The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-07-09

But thought in his then physical con-
dition was an impossibihty. The more
he endeavored to muster ideas into hne'
to pursue suggestions and to reach deh-
Mite conclusions, the more elusive did
each and ali become. The affair was at
| a deadlock which his wearied brain re- |
fused even to strive to break .busying IT
self perversely instead with the require
,nents of his wearied body. Nature had
been pushed to the point OF resistance
and doggedly demanded her rights.
Had the case been that OF another
man Royal would have recognized the
futility of his effort at once. but for
himself he persisted fully half an hour
in the totally useless experiment OF Try
ing to force nerve and brain tissue to
work of which for the time they were
incapable, thereby proving that knowi-
edge and experience admit of more ready
apnlication to general than to particular
> cases. and also the truth of the PROPOSE
ton that a man has usually one rule tor
his neighbor and another for himself
However. he gave it up at last, forced
like his betters, to admit that so long q:
spirit shall be incorporate in matter Il
must submit to the limitations OF mat
lo ter. He made such temporary e1plana
Ill tions to the ladies under his charge ant
Id such ARRANGEMENTS for their comfort
,t would relieve him of anxiety on thei
account for the hours necessary to secur
needed rest for himself.
in When he awoke the light was strue
IN cling through the shutters with the gra
4 nallor peculiar to winter dawn III
ric great hotel and the streets around
q were as still as the heart OF deser
: q Royal dressed himself and went to Il
81 window. All along the street, in place
~, shadows hay, as sharply defined as s.
as houettes by the electric glare, VINE
- deals littlein the soft shading and wltc
~ ~: ery of the moonlight which it simulate
IN, u. It was too early even for the rafting
iu milk carts or the matutinal biihngsgs
.u, of sparrows; but away in the distan
'hu beyond the voiceless thoroughfares
IL expressionless houses, the sky was tam
JUS. coloring for JOY in a coming good.
Rovd drew chair to the wlndo
and grappled anew with the sltuati'
sht- taking it externally, and as apart III
himself, after the manner OF man
are action whose intuitive position reiat
. at to circumstances is that OF an ex'
ess- neous, coercive force, rather than
did which is inherent and, insensibly, re
Vi.h lativo.
arrl 1t did not take him many moment
yar decide that disclosure of the true 3
.s.a+. of the case was inevitable, and mus
orsa made as speedily as possible. In
nd. of the intimate connection with tn
~. fairs of the dead man which had
a. thrust upon him, he knew next to n
as u ing of his family relations or clrc
T nr stances. He might have brothers
= SIC sisters, even parents, living with W
-. !. it would be necessary to communl
.a ar at once by letter or telegram 1
would be funeral arrangements to n
-onn, ont and explanations of some sort 20 si
-ou'' the curious. A man dying amid q
full of people cannot be carried
cemetery, and incontinenty o.
without further cognizance being
Ind, of the matter than such as Won
from involved in the settlement OF hotel
ere as undertaker's charges. None knew
said ter than Royal the imposslbani
5. has avoidance or escape from the onn
shall ence of human curiosity.
no in- The question in point was, TO
- should the story first be toids