The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-12-28
Joan ries Her
Hand
By JANE OSBORN

" 700 are aH4Nk 70 - 10 AtaAT
fun you'd better not 80 81 all said
Maud - she jabbed a fork into the
fruit salad sbs had selected FOR lunch
son al the cafeteria.
Margaret agreed with this and
nodded her head vigorously. as she
and Maud watched the face Of the
skeptie Joan II you laugh or even
fee like laughing explained Mar
garet. 'youIl interfere with the mes
sAges Hell put you out " be knows
that you are the one"
Joan. the third ~ the trio Of sienog
rsphers who lunehed togethsd at the
cooperative cafeteria. smiled with
something VERY like superiority. I'm
not going 20 laugh ! am going be
cause want to Show yob that II ifi't
really mind reading OF spirit com
munioation, or anything spooky Al
all. II be really does tell sou things
about yourself that are true Il i
either coincidence or because be has
trained himself 70 tell tot about
people just by their expressions. their
nannerisms the way they dress aud
the way they behave generally. Any
one with ordinary Intelligence could
tell a lot more than they 10 II they
just sci out 20 observe people closely"
well you've \ right % your opin-
ION" said Maud. Come along II you
want. nniy don't laugh and don't feel
like making fun Wen have dinner
here AZ half past five and then We
can get there early"
Joan was the youngest of the trio.
barely twenty. but she had a good
brain somewhere behind those round
blue eyes 81 her She was no mere
scofrer either Goodness knows
she told her companions ~ he has
any way OF knowing us better than
we know ourselves % Of knowing
what is IN store for us Ia he the first
10 want TO profit by L. ! certainly
don't want 20 pound the KEYS all my
life. n I'm going 10 meet a man
love enough 60 marry ! want 20 know
H. n I'm not, then want 70 study
nights so that can ret on IN the
world"
After the session with the spiritual
istie character reader that night.
opinion was much divided. In the
short time the girls had 10 talk on
their way home II seemed clear that
the only part 81 the spirit communi-
cation that interested them was that
which referred to their own present
or possible love affairs
II don't see why you weren't more
than convinced said Margaret TO
Joan. He couldn't have got things
stralghter about you Il he had known
you an your life Said You worked
and liked n. but that you would be
willing 10 marry II the right man
came along; that you weren't easily
suited and that you didn't get &C
quainted with men easily he said
there had been some one once who
had cared FOR You. but that he was
not TO be your life partner that you
should wait for another
81 think anyone could have said
that much just bv looking az me-
That mans a good observer but that's
an Anyone with keen eye and a
Thereafter Joan tried 10 prove The
truth Of her statement as>8yinz her
own hand NJ character reading She
spent what had hitherto been tire
some minutes In the subway ohserv.
ing and weighing her observations.
Before many days had passed Joan
could tell, or thought she could an I
amazing number 81 things about most Z
~ the persons whom she had q chance 4
20 study IN this way
Maud said that since no one knew 1
these people no one couid tell whether /
Joan was really yaking correct de
auctions Thereupon IL was decided 4
that Joan should try Mr. Davis, who
had only just been transferred 10 tile I
New York office and about whom none 4
Of The girls knew anything as yet 4
They had not even heard him speak \
hat had merely watched him as be
had come and gone with the older
members 81 the firm They would re
member loans deductions end later
when they knew his personal history
they would see how near she came 10
being right
Joan felt that the vindication OF
her stand On the subject % spook
character revelation depended on her
success or failune-so she used her
eyes kecnly Not only did she watch
Mr. Davis closely when he was 10
sight but she Thought about him when
he was not. She tried 10 feel the
personality - Mr. Davis - that she
would b. better abie e. knaW H. This
continued Tor two days The morn
ing - the third day Joan met Mar
rarei and Maud before Office hours
90 the Office 20 tell them the result
n her deductions
= have never beard him speak or
spoken 10 blm 81, Z believe b. S
from New England possibly Boston
she said. lie wears urisi watch
and tAaf sort ~ uau wouldn't wear
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