you two Illustrations?
Il wished that might know where Marin
Lie was. Just then the ONCE boy brourht
that met my eye was an account of the
finding OF the body OF an old negro woman
in the woods near Pittsburg, Pa, appar-
entity starved to death. The DESCRIPTION
given tailed exactly with that Of Marin
LiEe, even to the crooked foreflnGer which
you may remember. Mind. had no reason
to think that she had left town: supposed
she was stiil In the house that had boueirt
tor her. But going down into that neixi,-