The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-09-19

Fine girl, that. Never saw her looking
10 well. Such a pretty frock."
you goose! I should say you never
saw her at all-you won't even glance
at her when she comes here. Is She
but Of course you didn't stop to speak
to her"
"Of course I did. We had quite .
little chat. Walked two blocks to-
gether. Graceful walker. isn't she?
Say, that meeting must have been re-
markably interesting. Josie was ex-
planning to me about the degrees Of
intuitive mentality think she called
it--and psychological soul progress
do get that highland 1t was great
She said the professor is to be at their
house tonight, just Informally, and
she'd be glad to have US come over and
meet him. Like to go?"
The brown eyes of little Mrs. Armi-
tage opened wide. How had Josephine
managed to arouse Fred's interest
when all her pleadings had brought
only SCOTS and ridicule? But Josie was
SO clever. Why couldn't she, Dolly. be
clever and talk people over-at least
her own husband? But she was only
too glad to have him awakened to the
beauties Of soul study-that IL what
they called it-though she felt a little
chagrined that evening to see him
hover at Miss Carr's side, listening
with intense interest to every word
that fell from the young woman's lips,
as though through her alone he could
receive the wondrous truth Of psyehol-
ogy.
Josephine, at first puzzled by the ap-
parent fascination Of heir new convert
attempted to put forth the claims to
notice Of the professor and draw Fred
out in one of his famous soul talks
But Armitage, with gentle resistance
made her do most of the talking and
was SO fiattering pupil that she felt
1t her duty to devote her energies to
his conversion. And Dolly, while the
professors long-winded phrases fell
on her deaf ears, sat wondering how
Fred could be so attracted by such q
plain girl as Joe Carr-so bold and
officious, too. Fred had never liked
talkative women. Ii was very strange
Whirr-r! sounded the telephone bell
in the Armitage fiat next day. That's
Fred!" exclaimed Dolly, dropping heI
sewing.
Her husbands voice sounded faint
but familiar in the distance, but gra.
cious! what was he saying! Just had
a phone from Josephine-wanted te
know IL I remembered what the pro.
fessor said about true realization Of
one-ness'-told her to come round this
evening and talk 1t over. What's that
Yes, coming to dinner-if she'd b.
pleased-told her you'd be delighted
all right, eh?-goodby."
Dolly dropped the receiver with 9
gasp. What strange influence coult
be working on her matter-of-fact hus
band? Why, he used to shudder wheI
she proposed inviting Josephine t.
dine. And he always faxed" an en-
gagement to get away as soon as pos
sible. Well, 1t must be his great alb
sorption in the new cult. She always
knew II ever Fred did take up anything
1t would not be In half-hearted way
Only she did wish that she and no
another woman had happened to be hi.
| guiding star on the road to esoteri'
bliss. Esoteric fiiddlesticks! Telep
athy was tiresome tumble. and sh,
| didn't more than half believe in It, Blu
for Fred's sake she must keep up, ant
perhaps, after all, they could slip ava,
from the crowd-and Josephine-ant
go hand in hand along the paths o
occult lore.
1t was a nice little dinner, NIGEL!
cooked and nicely served. For all he
mental distractions, Dolly was mode
little housekeeper. And Josephine en-
joyed the dinner. There was no doub
of that. Again and again did Free
help her to some specially attractive
delicacy. How watchful he was. Tn
instant her plate was empty he begge,
her to have 1t refilled. And there
no doubt Josephine ate great deal
Dolly, whose appetite was of the ca
nary-bird order, was astonished a
Josephine's capacity.
Is 1t any wonder, then, that the con
versation languished-or that 1t tool
sudden flights into extremely practica
fields. Dolly could see that Fred wa
disappointed over his inability to draw
Josie out. But this didn't prevent hin
from doing his best to please her pal
ate.
And then. after they had left tn,
table and withdrew to the cosy II
brary with its restful tints and its din
lights, and Fred seated himself nea
Josephine. and the moment was rip
for soul utterance, even then Josephine
seemed strangely distraught. Ono
she even yawned.