The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1907-02-21

know. just off New Bond street"
What does she do?"
she puts herself into trace and
tells you Your past and your future,
too"
''ilave YOU asked her TO tell you
how to haze an income YETI" ] said
pleasantly.
MY dear girl, I am not always
thinking OF money" said Lady Isabel,
severely; besides. don't suppose she
dreams Of anything SO sordid. Lady
Massiugham is going to her to-day,
by the way. and am going TO meet
her there and Eyelina too--you know,
the dark one who is SO pretty. and
dresses SO well. DO come and let her
tell your future too
scoffed; but she insisted, and an
Madame Fanfare's rooms.
The light in the ante-room was so
dim that for moment did not rec
ognizo Miss E,yaston. but noticed a
slight trembling in the voice THAI
greeted Lady Isabel as she said:
She's awfai--perfectly uncanny.
Isabel" Poor little Miss Elvaston was
almost in tears.
what did she tell you. Mona?"
asked Lady Isabel playfully. II do
hope you haven't been naughty
girl
was growing more accustomed to
the dimly lighted ante-room, and saw
Mona Elvuston hnsh and bite her lip.
mo. OF course not she said hotly,
.1 with much haste.
SaS your mother been in yet? ]
her To come"
pa? oh. no, please don't"
in,a Mortified voice. Shed
F,Iy asa a. ss.7i Is vi hateful questions
}oiit meat least. I mean. she'd want
3 Nhnow how much ] owe, and all that
sort Of thing. YOU know
IAN right. III pat her OF, laughed
Lady Isabel who is always kind TO
Land adored by unmarried girls. Don't
take what she says too much TO heart,
Amy dear girl" she added aiiily. and.
'by the by''-she lowered her voice and
laid her land on Mona's arm-''take
my advice drop Lord Massingham. or
you'H get in horrible mess" and she
I-ustled away before Miss Elvaston
had recovered her voice or lost her
color.
Hello, Evelina.' | heard her say a
moment later.
A tall. handsome girl was coming
towards us. with laughing eyes that
were FIJI Of mischief.
Caught" she said gaily. My dear
Isabel. you've sent me either TO a
fraud or a perfect wonder; and she
bias told me everything | didn't want
10 know. excepting how much | owe
at bridge. and she even knew I'd given
up BERTHE and cigarettes.
Marjorie has come TO shave her fu-
ture told" said Lady Isabel grayeiy
Indeed. haven't" | retorted indig-
nantly. i came to hear yours Isabel"
Lady Isabel laughed. "Oh. she told
veyy wonderful, isn't she?' she added.
turning TO Lady Evelina II met poor
little Mona Elvaston just now. and
she was almost i'm tears
I'm, she'll DO some good with her
rubbish IL she advises Mona TO give up
Massingham. lis wife is in there now
It's pity Mona has taken such fan
cy To him, because-well, really, Lady
Massingham Is his excuse, isn't She
such woman we gods! how do they
ever get the men to marry them? Ia
Ia cberie, ! have party on at the
veriDghams. and I'm late already. II
faut cue je me sauve," and she rus.led
away and down the stairs.
Lady Isabel and sat waiting in the
ante-room that led to the Chamber of
Euturity," as Madame Fanfare called
her room of consultation. There was
heavy odor Of some slckly perfume
that came ever through the thick cur
tai"s that hung between the rooms,
ana / was beginning to feel quite
faint and sleepy, and the hot room
vas filing more and more with nerv-
.ous people. when Lady Isabel said to
me In whisper:
Here. I've had enough OF this. Mar
jore. feel as though we were at the
dentists Let's go in; she knows me,
and she won't mind; besides. believe
something has appened--perhaps che
can't come 70, or Lady Massingham
has strangIed her."
She pushed open the curtains, and I
followed her mechanically.
In ,he even DINNER light dis
cerned "A feminine figure dressed in
flowing white. leaning back with
cioged eyes and deathllkc face. and
very dark. untldy hair. Lady Mas
kinghams back was turned. and she
4med as though she was sitting very
ID.
Wit. there is something else ,