The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-03-16

Let ne onit ths prsliniaarses. Tbsy
6ealt osay With trivial things-eseh
little a3airs Of tie house - occurred
to ths mind Of Rosalis L. Grange.
working in Aashes under her sleeping
exterior. She had grovle% aad hab-
ble1 for 6ve minutes before I1Aughins-
Eyes announced suddenly:
The lady 10 sick-the peetty lady.
Spirit wants to talk to the lady. Pret.
ty spirit feel like = great big queen
was here-Vic-Vic-Victoria" 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 men
ton OF that name. her breath caught.
The voice Of Rosalie. her whole facial
expression. her manner-if one can
attribute manner to q woman who
appears to sleep-underwent an ab-
rupt change. The voice deepened; tho
lines Of her face fell: It was Doct0
Carver who spoke.
Victoria II 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. It
10 . mothers influence. Miguel-s
here Rosalie stopped: and again she
noted the irregular breathing fros. the
couch. 1t was an eternal quarter.min-
ute before she spoke again: this time
the voice vas q mans. but lighter and
higher than that Of Doctor Carver;
and It sDoke Spanish.
Il sai mate. hijita mia!" 1t said,
and died away. A silence again. He
10 gone" said the voice of Doctor
Carver. "A spirit wants the young
woman who lives below this room"
The seance drifted away into a series
Of imaginary messages for Miss Hard.
ing. But once again Miguel doated
into the talk. dropped q word or two
Of pronounced Spanish. noated
out again. Presently Doctor Carvss
came no moro: the babblings of
Laughing. Eyes became disconnected
monosyllables. and died out altogether.
Rosalie lay ~ though asleep.
She lay for hve minutes: she lay
for ten minutes. Wont she ever wake
mo upf" thought Rosalie.
Mics Estrilla moved now and then;
now and then her breathing caught
And suddenly-she was not brsathins
at all. Rosalie steeled herself for 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'll" said the
voice Of Miss Estrilla In Spanish: n
am pointing = pistol at your head!
Come to me-at once-or / shall nre!"
Thirty years in the profession which
deals with deceits both minute and
nonstrous. thirty years of emotions
simulated. had given Rosalie one great
practical talent-control Of mind,
muscle and nerve. 1t had given her,
too. . courage born of self-confidencA
of the well-srounded faith that che
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. hel
color changed not. her breath came q
regularly and evenly as before. There
succeeded the critical moment when
the control Of instinct was gone and
tho less dependable control of reason
reasserted itself. That was hardest
Of all. She must remember to keey
her breathing regular, and her limbs
composed; above all-and this 10
feat possible only to an actor Of parts
or professional medium-to keep the
color in her face. She accomplished
this by the simple device of sinkina
her chin close against her collar. II
was easier as the moments passed
Nothing had happened, nor was thers
any movement on the couch. It be
came certain that this was q, test
VCro BE coNTINUED.)