| Show 00 then CHAPTER C C Is the Duke of Says the Ouija Board I The control warns C to remember I that the Trench French people were always i most kind to her and that they gave her an asylum for years said Chrys In a monotonous voice It is ungrateful ungrateful ungrateful un un- grateful she says bays for one of her de descendants descendants descendants de- de to intrigue against the French Did I 1 imagine it or did jaw grow firmer Did his arm twitch be beneath beneath beneath be- be neath my palm valm He Ho shrugged his shoulders in that familiar foreign gesture gesture I ture which signifies great doubt But did that shrug conceal a slight shiver In the words of your immortal Huck Yuck Finn I dont don't know no kings he remarked with a car careless laugh Evidently her majesty the tho control has been switched on to the wrong line Or the tho wires are cros crossed ed somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where between hero here and the the the-the the underworld underworld un un- 5 With that he was gone He left us somewhat too abruptly It seemed to tome tome tome me although he explained that he had hada a call to make on a patient Then we girls proceeded with our investigation And even I the skeptic found It difficult to withstand the atmosphere of mysticism which Chrys manages to conjure up I found it I easy to ask ash questions which I 1 knew to be perfectly absurd and then to accept answers which were astonishing astonish astonish- ing I Lets Let's question her majesty I 1 suggested sug sug- What is that ye yes and that If not use no on your board for tor to use Ask her if C Is her son son No replied the pointer immediately Immediately Imme Imme- Grandson The pointer stalled this time i I I Great grandson We girls al almost almost almost al- al most stopped breathing as the pointer tore rapidly around and around the word yes on the ouija board Then Eloise asked a question which had not t occurred to either Chrys or orto orto to me meIs Is the gentleman descended from royalty on the paternal side No came th the answer after some delay deroy Then with much coaxing came hints of an old romance A queen of Spain had loved one of her guardsmen guards guards- men long ago she made the man a grandee and gave him vast ast estates and his descendants hold them to the present day in spite of political revolutions revo revo- I Then there must be a a. title I 1 re remarked remarked remarked re- re marked Impulsively ly What is It It Duke of spelled the pointer immediately Something definite at last last I thought a a statement which can be proved or disproved Wonderful murmured Chrys in ih awed tones Perfectly wonderful I 1 knew it was all sheer nonsense Nevertheless I had one more question to put Why did the control warn C not notto I Ito to intrigue against the French I But t Just then Eloise sagged Bagged away I Sho ef seh fr from t the board Her hands fell Into her lap lap- The connection was Chrys came to with a shiver and a regretful cry gone Her own arm was WIlS almost paralyzed d. d she complained com com- I 1 had to admit that it might well be considering considering- the amount of exercise It had had And somebody's subconscious mind i must feel awfully overworked too I remarked What do you think I Eloise To be continued Copyright 19 1918 8 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association I. I |
