The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-05-07
His Second Sight


When we are particularly anxious
to annoy Weston at the club we have
only to start a discussion on spirit
ualism. Sometimes if one of the
junior members has to be punished
ior cheek we tell him tall spiritualis-
tic yarns and advise him TO 20 10
Weston for their verification. This
has much the same effect as sending
\ boy to a saddler to buy strap oil.
Not SO many years back Weston
was an enthusiastic spiritualist him
self, attending seances and even
writing letters to the local press on
the subject But he was cured some
what rldely and IN a manner likely
to make a lasting impression on any
nan.
You see it was this way About
FIVE years ago when Weston was at
the hight of his spiritualistio zeal,
widow with a very pretty daughter
reputed to be worth a small fortune
Of $500 a year, took a house on the
outskirts OF the town Weston fell
head over ears in love with Daisy
though greatly to his chagrin, she
eemed to prefer the attentions of
soung chap in the Office of a firm
of solicitors who held the Office of
Jerk 70 the magistrates. Weston
Tas continually at Miss Daisy about
piritualism and tried 10 get her
mother to bring her to some of his
precious seances. But she refused to
nave anything to do with them, and
believe it was this silly rad OF his
which put her off Weston Any sane,
sensible man, seeing how the ground
lay, would have dropped spirltualism
and gone in for a little reality-Daisy
was worth dropping something for,
can tell you--but where spirits were
concerned Weston was just mad. and
It only made him more determined TO
prove to her that his theories about
second sight and so on were correct.
/ remember that winter well. II
froze for three weeks on end. Wes-
ton used TO take Daisy out skating on
some flooded meadows near the sta
tion, and things seemed to be coming
to a head. He wore his heart quite
openly on his sleeve and was ready
TO lick her shoes for love, but the
other chap, who just at this time
came out Of his articles and got a
partnership in the firm, was making
the running pretty hot There had
been a lot Of men thrown out Of work
by the cold weather and some ugly
stories were afoat about burglars.
footpads and the Ike. Mrs Hardy's
little house, away out by itself. seem
ed a sure mark for gentlemen Of this
sort and Weston was never tired OF
warning her to keep the windows
bolted, and even induced her to have
a special new lock put on the front
door
After the frost we had snow. a
fortnight Of IL. and the whole town
got pretty well showed up. Weston
did not seem himself about this time
I remember We remarked upon t at
the club. Perhaps his second sight
told him some crisis was At hand
ANY way. 1t came II was one Wed
nesday night There was a concert
In the town han which some Of Us
went to. but the place was so full Of
draughts that We were glad to get
by the fire in the club smokingroom /
al haif-time Maybe we had sat there
for ten minutes when we heard some.
one come running down the raad like /
a mailman. We all jun ei dp and
went 10 the window just m time to
see Weston. without an overcoat. and
with no hat on, tearing along like ?
motor car and making far more noise.
We guessed something was up. and |
three OF us put on our coats and fol I
lowed. Il was easy 70 see his foot !
prints in the newly-fallen snow; there /
were siil a few stray flakes in the /
air. They made straight for the I
Hardys. and we turned the last cor
ner just in time to see Weston extri. I
eating himself from large snow
heap. SO We waited in the shadow OF
the wall. But. perhaps. had bet.
ter tell the rest OF the story as Wes. |
ton recounted IL TO as afterRard
II appears that he was sitting at
home cursing the weather. the cold. I