Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-01-07

~ arriston be guilty or in
~ o,,avtraordinary crime
which us cousin laid at his door, felt
-ccrtaiIi that he was anxious to obtain
possession Of the supposed lunatic's
person. Il would suit his purposes for
his cousin 10 bc proveS rad. did not
believe thar even II the capture was
legally Effected, Carriston's liberation
would be, 4 matter Of great difficulty so
long ~ he remained in his present
state Of mind; so long rs |. doctor Of
some sianaing. could 20 into the wit
noss-box and swear 10 his sanity. But
my old dicad was always with mc-the
dread that any further shock would
overturn ths balance Of his sensitive
mind.
SO 1t was that every hour that Car
riston was out Of my sight was fraught
with anxiety. IL Ralph Carriston was
really as INSCRIPTIONS as my friend
supposed; II he had really, as seemed
almost probable, suborned our agent,
he might by some crafty trick obtain
the needful certificate, and some day
should come homo and find Carriston
had been removed. In such case
foresaw great trouble and distress.
Besides. after all that had occurred,
II was as much as could do to believe
that Carriston was not mad. Any doc
tor who knew what knew would have
given the verdict against him.
After dismissing his visions and hal
lucinations with the contempt which
they deserved, the fact CT man who
was madly, passionatcly in love with a
woman. and who believed that she had
been entrapped and was still kept in re-
stralnt' sitting down quietly. and let
ting day after day pass without making
an effort toward finding her. was in
itself primd Jdcfe evidence OF insanity.
A sane man would at once have set all
the engines OF detection at work.
felt that If once Ralph Carriston
obtained possession OF him he could
make out strong case in his own
favor First of all, the proposed mar
riage out Of the defendants own sphere
of life; the passing under false name;
the ridiculous, or apparently ridiculous.
accusation made against his kinsmahj
the murderous threats; the chastise-
ment Of his own paid agent who brought
him report which might not seem at
all untrue to any one who knew not
Madeline Rowan. Leaving out OF he
question what might be wrIng from
me in ross-examination. Ralph Car
riston bad strong case. and l knew
that, once in his power, my friend might
possibly be doomed 10 pass years, Il 40,
his whole life. undey restraint So l
was anxious, very anxious.
And felt an anxiety. scarcely second
TO that which prevailed on Carrhtou's
account as to the fate Of Madeline.
Granting. for sake of argument, Mat
Carriston's absurd conviction that a.
bodily harm had as yet been done her
was true, / felt sure that she, with her
scarcely less sensitive nature, must feel
the separation from her lover as much
as he himself felt the separation from
her Once or twice l tried to comfort
myself with cynicism-tr tried to persuade
myself that n young woman could not
In our days be spirited away--that she,
had gone by her oTn free e.,EiirYi n AZ
there was q man who had at tie
eleventh hour alienated her affections
ron carriston But could not bring
myself 30 believe this. So was placed
between the horns of dilemma
IL Madeline had not fled of her own
free-will, some one must have taken her
away, and II so, our agents report was
coined one, and, II a coined one, is
sued at Ralph's instance, therefore,
Ralph must be the prime actor in the
mystery.
But in sober moments such deduc-
ton seemed an utter absurdity.
Although haze said that Carrston
was doing nothing toward clearing up
the mystery, | wrong him in so saving.
After his own erratic way. he was at
work At such work. tool | really
lost all patience with him.
He shut himself up in his room. out
Of VIII ch he scarcely stirred for three
days by that time he had completed
a large and beautiful drawing Of his
man. This he took 10 a WELL
known photographers and ordered sew
eral hundred small photographs Of il to
De prepared as soon rs possible The
minute description which he had given
me OF his fanciful creation was printed
at the foot Of zach copy. As soon as
The first batch OF these precious photo.
graphs was sent home, 10 my great joy
he did what ne should have done days
ago; yielded to NY wishes aud put the
mater into the hands of the police.
was glad to find that In giving de-
tails Of what had happened he said
nothing about the advisabliiy of keep
Ing a watch on Ralph Car ston's pro-
seedlings. He d d. indeed, offer an alb
surdly large reward for the discovery
Of the missing girl. and. moreover,
gave the ofilcer In charge Of the case a
packet o. photo of his phantom
man. telling HIM IA he - t.sTe,-s -
that he knew the original os that Ike
ness had something TO do with the dis
OF Miss Rowan. The OIL
Ger, who thought the portrait was that
of natural Icing. ;Jok h,s Instructions
in good faith. although he seemed great
ly surpr sed when he heard that Carris
ton knew neither the name nor the oc-
in fact, knew nothing con
cerning tho man who was to be sought
for However. as GARRISON assured
hiIl that finding this man would insure
the reward as much as II he found
Madeline. the officer readily promised
to combine the two tasks, little know
ing what waste Of time any attempt TO
perform the latter must be.
Two days after this, Carriston came
TO me. n shall leave you tomorrow
he said.
"Where are you golng3" asked.
"Why 10 you leayeP'
ii am going TO travel about have
no intention OF letting Ralph get hold
Of me. 80 mean to go from place to
place until lind Madeline"
''Be careful. | urged.
II shall be careful enough. I'll take
care that no doctors, surgeons, or even
apothccaries get on my track. ! shall
90 lust as the III selves me. II can
saw one day whore | shall be the next
IL x,,iu hc imnossible for that villain tC