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

She told meas she had on the
steamer-how she'd gone abroad to
hunt new psychlcs for her seances and
the circle meeting at her house. Of
which she was a sort of priestess, and
how she had thus come In contact with
the Duval girl. This girl had "wcn-
derful gift of prophecy" and at pri-
vate sitting with her had gone ifto a
trance--and had given out that Mrs.
Delario was zone of the chosen"-one
of the disciples-eIect of the Mystic
Cult Of the Crystal Sphere whose
headquarters were lamasary In
Tibet, and had then predicted that she
was shortly to receive the mystic
sign of initiation" and a gift--con-
veyed through space by spirit influ-
ences--of seven blood-red gems. which
she was at liberty TO dispose Of and
convert into cash II she desired the
sacred masters not dealing in lucre hut
only its subllmated equivaIents-an1
apply to her personal needs and the
furtherance of her work for spiritual
ism.
On being pressed by Mrs. Delarlo 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 eds
cover among her things when the time
came" and that she would receive
them -secretly--without 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. DeIario accepted the pre-
dIctlon 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
IA Paris. and she returned to America
trihe disappointed but still expec-
tant.
She unpacked. She found a slipper.
Where could be its mater Absent
mlndedly she thrust her hand into II
and found-her gift
"And you see the prophecy was full
fllled," she told me II had been cho-
sen-as the Duynl girl said. Every
thing came out precisely as she pre-
dlcted-the diamonds really came TO
me in Paris, though l didn't know 1t
at the time; there were seven they
were worth enough to make me tinan
Clally independent. so can go on with
my work for splrltuallsm they came
without human knowledge; found
them among my thlngs--every detail
was correct"
II was frank straightforward
story, told with n heat of conviction
that think prevented her reading the
establishment that must have kept
growing In my face all the time.
II was amazing every way looked
at It; the thing that struck me most
was how her memory had slipped one
little. c~g ans ~allowed her belief TO
roll smoothly off aud land her--in
Tibet! She thought the box had been
sent to her In Paris. but she had
worn her slippers on the steamer
| was about to remind her of this as
the first step to what ! saw was GO
ing TO be very painful revelation.
when she burst out, "But how could
he have known about the dlamonds?-
that | had them in Paris. The only
way can explain II Is that either the
Duval girl told hlm--and she was in
a trance and wouldn't have remem.
bered her prophecy--or he's wonder
full psychic himself. But the
nudaclty of the thanksgiving he put
them In my slipperw
"Claire did" l corrected, by way of
beginning.
ITS the same thing. What a lie
70 say they're his !"
/ hurried on: "Clalre did II on the
steamer-the night before we landed.
That was how she had been set TO