The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-03-04
CHAPTER xIv.-continued.

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She told meas she had on the
steamer-how she'd gone abroad to
hunt new psychics for her seances and
the circle meeting at her house, of
which she was sort of priestess, and
how she had thus come in contact with
the Duval girl. This girl had wen
derful gift of prophecy" and at pri-
vate sitting with her had gone into
trance-and had given out that Mrs.
Delario was lone of the chosen"-one
of the disciples-elect of the Mystic
Cult of the Crystal Sphere, whose
headquarters were lamasary in
Tibet, and had then predicted that she
was shortiiy 70 receive the mystic
sign OF initiation" and gift-con-
veyed through space by spirit influ-
ences-of seves. blood-red gems, which
she was at liberty 20 dispose of and
convert into cash If she desired--the
sacred masters not dealing in lucre but
only it's sublimated equivalents and
apply to her personal needs and the
furtherance of her work for spiritual
ism.
On being pressed by Mrs. Delario TO
tell more-name the time and place
of the gift-the girl had declared that
the stones would be in small oblong
box which Mrs. Delario would dis
cover among her things when the time
came" and that she would receive
them suddenly-secretly- NOR
tai knowledge of how they got there
and they would probably be given to
her in Paris. Beyond this the girl was
unable to go.
But Mrs. Delario accepted the pre-
diction and, greatly elated and excited.
watched for the hour that was to mark
her initiation into earthly wealth and
occult glory. The hour did not come
in Paris, and she returned to America
trifle disappointed but still expec-
tant.
She unpacked. She found a slipper.
Where could be its mate? Absent
mindedly she thrust her hand into it
and found-her gift!
"And you see the prophecy was full
filed" she told me. II had been cho-
sen-as the Duval girl said. Every
thing came out precisely as she pre-
dicted-the diamonds really came to
me in Paris though I didn't know it
at the time; there were seven; they
were worth enough to make me finan-
cially independent. SO can so on with
my work for spiritualism; they came
without human knowledge; / found
them among my things--every detail
was correct"
1t was a frank, straightforward
story, told with a heat of conviction
that 1 think prevented her reading the
establishment that must have Kept
growing in my face all the time.
1t was amazing every way / looked
at it; the thing that struck me most
was how her memory had slipped one
little cog and allowed her belief to
Tibet She thought the box had been
sent to her in Paris, but she had
worn her slippers on the steamer
I was about to remind her of this as
the first step to what l saw was go
ing to be a very painful revelation,
when she burst out, "But how could
he have known about the diamonds p
that / had them in Paris. The only
way can explain it is that either the
Duval girl told him-and she was in
a trance and wouldn't have remem-
bered her prophecy-or he's a wonder
full psychic himself. But the
audacity of the thanksgiving he put
them in my slipper!"
'Claire did," I corrected, by way Of
beginning.
Its the same thing. What lie
to say they're hist"
/ hurried on: "Claire did it on the
Steamer-the night before we landed.
That was how she had been set to