The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-01

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feel at all 10 sure MS she pretended
I that there was no dangerto of the result
that Sleeny hnd predicted; and now that
she was brought face to face with 1T,
she was COMPOUNDED at discovering hoy
much It meant to her. She was carry
ling a dream In her heart which would
make or ruin her according as IT
y should prove true or false. She had not
thought Of herself as the future WIG
OF Fnrntam with any clcarness of hope
hut she found sha could not endure the
thought OF his marrying any one else Sc
and passing forever out of4FheriSr ga Gu en-.
4 She sat there, bitterly Illuminating, until ~
q the evening glow had died away rom .the
lake and the night breeze spread It's view
less wings and Tapped heavily IN 4 over
the dark ridge and the silent shore 11er
\ thoughts had given her no light of con-
ISOLATION; her! chin rested on her hands,
her elbows on htrs knees; hert large eyes,
growing more luminous In the darkness
stared out q the gathering night, scarce
: IL noting that the sky she gazedg at had
changed from II pompous scene OF RED
and yellow splendor. to an Infinite field
1 OF tender and dark Violet; irettcu Win
intense small stars.
E"What shall ! DOR she thought =
am a woman. My father is poor.3fI have
got no chance. Jurildy is happier to-day
than am, and got more sense. ,g5 Ell 50 ;;2
She heard timid rap at her door.
and asked, Sharply: ~.
5555'.Who's there?"
Its me-" said Sleeny's submissive
voice.
what do you want?" she asked again ain.
without moving.
AIR. Bot give me two tickets TO his
scance -night"-Sam called it'seeuns ~
E"and I thought mcbbe you'd like to go
There was sileGcc for a moment. Maud
was thinking AT any rate, 1t VIII fhe.
better than to sit here alone and cry all
4 the evening", So She said I'LL come
down In d minute She heard Sans
4 heavy step descending the stairs ana
thought what different tread another
person had and she wondered whether
she would ever .do better" than take
n sam slceny: but she at once dismissed
the thought. III can't do blat; ! cant
put my hand In hand that smells SO
strong OF sawdust as Sans. But he is a
4 good soul, and i am sorry for him.
every time look III the glass.
5 Looking in the glass as usual, restored
her good humor, and she started off to
K the ghostly rendezvous with her faithful
attendant. They never talked very mlicn
when they were alone together, and this
evening both were thoughtful. Maud
& had { never taken this commerce with
ghosts much to heart. She had q feel
ing, which she could hardly have de-,
fined that 1t was common and plebeinhi
thing to believe In It,. and II she ever
heard It rIdlcued she joined In the cry
without mercy. But 1t was an excite
meat and an interest In life so barren
of both that she could not afford to
throw It away She had not intell!ge nee
enough to be disguised or shocked by It,,
4 II pressed to explain the amount of her
4 faith In tho whole business, she would
Il nrobably- have said she thought there
was something init and stopped at that.
In minds like hers, there Is no clearly
q drawn line between the unusual and tho
supernatural An apparent miracle
pleased her as 1t would please q child.
without setting her to find out how IT
3 was done, She would consult a wizard,
taking the chances OF ms haYl =, Occult
I sources OF information with the same
irregular faith In the unlikely With which
some ladies coll in homeopathic prac-
Y titioners. Ss
8 All the way to the rooms OF Bot
she was revolving this thought In.
her mind: Perhaps he could
tell mo something about Mr. Farnham.
! don't think much Of Bot; he has too
many knuckles on his hands, never
saw man with so many knuckles. !
wouldn't mention Mr.. Farnham to him
to save his life. but might get something
out of him without telling him anything.
He Is certainly q very smart man, and
whetherEit's spirits or not, he knows lots
OF things"
1t was in this mood that she entered
the little apartment where Bott held what
lie called his Intermundane Seances.'
The room was small and stuffy, q
simulacrum of a chest of drawers In one
corner was really Bolts bed, where the
seer reposed at night, and which, tilted
up against tho wall during the day. con-
tanned tho rank bedclothes, long limos
cent OF the Wash-tub, There We're q
dozen or so Of cancellation chairs, a little
table for q lamp, but no other furniture,
AT ono slide OF the room was a small
closet without door. but With q dark
and dirty curtain hung before It's aperr
s ture. Around 1t was o wooden railing,
breast high.
ut A boy with a high forehead, and hair
combed behind ears large and flaring
II like those of rabbit sat by the door,
\ and took the tickets of invited guests
y and the half-dollars of tho casuals, rhe
seer received everybody with q nerve,
less shake of Sammy hand, showed
II them to seats, and exchanged a. word OF
two about the weather, and the cons
dltions, 2 favorable onotherWlso, to spirits;
/. ua1 activity When he saw Maud and
y sam his talloWy face flushed ~ spots,l