Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-07-20

- SFer Her READ Floats a Skeleton
pleasant responsibility CHANGING t,
e meet Dave Law one day, he determine,
n 70 relieve himself 0f at least on,
4 troublesome burden.
s But Dave was not easily approach
e able. He met the mediums allusions
to the occult with contemptuous amuse
d ment, nor would he consent to a pri.
t vate reading" Strange grew almost
desperate enough to speak the ungar.
{ nished truth.
you'd better pay a little attention
TO me-" he grieved; 1--WE got mes
sage to you from the Unseen World. 5"
Charges collect l reckon" the
Ranger grinned.
Strange waved aside the suggestion
1T came unbdden, and I pass If on
for what It's worth" AS Dave turned
away he added, hastily ITS about
skeleton in the chaparral, and a red
haired woman"
Dave stopped; he eyed the speaker
curiously. Go on" said he.
But public street, Strange OK.
planned, was no place for psychic die.
cusslons. Dave agreed. When thew
were alone In the fortune-telling "psr.
ior," he sat back while the medium
closed his eyes and prepared to explore
the invisible. After a brief delay Phil
began:
see great many things-that
woman | told you about, and three
men. One of EN- is you, the other two
IS Mexicans. You're at a water hole
IN the mesquite. Now there's shoot.
ing scrape; / see the body of a dead
man. And now the scene changes.
Everything dissolves I'm In man.
sloni and the red-haired woman comes
toward me. Over her head floats a
skeleton" .
Dave broke in crlsply. "All right l
Let's get down to cases. What's on I
your mind, Stranger +
The psychic simulated shudder- I
/ painful contortion, such as anyone o
might suffer If rudely jerked out of II
he spirit world. n
I'm! What was l.? There You've
,roke the connection" he declared. fl
'Dld l tell you anything?" Il
mo. But evidently YOU can" q
I'm sorry. They never come back" u
ROT" p
Phil was hurt, indignant, With some s.
uHness he explained the danger of ~
lterrupting a seance of this sort, but u
Jaw remained obdurate, nj
You can put over that second-slpht ,.
TUT with the greasers," he declared y
larply' but not with me. So, Jose -
ahchez has been to see you and Won .
ant to warn me. Is that it?" -
I don't know any such party" ~ -,
1range protested, He eyed his caller -
Il moment; then with an abrupt ~
lange of manner he complained ~
say 30! What's the matter with 80
'uf I've got a reputation to protect 10 -"
III do things my own way. I'm get. a., Hn
lg set to slip you something, and YOU co., s,,l
to make me look like a sucker -se
that any way to act?" ,n'
1 prefer to talk to you when vour ,
es are open. know all about-n 49,
You don't know nothing about any, var
ing, snapped the other. "Jose's got ,ro,
In for Mrs. Austin" W."
You said you didn't know him. bro
wen, l don't. He's never been to Ala
me In his life, but--hls sweetheart sire
). Rosa Morales comes regular" thr,
ROSA Jose's sweetheart! p wer
Yes. Her and Jose have Joined out ~ ,
ether since you shot Panflo, and tbrc
yre framing something" tbei
What, for instance?"
ne fortune-teller hesitated. 81 only
n l knew" he said slowly. oIt
Ks to be like killing" Al
ave nodded. probably IS lose Of Il
ia like to get me, and Of course the they
-" Of m
On, they don't aim to get you. You clear
the one they're after"
No? Who, thenY
don't know nothing definite In ~
business, you understand. a fel. there
has to pat two and two together leye
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