The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-11-27

one reason why she'd been willing TO
take the responsibility of Claire was
that she was so like her Lila, q girl
Of thirteen in boarding school; and
from Lila she went on to Eugene, who
couldn't meet her ut the steamer, un-
fortunately, because she'd come back
two weeks early and he was In the
West.
He seemed very near her heart, and
after talking of him for half an hour
she either warmed to II or let slip by
accident. couldn't tell which, the
words, ITS the grief of my life-and
Of his, poor boy-that he detests my
profession so. But what can l DOR
"Your profession What is your
profession?" / exclaimed, thrown quite
out Of my customary reserve in ask
ing personal questions.
thought she looked at me In
queer way. and ! saw she hesitated to
answer. was on the point of
apologizing for my inquisitiveness
when she startled me by replying. I'm
a clairvoyant."
was thrown of my reserve stlll
more and couldn't help echoing. "a
clairvoyanti" |" in actual astonishment.
she was so different from what I'd
have expected to find under the name.
She added quickly, II saw you didn't
approve of-didn't believe In the oc-
cult the day we talked about your ring
and I've been at pains not to-not
to bore you with talking shop, there
are SO many other interesting things
that we have in common"
didn't want her to feel uncomfort-
able and laughed to reassure her, "Oh,
I'm not 'sot ag'in ito tell you the
truth, I don't know a blessed thing
about 1t. except what one picks up In
the papers, and of course"
She fairly took the words out Of my
mouth that was at the moment try
ing to keep in--"Of course one gets
prejudiced and looks on that sort of
thing as-all fraud" There were both
anger and twinkle in her eye. a.
though she knew she'd caught me In
| the act, and then she added: tits part.
| ly what I went over for-to lock up
some new mediums with view to hav.
ing them come to New York and give
| seances."
| And from this she went on and de-
scribed some Of the phenomena she'd
actually seen with her own eyes. For
instance, little peasant boy In the
south of France-where, she left me to
guess, and fancied she didn't like tc
trust me with the secret-Jacques Le
rolls, "whose phenomena were more
wonderful than Eurapia Palladino's.'
He was a physical manifestation me
dium. He "was greater at ten years
of age than Slade."
Still even Jacques Lerolls wasn't SC
wonderful as a young girl In Paris
she brought stones covered with drip
ping seaweeds out of the bottom Of
the ocean, and she had once brought 4
live bird into locked room during Z
seance and had put it-after 1t hat
fluttered all about and everybody SOW
it-into a closed cage-'demateria
lied 1t twice In one evening"" said Mrs
Delario. This girl had only Just be
gun to develop naturalization as on'
of her phases.
confess It struck me as Mrs. Della
rio talked and told me how she'd beer
trying to make arrangements for on,
of these persons to come over with he
that she was getting up new turns II
her own shows much as vaudevill,
manager hunts up new performers fo
his. She asked me to visit her In New
York, not professionally but as 1
friend, and still, II / were intereste,
and would undertake some investiga
tions. she'd be glad 10 help me. an,
couldn't refrain from saying, "Tha
is, you'll put me next to some first
class spooks?"
think this rather hurt her. for sh
answered little tartly. "You may no
be interested now-but you will be
The occult Is coming into your life an,
you can't prevent 1t. You'll get mani
festations that will-at least that ma.
drive you almost insane II your
not prepared for them and don't know
how to handle the forces that ar
already ut work about you" And witt
that parting shot--that. Of course, any
body might fire into you In self-defens
or just to be little nasty--she wen
away to Claire. And I'm going to con
fess right here that In spite Of m
skepticism felt creepy.
l also felt clearer In my own min
on many little things I'd noticed abou
Claire: her coming to my stateroor
that time; her constant hanging abou
me, even when she must have seen
was inconvenlent. for me TO have her
and the way she seemed so much o
the latter part OF the voyage to b
trying to keep away from Mrs. Dela
rio. staying by herself In her state
room. Had there been manifestation
occurring In the stateroomf Or ha
Mrs. Delario been telling Claire thing