The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-09-19
.CallislOls Gift.
ny HUGH CONWAY
PART I.
TOLD BY PHILIP BRAND, NJ. D., LONDON.

by the bye" I saiu, ''has he ever spoken
to you about seeing strange tllings%
Eyes; nc has limited at it.n
And you believe him?p
4"Of course / d0--he told ME so.s
This was unanswerables "a pretty pair
they will make,"I muttered, as Madeline
slipped from nj to welcome her lover. who
was approaching. .They will see ghosts i N
every corner. and COLLINS behind every cur
tain"
Nevertheless, the young people had no
doubts about their coming bliss. Everything
was going smoothly and pleasantly for them.
Carriston had at once spoken to Madeline's
aunt, and obtained the old Scotchwoman's
ready consent to their union. | was rather
vexed at his still keeping to his absurd whim,
and concealing his true name. He said he
was afraidof Affirming his aunt by telling
her he was passing under an alias, Whilst il
he.gave Madeline his true reason for so doing
she would be miserable. Moreover, / found
he had formed the romantic plan of marry
ing her without telling her in what an envi-
able position she would be placed, so fan as
worldly gear, went. A kind of Lord of Bur-
leigh surprise no doubt commended itself to
his imaginative brain.
Ihe last day of my holiday came. | badc
a long II sad farewell to lake and mount
ain, and, accompanied by Carriston, started
for home. i did not see the parting proper
between the young p~eople-that was far too
sacred a thing to be intruded upon-but even
when that nrotracted affair was over, l wait
al many, many minutes whist Carriston
stood hand in hand with Madeline, comfort
ing himself and her by reiterating "Only six
wecks-six short weeks! And thcn-and
thenrf 1t was the girl who at last tore her
self away, and then Carriston mounted re-
luctantly by my side OF the rough vehicle.
From Edinburgh We travelled by the night
Brain. The greater part of the way we had
the compartment to ourselves Carriston. as
a lover will, talked of nothing but coming
bliss and his plans for the future. After a
while 1 grew quite weary of the monotony of
the subject, and at last dozed off, and for
some little time slept. The shrili whistle
which old lS tunnel was at hand aroused
me. My companion was sitting opposite to
me, and rs / glanced across at him my atten-
ton was arrested by the same strange in
tense look whichI had on Il previous occa-
sion ut Bettws-y-Coed noticed in his eyes
the same fixed stare-the same obliviousness
to all that was passing. Remembering his
request, I shook him. somewhat roughly,
back to his senses. He regarded me for a
moment vacantly, then said:
Now l have found out what was wanting
to make the power told you of complete. l
could see her If l wished"
"Of course you can see her-in your minds
eye. Anlovers can do that
"lf | tried l could sec her bodily-know
exactly what she is doing" He spoke with
an air of complete conviction.
'Illen l hope, for the sake of mUlcsty, you
won't try. 1t is now nearly three O'Clock.
She ought to be in bed and asleep
l spoke lightly, thinking it better to try and
laugh him out of his folly. He took no no
tice Of my s,,ry joke.
sNo,'fhe said, quietly, II am not going to
try. But know now what was wanting.
Love-such love as mine-such love as hers
makes the connecting link, and enables sight
or some other sense to cross over space, and
pass through every material obstacle"
Look here, Carriston.nI said seriously,
''you are talking as a mailman talks. / don't
want to frighten you, but | am bound both
as a doctor and your sincere friend to tell YOU
that unless you cure yourself of these absurd
decisions they will grow upon you, develop
fresh forms, and you will probably end your
days under restraint. Ask any doctor, he
wil,Aall You the same" S
Doctors arc a clever race answered nv
strange young friend, but they don't know
everything.
So saying he closed his eyes and appeared
Msleep.
We parted upon reaching London. Many
hind words and wishes passed between us,
sud I gave him some more wcll-meant, and,
. believed, needed warnings. He was going
ttown to see his uncle, the baronet Then he
mad some matters to arrange with his lawyers,
and above all, had to select II residence for
himself and his wife. He would, no doubt,
be in London for a short time. If possible
he would come and sec me. Anyway, he
would write and let me know the exact date
OF his approaching marriage. If L could
manage to o III to it, so much the better. If
not, he would try, as they passed through
town, to bring his bride to pay Inc a flying
and friendly visit. He left me in the best of
spirits, and l went back to my patients and
worked hard to make up lost ground, and
counteract whatever errors had been COM
mltted by my substitute.
Some six weeks ~afterward-late at night
whilst l was deep in a new and clever treatise
on zymotics, a man, haggard, wild, unshorn,
and mkempt, rushed past my startled SER
want. and entered the room in which | sat.
he threw himself into a chair, and l was hor-
rified to recognize in the intruder my clever
and brilliant friend, Charles GARRISON!