The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-02-20

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dealt only with trivial things such
little Affairs Of tia house aa occurred
TO the mind OF Rosalte lie Grange.
working In iashes under her sleeping
exterior. She had srowied and bah
BLEED for eve minutes before Laughing
Eyes announced suddenly.
+'fhe lady Ia sick-the pretty lady.
spiri, wants to talk to the lady. Pratt.
~ spirit. feel like great bix queen
was vic--~vlctoriA. The
voice OF Laughing Eyes stopped. This
was device OF Rosalie's She want
ed to listen, Miss Estrilla had been
breathing regularly. Now. on the nea-
ton OF that name. her breath caught
The voice of Resale. her whole facial
expression. her mAnner-if one can
attribute manner to woman who
appears To sieep--underwen an abb
rupt change The voice deepened: the
lines OF her face fell; II was Doctor
Carver wha spoke
Victoria In not strong" said the
voice: Il sense that abe brings conso-
lation, She says that things are bad;
but they will be better by and by, II
Is mothers influence. Miguel
here Rosaae stopped and again she
noted the irregular breathing from the
conch. II vas an eternal Quartar.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,
u AMI mate, hijita mia!" II said.
and died away, A silence again. He
Ia gone" said the voice OF Doctor
Carver "A spirit wants the young
woman who lives below this room"
The seance drifted away into series
OF imaginary messages for Miss Hard.
ing. But once again Miguel hoated
into the talk. dropped a word or two
OF easily-pronounced Spanish. noated
out again. Presently Doctor Carver
came no more: tho babblings OF
Laughing Eyes became disconnected
monoeyllables, and died out altogether.
Rosalie lay as though asleep.
She lay for Ave minutes; she lay
for ten minutes Won't she ever wake
me up" thought RosalIe,
Miss Estrilla moved now and then:
now and then her breathing caoght
And suddenly-she was not breathing
at all Resale steeled herself Tor the
shock of cold water, II that were to
be tho awakening. The shock came
but in another form.
Il am going to kill you!" said the
voice OF Miss Estrilia In Spanish. Il
am pointing pistol at your headl
Come To meat once---or shall fret"
Thirty years In the profession which
deals with decoits both minute and
monstrous. thirty years OF emotions
simulated. had given Rosalie one great
practical talent--control OF mind.
muscle and nerve II had given her,
too, a courage born OF selt.conhdence.
OF tho wellgrounded faith that she
could master any situation. Her i'm.
pulse, under sudden shock OF sur
prise. was TO continue, naturally and
easily, Just what she had been doing
| That tided her over the moment OF
crisis Her eyes remained closed. her
color changed not, her breath came Al
regularly and evenly as before There
succeeded the critical moment when
the control Of instinct was gone and
I the lrss dependable control Of reason
/ reasserted Itself That was hardest
Of all She must remember 10 keep
I her breathing regular. and her limbs
composed. above all~-aud this is a
| feat possible only to an actor OF parts
or professional medium to keep the
color In her face She accomplished
/ this BIZ The simple device az sinking
her chin close against her collar It
was easier as the moments passed.
Nothing had happened. nor was there
any movement on the couch. It be-
came certain that this Was a test.
ITO HE CONTINUED
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