The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-26

day night he was sitting at his win
dow looking out at most pre-
Raphaelite sort OF moon, which wa!
arranging a bilious nocturne with III,
low tide. lie was thinking about ;
girl he had met at friends hous,
that afternoon, and whom he had IN
successfully tried to mesmerize-tcl
neuralgia, or something,
Not a student sirl?'
"Oh, dear me, no. Somebody quite
normal, and pretty, She was a 'deal
| bit Of a body'~-so Cline stated. Vol
the neuralgia, or something, had
proved too much for him, and he vas
Just sitting there in his studio, watch.
I Ing the green moon, and trying to dis.
I cover why he had failed, He went
1 through, in a soft voice he was alone,
you know, and il was midnight
entire passes with the hands, and
staring eyes and
lamentations?
The very word. The entire incan.
tation was performed by him, aud he
felt surs that he hadn't left out a
single thing any more than he had IN
the afternoon SO why had it failed
Such dear, suffering body too
thought Cliffe. And as he remembered
her little mouth all tense with pain
and her deep gray eyes suffused with
tears, he gently and pityingly uttered
her name"
Dear met" exclaimed her ladyshp,
stirring her third cup Of tea "Amaz
ing"
For full minute-says Cliffe he
remained silent; as though exhausted
by the mental effort of--of-"
The incantation?'
Thank you. The hour was silent
as the grave; the moon and the tide
combined to achieve even more aston,
ishing effects. Somewhere eastwards,
a clock commenced to strike The hour.
Cliife counted TO seven mechanically
and then suddenly started up. gal.
vanizing back to everyday things
Some one WAS ringing the front door
bell"
Mercy me-"
Don't interrupt Clffe compelled
himself to descend to the blackness OF
the lower apartments and. rather
opened the door about hall
a foot, There, under the mysterious
porch, family sllhoueued by II.
moon, was the statue-like figure OF a
girl"
The dear bit Of body with the
neuralgia, OF course p
Without the neuralgia. You called |
ne?' she breathed in dull, heavy |
ones. You called me, and am here /
7llhe thereupon opened the door
promptly, and she at once walked into
he hall He took her hand and lead.
ms her up the stairs to the studio, Was
made certain of that which be had
llready guessed. The girl was in a
rance"
II consider your story to be as inl-
remarked Kitty, as it is
1T hasn't any moral, | know, but
is quite proper. Clife says that he
made up the fire, drew the curtains
ver the bilious moon, and forthwith
villed the girl to go home"
"Well?'
She didn't seem TO understand, but
imply stared back at him, out OF IN. {
eeing eyes Gave him horribly {
reepy feeling he owned So, berg {
tterly perplexed, he fell back as
suaI, upon his fiddle--for Inspiration.
lie stood with his back to the fire.
nd played Braga's Serenata as wen
s he could remember IT, When he
ad reached the phrase, / cannot stay.
must away, he threw his whole soul
Ito the business. The girl gave a v
ludder, and incontinently vanished |
THAT ALP inquired Kitty after a
ing pause,
Practically CliHe says that three q
avs after she wrote to him from Ire q
nd. whore she had gone on that very :,
lnday evening In fact. she was act =
Ally travelling in the night mail 10 !
olyhead, when her astral body an =
jared to him. She wrote 10 thank :
m for having cured her neuralgia =,
implicitly, it had suddenly left her =
st after - o'clock. when She. OK =,
.usted had al once fallen asleep The u
ing of the pain seemed like music y
. added gratefully" "
Are you going to work today. Reg "a
%" o.
II didn't think Of doing so. Whvo" o.
81 should go home, dear. and take a p'
81, if ! were Won. advised her lady Oh
ip, I'm certain you must be feel. &C
2 very tired" In
I'm all right Lot me finish MY Of
,ry The incident suggested Cliffes
eat picture The Sonata Senlf-
'ntale which YOU may recollect as
ing the talk Of the academy OF nine
IN hundred and
Come along. dear" interriute9
tty They want The money for our
/, III put YOU in cab. which shall
le Won right 10 your door have so
ioyed this afternoon, but we ~
Istn't attempt too much. Good by. "a
ggie; be sure YOU put your feet into f..
water and mustard directly YOU n,
back. and then go instantly TO IN
l." III