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At this point Ml6s Vaughn Interrupt*1 1
ed mo by suddenly falling forward, J
with her head In her hands. I think It 1
must have been five minutes that she
wept and sobbed, and I was both dis- I
tressed and alarmed, though she kept 1
assuring me that she was not ill and 1
that she was vei^y happy. When she 1
had recovered some share of self com- <
mand, she begged me to give her n '
trial in the school. i
"I should so love that work," she t
\ said over and over again. "I know I *
should succeed." 1
The Idea seemed to enchant her. She ^
spoke of her own powers with confl- <
dence. She became brlllinnt, enthuslas- <
tic, splendid?In fact, precisely the sort ^
of girl to Inspire the right feeling In our B
young women of Tunbridge who must
take up too late in life the heavy men- A
tal tasks of childhood. ' c
I was greatly embarrassed and a vie- ^
-tim of that nervous dissatisfaction
which comes to a rational, practical r
man when lie blunders into a good and n
tef^mwir-tT^iTforboVn of u* ^
that 1 had" come to call upon Mir,*? J1
Vaughft. and It distressed me to know ?
that she would always credit me with
a kindness, even though I should eon "
fess In tho most open manner that I \
had como upon a wholly li.iTc vent ex- <
? rand. '
While-1 hesitated the poor girl was ^
on the rack. Her nervousness was un
controllable. She began to scribble
with the pencil and to twist the sheets
of paper In her lingers without know- ^
log what she was doing. Sce.'ng this, 1
came straight to the point. ^
"It's a simple matter" of business,",
said I; "rather sudden, of course, but
you mustn't mind that. The position is h
.yours If you'll take It, and, for my own
part, I'm more than content. We'll
make the salary satisfactory and let it
begin Immediately, though the school f
doesn't open for some weeks."
The cruzy pencil stopped, and the c
dear child who lins been like my own n
daughter from that moment looked up r
into my eyes while the tears shone upon
her cheeks.
Now, this may seem a small matter
to cause so much emotion, but it must .
be remembered that -Dorothy hud been
at Her wirs cuu since hit uuiii m ucitui. i i
. We forget sometimes that the term "a 4
living" has close connection with the j 1
verb "to live." Whether u penniless |
girl Is alone in the world or a man j *
fighting in the heart of a mob feels a ' (
pistol pressed against his head, it it *3
much the same. We should not look
for perfect calm. And that is the evil
of our present social system, that it <
puts the poor and the distressed ever ]
at their worst and their weakest. It is i
grand to see u human being ataijd unmoved
in deadly peril, but as a business
tnn>? I cannot say that wo produce
the best possible results in this world ,
by mnklng life one long, mortal emerf;
k gency for the majority of our species.
Witi\p 1 was endeavoring .to make 1
| Dorothy understand that I was no an\
gel sent from beantetn but only a carpet
^ \ manufacturer from Tunbridge, N. J.,
\ ' my glance happened to fall upon the
sheets of paper on the table, und 1 observed
with surprise that she bad been >
writing a man's name. She must havewritten
it, in whole or in part, at least
a hundred times. It was Donald Donaldson.
"I was only scribbling," she snld, detecting
me,In tile importinonce of rend'
ing over her shoulder. "That's nothing
tt'all."
"Do you mean tlint It's a fictitious
name?" I asked, greatly surprised.
"It's nobody that / know," she snld,
with a glance of quick inquiry at me.
I assured her with all sincerity that
the name was a total stranger to my
ears. It was such an awkward, tongue
twisting name that no one could forget
it.
"Did yon fancy that it might bay$
V"" 1 * "x_l *
Loton & Son,
kJs,
UrVUSINESS
0 see us.
IAL A* ANY CAN CIVE YOU
tURCES ARE UNSURPASSED.
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tttiicii Is the Key of the Seven
ON, JR.
By HOWARD FIELDING
dooii suggested t>y my mind to yours,"
I asked; "that I might have been think*
ing of this man?"
"Oh, no!" she cried hastily. "That
s impossible?certainly impossible for
no. I am a normal minded girl, just
Ike any other. Whatever I have done
n?in that tvay is only what all people
:an do if they are silly enough t/> '??- j
t'leMRc, plvasu don't nSk mo about it!
J vvna vnrxr nnvlono *1'4 v *
*vaj uu.v.UUO VW UU DU, Ut'lUg I
lioroughly convinced that I had stum- 1
>led upon n genuine and rcmarkuble
nauifestution of occult power,but Miss
Vaughn was In a state of great nervals
tension, and It would have been
ruol to press unwelcome questions.
Jo we talked a little while about the
chool, and she was soon at her best?
lappy, hopeful and earnest. Her tnind
vas ns bright and quick as tf bird's
ye, and she loved the suuny and pure
icights.
That evening, in Mr.* Burnhain's
ooin, I mentioned the Incident of- ?ho
nme. tnat had been
lade of Miss Vaughn's power, and
!iey were all sincere men with trained
itelligence. They were greatly interBted
by the occurrence, and they ques- '
loned me closely. It wns with much
ifflculty that I convinced them that I
ad ne\cr known a man named DonId
Donaldson and could not have innenoed
Miss Vaughn In this matter,
"arlous views were expressed, though
one was of any great Importance,
ut when Ilackett and I had gone to
ur hotel and were smoking together
tefore retiring, my partner, who had
reserved an almost complete silence
uring the evening, said: I
'T have nn Idea."
"What is it?" I asked eagerly, but
ie would not tell me.
"Walt till tomorrow," wns nil that I
ould get out of him.
While we were at breakfast on the
olfowing morning a messenger boy
wrought a telegram to Hnckett. He
ipened it and glanced at the contents."
["hen he took a bit of paper from his
(ocket and Irtid It before me, sayings
"I sent that last night, and this is the
eply:
I rend as follows:
5r. Harold Whiting, Boston:
Have learned that Donald Donaldson la
he mnn whom you referred to In your
nlk with us. C??n you give us his present
tddress? s. k. Hackett.
And this:
I. K. Hackett, New Haven:
Not at liberty to do so. Don't let Donaldson
think that I gave ypu hi? ?*? "
t'hls !s Important. Harold whttitto.
Hackett chuckled softly.
"Of course his address was easy
enough to get," said be. "There's a
New York directory in this hotel. Donaldson
is a clerk at 40 Wall street."
CHAPTER III.
THE. MESSAGE KltOM JAPAN.
IN the week following my visit to
New Haven 1 had the pleasure of
meeting Donald Donaldson. In
the meantime I had made a careful
Investigation of Ills character and
ability. The result was surprising.
Rarely have I heard a man so highly
praised, yet this appreciation seemed
to have done him no good. The most
InfluenthiWfeBiber of the firm that employed
him told me that Donaldson
was a wonder In a business way, and
yet, so fur as I could leurn, nothing
had been done for his advancement in
two yenrs except that a few dollars
had been added to his weekly wuge?
which was still disgracefully small.
At the age of twenty-four he had become
familiar with the dull pang of
discouragement. He kuew that he was
serviceable In Jils place, and he had no
fenr of tbo 16m of it; indeed be feared
much more tbc prospect of retaining it
to the end of his days. He lacked aggressive
selfishness and the rude, obvious
signs of self esteem.
It was my intention to call on liim
/ /V
at 12 o'clock and suggest that wo take
luncheon together, but 1 was somewhat
delayed, and when 1 entered the hall
of the great building Donaldson was
just stepping out of one of the elevators.
I knew him instautly by description.
There was the usual hurrying throng.
Donaldson saw no one whom he knew,
and he gave no face a second glauce,
but almost every one who had the opportunity
looked twice at him. It
would be hard to say why. for his appenrunce
was, on the whole, conven- '
tionnl. lie was upward of six feet in'
height, yet had not the look of a tall
man. His countenance was Agreeable
. when one had eotf ? to kno^him. and
his brown eyes wfWr capable of much
variety of expression; but, as a rule,
they seemed to bo somewhat vacant.
Folhvjj: <neir glance, and it ^'ould^ftj^f <
a?eWv$?lrT KY/y. and it may ]
have been this appearance of focusing <
liis gaze upon a point where nothing
was visible to others that made Don- <
aldson's aspect notable. <
When I spoke his name, be turned i
his glance upon me slowly and with n i
slight characteristic effort, as though i
his attention were#beiug withdrawn i
unwillingly from some other object
"Yes?" said he. t
. "You were going to luncheon, I suppose',"
said. I. "Will you permit me to f
offer you my card and to suggest that I
we lunch together?" p
was going to the Welleslea dairy," a
returned Donaldson, with a faint smile, H
"Suppose we try Bertram's?" I sug- t:
gested. naming the be^ of the downtown
restaurants at that time. "As ii
you are my guest, I must guarantee u
the cooking, and I am not familiar I
with the Welleslea." ii
"I con_gratn'?*~ ? -?*?*; sriv" he replietCT
rainillnrlty breeds both contemnnn?u
dyspepsia; Bertram's, bv nil raeaus." hi
. His manner did not pie*so me, though hi
It was courteous enough. It evidenced bl
that peculiar selfishness which is bred
of despondency, that general disro- o<
gnrd which springs from personal dissatisfaction
Tlof.lfr, nrn .
? ?v.v.*. t? v ft t?v.ury ocp **?
trnm's I had said to myself, "This man la
has been much overpraised." In
We spoke of the aspect of business,
and what he snid seemed common- ci
place. Yet his words were like his bs
looks?slipping by. unobserved. Weeks g<
later I discovered with surprise that it
Donaldson could look over "
nuiWSniH.'M no nad made in tnnr'urai
interview recurred to my mind, and I U*
saw how the foresight in them might wi
have been turned to my advantage. n
At the moment, however. I was dis- *u
appointed and felt disposed to abandou
my intention of offering Donaldson an -ns
excellent position. I could sco that pe
flackett, who was waiting for us at al
Bertram's, was not favorably Impress- "I
ed at first. And altogether if Don- la
aldson had but known our minds he ed
would have had cause for great anx- yo
lety. for the proposal which we had J
thought of making to him meant no nfi
less than a career if he should prove sti
worthy. stj
All this was. in a tsense, apart from l?
our interest In the young man as a th
psychic. As to that matter wo were wi
determined upon nn investigation if it -vi
could be made without too great an dc
intrusion. During the past week we a
had gleaned considerable information
about the story which Dr. Whiting of ot
Boston had so steadfastly concealed,
and it seemed to us to furnish by far ra
the best Instance of so called supernat- J1
ural manifestation that we had yet en- ai
countered. Therefore when the time w
seemed ripe for it I said to him:
"Are you not the Mr. Donaldson who
had a singular experience in regard to
his brother?" <1<
lie frowned slightly, and his hand,
lying upon the tablecloth, opened and
shut nervously. . .CI
fitimetnaF you are not asking from idhi j
mirfnoitT? " I IC
"Far from tt." I replied. "We are 1
attempt!:^ a very serious and careful 1
Investigation of this subject It is
probablo that we shall give the re- vl
mainder of our lives to it and we hope **
to leave an important work behind
us." r<
"I should not care to have the thing
published," said Donaldson, with a bit- S(
tcr arolle.
I assured him that the usual anonym- n
ity would be preserved. M
"The Society For Psychical Research w
got after me ouce," said he. "I sue- y
ceeded In dodging It You will under- v
stand that this is a subject one doesn't
like to speak about" ^
"I don't know," remarked Hackett
"Since we took up this thing, we've 8
been followed by a procession, and it's P
getting longer every minute." \ ft
"A procession of what?" ask'ed Don- r
aldson, with a laugh.
"That's the point," assented my partner.
*
Donaldson looked across the table.
There was a chair opposite him In s
which nobody was sitting. ?
"Is this your only motive for seeking c
this Interview?" be naked. And-both I
llnckett and I glanced involuntarily <
at tbc vacant place, as If expecting an
answer from that quarter. After a c
pause whlcb and A somewhat startling
effect I admitted, with hesitation, that '
ARi k! ': J.- spf* -fry .r
'ihCV* fr. *- ** ' Y .<
ar j- .
we ball had a matter of business in
mind. i:
"As for the other thing," said Donaldson,
"if you take hie for a*psychic
marvel, you will ho disappointed. In
one single instance"?
Hacki Jt checked liim by a gesture.
"That'i the whole of it," he said;
"one single Instance which a practical
man can get a fair hold of ought to settle
the q-.cation."
"There are many cases," I added,
"which ii;e merely difficult to explain?
genuine, |>erhaps, but too complicated
jo repay study or to mark the individual
os possessing more than a slight
supejrsoiujtiveness; for we are all clnirTO.vtf&ts
more or less, if the power really
human creature. And
the proui*'m ,s to prove once and for all
thatePTTT-nf an ordinary mortal
^*r*T of this day nuj generation may
trauseeud his b; dy, may TWfc its own
[takers independently of this covering
it flesh."
Donaldson became noticeably excit?<L
IIis demeanor suggested Hint of
?e who is struggling to repel a vague
iccusntion. I lis face took on a pceulap
expression, and his voice, though
lot louder than before, became more
ntensc and vibrant.
"Do you take me for a clairvoyant?"
ic demanded.
"I believe you to be one of the" very
ew men in the world who can nbsoutely
prove that you possess such a
lower," said I. "You saw half wnv
round the world or entirely through
t, Mr. Donaldson, once for a certain- '
jr."
."Beeausi^I once saw what happened
i Japan,", he cried,. "do you expect
ic to do It again? Do you think that
can sit here and tell you what is gg- J
i IU6 ?'' 1
lie paused with a slight shudder, and
Is head fell forward upon his hands, 1
is elbows being braced upon the ta- \
le.
"The devil!" he muttered. "This Is "
id!"v 1
lie turned slowly about in his chair 1
ad stared across the room. Then he ?
ughed nervously, as one whose feel- :1
igs are relieved. ?
"This will show you how much oc- 1
lit power I possess." said he. "I s
id a icry strong impression that a 11
mtleinan named Harold Waiting was
auud.ng behind me. Wluting Is one 11
jtlie fellows who weie resent when '
ItOll n.n * ? - - ? ... -A. d
es. Yet 1 could have sworn that he
is looking at the back of tuy head. 1
lat's the sort of clairvoyant that I
a."
lie's been out in the hall for the v
st three minutes." said Hackett in a 0
culinrly expressionless tone which '
ways means something with him. '
've seen hltu standing by the. door.
Iking with two other men. lie walkaway
Just before you looked over
mr shoulder." .
Donaldson seemed dazed. He turned
;ain toward the doorway, which was
raiglit behind him. and at that inant
Hackett pointed with his thumb
the contrary direction. I then saw
at there was a mirror let into the i
ill. it was rather high to give a
ew of the door to a person sitting
iwn at our table, but Donaldson was
tall man and sat erect.
'This is very remarkable," said Hackt
dryly.
There was a pause full of ernbarssnient.
For my own part I was
;eply distressed and Inclined to bo
igry wltb Donaldson. He himself
as very uervons and ill at ease. lie
it there, wringing his hands gently
meatk the table, and I seemed to feel
>at the palms of them were wet. Sud>uly
a voice said:
"Why, deacon! Is it really you?"
We all sturted, as if delected in a
Iiy.c, and there stood Dr. Whiting at
onnhtson's elbow.
"I passed the door Just now," said he.
Jognltw^ h'litnpse of your back, but
was half way }}}c un}''
should have looked you up lateh."
lie gave its a greeting, and we in- <
ited him to take the vacant place at i
te table. 1
"We were speaking of your friend's t
minrkuble experience." said I. <
Whiting glanced hastily at Donald- i
>n. i
"I don't know lyjw you got him tc
lention it," he said. "After the first |
ronder of it had passed awiVy he al- . i
rayd avoided the subject with me. lie
ond question, Mr. Harrington, tuui
ras the most completely marvelous
liing that ever happened on this earth,
i'by. he described to me"?
"Don't, old chap," groaned Donald'
on. "I hate to think of it 1 have exlalned
to these gentlemen that it was
wholly isolated occurrence, that 1
eally have 110 unusual powers"?
"Let ua be the judges of that," said 1. I
Give Dr. Whiting permission to tell
be story."
"You have been very courteous and
inccre in this matter," said Donaldson
nrnostly, "and i am unwilling to dl?
ibllge you. Tell Just what happened,
iarold, as briefly as you fan and get it
>ver with."
He subsided into an attitude of pas
live endurance. - |
"These are the facts," said Whiting.
'Donaldson was in Harvard whenr 1
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(to :
OUR resources are not fabt
on earth, nor do we d<
BUT we are here among th
ample means for all
enough to tike rare of
WE CO.ME, backed up hy a good r<
made irreproaehuhle 1
WE ARE here to stay and we sc
accommodation consis
Interest Raid on
Herchants and Plan
\vr?8 51 Rt\Ut(Tt in tin* inuiih'ht buuooi
and a proctor in one of the buildings.
That's Low 1 came to know liiin "
"Broke up .1 riot in my room." interjected
|tope.'?!>-:>11 "We had knocked
down the chandelier It's a proctor's
duly to presi" \e i.rder Whiting came
in v.":tli an I in! an ^!ul> in each hand
and prexerxed . t."
"Al'tt t gredtTttl ion he eatne to New
York " continued Whiiing. "llis broth
er was here Henry, ahout ten years
older titan In.nalcJ I was taking a spe
eittl eourse ol study in this city at the
i:r.:e lictiry Donaldson whs a note
seller in the I>ey t'trect hunk, ami lit
i; ill 11st* ml: for; u:.c to i-ec. me involved
in tlu? tr. nhle iv ; r< three years
go. Von way it t ml ; i1."
"Not CoIi:i:tel<1
"iSoinel .. !y it a-, y v. i.'.i $1."?0.000,"
said W'iiiii: ;;. "Of c.wrsc 1 :iecl not
-.ay that Henry IV mh's n was entireDion,
too. eoiisi)!red maim; iHui Ho
ivtio r.ri'cstwl ittt i tat Immediately
chased. bill t.n!y ii, ; he might be
logged by dclrcives.
"lie was abnormally sensitive relarding
anything that n!V?cicd his go al
."Die. and he was always easily dis juraged.
He was eonvlwcd that the
nmbbir.tion against him was too strong
ilid that he must eventually be dis;raeed
and ruined. lie eouid not hear
lie prospect. and so lie took a false
top to avoid it. He lied, and nobody
i:td the least idea where lie had gone.
"Donaldson was ill in bed in some
oonis of mine up town. We supiiosctL
Imt Henry know where lie was. but
ii.i 1 been s>> houiided J
a him about Donald was stolen bV-fne j
etcctives. lie received no word at
11, and, as we discovered loug after- ;
rard, lie was led into tlie distressing t
rror of supposing that Donald was
Isloyal to him in this trouble. Nothng
toy Id have been further from ttao
ruth.
"When llenry did not come to seo
iin, as we hail expected*. Donald got
<jp=T
nit of bcti. thoiujEnie mtMiAMUiir
stand upon his feet, and went out to
lud liis briber. Hut Ilenry was far
nvay \f Ami time, and not even the
Seteetives themselves were more ignorant
than we were as to ids whereabouts.
-7
"For n week or more the newspapers
located hlui in fifty different places,
and Donald hluiseif got wind of many
Idle rumors. That sort of thing is
agonizing. I don't* like to think -of
what Donald suffered. Finally wo
learned that the detectives in the caso |
had roache<f*he conviction Hint Henry
lifj'l committed suicide by leaping from I
a it ?enn steamer. Some- poor fellow
made tlinfc pitiful ending, and for my
own part I firmly believed that it wnp
Henry Donaldson.
"Almost n year later, however, we
got word that Henry had been seen in ;
a lumber camp in the northwest, ij
heard of it iirst and secretly attempted
an Investigation, sending a dctecy'
out into that region. Ills first con/
nicatlon to mo seemed favorable,
decided that It would be worth wlm<^
for Donald to go out there. I took two
or three fellows whom I could trust
into ray confidence, and we agreed to
put up the necessary money. We nil
wanted Henry Donnldson to come
back und face lils accusers, and we be
TV
3S X3NT IT
jTAY.)
llous, we haven't the largest hank
o all the business of the country,
e good people of the county with
reasonable demands, with capital
' all vour -wants.
3cor<l, that began years ago; a record
>v fair business methods,
liicit your patronage, ottering every
tent with good banking.
Time Deposits.
ters National Bank.
v
IHeved ttuit we could clear him.
"We made a plan to lunch together
and have Donald with us and then disi
clnsto tlin " ? 1 ? * " ?
?..... iivju.- suujuct 10 mm. So we v
met about noon one day and went to a
private room in Ilobart's restaurant up
town. Donald did not know what was
in the wind, but for some days his
mind bad been running upon bis brother,
and be looked all broken up with it.
As be quel 1 were ^hing to llobart'a
tbat day be said to me:
" *1 am siek with anxiety about Garry.'
" 'You don't believe tbat bo is dead?*
said I.
" 'I never have,' be replied. 'I can't.'
"Nothing more was said upon the
subject just then, and it was not mentioned
while we were eating luncheon.
This was by agreement. Donald was
very silent during the meal. He ats
scarcely anything. lie was pale and in
a peculiar state of nervous tension. I
anxiety,
tor he looked like a man who is
going to break down.
"We had reached the cigars, and the
waiter was well out of the way. One
of the fellows made a sign to me to
open the subject that was on our
minds. I turned toward Donald. He
started as if from a dream and said in
a hurried, strange voice:
" "Harry is all right.'
"Then the color rushed into his face,
which had been very pale, ne reeled
in his chair, at)d I put up my hand to
catch him.
" 'What do you mean?' I asked.
" 'I saw him,' he said, 'I saw him.
He s all right. He's coming home.'
I hat was all that wo could get out
wmt xvo did not know
"'No. he said; It s all a mlSfRKe. n..
not in .any lumber camp. I don't know
where he is. 1 never saw any such
place before. 1 think it's in China from
the look of it.'
"Of course we tormented him with
questions, and at last we got an accurate
description of what he had seen.
Why, he even described the furniture
In the room and the view from the
window.
" 'There was a man sitting at a table
whom I think I should have known if
he hadn't been back to me,' said he. 'My
In other was sitting opposite, and there
was some sort of document on the table
between them. My brother has grown
a heard. By heavens!' ho cried sud- tlenly.
'The other man was Joe Vinali*
"Ylnal" was receiving teller of the
Dey Street hank. He had been slightly
implicated in the robbery and had
lost his place in the bank on account
or it, but had not been arrested. That f
he should have joined Henry Donaldson
in a far corner of the world was
not altogether a favorable elrenm
stance, ami 1 asked Donald why he had
said so confidently that his brother wai
all right. *
" 'I know by the look of him,' be replied,
'and I heard him say that he waa
coming home.'
"Donald pledged us all to secrecy Id *
this matter, and 1 think the promise
has been fairly well kept. That afternoon
Donald and 1 made an investigation
Into the ease of Vinal and learned
that he had left New York and that
n.'? u lua-jiaiiouts were unknown. His
fine descent, was living in iuis
she- had had no word of her husband
iu six weeks. She told tue tlmt he had
left the city suddenly upon some matter
of business which she did not understand.
lie had been In very bad
health, and site was extremely anxious
about him.
"That was all the information that
wo could get. About a week later
Donald got a cable inessuge from hla
brother, it came from Hongkong and
was addressed to my npartinents. It
said: 'Am coming home; westward.
Everything all right.'
"By subx.afiont messages we traced
him to l^J^Miterrnnean and Gibraltar
ar earned what steamer was
hrin/ dm to this country. Hu was
ill/7 ite gastritfc when he arrived.
r r ??"? iuui wt buouiu naraiy
.f the steamer alive. But he
;nd seemed on the road tfl
^ I TO nE CONTINU1CD.]
Meant It That Way.
"Dearest Maud. I cannot live with*
out you."
"I am sorry, Mr. Feathers, but yon
I will have to."
"1 meant lo say unless 1 had to."
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