The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-06-26

1t apas an ordinary cabinet photograph.
ing forward to help her except US, and
we're men. you see. and it's very en-
barrassing. She isn't the sort of girl
to take help from any one. and II
looks as If it might end by her taking
up some COMPOUNDED occupation that
she isn't fit for We are all very blue
about it."
l have no mystic power to read the
mind or the heart Of another, but
perceived clearly enough that Mr.
Burnham was in love with Miss
Vaughn and that she did not find her
self able to respond. To settle this
point ventured to say that had
heard she was quite pretty.
"Prettyr echoed Burnhan. well
that's hardly the word. IL happen to
have a portrait of her."
And he pretended to forget which
pocket 1t was in. twas an ordinary
cabinet photograph, but It showed a
:. most extraordinary face, a Ifainty com
posite of womanly and childish quail.
ties. would not have been able to de-
eide from this picture whether Miss
Vaughn was fifteen years old or TWEEN
ty-five, and after my first glance look
ed UP at Burnham and asked. "How
u ae e laughed susi 80 T*f'
IL You'd be as much puzzled if you
saw the original" he said, and this
proved to be no exaggeration. 1.-THE
youth, l think, is in the lower part of
the face. What pretty mouth and
chin! Did you ever see such a pretty
mouth and chin? There's all the dim
pied sweetness, all the quick sensitive
ness of girlhood, and yet no weakness.
But there's a calmness in the forehead
and eyes-the eyes bit long, as you
notice, with very delicately marked
brows. The eyes are deep blue and all
the coloring exquisite. Her hair is
like the gold of Ophir. 1t may seem
bad taste for me to run on like this"
he added suddenly, 'but Miss Vaughn's
beauty is such simple and natural
thing that one feels no hesitation in
speaking of it. Why, even in her pres
ence sometimes find myself-howev-
er, that's neither here nor there. You
asked how old she was She'll be
eighteen next week."
If the young lady's peculiar powers
are Of interest to science" said l, sit
would seem as If some financial ar
rangement might be made whereby
"Weve suggested that, but she won't
listen to it," he interrupted. "The
queer part of it is that Miss Vaughn
insists that she has no powers which
are not shared by all our species. She
has, though"
We had reached Burnham's lodgings
by this time, and there we conversed
for an hour or more upon the subject
of the experiments which had been
made in the case of Miss Vaughn
They seemed to me to possess the
vague and unsatisfactory character
which had learned to associate with
common fraudulent practices. The
young lady answered questions con-
corning matters of which she was sup
posed to have no knowledge, peculiar
tiles of persons whom she had not
seen, incidents in the lives of the ques.
TONERS or of their friends. 1t was not
able that she passed into no state OF
trance or mesmeric sleep. She remain
ed entirely normal, not even exhibiting
the excessive fatigue which usually
follows such manifestations. She did
show repugnance, however, and was
always more pleased when she failed
than when she succeeded. After Be
ries of failures she would laugh almost
Historically and display childish re
lief and delight Her successes de
pressed her. The best Of them, 30 fal
as / could learn, were not conclusive
but there were some that were hard t
explain upon any natural hypothesis
and they must have been extremel,
startling to the inquirers.
As Burnham continued to speak ] be
came less hopeful Of Miss Vaughn as |
possible subject OF investigation, les
interested in her as psychic, but IA
more interested in her as woman
Somehow the words Of this fiery bu
hopeless lover, this poor little, thin
dark. ugly faced fellow, who had n