American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-03-12

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dealt only with trivial things-such
little affairs of the house as occurred
to the mind OF Rosalie lie Grange,
working In flashes under her sleeping
exterior. She had growled and bah
/ bled for FIVE minutes before Laughing
Eyes announced suddenly:
The lady is sick-the pretty lady.
Spirit wants to talk to the lady. Pref
ty spirit. / feel like a great big queen
was here-Vic-vic-Victoria." The
voice of Laughing Eyes stopped. This
was a device of Rosalie's. She want
ed to listen. Miss Estrilla had been
breathing regularly. Now, on the men
ton of that name, her breath caught.
The voice of Resale, her whole facial
expression, her manner-if one can
attribute manner to a woman who
appears to sleep-underwent al alb
rupt change. The voice deepened; the
lines of her face fell; it was Doctor
Carver who spoke.
Victoria is not strong" said the
voice; Il sense that she brings conso-
lation. She says that things are bad;
but they will be better by and by. 1t
is a mothers influence. Miguel"
here Resale stopped; and again she
noted the irregular breathing from the
, couch. 1t was an eternal quarter-min-
ute before she spoke again: this time
the voice was a mans, but lighter and
higher than that Of Doctor Carver;
and it spoke Spanish.
Il ami mate, hijita mial" 1t said,
and died away. A silence again. He
p is gone." said the voice of Doctor
Carver. "A spirit wants the young
E woman who lives below this room"
. The seance drifted away into a series
of imaginary messages for Miss Hard
T ing. But once again Miguel foated
e into the talk. dropped a word or two
of easily-pronounced Spanish. hoated
out again. Presently Doctor Carver
4 came no more; the babblings Of
q Laughing-Eyes became disconnected
= monosyllables, and died out altogether
. Resale lay as though asleep.
She lay for five minutes; she lay
for ten minutes. Won't she ever walk
a me up?" thought Rosalie.
Miss Estrilla moved now and then
now n then her breathing caught
And suddenly-she was not breathin
at all. Resale steeled herself for tn
= shock of cold water. IL that we're t
=, be the awakening. The shock came
~ but in another form.
Il am going to kill you!" said tn
!, voice Of Miss Estrilla in Spanish; a
am pointing a pistol at your head
- Come to meat once-or | shall fire!
- Thirty years in the profession whic
deals with deceits both minute an
monstrous, thirty years of emotion
simulated. had given Rosalie one gres
practical talent-control OF minl
muscle and nerve. 1t had given he
too, a courage born of self-contidencl
Of the well-grounded faith that sh
~ could master any situation. Her in
10 pulse, under sudden shock OF SUI
prise, was to continue. naturally an
easily, Just what she had been doinI
That tided her over the moment {
crisis. Her eyes remained closed. be
color changed not. her breath came a
a. regularly and evenly as before. Ther
J.. succeeded the critical moment whe
the control of instinct was gone an
the less dependable control of reaso
reasserted itself. That was hardei
=, Of all. She must remember to kee
her breathing regular. and her limt
- composed; above all-and his is
feat possible only to an actor of par
or a professional medium-to keep II
color in her face. She accomplishe
u this by the simple device of sinkir
gu her chin close against her collar.
% was easier as the moments passe
% Nothing had happened. nor was the.
-' any movement on the couch. It b
iS came certain that this was a tel
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