The Dillon tribune., 1885-10-03

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He completed drascing Of his in,oo,,,..
man.
This no took to wellknown photopr.n...,
and ordered several hundred small rha.s,
graphs OF 1t to be prepared Us soon a. wv
sible. The minute description which 10 IT,
given me of his fanciful creation was nr;n .a
at the foot Of each copy. As soon 90 ~
first batch Of these precious photogranhs W.. we
sent home, to my great joy he did wh.t -
should have done days ago: Welded tons
wishes, and put the matter into thu hsni'
Of the police. 'Ns
I was glad to find that in giving det.n,
OF what bad happened, he said nothing ahoa.
the ACCESSIBILITY Of keeping watch on Ral' Jt
Carriston's proceedings He did indeed ar,
an absurdly large reward for the discovsr.
of the missing girl, and, moreover, gave n.
officer in charge Of the case packet Of nSo
tographs of his phantom man, telling him il
the gravest manner that he knew the oria
inal Of that likeness had something IN j.
with the disappearance of Miss Rowan Tss
officer, who thought the portrait was that ~
natural Icing. took his instructions IN
good faith, although he seemed greatly mr.
prised when he heard that Carriston lnar
neither the name nor the occupation IN
fact, knew nothing concerning the man WIN
was to be sought for. However, as Carris
ton assured him that finding this man womb
insure the reward as much as if he fmnd
Madeline, the officer readily promised 10
combine the two tasks, little knowing what
waste of time any attempt to perform tn
latter must be.
Two days after this GARRISON came to m
II shall leave you to- morrow" be said.
"Where are you goingf' Iasked. WHY
do you leaveT'
II am going to travel about. Ihave %
intention Of letting Ralph get hold Of me-
30 mean to 60 from place to place until
find Madeline"
"Be careful" urged.
II shall be careful enough. ri take can
that no doctors, surgeons, or even apothe
carries get on my track. shall 90 Just
tho at seises ms. II can't say Quo dsy
where I shall b the next, it viii in
possible for that villain to know"
This was not bad argument. In fact il
he carried out his resolve of passing quickly
from place to place I did not see bow be
could plan anything more likely to defeat
tho intentions with which we credited bis
cousin. As to his finding Madeline by
doing. that was another matter.
His idea seemed 10 be that chance would
sooner or later bring him in contact with
the man Of his dream. However, now that
the search had been int:usted t, tire proper
persons Ii, own action in the matter was not
worth trou ling about. gave him many
csut.cns. H. was to BE- quiet and guaria
In words and manner. He was not to con-
verse with scran :2rs. If he found himself
logged or wascaed by anyone he was to
communicate at 0nco with Hle. But, above
ALL begged him not to yield again to bis
mental infirmity. The folly of man who
could avoil it throwing nlmse.f into such
state ought to he apparent to him.
MOT oftener than can help" was all the
promise could get from him. 'sBut seehT
must sometimes, or shall die"
! Ead now given up as hopeless the combat
with his peculiar idiosyncracy. So, with
many expressions Of gratitude on bis part
we babe each other farewell.
During his absence he wrote to me nearly
every day, SO that might know his where
abouts in case had any news to con,'nun'
cate. BRIT had none. The polio, failed to
lind the faintest clew. I had been called
upon ny them once or twice in order tn@
they might have every grain Of information
could give. I took the liberty OF advising
them not to waste their time in looking TOR
the man, as his very existence was PROF.
!ematlcal. 1t was but a fancy OF u!
friends. and not worth thinking serious!
about. am not sure but what, after near
ing this, they did not think the whole ahau
was an imagined one, and so relaxed tneE
efforts.
Once or twice Carriston, happening tor
in the neighborhcod of London. came to ~
me, and slept the night at my house ~ ~
also had no news to report. Still, he seenFu
hopeful as ever.
Tie weeks went by until Christmas "S
over and the New Year begun: but no slsu'
word or trace of Madeline Rowan. II na's
seen her," wrote Carriston, ''severa! TINE.
S -, Is in the same placs-unhappy, ou9 Nv
Evidently his Authorizations wero stu
full force.
4 =
At first intended that the whole OF u.
tale should he told by n,7self: but upon 81 ~
ting so far it struck me that the evidence :.
another actor who played all importah. pa
IN the drama would give certain cccur ,.nd
To the reader at first instead % seconan"uai
80 l wrote to my friend Dick tentou ~
treachay. Gloucestershire, and tegsea nD :,
II no found himself capable Of 50 dssus. ,:.
TO put in simple narrative form his il1ie; IN
slons OF certain events which happens s.rs
january, 1856; events n Which we two y, wa +,
concerned. He has been good el'"su
tcompt'. with my request. His co:.h'i'''
ton fellows.