The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-29

nemoered that one of my foreign COL
leagues had. through the helm az n
medium. obtained some valuable IN.
formation that put him on the right
trail. l decided to make a f,nal NJ,
Tempt and went to that little restau.
rant, where I hoped to meet a man
VINO. l know. is well versed IN the.e
matters. My man did not turn up:
put. fortunately. I saw you, and DOS.
sibly you may assist me-"
Look here. Qoron." he cried with
an excitement such as I should not
nave thought was In his nature. 81
can and will. help you. Strictly be.
tween ourselves, I have gone in for
spiritualism. have q splendid me-
dlum Tor you. man called Boissier.
VINO assists me in my researches. He
Is now, / dare say. waiting for n,e at
restaurant / will bring him here"
Hold hard. Xavier!" cried. 'T
snail be delighted to make the ac-
quaintance OF your friend Boissier.
You must, however. remember that It
Will never do for me, the Chief OF the
Detective Police. to let a stranger
know that l have recourse to the &C.
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 It.
But, II you like. you can introduce
me to NJ. BOLSTER under another
name. always supposing he does not
know me by sight"
There is no fear OF that" cried
Xavier; BOLSTER 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 q clean-shaven man
with large face. My friend intro
duced me as M. Martin from Bor-
deaux. and had the pleasure of shak-
ing NJ. Bolssier's fat. flabby hand.
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 II I wanted to hold any
intercourse with the other world.
"Boissier." he added, is a wonder.
full chap. I have the greatest conf
dence in him. and through him you
will, am sure. arrive at good re-
suits" Suddenly he turned to me
with the question::
Have you heard am getting mar
ried?"
NO. 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 spiritualism, 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 ! 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 I 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 60 In for spiritualism!
The human mind cannot stand II.
Mine is giving way under the strain.
And then I saw In his eyes the
haunted look that had scared his SIS
7 mt my hand on his shoulder, and
said soothingly:
81 see you are fearfully worried
you know you can trust me-"
with his eyes half shut. as II IN
trance. he spoke so rapidly that had
some trouble to follow him.
"Goron. the future has been re-
vealed to me. I have heard voices
and they told me what would happen.
will perform great deeds. with the
hsln Of a woman, my wife. and her
ron,a is Germaine E. EVIL innu'
onces are at work against me; but l
will escape them, thanks to that wom'
an She. too. has heard the same
vo;ces and must obey their in1unc-
lions" .,,.a tba
nerspiration from his forehead and
continued In q quieter tone. :.
"were It not for these mysterious
commands, I would never marry 'na'
a,r,-.-in every way unsuited to me.
pvt u Is in the decree OF fate. Next
week our banns will be publisned'
had come prepared for sometnins
~ that sort; but this was mucn molo
serious than I had expected. ana DO
Con 10 wonder how much viiiany !
should detect before came 10 'ne
bottom OF the affair.
, 10 reason with man apparently
,ndsr a kind OF spell would have oeen
civ therefore refrained from CUM
ment, and said: .o,s hav.
,nv misunderstood the words OF 'ns ~
.nir,ts have tested the accuracy =
ILL., commands by other means. sup