The Greeley tribune., 1906-03-22

ana at the same time determined tr
investigate the diaboIical agencies nj
work to destroy the happiness of m,
nome and family.
l told the driver to follow nv wife's
cab, and at the end of It's destination
TO stop about square behind nc
followed these Instructions and ofte,
long, noisy ride over tho roupl
.oppies, matted abruptly and opened
.ne cup door for me to alight.
Pala MN and dismissed the cab, and as
! saw my wife's dress disappear IN
NORWAY down about the middle oi
.he next square, made for that dt
roction. 'A''' ~.
WY heart gave a bound as T. hur.
rlea up the steps to the door had
seen her enter. BY some lucky chance
IL was Unmatched, and | walked into
the mouse. Great Heavens! The same
rich hansings, the diyan with its Grim.
son urapery, the paintings-all re.
Vealed themselves in the glare of broad
dayhght. | heard the murmur Of
Voices somewhere in the house and
paused to catch the direction of the
SOUND could not seem to make out.
livery minute was as an hour. | stood
III GREATNESS expectation a while long.
er, then passed noiselessIy over the
Vcivet carpet into the adjoining room.
n heavy portiere at the rear led into
sun another, and from thence the
voices proceeded. | recognized nv
wife's in the most excited tone 7
glided closer to the curtain and dis.
tinctly heard these words:
What you have already told me
cannot help believe and while | would
Know more. | am afraid- Oh! 1
can not! not now I"
Madam" some one interrupted
In the unmistakable voice of my even
ing's enchantress, Il 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 deathlille stiffness for
few minutes; suddenly broken by my
wife's voice in the most agitated tone
accompanied with a low sobbing:
"Oh my God! | cannot look! 1t Is
my husband and yet SO strangely diff
| could hold back no longer;
drew aside the curtain and through
the folding doors which were opened
wide enough for the purpose, passed
in. l found myself in total darkness.
There were a 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
II, 1,,-, 4.
the wide open staring eyes, the COM
pressed lips and sunhen cheeks, rec
1gnlzcd my own phylognomy!
"Sylyia."
1t was my wife's name I had ut
tered before | was conscious what /
had done. There was Il distinct scream
from each woman; one of them fell!
groped my way in the darkness and
found 1t was my wife. | picked her up
IN 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 |
1t police headquarters.
The detective to whom ] told my |
story smiled
"You have been in the hands Of n !
couple Of notorious adventurers," he |
explained, 'for whose arrest the au-
.horities of some large cities in this |
and abroad are on the alert. |
The woman Is a clairvoyant, and pro
'esses to make Il speciality of the sci
snce Of double personality; practicing |
his humbuggery by the desperate
means you describe by which she has
gathered large clientele in this city. |
The experiment in your case Is one
If the most daring. The apparition Of
your face Is a reproduction Of II photo
graph taken In your sJenseless state
that evening in their house, for which
purpose you were dccoyed there and
This by clever stereopti.
ron effect was used to present thy
startlin" revelation of your second
for your .wife's benefit, who
happens to be a patron of theirs, and
for whom the trick was contrived.
They were arrested last night.'