The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12

see him hover to Miss Carr's side list
ening with intense interest to every
word that fell from the young woman's
lips, as though through heg, alone he
could receive the wondrous truth o.
psychology.
Josephine, at first puzzled by the ap.
parent fascination of her new con.
vert, attempted to put forth the claims
10 notice of the professor and draw
Fred ont In one of his famous soul
talks" But Armtage. with gentle IN
s.stence, maGe her do most of the
talking, and was so tatterng n pupil
that she felt it her duty to devote her
energies 10 his conversion. And Dolly.
while the professor long-winded
phrases fell on her deaf ears. sat won
derinE how Fred could be 50 attracted
by such plain girl as Joe Carr-so
bold ard Ofiiclous. too. Fred never
had liked talkative women. 1t YVES
very strange.
Wh.rT-r. sounded the telephone bell
in the ArmitaGe fat next day. That's
Fred" exclaimed Dolly, dropping her
sewing.
Her husbands voice sounded faint
but familiar in the distance but gra-
cious. what was he saying? Just had
Il phone from osephine-wanted to
know If l remembered what the pro.
fessor said about the true realization
Of one-ness'-told her TO come around
this evening and talk it over. What's
that? ics. coming to dinner-said
she'd be pleased-told ner you'd be
delighted-all right, ch?-goodby."
Dolly dropped the receiver with n
gasp. What strange influence could
ne working on her mGtter-of-fact hus.
band: Why, he used TO shudder when
she proposed inviting Josephine to
dine. And he always faxed an ell
Gagement TO get away as soon as pos
sible. We'll. it must be his great alb
sorption in the new cult She always
knew If Fred eser did take up anything
It would not he in n half-hearted way.
only shc did wish that she and not
another woman had EGNncrcl 70 he
his guiding star OH the road to esoterlc
bliss. Esoteric iddleSt.cks. Te!ep-
athy was Il tiresomc jumbo. and she
didn't more than half believe in IT.
BCt for Frcd's sake she must keep
UP, and perhaps. after all. they could
slip away from the crowd-and 10.
scphine-and 30 hand in hand along
the paths o. occult lore.
! 1t was nice little dinner nicely
cociicd ard nicely served. For all her
ncItli distractions, Dolly was model
l.,ie homckeep2r. And Josephine on.
! joycl the Dime: There was no doubt
os that. Again and AGAIN did Fred
| hep her to some specially attractive
| Gelicacy. How vatchiul he was. The
| !rstc ut her plate was empty he begged
lie" to have T. retilled. And there Is
10 doubt Josephine ate n good meal
Dolly, whose own appetite was Of the
canary bird order, was astonished n,
Josephine's capacity.
Is 1t any wonder. then, that the con
versation Ian; .;rished-or that 1t took
sudden flights into extremely practica
fields: Dolly could see that Fred was
disappointed over his inability to draw
Josephine out. But this didn't prevcn
him from doing his best to please hel
palate.
And then. afte. they left the tab,t
ana withdrew to the coy library. witt
It's Testful tints and It's dim lights, an,
Fred seated himself near Josephine
and the moment was ripe for soul u,
tarance, even then Josephine SCENE,
strangely distraught. once she evel
yawned.
And Fred. evidently determined h
wouldn't be discouraged. talked o.
ana on, In such steady monoton
;hat Dolly felt like yawninr; hersel!
And Josephine replied only in mono
syllablcs and presently did not repl
at all, And then Fred held up hi
hand, and pointing at Josephine, whcr
she half reclired amid the couch pl
lows whispered softly to Dolly: "Sh
Is communing with her inner con
|, sclousness."
I "She is asleep murmuycd Dolly.
little sharply.
Perhaps she was. Anyway, when sh
: suddenly Strengthened up and aske
what time II was. and Fred told hel
= she declared she must go right HON,
e and added thar she had enjoyed such
soulful evening And Folly. with hf
X mind on JosephIne's expert perform
ance at the dinner table, felt that sou
a fui was scarcely the word for IT,
D But Fred caught her eye an
7? srowned. Perhaps lie read he
p houghts.
= Anyway, she could see that he wa
D. greatly disappointed.
d Friday evening OF the following wee
- was TO be a notable occasion for Il
I. small circle of Professor Appollonius
Ir adheysnts. An elaborate reception W.
ID arranged in his honor and a purse.
er considerable welght-was to be pr
scented as testimonial from his fo
j. lowers. But there were 10 pleasal
IL anticipations OF the affair for Dol
81 Armitage. Her feelings had undc
HI gone change. Fred. however, h,
Ie Lecomc the most ardent OF soul.st
e. dents. Each day his thirst for know
- edge Increased. but alas. II was on
ie .Josephluo~who could explain. only J
K sephinc who could Interpret --Iosephii
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