Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-03-25
THE TRUE SEER
BY MILDRED WHITE.

haired @iu Who Wis surrounded hy
NNri"u> men. in a;,rnH":.r" ou Vera
Wells party. Mia was always sur
rounded.
Mia WAS leaving in the morning
ana she must not - away without
hearing. Ills 10y" ;or her seemed al
must Il pain. >h" MAS ;" swcrily, hui
manly dear. So understanding. Mia
had no homie l:n!, had learned.
When the years ut boarding school
could hr ma more. she lived with one
relative -. another Of her fathers. in
apartments here or there. Nita'S IA
thcr had loved. and married her girl
mother in far away Spain, and though
Mia WAS born and raised an Amcri-
can. the Spanish cnchantmcnt Of her
departed mother still lay in the girls
dusky eyes and voice. At length she
left the piano and came toward Bob
with her slow smile of greeting.
You know why wished TO be alone
with you, Nita." he said. Because to-
night / must ask my question. You
realize. do you not, what that question
will be-"
The girls dark eyes carcsscd him.
'Fcrhars,' she replied. "But first,
Bob dear. may l TELL you Il story?"
IF the story is not too long, he
agreed.
once upon time" began Mia.
There was girl so lovely, so cap.
tivatinG, that men knowing even her
talscncss, failed to resist her charm;
ana like the siren sons-hcr charm
ted only TO sorrow. For this girl had
no Will to love, no heart for ought hut
money. And one day came an honest
lad with his trusting idcul of WON
ans sincerity. And the lad was kent
very busy with his way still to make
IN the world. But when he had known
The fair Helene hut a little white he
pictured her in that home he would
huiid, and his work and plans were
Thereafter h'll for her sake. Laugh
ing III her soft way she allowed him
I" dream. And he growing ever more
earnest, believed, while she was
amused by his emotion, that was all.
y bazaar Tor charity was given one
summer evening on the lawn ~ ,l:r
"id Wells mansion" Mia paused.
This very lawn OF Vera Wells home.
! And the. good young man and his
charincr attended. The "ypSy fortune
! '"l'ilE tent was an attraction. Idly
the tw" entered, and the fortunc-icl!cr,
| seated half yelled before her crystal
| ball, read the fair Hclcn:'< palm.
our lover,'' the crystal r:izcr
SatG, whom YOU would marry one
| month from this time, sits writing ~
you tonight. And he tells You ;hai
| the possibility Of your marriage hangs
; Oh w"inan'S word. Not the word of
his mother, for his family have no
| knowledge CT his attachment. All has
been kept secret rs YOU desired. lie
Processes his love for you anew, and
IS confident OF Your own
when the cryst;i yazcr ended her
message. Ite!cne's eyes were wide
with wonder for she WAS positive
thai no human being either here in
her own town, or away in that other
strange city where she had met her
lover. could have learned of the Sc
crct affair, which was TO be the cul.
mtnaton Of her ambition; for Doug.
las Moore upon whom she had set
her selfish heart, was as rich as even
she could desire.
And The honest yolnS man. who
had been won To false charm, leaned
| all trembling toward the fortune
| teller
THAT is not true. not silly word
Of IT,, he accused.
The rrysta! RaZer sighed.
"'Write,' she advised Kim, TO Mr..
Douglas Moore she scrubbed an al.
| dress. ASK him
And after The two lCft the tent.
: Helene came again presently, white
and indignant.
l q" not Know she said 10 the
r"aher "f palms, who YOU are, or hy
! what means you obtnin Your jnCnr-
niation. But 1cli me this, upon what
! "nniah's word DO You pretend that
, EHy fate hangs?
! '"thr fortune teller laid aside her
! veil. and I think tlpat her face must
/ have looked weary.
pom the word of woman TO
/ whom your lover is hctrn,hcd.' she
I said for your Douglas Moore is too
/ h"n"ral,l" t" free himself against
! this wOInnn'S WISH
And then, across the sladowy grass
| she sped TO a bench. where 4 broken
! youth sat. The fortune teller. heart
: went out in pity. And she touched
his head"
! There was hint of tears in Nita's
voice, Bob Ansl"y abruptly took up
! the tale.
"Shc touched his head" he went on.
"aDd called him Boy dear and told
him that true love would come some
day, and that in comparison this