Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-06-15

anxious 20 CHAIN possession CT the suo-
posed lunatic's person Ii would sut his
purposes for his COUSIN 10 be proved mad.
did not believe that even il the csrturs was
Legally effected Car.istCn's liberation would
be matter o. gre0S dihcilty s. lol.g as
he remained IN his pre- el. Stlse Of mind; 50
lcng rs !, doctor OF some standinc. cou.d
go into the witness boN AMI swoar 10 us
sanity But my I'D a-eed was always W.T.,
motto dreat tina; ans further shock would
ovcrturn the balance Of his sensitive uisnd.
So IL was that every hour tnat Cam i5ton
was cut of my sight was fraugAt with anx-
fety. IL Ralph CR,riStol was really - IN
ScruDIioIi IS my trisnd supposed; If he had
really, Is sccmei GlmcSt probable, ss.borned
our agent; he might by SOHO crafty trick
obtain the neeiful certificate, en- some daJ
lshouid GENE home ard find Carris on he'll
been removed. IN such Cae i fOreSaw
great trouble sni distress
Besides, after al that had occurred, /.
was as much as l couli do to beiovo that
CarriSton was not ma l. Any d. cor W no
knew what knew would have given IL,
verdict against Inn
After dism.Ssing his visions AMI hcllucin-
atoms with tho contempt which thoy de-
seTvel, the fast OF MAJ who was nadly.
passionate y IN love vi a woman. "a WHO
bel LEVIED That she lad been entrgpped and
was sil kept IN restrIint, sitting down
quietly, and Lifting dGy &. Tor dav on : with
out MAKING FL effort towards finding hc-.
was IN itsoli p"iira face evidence II insan-
ity. A sane man woull ct onco hsve set all
the engines of detection ~ WORK:
ieio that II once Ralph Carr:ston OBJ
tained possession OF him ne could make ont
strong case ii his own favor First Of ali.
the proposed marriage out o. the d ,te ilant's
own sphere Of life; the passing un Ter a fslse
name; the ri iicuious, or apparently ridicu-
lCus, accusation made against his Iii lsmsn:
the mLrJercIs threats; tho chaStisencat u.
his own paid agent who brought hiin a re-
port when might not seem at ali untrue to
any one who knew net Madeline Rowan
Leaving on. Of the q @ ton what might b,
"rNn, from :ne il eros examination, Ralph
CarrSton hal stycny case, aud i know
mat cnce III hiss poUar, ny friend might
possibly % doomed to pass years, ii not his
Whole iife. der restraint. So 1 vas anx-
leu, yery anxious
AM ieIt al anx ETY., scarcely second to
that which prevailed on CRrristons account.
rs TO the fate CT Male.ino. Granting for
sake OF srgu ncat that Carriston's ABSURD
conviction that no bodily harm had as vet
been done her was true, felt sure that She.
with her scarcely less sensitive .ur,. must
feel the separation from her lover as much
as ne himself felt the separation from h,r.
Oice or twice | tried 10 comfort myself
with cyllcism-tried to persuade myself
that young woman could not in our day,
he spr I'D away-thst shc had gone bv h
own free wlll-thGt there was q man who
had at tho eleven hear alonatsl her Of
techons from Carristcu But | could not
BRING myself TO Iclieve this. So | was
plfcci letwcci- tn, horns of dilemma.
Madeline hSd not fed OF ho- own free
VIII, some one mu-5 have taken her away.
aud If so our agents report was q Coinoi
one; and, If col-ei one, is-uei a, Palp4's
Instance; therefore Ralph must be the prime
ac,or in the mystery.
Eut in sober moments such q deduction
seemed an uS.cr absur ,ity.
Although l havs said that Carriston was
doing no,Eirg towards clearing I'd the
mystery, / wrong him in so saying. After
his own errntic way be was at work. 1T
such work, 70 really lost all patience
with him
He shut himself up in his room, ont Of
which he scarcely stirred co- three da~s.
Cy that time he nal completed large an
beautiful drawing OF his inag! ary man.