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S. will purify and invigorate the stagnant blood when all sediment or other hurtful materials are washed out, fresh rich blood is carried to the diseased parts, new tissues form, and the decaying flesh begins to have a healthy and natural look ; the discharge ceases and the sore heals. S. S. S. is the only blood purifier Several years ago, =y wife had a se re vore log and was treated by the that is guaranteed entirely vege bost'physicians but received no beneft. table. It builds up the blood and our drggist advised her to try S. S. S., tones up the general system as no which she did. Fourteen bottles cured other medicine does. If you have her end she has been well ever since,. te eiiedos fyuhv . R. eNAOLD, 22 Canal St., a sore of any kind, write us and get Cohoes, N. Y. the advice of experienced and skilled physicians for which no charge is made. Book on Blood and Skin Diseases free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. CAROINA PORTLND CEMENT CO., CHARLESTON. S. C. SCole SelAil 3 A.et1S IKILTLJAN Fire Brick, Fire Tile, Arch Brick, Bull-Head and All Special Tiles. ALSO FINEST PREPARED FIRE CLAY. Carload Lots. Less Than Carloal Lots. 0e 7 t* t Stoves and Ranges. For the reason that C. K. Stoves and Ranges stand alone from a point of merit without competition: For the reason and because of the wonderful success achieved, together with the most udprecedented general all-round satisfaction given and the verdict handed down by the people who have used them, that 0. K. STOVES 'and RANGES are Unequaled, Unapproached, Better Than the Best, We have discarded all other lines of Cook Stoves from our floor and sell them only. Housekeepers, we invite you to see this truly magnificent line of Stores and Ranges, they are built for service. We have an excellent assortment of Plain and Decocrated Lamps from which you could select, and our line of Crockery is all you could desire to replenish your stock from. We have the goods at all prices, which we assure you is the lowest. Sportsmen, we have Loaded Shells. Powder and Shot, Caps, Leg gins and Hunters' Coats, Cartridge Belts and the handsomest line of Single and Double Guns ever shown.here. Come to see us. Very truly yours. Manning Hardware Co. Ch bristias Presents 8 Consist no' in trinkets, in toys; not in all such small things that can be purchased in any small shop; not in useless things that give only pleasure for one day. Real Christmas presents of good value, of genuine pleasure and usefulness, things not like these that will only linger in your memory. but that will comfort you for a long time to come is a Fine Suit of Clothes for Men, Boys and Children, a nice Dress for Ladies and Chil dren, a good, comfortable Shoe for every member in the family, a nice Hat for every one in the house, a neat Top Shirt, com fortable Underwear, many things in Household Furnishings, etc., ete.These you will only find, and at the most moderate prices, at THE N EW IDEA, M. M. KRASNOFF, Prop. Ladies and gentlemen come along and buy ip your Christmas Presents. Watches and Jewelry - I want my friends and thbe public eerally to know that when in need of a Wedding, Birthday or Christmas Present, hait in the fnture, as well as the past, I amt prepared to suipply th'-m. Mly line of NIatches Clocks Sterling Silver Diamonds Jewelry Cut Glass Fine China Wedgewood Spectacles and Eye Glasses omrplete, and it will affordi me pleasure to show then:. Special and prompt attention given -to all Repairing in moy lixa tirices to snit the~ times. Watc Inspector L, W.F FOL SOM, "S".C. BRING YOUR Job Wcork TO THEF TiMES. OFFICE a True Record and Explanation of te Seven steries Now Associated With His Name In the Public Kind, and of an Eighth, Mch is the Key of the Seven ON, JR. By lOWARD FIELDING T -iov id Walmsley get it?" inquired :hlyin. -"The story told by those who seemed o ow," said I, "was that it had been tolen by thieves who entered the ouse. and that Walmsley, who was enerally believed to be a receiver of to!en goods, bought this document ith the rest of the plunder. That here was a robbery in the old Stough on house I know positively. It was aid that Walmsley lost his hand in quarrel with these thieves; that it Vas so badly injured as to necessitate imputation. The name of a doctcr was entioned, but if he did the work he 0eid the fact to be a professional se ret." "When I bought the place," said Kel *In, "I was aware of this flaw in the tle, but I was assured that there was ot a Stoughton heir nor a Walmsley eir on the face of the earth." "I don't believe that there is one," aid I. "Walmsley had a son, but he lied." "Can you prove it?" demanded Kel mi. "No," I admitted. "He didn't die ere. Yet I think it is susceptible of roof. He died in early childhood, as remember." "A man has appeared in this town ho-claims to be that son," said Kel in. "He has threatened me with a ;uit. Now, the fellow is an impostor n the face of him. He doesn't appear vith legal counsel. He came to see me couple of days ago with some sort of ocumentary rubbish to prove his iden ity, and he asked me in the name of ustice to move out of the house. I old him to move out pretty quick. He lid, saying that he'd come back, but he asn't. I shouldn't ordinarily regard uch a claim as having any importance, bough these blackmailing suits are a onfounded nuisance, and if this rascal eally could make out any sort of a ase he'd have me in a tight place. I'd robably have to pay him something." "It would be hard to prove the death f Walmsley's son at this late date," aid I. "That's true," said he, "and yet I'd e willing to take my chances. But ere's another feature of the case: My iutler. Cobb, who stole the diamonds, s out on ball. I was going very light in him, for, after all, he furnished us rith a most interesting experience, hanks to our young friend here, and iesides he didn't really get away with Lnything; so the chargeagainlst him was nade as mild as the law would allow, Ld bail was fixed at $500. It has been urished In cash. He was released 'esterday, early in the afternoon, and c came right up to my house-made a e line for it, as I've learned by in juiry. Naturally he didn't feel like resenting himself at the front door, so e got into the house by a window of he library. I happened to go to that oom after lunch and met the man face o face." There seemed to be something amus ug in the recollection, for Kelvin grin "Upon- my word, he's a cool one!" he ntinued. "He was just taking down book to regd. Said he thought that ie'd improve his mind while waiting 'or me. 'Your morals are what need oprovig,' said I. 'Your mind's a'll 'ight.' A fter that we got right down business, and he said that he had 2eard of the threatened suit against ne and that he could be of assistance :o me if I would treat him fairly. aturaly I asked him what he could lo, and after some backing and filling e said that he could produce the miss ag deed." " beg your pardon, Mr. Kelvin," said ouad. "Did he tell you how he had ot news of the suit?" " couldn't corner him on that point," .swered Kelvin, "but I have a shrewd lea. His lawyer is Joe Harvey. the 'orst shyster in these parts, as I'm :old. Now, I believe that the whole job has been put up by Harvey and :hat it is based upon facts told him y Cobb." "'hat seems likely," said I. "Being n your house, Cobb would naturally ry into everything that might be of se to him. Hie probably heard the old ;tory of Walmsley's suit and the mIss ng deed." "It's some kind of a game, of course." oontinud Kelvin, "but here is the fact: f this fellow can really produce this Ieed, i'm willing to pay something for tt and ask no questions. More than hat, I'll do my best to withdraw thc harge of theft against Cobb In the flatter of the diamonds." I told Kelvin that I thought it a great nistake to permit a rascal to triumph n this way and go scot free after a rime which reaily had no excuse. In ny opinion, one should take the side of :he law in such matters for the protec :ion of the community. If Cobb had een a sorely tempted man I would ne wished to see the utmost leniency ;own to him, but he had committed a ald crime and was now following It i with another. The place for such a an is the penitentiary. "In a business matter," said Kelvin, 'I never lose sight of this one great )oint- What is it that I'm after? In his case it is the deed that completes y title-to The Elms. If I could get it or nothing and send Cobb to the pen itentiary to boot, I'd do it. Perhaps here may be a way to manage that." It is my judgment," said I, "that the eliow has a bogus deed for sale." "The same thing occurred to me, of ourse," responded Kelvin. "and for fat reason I put Cobb off. If I'd asked tiim to produce his document. I should at hae known whether it was genu noor not." "He couldn't have had it in his pock. i, Mr. Kelvin," said Donald. "The fel low had just come from jail, where he was searched." "If it Is bogus," I suggcsted, "Joe lrvey probably made it and now has tt in his office." Kelvin rubbed the knees of his trou sers with the palms of his hands, a ay he had when app)roaching the one reat point - "What is It that I'm I'm told that you are an espert in hese matters, Mr. Hanrrington," said .h "I've made some quiet inquiries and have come to the conclusion that there isn't a lawvyer in this county-in fact, that there isn't a man of any pro. Cession anywhere-who could pass up on the genuIneness of that document p' | DONALD 0DONALDS Copr ight, 1 by _f Charles W. Hooke ' CIIAPTER XI. !,YSTERY OF THE 1EAD MIsER, HAND. HILE I was quietly endear oring to secure as much of , the branch stock as cold be had. Kelvin made a sonic hlat more open move than I had ex )cted at this stage of the game. Ile ippeared in the office of the railroad. it the junction. accompanied by Wil- t hm Iackett, and the transfer of the ntire Hackett interest was recorded ipo- the books. It amounted to 3,000 biares. Afterward IHackett came over to see ne : t Tunbridge and told me that this eticn was in accordance with his own tipt lation. Ile had refused to sell at < ny price or to use his influence to se uri: the stock from the other heirs un ess, Kelvin would agree, in writing, to t celare himself the owner through the sual medium of the stockbook before certain date. "That was very honorable'in you, Xilliam," said I. "But I wish you had iven me a chance at the stock." "The deal was proposed to me in con dence," he rejoined. "I could not dis ose it to you. Besides," he added :houghtfully, "I wouldn't have had the %ace to ask you to meet his terms." This was all that I could make him ay about the price which Kelvin had id. "I knew what he wanted it for," said e, "but it's a wild financial night mare. Kelvin will never get control of b-is road." "He will come mighty close to it, William," said I. Upon the same day at a later hour I received a call from Kelvin. He came t .o my office to see me, and the shock of bhat surprise was considerable to a man of my years. Kelvin is capable of that engaging rankness of deportment which char icterizes the man who does not see nything wrong in lying. He men ioned his investment in the branch tock as if it had been something that I should be glad to hear of. When he moved into a town, he said, it was al mays his way to get a property interest side from a mere house in which to ive. It made him feel free to go ahead nd take a hand in the town's affairs. Ele had bought this branch stock be ause it was a good investment and because it would identify him with C unbridge, which, because of its situa on, depended so much upon the rail- t ad for its prosperity. When he had finished this address, perceived that the real reason of his risit did not lie in that matter at all. rhis amicable mention of it had merelyI paved the waf for .something else. . hile he was preparing to introduce his other subject, the nature of which 1 could not guess, Donald strolled into4 he office, and, seeing Kelvin, be was I ibout to back out again. "Nothing private," said Kelvin. t Don't go on my'account. I'd be gladr o have you stay. This is a case where 1 tuperhuman agencies will be welcome-" "A case in which they would be wel- I ome to me. sir," said Donald, "would 1 be a distinct novelty in my experience." I recognized a flavor of little Rlollo < 2 this remark which let me know that Donald was disturbed in mind. "As an old resident of Tunbridge,"f said Kelvin, turning to me, "you willi -emember Ezra Walmsley."r I have already mentioned this old I niser whose mortal part-with the ex ~eption of the right hand-loy buried in ubridge cemetery. He was a mosti anpleasant creature, a sullen and bru a scoffer against all things sacred, and I mar of secret and mysterious ways. rhe house in which he lived had longi been viewed with disfavor by the su perstitious, for it had a history before Walmsley's day. It was set with a ~orner to the road and had been paint d red in some dim date of old times, but the paint had weathered to a dingyi black, upon which, in certain states of V he atmosphere, dull spots like fadedji blood stains would appear in curious j. iesigns. When Walmsley died, his1 board proved to be very small, thoughI there were stories of large sums hid den. What was found the public ad ministrator took charge of for lack of an heir. "Yes" I replied to Kelvin. "I knew im, but there is an old maxim which would prevent my saying anything! about him now that he is dead." "Don't know any good of him, ehy' -esponded Kelvin. "Well. I guess there wasn't much to know. But to get back to business. My property up here, The ms used to be called the Stoughton piace. That family in this town goes back to colonial times.. Ezra Walmsley arried a Stoughton after the family had lost its money and was nearly ex nc When Mrs. Walmsley died, she was supposed to be the very last of the Stoughton blood. Soon after ward, along In the early sixties, Walmisley, as the Licir of his wife, brought suit for this property which Is now mine. IHe cim ed that there had been no legal ti-ans "That was his contention," said I. "'A family named Westcott then owned the place. Norman Westcott, the head of: the family, was a colonel in the U'nion rmy and a fine fighting man. Because! Colonel Westcott was busy puttini down the rebellion Walmsley thought~ that the chance of making trouble with his suit was quite good, but the colo nel came back, and the suit was set ted. The whole truth never came out, so far as I know. It was very much of a mystery, as I remember. About that time Walmisley lost his right hand, nobody knew how. There was a legend that he had sold it to the devil, but if; so he didn't get his price, which could hardly have been anything else than the fine property nowv known as Kelvin "What do you suppose the facts wer" asked Kelvin. "The facts commonly known," I re plied "were that the public record of the transfer of the property from the Stoughtons to the Westcotts had been destroyed and that Colonel Westcott ould not produce any deed, or, to be: wote exact. M1rs. Westcott couldn't roduce it. .Just what happened when the colonel suddenly and unexpected ly appeared no one could find out. He may have shown the deed to: Walsley and thus have ended the proceedings, but there is another story' to the effect that Walmisley had this deed himself and that Westcott got it wawy from him either by force or by a. H ft a) 5! ti ei - to n4 - nI a., tc b ti b4 hi hi in "Come up to the house and talk it ovcr," said Kelvin. m r-said that I hbd been much over- h praised to him, but admitted that I had al made some study of documentary evi dexice bearing upon real estate titles in a that region. Every public record of any importance was destroyed by fire a3 forty odd years ago, with the result E that many a bit of property there about was in the same status as Kel- a vin Elms. 13 "If the document comes into your possessiori," said I, "it will give me fc pleasure to assist you In any way that lies within the scope of my ability." C "I've made an appointment with C Cobb for tomorrow evening," said Kel- c! in. "Meanwhile I've got your friend fr Graves Reedy keeping an eye on him a] so that if he's got the document stowed away anywhere and goes to take a look 10 at It I may be spared the expense of sl paying him for it." "Unless I misjudge Cobb," said Don ald, "he will be too shrewd to do such a thing and fully shrewd enough to find out that Mr. Reedy is watching him." h Kelvin wheeled 'around in his chair and beamed upon Donald, rubbing his knees_ meanwhile with great enthusi- r( asm. It is lucky that the man can af-, ford as many pairs of trousers as he may require, for he must wear them out fast. "Perhaps you can save us all further cI trouble In this matter," said he. "What tI do the psychic influences say about it? D Understand," he added hastily, observ- s ng that Donald looked dangerous, "I'm no scoffer. I may speak lightly of n these matters, but I'm not such a fool ti as to assert that there's nothing In b. them. Why, I've seen with my own eyes. You found those diamonds, and a I'm free to say that I don't believe tI there's another two legged creature on earth who could have followed that fel- s low's trail as you did." a "Some of the lower animals possess d remarkable instincts," said Donald, smiling. "I would not pretend to match them. As to this present mat- E ter, I am completely Ignorant. I don't know a thing about It." He arose and walked around the room. That uneasiness which was by this time familiar to my eye was upon hm. "Let me suggest," he faltered after ' several attempts to express himself, h --tyou shouldn't go too fast In this ai~ir. I'd like to help you if I could." "Come up to the house and talk it over," said Kelvin. "We don't see enough of you."p It was quite true that the Kelvins S saw little of Donald. He seemed to avoid Mrs. Kelvin when she came to s our house, though his manner toward b her when she succeeded In finding himn a was never lacking in respect. Indeedp he had the power to draw out the Very h best that was in the woman, and there were times that they were togetheru whem I have been able to understand how Mrs. Kelvin happened to be bless- e ed with so amiable a daughter.a I tried to get Donald to speak of this blackmailing affair after Kelvin had a, left us together, but he insisted that ei he had no intimations regarding it n except an unfounded belief that the b eed offered for sale by Cobb was gen- tl nine. I would rather trust one of Don- e ad's "unfounded" beliefs than any ia other kind, and I told him so, where- ri upon he plunged deeper Into the dis- E tress that always marked the approach of tue condition in which psychic rev elations were granted to him. a Presently he wandered out, and I a did not see him again until dinner time. 9 After dinner he got upon a horse, and k it was late when he returned, dusty h and tired. The night was very warm, h and we were all out of doore. Donald v sat down on the steps of the veranda at o his mother's feet, and she supported his head upon her knee. S "We have deeided to stay in Tun- t) bridge this summer," said she. "We shan't go to the seashore for August. There's, so much trouble about this It miserable stockholders' meeting, which t] doesn't occur until the 15th." v "Who have decided to stay in Tun- a bridge?" asked Donald. a "All of us," she replied. "Carl and ii your father don't feel that they can ih take any vacation before the meeting, d and by that time the summer will be 1h nearly gone. But we shall be very gay e here. Carl and I have been planning a ti lawn fete for Aug. 20, so that you and C little Amy Kelvin may dance together d on the green. 1Her father will have n been nicely beaten in his nefarious C schemes by that time, so that there'll n be no bar to perfect harmony between u the families." t "I wouldn't do it, little mother," said s: Donald softly.a "Why?" she asked, bending over him. q She had detected the serious note in s his voice. She knew that he truly n meant what he said. u Donaldson and Carl were talking ear nestly in what might be called the p background of our little group. I was ti in the middle distance. and, while os. E tensibly occupied with what the other a men were saying, I had an ear for E Donald. ti "I think it's going to rain on Aug. e 20 said he after a pause. h "Tell the truth." she commanded, g forcing him to look up into her eyes. o "Yo will not feel like giving a fete 'I on that day," said Donald hurriedly. fl "Something is going to happen. You ti will be surprised and griev'ed; you will a wish that you hadn't issued any invi- n tations for people to come here. Now, a please don't worry. Promise me that il you won't. It had to happen. You g won't ask me any more questions, will a: you? You've been such a good mother all through this crazy, dreadful sum- a mer. Wait .inst a little longer. Trust t< me and believe in me. Nobody else y loves anybody in the world so much as li I love you." s< She bent down close to him, and I b did not hear what she said, nor did 1 ci hear his reply, which was very ear- v neslW uttrd as I conld se hy the 3 :ptession of its- face. Tne ll;gnt rrom hanging lamp struck down upon him. e looked very handsome and wonder Ily like his mother. The resemblance emed to leay out into view. It was most as if her face had been mir red for a moment In his. What he id must have reassured her, for she ailed and kissed him tenderly upon e forehead. He arose presently, and I at the same ne. We walked up and down togeth on the veranda. "Have you been giving any thought Mr. Kelvin's troubles?" I asked. "I have thought what an unearthly rve the man had to come to you for sistance at this time," said Donald. "It is both amusing and interesting," replied. "Certainly I shall not refuse help him, and I shall give him my st opinion as to the genuineness of e.document if he recovers it Will get it?" Donald understood perfectly that I nsulted him as an oracle and that my estion had no reference to ordinary iman information. He twisted his Lnds nervously together before reply "Isn't Jim Bunn an expert on docu ents of that kind?" he asked. "Doesn't know almost as much as you do )out them?" "I shouldn't be surprised if he knew ore," said I. "Couldn't you arrange it so that you id Mr. Bunn and I could be at Mr. elvin's tomorrow evening?" "Undoubtedly," I replied, "but Cobb ouldn't talk before so many wit sses." Donald stood still and rubbed his rehead. "I have a curious impression about )bb," said he. "I can't seem to see )bb. Do you know a thin, sallow oeeked man with deep wrinkles drawn om his eyes to his chin, as if his nose id mouth were Inclosed in marks of Lrenthesis? le's got a queer, side ng gait and always carries his left Loulder ahead of him when he walks." "I don't know such a man," said I, d yet I seem t: be reminded of mebody." "If there were any person of that de ription," said Donald, "I'd say that would bring that paper to Mr. Kel n. We might ask Mr. Bunn tomor w. He kncws eve ;. i .-1::0in forty les of Tunbridge." Next morning on my way to the ofice called at The Elms and repeated onald's proposal to Kelvin, who ac pted it readily. :Afterward I laid e case before Bunn and mentioned onald's sketch of the person whom he med to see delivering the deed. "The devil!" cried Bunn, whose rves were in an even worse condi >n than usual. "That's old Walmsle) mself!" The description certainly fitted him, id yet I was not prepared to believe at he would rise from the grave in hich he had lain for more than a ore of years and atone for the fraud :tempted in his life by restoring the >cument upon which it had depended. CHAPTER XII. YSTERY OF THlE DEAD MISER's HAND (CONTINUED). KELVIN had named half past 9 o'clock as the time when he would receive his erring serv ant. It may have been an hour riier that Donald, Jim Bunn and. I ent to The Elms. We were treated somewhat as if we d been a band of conspirators and ere ushered with appropriate secrecy to a small room opening off the libra .It was dimly lighmted, and the cur Lns were closely drawn, making the ace very uncomfortable on a warm imer night. Graves Reedy was there, much to my irprise, for I supposed that he would shadowing Cobb. The detective's anner revealed to me that strictly ofessional cheerfulness with which a bears adversity. "Cobb has disappeared," said Kelvin. iEr. Reedy has lost track of him." "Temporarily, temporarily," respond I Reedy. "We shall pick him up ;ain." He then went on to explain how this cident had happened. Cobb had tak 1up his abode in a little hotel which cst of us in Tunbridge would have en glad to see the last of, and from us place in the course of the previous ening Cobb had withdrawn himself ia manner so secret as to elude the smarkably keen eyes of Mr. Graves edy. The detective had promptly discov -ed the fact of the fellow's absence, ad, being firmly convinced that the [air of the deed and the bogus heir 'as a plot in which Joe Harvey, the .wyer, was intimately concerned, he ad gone to ,Uarvey's house, but Cobb ad not appeared there, nor had he re ealed himself during the remainder Sthe ight and the following day. "He's gone to get the document," id Kelvin. with decision. "I think at his disappearance is a good sign." I turned to Reedy for his opinion. "There's another way or looking at ," said he. "You must remember that us job may not be on you, Mr. Kel in. I've explained that already," he Ided, turning to mec. "Cobb was in jail, ad he wanted to get out. So he gets to communication with this shyster ug lawyer, convinces him that the eed which Mr. Kelvin wants is in ex tece, puts up the job of the pretend Walsley heir and induces Harvey furnish $500 cash bail In order that obb may get out of jail and find the ied. You see, Harvey could get his toney back any time by surrendering obb, so he doesn't think that he risks tuch. But Cobb really hasn't any doe ment to produce. All he wanted was get out of limbo, and, being out, he rips, leaving Harvey hung up in the Er for half a thousand. This looks aiite reasonable to me, and when I tid that we'd pick up Cobb I didn'r. can that we'd necessarily pick him p in this town." There was a silence following this :esentationl of the case, and during e interval I happened to notice Jim unn eying Donald in a questioning ny. In regard to Donald's powers unn had the most marked alterna ons of skepticism and belief. He was idently more deeply interested than cared to own. He was by nature -edy for the marvelous and capable great excitement over mysteries. here had been periods when he had equented such "mediums" as adver se in the newspapers and had sought Ivice upon business matters from the Lst absurd sources. It was ever his -ay to be convinced in a monient and men to change his attitude to one of eneral and feverish incredulity quite unreasoning as his belief had been. In regard to Donald, I think he was uch Influenced by Carl Archer, who k a frivolous view of the subject; at Bun would have been giad to be i;'e the contrary. H~e was looking for >e great revelation that would have at one nterpretation, and he had wel >ined this chance to go with us to Kel ns In .the hope of seeing that which ou1d set all his doubts at rest-per hips in the fear or seeing It, for he had a deep seated terror of the supernat ural. le felt, as I did, that Donald would not have gone to that house unless he had known that he had work to do there. Always in such cases there seemed to be a great Impelling force urging Donald onward despite the re luctance of his will. "Well," said Bunn at last, unable to restrain his impatience any longer, "what do you think of it, Don?" "Don't ask me," responded the boy gloomily. "I don't know anything about it. If I could only think of some possible way" He paused and was very unwilling to proceed, though we all urged him. Finally he said: "If I could think of any way that this document could be returned with out Cobb's having anything to do with it-Cobb, Harvey or any of that crew why, then I'd know what I was talk Ing about." "You are thinking ot the man whom :rou described to me," said L He shook his head. , e decided I was mistaken," he re pilcd. "That man can't bring back the deed." "Why?" asked Bunn In a sort of gasp. It evidently required a great effort for Donald to answer him. "Because," be said, as if the words were forced out of him, "the man's dead." Bunn looked at me and nodded. "What did I tell you?" he whispered. "Walmsley!" "I am inclined to think," said Donald, "that I was mixing the past with the future. That's the great trouble with this foolish business. I don't doubt that you've all had similar experiences. Everybody must have them once in awhile. Something comes into your mind; you see it; you know it for an actual occurrence. But it has no time. There's nothing to tell you whether the thing is going to happen a hundred years from now or whether it happen ed a hundred years ago." "There's the little matter of clothes," suggested Reedy. Donald showed mild surprise. "You don't always see clothes, of course," said Donald as if he couldn't bring himself to believe that Reedy had been serious. "You see the thing that has no need of clothes or of flesh and bones-the essence of an action. If you should strike me with a knife, Mr. Reedy, do-you suppose that there'd be nothing in the act except your arm and the weapon? You might as well say that there'd be nothing but ytur coat sleeve or your skin. Within the sleeve, within the skin, within the mus cle and the bone, is something far more important." "I guess you're getting out of my line," said Reedy. "There may be something of the kind, but I never saw It.", "I am surprised," replied Donald. "But the point is," said Kelvin, bring ing his practical mind to bear upon the question, "shall we get hold of that pa per? Now, let's bring it right down to business. I'll give you or any other man $1,000 for it. Yes, and I'll hear ar gument on the question of more mon ey." I expected to see Donald get up and walk out of the house, but he seemed to be too deeply absorbed in his own' thoughts or visions, or whatever they can be called, to take note of what Kelvin had said. "We shall know all about this mat ter in a few minutes," said Reedy, looking, at his watch. "If Cobb doesn't come, it's all off. And he'll be here on time if he's coming." We waited, therefore, with such pa tience as we could command. At twen ty minutes past 0 Kelvin went Into the library, which was dark. Thereafter we looked at our watches at least once a minute until a quarter before 10, when Kelvin came to the door and said in a tone of disappointment: "The fellow hasn't shown up." "There's no use in waiting any Ion ger," said Reedy. "No Cobb; no deed. Your title is safe, Mr. Kelvin. The whole thing was a fake." "There Is a deed, though," said Don ad so softly that no one but Bun and I heard him. "And somebody, some body, will deliver It here-the same man whom I have seen. By heavens, dead or alive, he will produce that docu ment this night!" Bunn took me suddenly by the arm, and, I could feel that he was trembling with excitement "There are queer things in tl-is world, Mr. Harrington," he whisgred. "I don't know just what to expect, do you?" "I expect Walmsley's ghost, If you ask me," said I, with a laugh, and the remark lacked very little of being per fectly sincere. At 10 o'clock Kelvin gave up the vigil and summoned us all Into the library. He had turned up the lights, and the room was bright. "I am sorry to have given you all this trouble, Mr. Harrington," said he, "but I had reason to expect a different end ing of this affair." "I don't think that it's ended yet," I responded. "Donaid says that the deed will be restored." "Well," said Kelvin, "I hope he's right. I'd like to get the thing off my mind. It would be worth money to me, as I've told you. I've got other things to think about." I was well aware that one of the things to which he referred was my own destruction, but this was a time of truce in our warfare, and I felt un der obligations to let the subject rest Indeed, my attention was almost imme diately attracted to Donald, who had advanced to the end of a long and heavy table of black oak, the top of which was bare. He was staring down at this table, and his attitude was rigid. Bunn spoke to him twice and even laid a hand upon his arm, but the boy did not stir. Presently, however, he shook him self and stood erect "I have a curious fancy," he said. "Mr. Kelvin, may I ask you where you got this table? It's a queer question" "That was in the house," said Kelvin. "It's very old." 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