The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-01-09


be such fool. What Esd brought hin
back TO this absurd place and causet
him to be watching this absurd WON
an taking a nap In chair7 In brief
What the devil did ne mean by IL? III,
had not the slightest interest In Mrs
| Horner's naps-or In her teeth, whics
were being slightly revealed by the IN
conscious partiaS of her lips. as ms,
breathing became heavier
| How long was he going to sit here
presiding over this unknown wenan's
| slumbers? II struck him that TO make
| the picture complete he ought to be
shooting flies away from her with 6
palm-leaf fan.
again abruptly. and became com
pressed: her shoulders moved little,
then jerked repeatedly: her small
chest heaved: she gasped. and the
compressed lips relaxed 10 slight
contortion. then began to move. whis-
pering and bringing forth indistin-
guishahle mutterings.
Suddenly she spoke In loud husky
voice:
'Lopa is hereI'
Yes" Eugene said dryly. That's
what you said last time. 1 remember
'Lopa-' She's your control l think
you said"
Pm Lopa." said the husky voice
I'm Lopa herself"
You mean I'm to suppose you're
not Mrs. Horner now?'
Never was Mrs. Horner." the voice
declared, speaking incidentally from
Mrs. Horner's lips-but with such con-
yiction that Eugene, In spite OF every
thing, began TO feel himself In the
presence of a third party who was
none the less an individual, even
though she might be another edition
of the apparently somnambulistic Mrs.
Horner. Never was Mrs. Horner or
anybody but JUST Lopa Guide"
You mean you're Mrs. Horner's
guide?" he asked.
Your guide now" said the voice
with emphasis. to which was incon-
gruously added low laugh. You
came here once before. Lopa remem-
bers"
''1es-so did Mrs. Horner"
Lopa overlooked his implication. and
continued quickly: You build Build
and old gentleman on this side. ne
spoke to you. Same old gentleman
here now. He tell Lopa he's your
grandfather-no, he says father He's
your father"
Whats his appearance?"
Howl
what does he look like7"
Very fine, White beard, but not
long beard. He says some one else
wants to speak TO you. See here.
Lady. Not his wife. though No.
Very fine LADY, Fine lady, fine lady!"
rs 1t my sister," Eugene asked
SISTER? No She is shaking her
head. She has pretty brown hair. SIZE
Is fond of you. She is some one who /
knows you very well, but she Is not
your sister. She is very anxious to
say something to yOu-very anxious |
Very fond Of You: very anxious to talk |
to you. Very glad you came here-oh, |
very glad,"
what Is her name?"
Name the voice repeated. and 7
seemed to ruminate. Name hard 20 /
very hard for Lopa. |
Name. She wants to tell me her name |
o tell you. She wants yon TO under /
stand names are hard to make. she |
says you must think of something that I
makes a sound" Here the voice /
seemed to put question TO an invis-
bic presence and to receive an an
'wer. "a little sound or big sound?
She says 1t might be n little sound or
big sound. She says a ring-oh,
4opa knows She means a bell. That's +
t, Il bell.''
Eugene looked grave. Does she
mean her name is BELIEF"
''Not quite. Her name is longer
Perhaps" he suggested, "she means
hat she was a belle"
NO. She Says she thinks you know
What she means. She says YOU must
hink of a color. What color?' Again
-Opa addressed the unknown but this
ime seemed to wait for an answer
Perhaps she means the color OF her
yes?" said Eugene.
NO. She says her color is light
t's q light color and you can see
through it."
"Amber?" he said. and was startled.
or Mrs. Horner, with her eyes still
losed, clapped her hands, and the
dice cried out IN delight:
YES, She says you know who she
from amber. Amberl Amber,
hats it She says yoa understand
that her name is from u bell AMI
rom amber. She IS laughing and
'aving q lace handkerchief at me be-
ause she is pleased. She says
ave made you know who it is
This was the strangest moment of
ugene's life, because. while it lasted
e believed that, Isabel Anderson
no was dead. had found means 10
peak TO him. Though within ten
inutes he doubted It. he believed it
len.
His elbows pressed hard upon the
lble, and, his head between his
ands, he leaned forward, staring at
le commonplace figure in the easy
lair. What does she wish to say
me?''
"She is happy Because you know +