Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-02-11

I tDfuiHS 10 IiiAts tue uijtHDHuS Etdils
belong to he Emperor william" /
could not bring myself to come out
with IT fat-footedIy and say they posi-
lively did
"Well?"
Her tDne was so peculiar that |
looked up quickly. And her face was
study She was obviously puzzled,
/ but amazement still held Its ground
amazement at me; pity at me, too. for
my creduIity And moment before
| had been almost ready to shed tears
over her
Hes cleverer than | thought" she
commented. 'Much. Oh, very much
cleverer-If he can deceive you like
that.
"And he's much more dangerous
than | thOught-he must have very
/ powerful occult influences working
| with him, or very remarkable psychics
on the earth plane who can get names
1 and dates. And It all shows how care
| full I've got to be. I'm glad you
told me. / see how I must guard my
/ self"
/ experienced strong revulsion of
| feeling toward her-her manner of TAX
ing what I'd told her gave me posi-
! tive shock. I'd wasted both my sym
patty and my reasoning powers on
| her. And saw the Vaccinations she'd
/ be the center of-the wrath Of the
! Emperor William, that I'd been
threatened with, bounding her, perhaps
/ to death. ! must save her from her
own folly--I must convince her In
| spite of herself and for her own good.
4 If | didn't De Ravenol would before
he got through with her, and ! hated
to think what he'd do he had too
much at stake himself to care what
happened to her.
But wait q minute" ! struck in
boldly; "you're forgetting that you
wore the slippers on the steamer-that
knocks Paris: the diamonds could not
have been 10 the slipper when you
bought tor while you were in Paris"
"Why, so / did," she admitted. And
| | thought for q second that she wa
/ vered-that | had given her belief a
4 serious blow. But IL / did 1t rebound
4 ed Immediately. "And that makes II
only the more wonderful =! she cried,
| and repeated 1t with delight at the
/ clenching discovery She did not no.
tice my dry and somewhat disguised,
at certainly does" but dubbed on j:
/ ut only goes to show their powers
/ their all-seeing. all-helping powers
They made me the gift in Paris, and
then, seeing II might be discovered too
soon-at q time the knowledge l pos
sessed such wealth and was smuggling
Though | didn't know | was snug
CLING it-but | should have felt ought
to say something at the customs house
If had known It on the steamer"
cut In with positive violence: "You
mean they-whoever they are-put the
box In your slipper in Paris, then took
1t out on the steamer so you could
wear the sllppeT-and then put II back
after you had worn the slipper7 You
mean thatT
Certainly. Why not7" she answered
calmly.
l declare could almost have sworn
at her "Why not u l gasped.
"Why-not?" she repeated, looking
at me darkly. "If they can put 1t
there they can take II out--that is
simple everyday reason. Why You
yourself gave me the proof You told
me It was once in the other slipper
the one you carried off"
In the face of such arguments. seri-
ously put, was helpless.
III they didn't, who did," she 1e-
manded. Remember - Claire never
told you she did-that's what he says
and he's consummate scoundrel,
capable of any fabrication of the truth
to gain his ends and rob a defenseless
woman"
Her question and her face both chal-
lenged me-demanded the blow direct t;
but ducked the issue in general pro-
test.
"But really, Mrs. Delarlo, sou know
"a million dollars worth Of da-
monds don't-just happen"
"That's what makes 1t so wonderful
that II did happen-and to me Ito
humble little me. who never could have
expected IT," Her eyes glowed with
mystic fire.
'To suspect would have been to
doubt Gods providence-his prom
lses-everything. How could II How
dared 1? l had prayed-the prayer
had been answered." she spoke very
solemnly. and added: 81 would not let
myself doubt"
"But you hadn't prayed for dla-
mends."
"God-and the masters who carry
out the supreme plan-answer prayers
in their own way" She said II as If
she were admonishing a child, and
then snatched the next argument out
of my mouth.
Don't millions OF Christian people
pray every day. on their Blended knees,
Give US this day our daily bread
believing they will get It from divine
source. and is il any harder for God
10 give the diamonds than a crustf"
was defeated. She went on-in a
rather unsteady voice-and told me
what she'd thus far held back-the
end of the prophecy. not yet fulfilled
and that she nightly anticipated: the
, ultimate revelation and ordination
one of the masters was TO wing an
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