The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-12-05

est clue. Yesterday | was on the point
OF giving 1t up In despair. when | re-
membered that one OF my foreign col
leagues had, through the help OF
medium, obtained some valuable liz
formation that put him on the right
trail I decided TO make a Anal at
tempt, and went TO that little rsst2u-
rant, where l hoped TO meet . man
who, I know, Is well versed In these
matters. My man did not turn Up:
but, fortunately. / saw you, and pos
sibly you may assist me-"
Look here, Goron." he cried. with
an excitement such as should not
have thought was in his nature. Il
can, and will, help you. Strictly BE-
tween ourselves. have gone in for
spiritualism. / have q splendid me-
dunn for you. a man called Boissier.
who assists me In my researches. He
is now, / dare say. waiting for me- at
restaurant. will bring him here"
Hold hard. Xavier" l cried. II
shall be delighted to make the &C
Quaintance of yeur friend Boissier.
You must, however, remember that 1t
will never do for me, the Chief Of the
Detective Police, to let a stranger
know that I have recourse to the oc-
cult science to detect crime. The
comic papers would make fine sport
of me. Since you kindly offer to help
me, only you and must know of 1t.
But, If you like, you can introduce
me to M. Boissier under another
| name, always supposing he does not
know me by sight"
There is no fear of that" cried
Xavier; "Boissier has been all his life
abroad, and returned to France only
! some six months ago. I'll fetch him"
A moment later Xavier came back,
accompanied by clean-shaven man
with a large face My friend intro
ddced me as NJ. Martin from Bor-
deaux, and l had the pleasure of shak-
ing NJ. Boissier's fat. flabby hand.
! l alleged an engagement, and soon
took my leave, after having made
, an appointment with Xavier for the
following day.
When we met, Xavier informed me
that Boissier would put himself at
my disposal If I wanted to hold any
intercourse with the other world.
| "Boissier," he added, lis a wonder
! full chap. have the greatest conf
dence in him, and through him you
+ will, I am sure, arrive at good re-
suits" Suddenly he turned to me
with the question:
! Have you heard I am getting mar
ried?"
mo. have no time to go into So
ciety. Let me congratulate you. Who
Is the LADY,"
He remained silent a moment, ran
/ his fingers through his hair, and re-
marked:
Her name Is Germaine E. Since
you are interested in spirituahsm, l
want you to make her acquaintance.
You will find her an accomplished
girl. She is young, very young-too
young for me-" he added In almost a
whisper.
Ieyed my friend narrowly, and dared
not question him, for I felt was
nearing the secret. But he shook his
head. and as we walked together in
the direction Of his house, We did not
exchange a word. On reaching his
door l wished him goodnight, when
he seized my arm and said:
Come in: want to talk to you."
We went into his smoking-room,
and his valet had hardly closed the
door. when he exclaimed:
"Goron, don't so in for spiritualism!
The human mind cannot stand it.
Mine is giving way under the strain
And then I saw IN his eyes the
haunted look that had scared his SIS
ter.
put my hand On his shoulder, and
said seothingly:
II see you are fearfully worried
You know you can trust me-"
With his eyes half shut. Is Il In 6
trance, be spoke SO rapidly that had
some trouble to follow him
"Goron, the future has bee0 re
vealed to me. have heard voices
and they told me what would happen
: will perform great deeds. with th<
help of a woman, my wife. and hel
name is Germaine E.. Evil influ
ences are at work against me; but
will escape them, thanks to that WON
an. She, too, has heard the same
: voices, and must obey their injunc
tons"
Xavier paused a moment, wiped tn,
perspiration frem his forehead, an,
continued In a Quieter tone.
Were it not for these mysterious
commands. I would never marry tina
girl-in every way unsuited to me
But 1t is in the decree of fate. Mex
week our banns will be published"
had come prepared for something
. | Of that sort; but this was much NOR,
serious than I had expected, and be
> gan to wonder how much villany
should detect before I came to tn
bottom of the affair.
I To reason with a man apparentl