The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 05, 1907, Page 3, Image 3
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By KATHERINE (
Author of "Tl
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The conservatory was n feature of
the Brauifell town house, and to I.oder
It came as something wonderful and
unlocked for, with its clustering green
branches. its slight, unoppresslve
scents,- Jts temperately pleasant atmosphere.
He felt no wish to speak as,
still guided by Itlesslngton, he passed
down the shadowy paths that* in the
half light had the warmth and mystery
of a southern garden. Ilere and there
from the darkness came the whisperlug
of a voice or the sound of a laugh,
bringing with it tiie necessary touch of i
life. Otherwise tlie place was still.
Absorbed by the jiir of solitude, con- I
trusting so remarkably with the noise |
? and crowded glitter left behind In the j
reception rooms, he had moved half- j
way down the long green aisle before i
the business in hand came back to him I
\%iiii a sutiueu sense oi annoyance. it
roomed so paltry to mar the quiet of
' * "the place with tl?e absurdity of a side
.show. lie turned to Rlcsslngton with
.a touch of abruptness.
"What am I expected to do?" he
-asked.
Rlesslngton looked up, surprised.
" 'Why, I thought, sir"? he began; then
be instantly altered his tone. "Oh,
Just enter Into the spirit of the thing,
lady Astrupp won't put much strain
on your credulity, but sheT make a
"big call on your solemnity." He laughed.
lie had an infectious luugh, and Rosier
responded to It.
"Rut what am I to do?" he persisted.
"Oh, nothing. Relng the priestess, she
naturally demands HuolytM, tthc'ii
Jet j*ou know tiiat she holds the prior
placo. The tent Is so flxed that she
sees nothing beyond your hands, so 1
there's absolutely no delusion." lie
laughed once more. Thou suddenly
lie lowefed his voice and slackened his
eteps, "Here we are," he whispered
iu pretended awe.
At the end of the path the space widened
to the full breadth of the eonscrvntory.
light was dimmer, giving
nu aU<TCfH impression or cnsiauce; away
to the left Loder heard tlio sound of
splashing water, and on his right hand
he caught Ids first glimpse of the tent
that was his goal.
Jt?.ra8 P11 nrt,8t,c ,,tt,e structure?a
V .r ~ of silky fabric that
-tal lump that hung above its entrance.
As they drew closer a man emerged
from It. lie stood for a moment in
uncertainty, looking about him; then,
catching sight of them, he came forward,
laughing.
'By George," he exclaimed, "it's as
dark as limbo in there! I didn't see
you at first. But I say, Blessington,
it's a beastly shame to have that thun4
-dercloud barrier shutting off the sor
ceress. If sho gazes at the crystal
mayn't we have something to gaze a
too?"
Blessington laughed. "You want toi
much, Galltry," he said. "Lady At
trupp understands the value of the un
.attainable. Come along, sir!" he adde
-to Loder, drawing him forward wit
an energetic pressure of the arm.
Loder responded, and as he did so
flicker of curiosity touched his mil:
for the first time. He wondered t*
an instant who this woman was wl
aroused so much comment. And wi
the speculation came the remembran
of how she had assured Chlloote tli
on cue point at least he was lnvuln
.able. He had spoken then from t
height of a past experience?an exj
rlence so fully passed that he wond
cd now If it had been as staple a gu
antee as he had then believed. Ma
capacity for outliving is astonlshin
* Innlilollt in
J complete. Tiio long ...
A \ Italian mountains had faded, llk<
orayon study In which the tones h
.merged and gradually lost charac
A * "The past had paled before the pres
as golden hair might pale before bl
The simile cauie with apparent ir
'? nope. Then agnlu Blesslngton pre
Ids arm.
"Now, sir!" he suid, drawing a
and lifting the curtain that hung Ik
the eutrauce of the tent.
Loder looked at the amused, b<
face lighted by the hanging lamp
smiled pleasantly; then, with a t
of the shoulders, ho entered th<
vllion, and the curtain fell behind !
CHAPTER XV.
0N entering the pavilion L<
first feeling was one o
noyed uwkwnrdness at tl
himself In almost total
Hess. Hut as his eyes grew
toined to the gloom the feeling v
ed and the absurdity of the p<
foune to his mind.
J The tout was Hiuall, lieavuy <
J with Bilk and smelling of mui
w was divided Into two sections
' M immovable curtain that hung fr
I' roof to within a few feet of th
> II The only furniture on Loder
8 was one low chair, and the onl
. I| a fulut radiance that, comlnj
I , the invisible half of the p
Ij spread across the floor in a pal
Jb For a short space he stood un
IT then his hesitation was brougl
* Oj -end.
gSl "Please sit down," said a ]<
wolce.
For a further moment he s
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erader
CECIL THURSTON,
ie Circle." Etc.
Harper & Brother*
decided. The voice sounded so unexpectedly
near. In the quiet and darkness
of the place It seemed to possess i
a disproportionate weight, almost the j
weight of a familiar thing. Then with ;
a sudden, uuaualyzed touch of relief, j
he located the impression. It was the
I similarity to I.ady Kramfell's sweet, 1
slow lone.? that had stirred liis mind, j
With a sense of satisfaction lie drew '
the chair forward and sat. down.
Then for the lirst time lie saw that i
011 the oilier side of llio gauze partition
and below it by a few inches wuy, a
and graciously made sent an possumi
Ity of Irony far Into the background,
i The thought of Chilcote nud of tho
! one flaw In their otherwise flawless
! scheme rose to his mind. Instluctively
. ! he half withdrew his hands.
. | "Where is the sympathetic current?"
t he asked quietly. Ills thoughts were
t busy with the question of whether he
would or would not be justified In
0 beating an undignified retreut.
"Between you and me, of course,"
?ald the voice softly. It sounded lan(1
guid, but very rational. The idea of
h retreat seemed suddenly theatrical. In
this world of low voices and shaded
a lights peopie never adopted extreme
ltj measures?no occasion made a scene
ur practicable or even allowable. lie
JO leaned back slowly, while he eummei
tii up the situation. If by any unluck;
ce chance this woman knew Chilcote t
,at have adopted Jewelry and had see
er. tho designs of his rings the sight c
lie his own scarred finger would sugge;
pe. ; question nud comment. If. on tl
er- other hand, he left the pavilion wit!
ur? ; out excuse or if without apparent r?
n'8 son he refused to remove the rings, 1
gly l opened up a new difficulty, a fre
tiiy road to curiosity. It came upon hi
j a with unusnal quickness?tho obstacl
ave ! to ftn,t the itoed for a speedy declsh
! He glanced round the tent; then t
""".1 ?,i? sho
out, consciously ho strumm*u,-..
ack. ^
/.me ?** * I'
ly light * ?
if from ^
avlllou, *
le band.
Certain,
it to an "You must Uike off your rt?m
ders. After all, he hod ateppt
iw, soft a tight corner, but there was u
to cry out?1n squeezing hla wa;
tood un- Then ho realized that the soft,
small table of polished wood, on which j
stood an open book, a crystal ball and !
a gold dish tilled with ink. These were '
arranged 011 the side of the table nearest
to him, the farther side being out
ui ims r.iugu ui \ isioij. au nmuseu interest
touched him us lie made his posl- [
lion more comfortable. Whoever this i
woman was, she had nu eye for stage j
management. she knew how to mar- i
shal her effects, lie found himself
waiting with some curiosity for the
uext injunction from behind the curtain.
"The art of crystal gazing," began
the sweet, slow voice after a pause, "Is
onu of the oldest known arts." I.oder
sat forward. 'Pile thought of Lady
Brain fell mingled disconcertingly with
some other thought more distant and
less easy to secure.
"To obtain the best results," went
on the seer, "the subject lays his uu- 1
covered hands outspread upon a j
smooth surface." It was evident that I
the invisible priestess was reading \
from the open book * ? wiien the
word "surfa'w" was reached there
was a slight stir that indicated the
changing of position, and when the
voice came again it was In a different
tone.
"Please lay your hands, pn>ms down- ,
ward, upon the tnhle."
l.oder smiled to himself in the darkness.
He pictured t'liilcote with his
nerves and his impatience going i
through this ordeal; then In good humored
silence he leaned forward and
obeyed the command. His hands
rested on the smooth surface of the |
table in the bar of light from the unseen
lamp.
There was n second In which the
seer was silent; then fancied that
she raised her head. 1
said smootniy. "Any
with the sympathetic current.
At any other time Iaxler would have
laughed, but tbe request so casually
tinting tones were sounding one?
more.
"It's the passing of my bauds over
yours wlille I look Into the crystal that
sets up sympathy"?a slender baud
moved swiftly luto the lightnnd picked
up the bull?"aud makes Jy eyes see
the pictures In your mlut\f Now, will
you pluusu take off your
The very naturalness otfibe request
disarmed him. It was a rajk- But, as
Clilleote had said, risk wn#Sfo salt of
llfo! > f
"I'm nfrakl you thHtk ;ne very
troulilosome." The voice ci'nie again,
delicately low and conclllatjry.
For a brief second Lodei wondered
uncertainly how long or how well Clilleote
knew Lady Astrupp; taen he dismissed
the question. Cblcote had
never mentioned her until tmlght, and
then casually as Lady IlrainflU's sister.
What a coward he was bnoiulng In
throwing the dice with fntel Without
further delay he drew ofT Vhc rings,
slipped them Into his pock<t and re
placed his hands on the smJoth table
top. I
Then, at the moment that hrrcplaced
them, a peculiar thing oecurr?.
From the farther slile of The dark
partition came the quick, rustling stii
of a skirt and the slight scr?>e of ?
chair pushed either backward or for
ward. Then
Now, silence can sUge't'v$K'lnj
from profound tin* u^ht to
hut In this case Its n"
That something had Implied, thai
some change had takonJdace. was af
patent to Lodor as tln>-< rknes3 of the
curtain or the band light that crossed
the lloor, but wl?ftt had occasioned It
or what it st?od for, lie made no at
teniiit to decide. lie sat bltingly con
scious of lils hands spread open on the
table under the scrutiny of eyes thai
were Invisible to him, vividly aware
of the awkwardness of his position
He felt with instinctive certainty thai
a new chord had been struck^ but t
man seldom acts on Instlnctlvo certain
ties. If the exposure of his haml^ha'
struck this fresh note, then
action would but helglitan tlie dOieniii
He sat silent and motionless. 15^
Whether lil.s Impassivity
bearing on the moment,be '' "VV"
itrrtner mnp^men
tame from behind the partition. Wtwt
over the emotions that had caused tin
sharp swish of skirts and the slian
scrape of the chair, they hud evident!;
subsided or been dominated by, othei
feelings.
Tlie next Indication of life that oaiut
to him was tlie laying down of tin
crystal ball. It was laid back upon tin
table with a slight jerk that indlente<
a decision come to; and almost sluul
tancously the seer's voice came to Un
again. Her tone was lower now tlai
it had been before, and Its extrcmt
ease seemed slightly shaken?whetis
by excitement, surprise or curiosity 1
was Impossible to say.
"You will think It strac*
pan.- "You will tbink"-*-^P fSftfn
waited for some help, bur ^odeiJrc
mained mute. In difficulty a sper
tongue and a cool bead are us?all
man's best weapons.
Ills silence was disconcerting. H
1 heard her stir uguiu.
"You will think It strange," slio b
: gan once more. Then quite sudden
! she checked and controlled her vole
! "You must forgive me for what I n
i going to say," she added in a coi
pletely different tone, "but crystal g:
lng Is such an Illusive thing. Dlrecf
j you put your hands upon the table
felt that there would be no result, 1
i I wouldn't admit the defeat. Won
' ! are such keen anglers that tUey <
, never acknowledge that any ?>A, h<
1 | ever big, has slipped the hook." I
> I Laughed softly. .
? j At.the sotiLiu u* a.,. i??4i.
j i ed his position for the first thine.
1 could not have told why, but 1? str
y him with a slight .sense of coj if us
o A precipitate wish to rise aijid ]
n through the doorway into the w
>f spaces of the conservatory m<
it ! him, though he made no attempt U
ie upon It. Ho knew that, for some 1
(1- "pllcable reason, this woman hehinc
a- | screen had lied to him?In the con
tie j lng of her speech, In her chang
ah voice. There had been one inome
" notion In
Im ' which mi Impulse or m>
le.s j most found voice; then trninln{
>n. stlnct, or It might have been diploi
in- j had conquered, and the moment
ill 1- passed. There was u riddle in the
atmosphere of the place?and he i
J\ Inatcd riddles.
But Lady Astrupp 'WHS aoyo.V
^ her own concerns. Again she cli
her position, and to Lodcr, lis
attentively, It seemed that she
forward and examined his
afresh. Tl?e sensation was so
that he withdrew them Involunt
Again there was a confused
~ The crystal ball rolled from the
and the seer laughed quickly. C
a strenuous Impulse, Lodcr rose
He had uo definite notion of \
expected or what he must avo
"r"? onlv conscious that the p
rwith Its silk draperies. Its s
musk and Its Intolerable secre
no longer endurable. He felt (
' _ and confuse<l In mind and inus
I' stood for a second to strajgl
I limbs; then he turned and, mc
rectly forward, paused thro
portiere.
r * [to BI CONTIWt7*n.l
j His Intelligence.
Purchaser?You told me th
I I bought of you was the mo
J * gent bird in your collection,
fact Is he doesn't talk at all.
That's what I meant when 1
~~ bis Intelligence.
it."
The Secret,
id Into He?Why did you tell me
10 need was such a secrot? Shej
back, didn't tell It to somebody
, Ingra- anybody know I could keep
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Schedule in effect January 13, 1907. 9
Between Union and Buffalo. 9
Xo. 1 leaves Union 7:30 a. in., arrive
at Buffalo 7:45 a. in.
Xo. 2 leaves Union 12:30 p. ni., arrives
at Buffalo 12:45 P- ni.
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1 Gregory's 11:30: leaves Ura*torus
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Union 11 '-5? aEvening.
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