Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1920-03-04

to tell you. She wants you to under
stand names are hard to make. She
says you must think of something that
makes a sound" Here the voice
seemed to put a question to an invis.
ible presence and to receive an an
swer. "a little sound or a big sound?
She says it might be a little sound or
a big sound. She says a ring-oh,
Lopa knows! She means a bell! That's
it, a bell"
Eugene looked grave. "Does she
mean her name is BELIEF"
"Not quite. Her name is longer"
Perhaps" he suggested, "she means
that she was a BELLE"
"No. She says she thinks you know
what she means. She says you must
think of a color. What color?" Again
Lopa addressed the unknown, but this
time seemed to wait for an answer.
Perhaps she e the color Of her
eyes?' said Eugene.
"No. She says her color is light
it's a light color and you can see
through it."
"Amber?" he said, and was startled,
for Mrs. Horner, with her eyes still
closed, clapped her hands, and the
voice cried out in delight:
eyes! She says you know who she
is from amber. Amber! Amber!
That's it.! She says you understand
what her name is from a bell and
from amber. She is laughing and
waving a lace handkerchief at me be-
cause she is pleased. She says I
have made you know who it is"
This was the strangest moment of
Eugene's life, because, while it lasted,
he believed that, Isabel ANDERSON,
who was dead, had found means to
speak to him. Though within ten
minutes he doubted it, he believed it
then.
/ His elbows pressed hard upon the
table, and, his head between his
hands, he leaned forward, staring at
the commonplace figure in the easy
chair. "What does she wish to say
to me?"
"She is happy because you know
her. No-she is troubled. Ola
great trouble! Something she wants
to tell you. She wants so much to
tell you. She wants Lopa to tell you.
This is a great trouble. She says
oh, yes, she wants you to be-to be
kind! That's what she says. That's
it. To be kind"
En---
"She wants you to be kind" said
the voice. "She mods when I tell you
this. Yes; it must be right. She is
a very fine lady. Very pretty. She
is so anxious for you to understand.
She hopes and hopes you will. Some.
n else wants to speak to you. This
is a man. He says"
II don't want to speak to any one
else" said Eugene quickly. 81
want"
"This man who has come says that
he is a friend of yours. He says"
Eugene struck the table with his
fist. Il don't want to speak to any
one else, 1 tell you" he cried pas.
sionately. IF she is there L" He
caught his breath sharply, checked
himself, and sat in amazement. Gould
his mind so easily accept so stipend.
Gus a thing as true? Evidently i,
could!
Mrs. Homer spoke languidly in he1
w voice: did you get anything sat.
isfactory?" she asked. II certainly
hope it wasn't like that other time
when you was cross because they
couldn't get anything for you"
"No, no." he said hastily. "This
was different. 1t was very interest,
ing.'
He paid her, went to his hotel. and
thence to his train for home. Never
did he 81 seem to move through a
world of dream-stuff; for he knew
that he was not more credulous than
other men, and if he could believe
what he had believed, though he had
believed it for no longer than a mo-
ment or two; what hold had he or
any other human being on reality?
His credu]ity vanished Cor so he
thought) with his recollection that it
was he, and not the alleged "Lopa,"
who had suggested the word "amber."
Going owe the notifying, plain
facts oc his experience, he found that
Mrs. Horner, or the subdivision Of
Mrs. Horner known as "Lopa," had
told him to think of a bell and Of a
color, and that being furnished with
these scientific data, he had leaped
to the conclusion that he spoke with
Isabel Anderson!
For a moment he had believed that
Isabel was there, believed that she
was close to him, entreating him-en-
treating him ito be kind" But with
this recollection a strange agitation
came upon him. After all, had she
not spoken to him? If his own un.
known consciousness had told the
"psychic's" unknown consciousness
how to make the picture of the pref
ty brown-haired, hrown-eyed lady,