The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-09-25

but OF course you dIda't stop TO speak
10 her"
"Of course I did. We had quite .
little chat. Walked two blocks to-
eether. Graceful walker. isn't she:
Say, that meeting must have been re-
markably interesting. Josie was ex-
planning to me about the degrees a
intuitive mentality-I think she called
it-and psychological soul progress
do l get that highland Il was great!
she said the professor Is to be at their
house tonight. just informally. and
she'd be glad 10 have US come over and
meet him Like TO go."
The brown eyes OF little Mrs Armi-
tase opened wide How had Josephine
managed 10 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 oyer-at least
her own husband, But she was only
too glad TO have him awakened to the
beauties OF soul study-that Is what
they called it--though she felt little
chagrined that evening to see him
hover at Miss Cars side. listening
with intense interest 10 every word
that fell from the young woman's lips.
as though through her alone he could
receive the wonirous truth Of psychol-
ogy
Josephine. az first puzzled by the APP
parent fascination Of heir ne- convert.
attempted TO put forth the claims to
motto 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 fattering a pupil that she felt
il 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 a
plain girl as Joe Carr-so bold and
officious. too. Fred had never liked
talkative women II was very strange
whirT-r, sounded the telephone bel
in the Armitage fat next dag. That:
Fred" exclaimed Dolly. dropping hei
sewing
Ter husbands voice sounded fam
but familiar in the distance. but gra
cious, what was he saying. Just hat
phone from Josephine-wanted u
know IL I remembered what the pro
fessor said about true realization o
oneness told her to come round thi
evening and talk IL 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
gasp. What strange influence coul
be working on her matter-of-fact hus
band, Why. he used TO shudder whel
she proposed inviting Josephine {
dine. And he always faxed" an en-
gagement to get away as soon as pos
sible- Well, IL must be his great ali
sorp;ion in the new cult She AWAY
knew IL ever Fred did take up anythin
I Ii would not be in a half-hearted val
, Only she did wish that she and nc
another woman had happened to be hi
!. guiding star on the road To esoteri
bliss Esoteric fiiddles;icks. Teller
! athy was a tiresome tumble. and SD
, didn't more than half believe in IT, Blu
for Fred's sake she must keep up. an
perhaps. after all. they could slip ava
from the cro~d-and Josephine-an
!. 60 hand in hand along the paths {
!. occult lore.
Ii was a nice little dinner. NIGEL
, cooked and nicely served. For all he
mental distractions. Dolly was mode
little housekeeper. And Josephine er
joyed the dinner. There was no dout
! OF that Again and again did Ere
! help her to some specially attractiv
delicacy. How watchful he was tn
: instant her plate was empty he begge
her TO have IL refilled. And there
no doubt Josephine ate a great dea
Dolly. whose appetite was Of the Ct
nary-bird order. was astonished
Josephino's capacity.
Is it any wonder. then. that the col
Q versasion ,anguished-or that II too
I sudden flights into extremely practic;
fields Dolly could see that Fred va
y disappointed over his inability TO cra
Josie out But this didn't prevent hi
= from doing his best to please her pa
ale.
: And then. after they had left ii
: table and withdrew TO the cosy
J. brary with it's restful tints and its dil
8 lights. and Fred seated himself mel
8 Josephine. and the moment was riI
:. for soul utterance. even then Josephir
n seemed strangely distraught On'
3 she even yawned-
Il And Fred. evidently determined
II wouldn't be discouraged. talked {
e and on. in such a steady monotol
RI that Dolly felt like yavning hersel
b And Josephine replied only in monosy
{ tables and presently did not reply
1t all. And then Fred held UP his han
Il and pointing at Josephine. where 81
u half reclinef amid the couch pillow
y whispered softly to Dolly: she
Il coDmunlng with her inner consciou
L ness
d she Is asleep" murmured Dolly.
II ..-tle Sharply.
IS Perhaps she was Anyway. wis
It she suddenly Strengthened up al
10 asked wha. time 1t was. and Fred 70
le her. she declared she must 60 rig