Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-30

a pair OF felt-soled slippers, Is shut up
in a cabinet or placed behind a screen,
and the lights r turned down or
out'---Adele broke off with a comic
shrug of the shoulders. Bah! 1t
ought not to deceive a child."'
Celia sat with a face which would
grow red. She did not look, but none
the less she was war; that Nine.
Dauvray was gazing at her with a
perplexed frown aud some return or
her suspicion showing in her eyes.
Adele Tace was not content to leave
the subject there.
Perhaps" she said, with a smile,
mile. Celie dresses in that way for
q seance2"
MADAME shall see tonight" celie
rather sternly repeated her words.
Eyes, Adele shall see tonight. I
myself will decide what you shall
wear, Celie."
Abel Face casually suggested the
kind Of dress which she would pre-
fer.
Something light in color with q
train. something which will hiss and
whisper If mademoiselle moves about
the room-yes, and I think one of
mademoiselle's big hats she said.
1--WE will have mademoiselle as mod
ern as possible, so that, when the
great ladies Of the past appear in the
couture of their day, we may be sure
It is not Mile. Celie who represents
them"
A New Dress.
II will speak to Helene" said Nine,
Dauvray, and Adele Tace was content,
There was a particular new dress
OF which she knew, and it was very
desirable that Mile. Celie should wear
1t tonight. For one thing, If Celie
wore it, it would help the theory that
she a put 1t on because she expect
ed that night a lover; for another
with that dress there went a pair of
satin slippers which had Just come
home from a shoemaker at AK, and
which would leave upon soft mould
precisely the same prints as the gray
suede shoes which the girl was wear
ing now.
Celia was not greatly disconnected
by Nine. Fossignol's precautions. She
would have to be a little more care.
full, and Nine. de Montespan would
be a little longer in responding to the
call OF Nine. Dauvray than most OF
the other dead ladies of the past had
been; but that was all. She was, how
ever, really troubled in another way.
All through dinner, at every word
OF the conversation, she had felt her
reluctance toward this seance swell
once h had felt driven by some UNI
comfortable power to rise up at the
table and cry Out to Adele:
You are right. It is trickery.
There is no truth in it."
But h had mastered herself. For
opposite to her sat her patroness. her
good friend. the woman who had
saved her. The flush upon Nine.
Danvray's cheeks and the agitation of
her manner warned Celia how much
hung upon the success of this last
seance. How much for both OF theml
A Great Fear.
And in the fullness Of that knowl-
edge a great fear assailed her. She
began to be afraid, SO strong was her
reluctance. that she would not bring
her heart into her task. Suppose /
failed tonight because I could not
force myself to wish not to fail!n she
thought, and she steeled herself
against the thought. Tonight she
must not fail. For apart altogether
from Nine. Dauvray's happiness, her
own, It seemed, was at stake too.
TT must be from my lips that
Harry learns what I have been" she
said to herself. and with the resolve
she strengthened herself.
said, with a smile. = only wish
Nine. Rossignol to be satisfied"
"And i shall be-" said Adele. .if
49, She leaned forward in anxiety.
She had come tt the real necessity
of Helene Vaunuiera nlan- ssTf uya