The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-03-04

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% his bod. Amer moment b. took the candle In h'
blew out the s.oood candle burning behind the close
cursans drew hack. with Mr. Brn and Betteredge, Int
the hhest corper by the bed signed 10 them 70 be
lent, a. 10 their lives hal depended on u.
We uatsd-seeng and hearing nothing. We walse'
hidden frpm him by the curtains
The light which he was holding on The other side OF
moved suddenly. The next moment he passed Us, sun
anil noseless With the candle In his hand.
| lie opened The bairoom door and went out
We followed him along the corridor. We hnoved hm
down the stairs. We followed him along the second corr
dor lie never looked haekj he never hes'tated:
lie opened the sittinsrom door, and geus In, ea'in
The doos was hung ule an the other door IL the house
on large od-fsshiobed hinges. When II was opened,
crevioe openei bs~een the door and the posi-
srned 10 my two companions 10 look through ths 90
keep them from showing themselves PLACED myself.
the wall at my len hand, In which could Instantly
hide my-sh 10 he showed any signs Of lootlus hack n
the ccridor. .
lie advanced to the middle Of the room with the cand
. In his hsDd he looked about hm-but he never ooket
back.
saw the door Of Miss vernders bedroom standing sar
She had put out her light She conroiled herself nooy
The dim white outline % her dress was oil that
could see. Nobody who had not known II beforehant
wouh have suspected that there living creature II
the She kept back In the darki not word not
movement escaped her
II vas nov ten minutes past one heard, through tn
dead silence the so drip II the ran, and the uemuou
passage Of the night air through the trees. -,
After waiting rresolute for minute more In the mid
die of the roon he moved to the the window
where the Indian cabinet stood.
lie put his candle the top Of the cabinet Tie opened
and shut drawer amer another until he came TO tn,
drawer In which the mock Diamond was put. lie looked
Into the drawer ior moment Then he took the mock
Diamond out with his right hand With the other hand
be took IN. candle fIom the top Of the cabinet.
lie walked back few sts- toward the middle Of th'
room and stoCd still again.
Thus Car he had exactly repeated what he had done
the birthday night Would his next procectng he t''
the prooeing Of last yeari Would he leave th'
rDm, Would he 20 back nov, as believed he had eons
back then, To his betchsmberl Would he show us whs
he had done with the Diamond when he had returned
his room'
mn. trst action when he moved once more, proved h
he an action which he had not performed when he was un
der the influence OF the opium or the first time. lie pu
the camille down table, and wandered on little 10
ward the farther end Of the r"om There was sofa here
lie leaned heavily On the hack OF u With his lel han =
then rOussd HIMSELF AMI returpei to the middle 81 h'
rnom I could now hs eyes, They were getting dul
ami heayyi the gli ter In thu m was fast dying out
yersler's sefcontroL She advanced Few neps-ther
stopped again Mr. BruG and Beitreige looked acres
the oen doorway at me s the hst time, The prvi.ot
d coming disappointment was impressng seif on the
sin so bong as he sio.d where he was there hope
We wal In unuterable expectation, TO sec what would
happen next.
The next event decisive. lie Yet the mock Diamond
drop out 81 his hand.
II il the oor, before the docrwey-painiy si.ib.
20 him and to every one. lie male no enott % pick u
up; he looket down at vacaBty, and, he hooked, h,
head sank his breast lie staggerul-rOused himself fo
an instant-wslked hack anstadiy to the sofaand sal
down on it. lie made last effort, he tried 10 rice, and
sank hack Ills head fell on the sofa cushions wa
then wenty-d minutes Ia<t ooe o'eioek. becre had
pot my watch back In my picket he was asleep. :.
| It was all over now The seiative influence lad go
him; the experiment was at an end.
entered the room, telling Mr.. Brun and Betteredg'
that they might follow There fear Of disturb
Ing him. We free to move AMI speak
The rst thing 10 settle, id, is the question OF wha
We do with him. lie will probably sleep fs the next
six or seven hours at least II Is some distance To carry
him hack In his own When was younger couh
have done Il alone hut my health aud strength are mo-
what they were-I am afraid must ask you to help me.
Before they could Miss yeriDder callei 10 mt
softly She met at the door of her room witha light
shawl AMI with the counterpaDe from her own bel.
DO you mean 10 watch him while he sleepsr she asked
Yes am sure enoush Of the action of the opium
In his cAss, to be willing " leave him slo.e'
She htndeSi me the shawl aud the counterpane.
'Why should you disturb hinr she whispered. make
his bed on the soa shut my door and keep In my
room.'
IL was infinitely the simplest anil the safest way Of dis
posing Of him the night. mentioned the suggestion
to Mr. Bru and Bettersige. who bJth approved Of my
adopting IT, ia i've IN nutes had laid him comfortably on
the sCa and had covered him lightly with the couoterane
and the shawl Miss vernder wi.hei US gos',nlst an
csed the dor. At my request three then drew round
the table n the middle Of ths rsm on which The canie
Was st burning, and on which writing materials were
placed.
.neFre we separate began. Il have a word to say
about the exIeriment which has been tried tonight. Tive
distinct objects were TO be gain by It, The trst OF tess
oberts prove that Mr. Bake enteri this roon aud
to the Disnond last year, acting unconscousy and IRE
sponsIby under thei influence % opium Amer what you
have both seeu, are you both satisfied 90 far''
They answered the Affirmative, without amomentt
hesitation.
sThe secoud otject went on, was discover what he
did with the Diano0d amer he by Miss verDer
10 leave her sngroom with the Jewel la his hand On The
birthday night. The gaining Of this object depended, o
ceaings Of last year. lie has failed IN do that and the
pcrposs Of the experiment has hef acaortingy can
assert that disappointed In the result-but can
honestly say that am not surprised by H. tah Mr
ake from the first that complete In this mat
ter deIeud,d completely reproducing In him the
physical and moral couditious Il last year; and warned
him that this was the next thing TO downr'gh impei
blhy We have only partially rrprducd the conditions
ami the experiment has been only partially successful 10
eluence II Is also pssibe that may hsye admin
strrei too large dose Of laulanum But mys W bok
u,on the first reason that have given the true rasou
why have lament failure, as well as 70 rejoice oveI
Amer suyug those woris put the writing materials he
foue Mr. Brun and asked him 10 I've had any objection :
before ". separated for the nj ht TO draw out, and sign
plain statement Of what he had lie at once took
the pen and produced the statement with the ueDt read
ness Of prscticed hand.
II owe YOU this,' he sad, signing the paper as scme
atonement H what Iasss between carrier In the even
ing heg your pardon Mr.. Jennings, Tor having doubte
you You have done Franklin Blake an inestmab'e ser-
vice In legal phrase. you have proved your case
| Ietterehges apology Characteristic q t'e man
MIR Jennings he said, when yo read Robinson Crusoe
again (Which strongly recommend you To do) you wl
hn that he scrupes to lge when he turns
out to have been wrong Please consider me, sir,
as doing what Robinson Crusoe did the present occi-
sOn With those words he signed the paper In his Turn
| Mr. BIuf pok me aside rO~e fnm the table.
one word about the Diamond, he said. Your theory
is that franklin Blake hid the MoonstoDe In his