The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-10-03

AWAy-tnAlb ne Hau gone uy neT own iIe0
eleventh hour alienated her affections from
Carriston. But l could not bring myself to
believe this. So / was placed between the
horns of a dilemma.
ifMadellne had not fled of her " free will,
SOM one must have taken her away, and is
SO our agents report was q coined one, and,
IL coined one, Issued at Ralph's instance;
therefore Ralph must be the prime actor III
the mystery.
Butin sober moments such a deduction
seemed an utter absurdity.
Although l have said that Carriston was
doing nothing toward clearing up the mys-
terry, / wrong him in SO saying. After his
own erratic way he was at work. At such
work tool l really lost all patience with
him.
lie shut himself UP in his room, out of
that time he had completed a large and beau
nful drawing Of his Imaginary man. This he
TOOK to a w%ell-known photographers, and
of 1t, to he prepared as soon as possible. The
minute description which he had given me of
his fanciful creation was printed at the foot
Of each copy. As soon as the first batch Of
to t,e my p Rrsat 9o9 phne he All MIst R Sa ss Sent h Savs,
dOne, days ago.. yielded u my wishes, and
put the matter into the hards Of the police.
| was glad to find that in giving details of
what had happened he said nothing about
VIC ttuSIodDilitS VI hCSlhuS d WStSH Ol lNdIlll
Carriston's proceedings. lie did, indeed, Of
Ter an absurdIy large reward for the discov-
cry OF the missing girl; and, moreover, gave
the officer in charge OF the case n packet or
photographs of his phantom man, telling him
in the grayest manner that he knew the origi-
nal Of that likeness had something to do with
the disappearance OF Miss Rowan. The Of
ficer, who thought the portrait was that of n
natural being, took his Instructions in good
faith, although he seemed greatly surprised
,vtbnr hn honrl chat ~, ,vicfpn 1,na,, ,,ntfI,ar
the name nor the occupation, in fact, knew
nothing concerning the man who was to be
sought for. However, as Carriston assured
him that finding this man would insure the
reward as much as II he found Madeline, the
officer rradily promised to combine the two
tasks, little knowing what waste of time any
attempt to perform the latter must be.
Two days after this Carriston came to me.
II shall leave you tomorrow, " he said.
" WI, re are are you goinsgs' l asked. "Why
II am going to travel about I have no in
tention Of letting Ralph get hold OF ne. So
!, mean to 20 from place t" place until find
BE careful" l urged.
y shall be careful enough. Ill take care
that no doctors, surgeons, or even apothe-
carries get on my. track. shall 60 just as the
fit seizes me-. 1t l can't say one day where |
shall be the next, 1t will be impossible fol-
that villain to know
III Was liOl ~ utN ulSuHlclll.- III IdcI, III
he carried out his resolve of passing quickly
from place to place / did not see how lie could
plan anything more likely to defeat the in.
t%entions with which we credited his cousin.
As to his finding Madeline by so doing, that
was another master.
His idea seemed to be that chance would
sooner or later bring him in contact with the
man of his dream. However, now that the
search had been intrusted to the proper per-
SONS his own action in the matter was not
Hr-nrth frpitEltntr about ~n,pn tt,, $500
cautions. He was to be quiet and guarded
In words and manner. He was not to CON
verse with strangers. Ii he found himself
logged or watched by any one he war to
communicate at once with me, But, above
mental infrmity. The folly IF a man who
could avoid it throwing himself INTO such a
state ought 10 be apparent to him.
Not ottener than can help" was all the
promise could get from him. Blu see her
l must sometimes, or l shall die"
had now given up, as hopeless the combat
with his peculiar idiosyncrasy. So. with
many expressions Of gratitude on his part,
we bnde 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 commumi.
cate. But l had none The police failed to
find the slightest clew. l had been called M
on by them once DR. twice III order that they
might have every, grain of information I
them not to waste their time in looking far
the man. as his very existence was problem
atical. 1t was but a fancy of my friends,
and not worth thinking seriously about. |
am not sure but what after hearing this they
did not think the whole affair was an i'm.
agined one, and so relaxed their efforts.
Once or twice, Calriston, happening to be
In the neighbOrllo0d of London, came to see
me, and slept the night at my house. He
also had no news to report. Still, he seemed
hopeful as ever.