The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 28, 1911, Page SEVEN, Image 7
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SHADOW |
(A Story of i
Hypnotism |
By ETHEL B. HAYNES |
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ittella Brooks looked wistfully nt
prospective buyer. "I'm very anxto
sell tbe place." she said slowly,
or offer is satisfactory to me, but
rdly think you will want it after I
> told you about the shadow." As
uttered the last word all the color
k>k her cheeks, ar^d she looked
b older.
pa needn't say a word about It un oa
want to relieve your mind.'
ftke It even If the shadow Is a
ansunxl Mr. Baker warmly.
Hn't an ordinary ghost." protest^Blla.
"In fact It lsD't a ghost :
1 tell myself I can't believe
and be a member of the
Hat tbe same time, but it's very !
Boat tbe shadow should be there.
Be same."
Kv it to me, please." requested
Books, and in silence Estella led
By down the front steps to the
hut opened into tbe highroad,
"she paused and turned, facing
PH^png farmhouse, with its low pitcb^Hof
and many gabled windows.
Hook there," sho said simply, pointj^Vup
at the roof of the house. "The
Ha Is behind the clouds, yet what is
Kre to cast a shadow like that on I
Re roof?"
Mr. Thomas Baker scanned the red
stained shingles with a critical eye. I
He glanced up at the sky, a mass of ;
gray leaden couds; he looked at Estella
standing beside him with every I
< a muscle tense<L her wide brown eyes
F . staring at the roof. v
" "I cant see anything, Miss Brooks."
J be said gently.
< Estel la turned a disappointed face
to his. "1 was afraid you couldn't see
anything. Bat if8 there, right between
the two chimneys, a great black
shadow as plain as can be on the roof. |
I suppose ifs only for the family to !
see and remember P
"Tell me about it if you care to.
. Miss Brooks. But I assure you that
i''t ' ?
it tfon't make any difference in my
read the letter she bad left for his
perusal be lei me out to the gate
yonder and. pointing to the roof of
the house, be said solemnly:
"'Estella, there Is a shadow on our
house. Do you see that grim, black
shadow of disgrace staining Its pure
roof? Look long at It Your sister's
defiance of me and ber elopement with
a penniless stranger has broken my
^Kv heart Mark well the shadow on our
roof, for It wi:i never pass away?not
In your lifetime or miner
"I looked, and. Mr. Baker. I saw the I
shadow, grim and black and shapeless.
lying there where no shadow had
ever rested l>efore. The day was
cloudy and forbidding, even as tt Is
now. and yet the shadow lay there,
and It has always lain there since
that day when my sister went away.
Nearly every day my father would
take me out to the gate and show me J
the shadow ar.d repeat his denuncla
goo or isaroai*. tie uieu uve rwre j
ago. and I have been left alone with ;
the shadow on the roof, for beyond a |
letter now and then I have rarely j
beard from Bai-bara."
"I see," said that gentleman, with
an air of undden enlightenment
"Now, before It go back to town this
afternoon and before I pay the money
to bind the bargain I would like to
ask yon a quesilon. Hiss Brooks. Now >
' - decision. 1*11 take Wistaria rarm n
P yon will accept my offer."
'Til tell you about the shadow first." 1
1: ' said Estella. leading the way back to ;
^ the deep Shaded veranda. "After I
that, if you want to conclude the bar- |
gain, I am quite ready. My father
was a very stern man. cold by nature.
( but possessing a powerful magnetism !
that bound his family to him by cords
PPt> of fear as well as love. My mother
H ; died while I was a little girl, and my
sister and I were brought up under
my father's strict rule. As Barbara,
thee f my sister, grew older she seemed to
q develop the same magnetism, and so
v. it was that her will and my father's
I often clashed over little matters and
at last over larger affairs,
h- "About ten years ago Barbara was
r twenty and 1 was twenty-five. My j
sister met ai.d fell in love with a
young man who wrote poems for a
living. He wus spending the summer 1
in Riverd&le. and he wrote verses |
about Barbara's beautiful eyes and
her lovely hair, and of course he was j
in love with her. My father dlscov- i
eved the vers** and forbade him the J
bouse, arraigning him in the most
stinging terms, accusing him of seeking
to marry Barbara for the little J
patrimony that woold one day be hers. ,
calling him a beggarly scribbler and
saying other 1;errlble things, although |
he really was a most manly fellow,
and 1 liked him exceedingly. As for :
my sister, poor Barbara was deeply In j
love with him from the beginning, and
when my father sent her lover away,
tossing the daiplsed verses after him.
Barbara defied father to his face and
declared she would marry Allen la
^)lte of everything.
"That night she bade me farewell 1
and went away with Allen Searle and
was . larried by her own minister here
in Riverdale. In the morning when
'o Hk/vkrorwl hftr flichf nnrt
that yon have honored me with yonr
confidence, will you tell me whether
you wouid change your mind about
selling the farm if the shadow were
removed?" lie bent forward and
scanned her fa> .? v?i:b eager eyes.
"If there was no <hacl w there?ar (i
if L.arL.ia iot;.d come back son;*
times?if we could i>e reconciled -1
would be the happiest woman in the
wond. Mr. Baker.'" she cried, with
tears in her eyes. "Wistaria farm ;
has always been my home?always
wonld be If It were not for the
shadow. Besides, you see my father
disinherited Barbara, and 1 want to
give her her rightful share of his estate.
If it is turned into money 1 can
accomplish it better."
"I see?I see." muttered Mr. Baker
thoughtfully. "I believe I'll take that
8:30 back to town, but first I'll pay
something down to bind the bargain,
and if you change your mind about
selling it I'll let you off. I shall return
tomorrow, and. with your permission.
1 will bring a friend with
me"
The next day he came down from
the city in a large touring car that contained
several veiled and goggled passengers
In the tonneau. Mr. Baker !
came down the path, accompanied by
a short stout man with protul>erant '
blue eyes behind thick lensed s|>ectaclee.
Eetella met them at the front
steps.
"Won't the lady come In?" she Inquired
as she led the way into the
darkened parlor and threw open the
blinds.
"Not now, thank yon. Miss Brooks
Allow me to present my friend Dr. j
Ganung. Would yon object to telling
the doctor the story of the shadow on
your roof? He is an expert at expelling
shadows of that sort"
There was no resisting Thomas Bak- J.
er*s winning smile, and so besita ingly
Est el la related the story of her sister's
flight and how her father had shown ,
her the shadow on the roof.
Dr. Ganung listened intently, never;
once removing his bright eyes from
Estella's mild brown orbs. When she
had concluded he spoke brusquely.
"If you will accompany me to tbe i
gate. Miss Brooks, I will dispel the' j
shadow forever. Have no doubt, have r
no fear, madam." he assured her as 1
Estella's brows were arched lncredu- I
lously. "Come with me to the gate, I (
and I will dispel the shadow," he re-1
pee ted In a monotonous voice.
A dreamy look came Into Estella's,1
eyes, and In utter silence she arose .
and preceded the two men out of the ,
house and down the path to the gate.
The three turned and faced the <
house. The summer sunshine lay warm
on the red roof, and there was no
shadow save the foreshortened shad-, ^
ows of the two great chimneys. s
Dr. Ganung lifted his hands lmpres- .
slvely before Estella's face. "Do you
the shadow. Miss Brooks?" he In- ?
quired harshly.
"Yes." she said evenly. "It lies be-',
tween the two great chimneys, a arge, i
imegular blot on our roof, yet there is I
nothing between that and the sun to (
oron o noostnp
L*UM a DUaUVTTi uuu Vf vu v*
Cloud!" T
"Now yon do not see the shadow ]
because It has never been there. You s
will never see It again. There never !
has been a shadow on the house and *
you will forget all about It and never 1
think of It when you awake." The }
doctor repeated his hypnotic suggestions
with monotonous regularity un- J
til Estella's eyes closed. They carried *
her to a summer bouse near by and ]
placed her In a chair, and she ccntin- j
ued in the hypnotic sleep until the
motor returned and the veiled lady 3
alighted and came down to the sum- i
mer house accompanied by a tall, j.
slight. Intellectual looking man. The
woman fell on her knees beside Ea- '
tella and wept bitterly. i
When Estella awoke she was alone ?
with her sister Barbara and Allen
8earle. "I've had such a teiTlble (
dream, Barbara." she said after the ! 6
delight of greeting was over. *T can't! \
recollect It sufficiently to tell you, but j.
It hung over me like a black cloud,
but the cloud has departed." : 3
"Forever, dear Estella," whlsj-ered 1 (
Barbara as she placed her urns j.
around her daaed sister.
"I came very near selling the place, j
Barbara, dear. I don't know wh it to ]
do about It" said Estella. puzzled. t
"Keep It or sell It to Tom Baker, as
you please, dear. Tom Is Allen's half
brother, and they are In business to- \
gether In town. It will make a lovely j
summer borne for all of us do matter
which member of the family owrs it
In the winter you shall come to us." i ;
"Mr. Baker writes poems, too, I sup- i
pose," ventured Estella. glancing with .
Interest at the tallest of the three
men ntandlnir In a little fiTOUD OU aide C
tbe arbor. ! |
Barbara uttered her old light hearted
laugh. "Dear me, no! Allen is a
poet by nature and has scribbled lots
of pretty verses, but as for makl ig a
living by It, he simply can't do 1^ I
hope you won't be shocked, bui: he
and Tom are In tbe most romantic sort
of business Imaginable." (
''What Is that?" Inquired Estella eagerly,
for she discovered a growing t
Interest In big Tom Baker. ' {
"Wholesale paint and varnish?there! i r
Not much poetry In that. Is there?"
At that moment Dr. Ganung was f
shaking his head vigorously at his \
two companions. "Not a doubt of It ! (
my dear sirs. Miss Brooks' father was
a hypnotist She has seen the shadew >
merely through his powerful sugges- 1
Hon that It was there. It Is a dangerous | (
gift especially If It Is badly used."
Allen Searle nodded gravely and
then smiled as Tom Baker said, with 1
a proprietory gesture toward the un ]
conscious Estefla, "I'll watch her care- 1
fnlly, yon can depend upon me. doc- ,
tor." And then he had the grace to J
blush, for he caught tbe glance of
understanding In their eyes. <
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c.r .che and pains In the bowels and
lmbs. I have found nothing to
? ur.l them and they are ull that is \
I claimed for them." j <
J. W. SEDGE. Blue Springs. Mo. '
At all drupglsts?25 doses 25 cents. ;
N;ver sold in bulk.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. |
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A Card.
To the Tobacco Planters and My
Friends of Williamsburg and Adjoining
Counties:?
Once again I find myself without
i warehouse in Kingstree to do busness
for the tobacco season of 1912.
This past year (1911) my warehouse
[The Farmers') was rented from unJer
me to some North Carolinians
without my getting a chance at it.
CVhen I left here in October to engage
in the warehouse business in
Virginia I thought I had an option
>n the Central warehouse here, but
>n my return a week ago, I was informed
that a North Carolinian had
stepped in and rented that one also,
;hrough a misunderstanding, so you
iee where I'm at now.
However, I have not given up all
lopes,as I am doing my best to get a
lew and larger house built in the
;entre of town, and if I succeed I
will let you know at an early date. I
Vleantime I should like to hear from j
some of my friends who are tobacco j
growers, if they think it advisable 1
:or me to try and get a good house
lere; also would like to ask any of
rou what those people from North
Carolina have ever done for you?
Save thev ever given you any seed?
3o they live here with you, and do
rou believe that they can get any
nore for your tobacco than the peoile
here that you know? I myself
lave been in the warehouse business
?or the past fifteen years at Manning
ind here,and have always done all I
:ould for every person that entrusted
his tobacco to me. and I believe
;hat any of you who know me beieve
that I can get as much for
rour tobacco as any man. But the
>wners of the warehouses here don't
;eem to think so.
Should I get a warehouse at
iCingstree, Mr U J fcJpps will be incrested
with me.
In conclusion, will say that I will
lave plenty of good tobacco seed here
>y January 1, free to all. You will
ind them at Milhous & Jennings' .
md Mr W T Wilkins' stores.
Thanking you for your patronage
n the past and hoping to be able to lo
business with you again in 1912,
am.
Yours very truly, (
VV Roger McIntosh. j
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on Tuesday, January 9, 1912, ,
Tom 12:35 p. m. to 3:05 p. m.
rhere should be a full attendance ,
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DR. R. C. McCABE
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M. A. WOODS,
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DENTIST,
LAKE CITY, - - - S. C.
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DR. R. J, MCCABE.
Dentist.
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