The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-01
over the telephone" he demanded

Tie goose. Dlckle, she Sdlu DHlcHy us
she let him hold the tips of her fin.
gers. ''and now l want to talk about
Chairman"
Two heads being better than one
Antoinette emerged from the interview
radiant
"Your brains aren't chubby II your
body u.s." was the praise she bestowed
upon Dickie, 'and l never should have
thought of that way of bringing them
together"
"He loves her desperately" Dickie
said, "but he thinks she is welded to
her career. He told me once that he
| wouldn't dare ask such woman to
share his moderate income"
"And she is longing to share 1t, only,
of course. a woman has to wait until a
man asks her. Oh, welr'-and Antoi-
nette smiled on her chubby squire
ecstatically- "oh, well, Dickie. we shall
see what we shall seer!
Two nights later Otis Singleton, com
ing into the transformed den, with an
amused smile curving his lips, found a
small. plump seeress In smoke colored
Grape, with jade ornaments at her neck
and on her wrists, presiding over the
crystal ball, which was mounted on a
| silver dragon.
$50 this is the new fad" he said as
he seated himself.
Antoinette shook her head at him
"Its not fad" she said. This crys-
tai ball has told me some things lately
that have almost made me shiver, and
| the role of prophecies has been forced
upon me-"
Otis threw his head back and laugh
ed heartily. "Antoinette, you are glo-
rious little fraud" he said, "but that
ball is wonderful" And he reached
out his hand to take it.
But Antoinette's white hands waved
him back.
LET me read what it says" she
murmured softly, "and you will think
it still more wonderful"
Otis lounged In his big chair lazily.
Proceed" he said, then teasingly.
'Have you told Dickie's fortune"
Antoinette nodded. pickle is to
marry plump blond on the 14th Of
December, and he is to live happy ever
after"
Otis sat up and stared.
"By Jove, you don't mean that you've
really said Yes at last?" he gasped.
Antoinette smiled. II see that you
recognize the small, plump blond" she
murmured.
Then for a time she was silent, gaz-
ing into the depths of the crystal ball.
AT last her voice came family. Il see
a woman in white
"Blond or brunette?" skeptically.
"She is neither fair nor dark" went
on the voice. "Her hair is crown Of
red gold, and she is very tall At her
feet is wreath of laurel"
All the Indifference had left Single
toms face CHAIRMAN" he breathed.
snow the crystal is clouded." the
voice went on, but in the dimness ]
can still see the shadowy figure in
white. She tramples on the laurel
wreath, but her hand Is on her heart.
She seems to say, i want not fame.
but love-"
Otis hand came down heavily over
the ball. you are making 1t up he
accused.
The little lady's eyes met his steadily
II am not making 1t up"
"You mean that it is true?"
"As true as that Dickie and l are
going to be married, Otis"
So seriously did she say it that Sin
gleton stood up with quick laugh of
resolution. Where is she~ he de
manded.
''In the library" said Antoinette.
But, oh, Otis, If she should ever
guess how 1 told your fortuner'
"She shan't guess" he said. '1'n
tell her you saw money bags and a
rich widow
And with that he was gone, while
the seeress In smoke color few down
the hall to hunt up her chubby cherub
"And, oh, Dickie," she said as they
r5ok refuge In the breakfast room, II
expect she's saying Yes this very
minuter
"And all because Of the crystal ball."
was Dickie's comment as he folded her
In his fond embrace.