The Washington times., 1913-04-07

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You can do anything yoI
please. Only ! thought yoI
said you couldn't arrest hel
without an informer.:'
Well. you've got me- Richards ad
mitted
Il sha' Mt have to ask you to wait more
than day or two," she told him.
Then she got up, nodded TO me, said
the papers could wait, and in another
minute was gone.
1t only needed a glance at Gwendo.
lyn's face when / came home that night
TO convince me that she had made good
her word, 50 far as her promised visit
TO the spiritualist went. But when
looked from her face to Jacks 1 could
see that he didn't approve at all of his
pretty young wife taking any more pub.
lie problems on her shoulders, and
suspect him of wishing I'd kept her in
the dark about it Well, / more than
half agreed with him
You've been TO see herr" / asked.
She nodded and laughed.
And do you feel you've got your
moneys worth out of the fortune she
told YOU, or are you indignant enough
over the swindle TO inform the police
and have her arrested?'
The fortune certainly wasn't worth
g." said GWendolyn. Il could tell a bet
ter one myself with the grounds of a
cup of tea. All about a dark man and
a blonde man-oh. but IL was silly. But
she herself seemed to feel that that
sort of fortune telling didn't amount to
much, and when got very sympathetic
she told me in a most spectral, blue
liEhtish sort Of way that her real work
was in acting as a medium for COM
munications from the other world.
She wanted TO know if any of my
loved ones had passed in the beyond,
and said If they had she could help me
TO communicate with them. 1 got very
interested and trembly myself, and ask
ed IL / couldn't come to one of her Sc
ances. She said she wasn't giving them
any more-not publicly, at least-on ac-
count of the police.
Then we both waited a minute and
at last I asked her If the spirits would
come anywhere she wanted them to-
because then we could have a private
seance somewhere where the police
do il, all right. but it came rather high.
Introducing spirits into a private house
seems pretty expensive business. It's
going to cost $50. And Jack thinks
that's awfully eXtravagant."
''Extravagant" Jack snorted angrily.
Its the only silly thing L ever knew
Gwendolyn to do.
But what is she going to do?'
asked.
why. she's going to bring that wom-
an nere-here-tomorrow night-for
seancc in this house. ] wish you'd try
TO bring her TO reason ] can't.
II want you all TO come, she said.
Madeline won't. She says she's going
10 spend the night at the CrOsbys. l
think that's just an excuse. But 7 want
you and Mr.. Jeffrey-oh. and Lieuten-
ant Richards. / want you to call him
up. Cliff. and invite him"
At the mention of richards name
Jack fairly blew up.
What on earth are you thinking
about?" he demanded. We'll look
nicely in the papers the next morn
ing, shan't we? ! should think you'd
had enough of that sort of thing"
There won't be anything in the pa
pers," said Gwendolyn, rather coolly.
Il should think you know me we'll
enough to have a little more conf
dence in me than that"
But. Gwendolyn." 1 expostulated.
'ff you have that woman arrested
mere in our house for conducting a
seance. ] don't see how you can keep
ID out of the papers On the whole,
I'm inclined to agree with Jack.
You'd better have nothing to do with
IT. Richards will find d preteSt in a
day or two for arresting her"
'fShe won't be arrested for conduct
ing n seance, said GWendolyn.
"That's not the plan at all
"What is it. then?" i demanded.