The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-12-02
From Every Saturday.
The Disappearance of t0hH 4CA.

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land.
| IN THIRTEEN CHAPTERS. CIIAI'TERsItt.
| FIN the following extraordinary narrative 10Th
ing Is fctltiou but the names of persons.
"' CONTINUED. .,'..
All Mr.. Cartwright's guests wer
greatly excited about the events Of the
previous evening, especially the la
dies. w
1--WE have done all that can be don
for the present, my de ar ladies'" saic
Judge Griffin, ''but regret to say tina
as yet we have no clew to this mystery
By the way, Cartwright, suppose vi
try Miss Simpson 7" ...,
30, pray, not" said that young lady
"yoU 0 know, have already been s,
very unlucky about poor Mr. Ack
land" ,,..a l..s a
"But you can't hurt his feelings now
my dear, as, unfortunately, he is no
here; and really it is just possible tina
you may be able to suggest some
thing. ."is"Io.s uoslpaS'O yg"ss.
"Pshaw! !" cried Cartwright, impa
tiently; "yoq don't mean to say yor
seriously believe in that nonsense
Judge 7"
"Nonsense or not, there is no harm
in trying" said the Judge, sand yor
have, doubtless, some, letter of Ack
lands that win do"
But" said Miss Simpson, ait ough,
to be, please, something written re-
Gently if possible"
.'Stayl'' exclaimed Cartwright, 81
have the very thing. believe it wa.
the last thing John Ackland wrote in
this house. Anyhow, the writing il
not a week old"
s..What isit 2" said the Judge.
~ "WhyJ his receipt, to be sure, fol
the money l paid him the other day"
Mr.. Cartwright appeared to regard
this document as one Of peculiar inter
est. He insisted on handing it round,
and showing it to every one: remark.
ing at the same time that "Ackland
wrote a bolder hand than any one could
have supposed from the look of the
man" The only person to whose
hands he did not seem particularly
willing to inlr1st it, was Miss Simpson.
All the party, however, we're eager for
the experiment to begin, and that young
lady was. much urged to try her mag
netic powers on the document.
r'sDon't crumple i'll" cried Cart
wright, nerVouSly, as she took up the
paper somewhat reluctantly. q iE.i'.
Hardly had she touchedIit however,
before Miss Simpsons whole frame
Seemed to be convulsed by a sharp
spasm. ,
"Take it away!" she cried, ,Aatake il
away! You have put me in rapport
with "a"
The rest Of this exclamation was in
audiblei But Miss Simpson had faint
ed. 1t was long time before she was
restored to consciousness and then
she declared that she had no recolIec-
ton Of anything which had passed.
k'I tell you what it is" said Philip
Cartwright to Judge Griffin that even
iiig, "this is a very serious business /;
and we ought not to be losing time
about it. You must come with me,
Judge, to Richmond tomorrow"
"Do you suspect violence or foul
play 2. said the Judge.
e''I don't know" answered Cart
wright, Il don't like the look of it.
believe that John AckIahd when he
left Gleno.,k had large some of money
with him. ForI had some talk with
him about the possibility of changing
it at the first stage to Charleston. We
ought to losenostime,I think, in set
ting the police to work"
Cartwright, accompanied by Judge
Griffin, went to Richmond the next
day. And they did set the police to
work. And the police worked hard for
a fortnight, and made great many in.
quiries, and suggested a great many
ingenious hypotheseS, but discovered
absolutely nothing.
''All we can do now," said the Judge,
ais to send or write to Charleston
But, meanwhile, don't you think W.
ought to communicate with Mr., Ack
lands friends in the North, or relatives,
if he has anyi Do You know any Of
them 7" ....a o.a.
"Ye'," said Cartwright, II had
thought Of that before. But the pain.
fnl excitement of our inquiries here
during the last few days had put it ont
Of my mind. / am not personally &C.
quainted with any relations Of pool
Ackland But / believe he has a cou,
sin at Boston--a Mr.. Tom Ackland, I
lawyer, Ithink-and I'll write to hin
at once. don't think / can do any
more good here, Judge"
Certainly not" said tho Judge
''you've done all that man can do, anC
more than any man could have dont
without the Wits and energy of Philip
Cartwright"
"But I'm quite knocked up," sale
Cartwright, ''and / shall return t
Glenoak tomorrow" ae
Mr.. Philip Cartwright, however, did
not return to Glenoak quite so soon a
be said. For on the evening Of tha
morrow he was still at Richmond, arc
engaged in the transaction of a very
important little piece of business.
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