Charlevoix county herald., 1906-03-17

and at the same time determined to
investigate the diabolical agencies at
work to destroy the happiness OF my
home and family.
told the driver to follow my wife's
cab, and at the end of its destination
to stop about square behind. He
followed these instructions and after
long, noisy ride over the rough
cobbles, halted abruptly and opened
the cab door for me to alight. |
paid him and dismissed the cab, and as
saw my wife's dress disappear in
a doorway down about the middle Of
the next square, made for that d.
rection.
My heart gave a bound as / hur-
ried up the steps to the door | had
seen her enter. BY some lucky chance
it was unattached, and l walked into
the house. Great Heavens! The same
rich hangings, the divan with its GRIM
son drapery, the paintings-au re-
vealed themselves in the glare OF broad
daylight. / heard the mnrmur of
voices somewhere in the house and
paused to catch the direction of the
sound. / could not seem to make out.
Every minute was as an hour l stood
in GREATNESS expectation a while long
er, then passed noiselessly over the
velvet carpet into the adjoining room.
A heavy portiere at the rear led into
still another, and from thence the
voices proceeded. / recognized my
wife's in the most excited tone. L
glided closer to the curtain and dis
tinctly heard these words:
What you have already told me l
cannot help believe and while l would
know more, l am afraid Oh! /
can noti not now /"
Madam" some one interrupted
in the unmistakable voice of my even
ing's enchantress, 81 am simply about
to present my impression OF your
husband as he appears to me in that
astral personality which he is most
probably unconscious of possessing"
There was a deathlike stiffness for a
few minutes; suddenly broken by my |
wife's voice in the most agitated tone |
with low sobbing:
ooh my God! cannot look! 1t is |
my husband and yet SO strangely diff |
I could hold back no longer;
drew aside the curtain and through |
the folding doors which were opened |
wide enough for the purpose, passed |
in. found myself in total darkness. |
There were few seconds Of suspense
and then-at first indistinctly, then |
clearer and clearer out Of the dark
ness-a face appeared; finally stand |
ing in startling bas-relief against a |
fiery nimbus that surrounded it. In |
the wide open staring eyes, the COM
pressed lips and sunken cheeks, rec
nj " nOnnmUf
"Sylvia!"
1t was my wife's name had ut
tered before I was conscious what l
had done. There was distinct scream
from each woman; one Of them fell! |
CROPPED my way in the darkness and |
found it was my wife. picked her up
n my arms and got out OF the room
and house know not how. / have a
vague memory of hailing cab and
placing my wife in it and then driv-
ng home. All that night she was too
ii to move; but the next morning she
lad recovered enough for me to report
It police headquarters.
The detective to whom I told my
story smiled.
"You have been in the hands of a
couple of notorious Adventures" he
1OI WAOSc dTTeSL INC du- |
horities of some large cities in this
country and abroad are on the alert.
rhe woman is a clairvoyant, and pro-
esses to make speciality of the sci
nee of double personality; practicing
his humbuggery by the desperate
means you describe by which she has
gathered a large clientele in this city.
rhe experiment in your case is one
- 4 H0 To-
your face is reproduction of a photo
graph taken in your Asenseless state
hat evening in their house, for which
purpose you were decoyed there and |
1rugged. This by a clever stereopti-l
,on effect was used to present The |
revelation of your second |
for your. wife's benefit, who
happens to be a patron of theirs, and |
or whom the trick was contrived. |
They were arrested last night"