Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-27
TOMS OCCULT LOVE.
A Short story.
Ky JANE OSBORN.


and then at her nephew. Thomas
, C1averly. seated opposite her at the
reading table In the Claverly LIVING
room.
pretty glrlg' queried Tom. 70"
didn't meet any girls. much less pretty
ones"
"why. in one OF these plctufs that
YOU gave me TO look t--he in thif
envelope that you said contained Views
OF your shack. Its rather queer
There's n girl, big as llfo and twice
as natural standing beside the cabin
that's perfectly clear, too, only the
girl seems 20. be digger than the cabin.
Tom, what does u mean
Let's see" said Tom. stretching a
much tanned hand across the table.
'To tell the truth, I hadn't seen the
prln,a. | got them from tho photo
graph man on ms way homo and
didn't look M them. But tho only
! pictures I took were OF the shack. with
one or two Of Bob. There weren't
any girls there. Good Lord! How
the deuce"
Tom Claverly. who II she;'
"Blessed II know. Yet seems "a
II ia seen her somewhere. She looks
, familiar and yet"
Tom" Mrs. Cayerly looked intent
" into her nephew's face. "tts-ts-
Tom. I never thought YOU were psy-
chic enough 10 have anything like That
harpen 10 you. You know that medi-
um had some pictures
"Now. aunt. you haven't been go
ing 20 any more ~ those fool seance4,
have youy'
.That's neither here nor there. But
clearly this picture ia one 81 those
YOU know. spirit exposures. Tom. d'd
you ever know a girl that LOOKED like
that-who died.
Died? Goodness no. I AVE a sort
[ 81 an idea that I saw a girl that look
ed Ike that once, hut n isn't dead
/, Have you been thinking 81 her; Has
! her face been haunting your dreams;
7 Tom. she's your soulmate. She may
: be alive. but her spirit Is lowering near
yours
70 all al this Tom said "Bosh" lie
did not admit that on carefully study
ing the face Of the girl in the picture
he recalled having seen her and hav-
ing watched her a. the hotel where
he stopped on his way % his mountain
retreat where ne had just passed M
l. vacation. He had taken no photographs
on the way. The weather. was unfav.
n. orable. He didn't even know tho ErI'
~ name. Yet no had 20 admit that no ha1
thought Of that face. that once even M
had dreamed % her. However. ne d.
ID no, conhde this fact 20 his aunt.
pr And that was all there was 20 81 70
ID several DAYS so FAR ~ Tom was con
10 cerned. lie IA not know that the neX
!" ngh-. when he w1s working ~ th'
office. his aunt. Mrs Taverly. went ID
another % those fool N am
that she carried with her. CAREFUL.
wrapped IN t.ssue paper, the pictur'
u. ~ Toms mountain shack and his soul
mate-h.s occult love. as she called Il
She showed 20 proudly 20 the medium
who in the course az the evening ha
a communication from 2 departed In
. dian princess. who made So perfect
" clear that the grl in question wa
" still among the living. But she wa
the soulmate OF the mar who live
y, IN the shack. Her spirit was hauat!n
- him
es' The medium asked for the p!ctur'
and Mrs. Claverly compromised b
re- promising her a photograph Of i. tn
she delivered 20 the medium within
~ day or 80 and then replaced the phot'
les graph in the little pocket u phot'
graphs whSch had remained on ?
90. living room table. Fortunately To-
had not asked for the photographs
the time that elapsed and had appa
entity not discovered the temporal
AN absence Of the spook picture that
Interested his credulous aunt.
\ sunday came and went. and tht
on Tuesday night Tom came hon
from his Office IN apparent exc.temer
'ue He hurriedly fumbled through 4
m pictures in the envelope on The l.v.I
room table until he found the "spo'
ers picture He studied IL carefully. al
$50 then looked as carefully AT a new
paper clipping that he took from h
led pocket and then opened and read
reread-a letter also taken from \
pocket.
ES At dinner he was a little abrupt
his aunt. Who has had those prints
rhe he demanded. and the @ % aunt he'd
sell ed. but had 20 admit the truth.
oil Did you know the fool medium ga
ISL the print 20 the newspapers. and al
nae gave my name and my business CO
nection? The whole thing came o
er- in a sunday supplement day befo
ad- yesterday. Lucky no one a. the Off
ro- happened TO see II. Bur l got a let,
the from the girl
AK The glrlsin the plcture-your sol
mate? on. do let me have the lett,
| must show IL 20 the medium
d. SHOW Il 10 nobody said To.
law You've messed things up enough
ready
nch And that was all the satisfacs.
.ers that Mrs. ClaNerly got from Tom. II
ON next morning Tom announced that
10 would no be home for dinner. y
ne was not going 20 york. ne "
going 10 make a call out ~ town;
might not he back thar night. -
no satisfaction. and the next week-e
'""' ne was aWay-'Nislting friends" e.
'eNI Tom. and that was stll all the sat
J "l faction that Mrs. Claveriy got.
oi Monday at dinner she was franl
ION r~epentant.
You have been SO cool 90 me Ia.
IT," she said. = little tearfully. Il
sure IL was All because ~ that sne
urt shot of yours. Honestly. ] didn't I'm.
rust what the medium was going 10 do "
line Il ana think &, was real mean OF 8
red 20 80 and give IL To the papers a
Ia give your name and everyth.l
- But. OF course, il Is interesting-it's q
ot the hest pieces of evidence Of
occult that there has been FOR "a lo
time. You've got Ia admit that. I
honestly. Tom, I'm surrY II / have
Tended YOU. hope youl forgive me
III Don talk about forgiveness. auu
IN said Tom OF course the fellows ha