The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-10

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Copyright By Chaa. scsahnss's Sons
CHAPTER xll-centinued.
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Smith, especially in this later incar-
nation which had 70 radically changed
him, believed as little In the psychic as
any hardheaded young business icono-
clast Of an agnostic century could. But
on this particular evening when he
was smoking his after-dinner pipe ON
the fagstoned porch with Corona for
his companion. there were phenomena
apparently unexplainable ON any pure
~ material hypothesis.
II am sure I have much less than
half Of the curiosity that women are
said to have. but. really. do want to
pened to you since We met you In the
High Line ofdces this morning
mamma and l." was the way In which
one Of the phenomena was made to oc-
cur; and Smith started 20 nervously
that he dropped his pipe.
you can be the most unexpected
person, when you Try" he laughed. but
the laugh scarcely rang true. "What
makes you think that anything has
happenedr"
II don't think-I know" the small
seeress went on with calm assurance.
you've been telling NJ In all sorts Of
dumb ways that you've had an upset
ting shock Of some kind; and don't
believe it's another lawsuit. Am I
right, 30 farr'
II believe You are Q witch, and its
mighty good thing You didn't live in
the Salem period" he rejoined. "They
would have hanged you to . dead
moral certainty"
Then there was somethingf" she
queried; adding. 1ubilantly: Il knew
itr
"Go on" said the one to whom It had
happened; "go on and tell me the rest
Of It,"
"Oh, that isn't fair; even . profess
sional clairvoyant has to be told the
color Of her eyes and hair"
"wha-what" the ejaculation was
fairly Jared out Of him and for the
moment he fancied he could feel cool
breeze blowing up the back Of his neck.
The clairvoyant who did not claim to
be q professional was laughing softly.
you told ME once that . woman
was adorable in the exact degree In
which she could AFFORD to be visibly
transparent; yes. you said afford and
I've been holding It against you. Now
TIM going to pay you back. You are
the transparent one. this time. You
have a. good As admitted that the hap
pening' thing isn't . man; 'wha-whsf
always means that, you know; 70 It
must be q woman. IL 1t the Miss Rich
lander you were telling me about not
long agof
There are times when any mere
man may be shocked into telling the
truth. and Smith had come face to face
with one Of them. 1T is," he said.
''She IL in Brewster
"Yes. She came this evening""
'And you ran away That was hor-
ribly unkind, don't You think-after
she had come 30 farr'
Hold on" he broke In. Don't lets
60 70 fast. didn't ask her to come.
And, besides, she didn't come to see
me-"
"Did she tell you thatr
II have taken precious good care
that she shouldn't have the chance. I
saw her name-and her father's-on
the hotel register; and just about that
that 7 rnp11d nYnh.
ably get q bite to eat out here"
"You are queer! All men are little
queer. I think-always excepting colo
nel-daddy. Don't you want to see herr
Indeed. don'tr
"Not even for old times sakef
mo; not even for old times sake.
I've given you the wrong impression
completely, II you think there II any
OBLIGATION on my part. It might have
drifted on to the other things In the
course Of time. simply because neither
of M might have known any better
than to let 1t drift. But that's all
back number, now"
.Just the same. her coming shocked
you"
TT certainly did" hs confessed sober
": and then: "Have you forgotten
what told you about tie circumstances
under which left homer
"Oh!" she murmured, and ~ once
before there was q little gasp to 90
with the word. Then: "She wouldn't
she wouldn't"
no" he answered: "she wouldn't /;
but her father would"
$50 her father wanted her to marry
the other man, did her
Smiths laugh was an easing Of