Wichita eagle., 1888-07-18


.aAn, w1rn some mconefsns g1Doernh, rushed
at me- I had thought was strong. buA
whether owing to the terror Of the d.
uation Or what this nend incarnats
had mo by the throat, and wa
oh, helpEhllins mel remember strug.
Cling and wriehing, but all to no purpose;
and then choking, burning sensation. and
then all was blank =
in bed The candle was still lighted, and I
saw Macray sitting On chair near me. with
his bead buried In his hands A slight move
mens On my part caused him to start
Are you better, old fellovr
Yes" answered; us It goneF
He seemed to understand for he said Gm-
ply. Yea"
"What-or who-was ftr
II will tell VOC everything tomorrow; bad
you not better waltz replied Macray.
$40; tell me DOW. l am right I think,
though, bad q pretty tight squeszas
1t was my brother Charles who attached
you It Is { strange story, and viii not ask
you to believe It Some five years ago Char
ley was in business and had home of bis
own One day be told bis wife be had to 90
to Cincinnati The nature Of his business re-
qu;red him to 60 quite often On short trips to
the neighboring cities This time be was alb
sen. about q week When be got beck he
had not the slightest idea where be had been,
nor could he give any account Of lis move
nents since leaving New York He said be
could only remember travelling q good deal
on the carr To me and his wife be admitted
although he could not explain ID that be
felt be had suffered Soma harm. but Of what
nature he could not say. This went on for .
year, when in the same week precisely. as q
year before, he had an attack OF insanity,
which lasted Just a week and left him
perfectly sensible, yet very much exhausted
Fortunately this first attack occurred when
be was alone with mo on fishing excursion
in the mountains What l bad to endure
that week no one can imagine, and no one
viii ever know. Well, this has gone
on for several years The mysterious attack
always comes on in that particular week Of
the year. The doctors declare it is not in
sanity; in fact can get no definite answer as
TO what Is the matter with my brother
Charley has always b.d . morbid fear Of al
Insane asy lun, 50 promised him always to
take care Of him during that particular week
IL the year. So secretly has the matter been
kept from the public that not even bus own
wife knows Of it. You. and ono or two doc
tors to whom have introduced my orothe,
as stranger. are the only ones that have
seen Charley ia one Of his cts, or whatever
you like to call them / have always mad
taste for carpentcring and | have fitted Up
the room directly above yours for him Last
night he managed &c escape out Of the
window. and thus got into your room 1t was
- - - =
IN another moment he would have suangled
you However, there is no need of further
alarm l saw him safely into his strong
room, with no possibility OF another escape.
If you like it, we will 90 and see him
think that would be the best means to settle
your nerves"
l thought Il would be SO myself, 50 we
went Although the room was directly above
mine, We had to walk quite a distance
through an upper hall before we cane to it.
Stopping at heavily barred door. Macray
after unlocking an upper and lower lock.
drew out long thin key, with which he
finally opened the door.
Are you not afraid TO go iuF' I asked
"Oh, no, he always seems TO know me-"
Holding lighted candle, we entered At
first l saw nothing Of my late intruder, but
heavy stertorous breathing led Us to where
be lay in front Of q thickly-barr window
We lifted him up and carried him to q small
iron bedstead The candle light fell on MS
face, which was a repulsive one with a sa wage
scowi still lingering on it His hair was
thickly matted
After standing moment Macray said:
Come, we viii have glass OF something
see your nerves are shaken a bit Look out
or you will drop that candle"
''Of course, Jack, continued Macray, when
we were down stairs drinking our brandy,
you will never mention what you have seen
to any one By the way, old Pompey gave
me big fright tonight; thought it WAS
Charley"
Yes, noticed it, thought you were H.
/ answered
DO you know what / think the matter
with Charley Is, 1t Is this: that be is tor
nerted by Al evil spirit that at certain times
and seasons enters into his body and takes
possession OF il You may have noticed the
large number Of books l have in my library
devoted to the subject We read that there
were many In the old days possessed with
devils and unclean spirits Why cozld not
that be the case todayi Nothing else 20 my
iAAa0 VA SATISFACTORILY eAPA&sAO NY OIoIISc[ ,
trouble"
After the exciting scenes had Just wit
messed, could but answer. ~ think 50 too.
Some two or three weeks later, | was again
asked TO visit Staten Island Among those
whom l met was Charley Macray and his
clever wife. could hardly bring myself to
acknowledge that the man who sat opposite
10 me at dinner, and who by his brilliant
conversation held the entire table was chs
same who had attacked me In the dead Of
night only few weeks before And yet it
YVES tho same, and as continued to look,
recognized sorns OF The chAracteristics of the
first face
A half amused smile wes playing about my
hosts faca His eyes met mine and they
scanned to say: Have not spoken the truth
about my brothers Is 1t not as l saidr
The mex. morning In the city. before We
finally separated, Eacray turned to me and
said:
Jack, do you not realize now that Shak-
speare WA right when he said that there are
more things in heaven and earth than arc
drsaut Of in our philosophy Goodbye"
and be was gonA-GeorSe Downing Sparks
IN Ths Epoch
An Editors Pigeon Holes.
When, in the midst Of my writing, some
thing turns up that must go" in or before
the next paper, l shove it into pigeon hola
marked 'Immeiiate." This pigeon hole