Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-08-12

He paused abruptly and seemed Lost in reverie.
 Continue l urged. "wha. do ycn distrustf
 No answer This caused me to lock upon his face, when I heheld giams of such intent directness that my own quickly followed his. I discovered nothing but the ordinary aspect of the street, yet l must confess that l WIS startled, roughly grasped him by the shoulder and shook him.
 What does this meanF' I asked.
 No response, save long. distressing sigh
 Stanley Stanleyr exclaimed, ''are you ill" And IS asked the question tho lonely surroundings, his intense abstraction. caused cold chill to creep shudderingly over me. I was about 10 resume my rough treatment when, with an effort, he seemed to re- gain command over himself. and ap- peared startled to 500 me gazing so in- tently at him.
 That is what l am anxious to dis. cover" replied. Do you mean to say that you are unaware of you start ling pause of silence and Expenditures of my preSenees'
 \ confusei look passed over his face, and he mnmbled to himself, but would speak no further.
 We'll you arc entertaining com pany," l exclaimed. ''i'll leave you to your expressing relections," and I turned to depart.
 Stanley. however, grasped me by the arm and cried, No. mol do not leavel let us return. And as We retraced our steps he endeavored, by series of ir. coherent remarks. to make amends for his momentary forgetfulneSs.
 believe it was about three days after this occurrence that we sat in our room in the deepening dusk, and Stan. ley, apparently forgetful of his late alb straction, seemed in the lishtest of moods He even grew witty and in dalged iD little light raillery against one of my triiing propensities Pres ently he reached down one of the lighter tales of his collection, and shortly caught my fancy with one of his mel odiouSly rendered Illusions. He read on smoothly, pausing here and therc to admire some skiilfully wrought expres- sion or delicacy of thought His eyes were filed with dreamy expression, as he dwelt upon such passages as the fol lowing;
 Thereas glamour in the distance.
 H2zy mounfairs dirniy seen.
 As some Vapcrous resistance,
 Hangs i;s curtains OCT the green.
 Like the sunlight on the mountain.
 Through the nists which intervene.
 Iike the spTink ling. spar kling fountain.
 And it's iluy. shimmering sheen.
 Are tAe fancies now bcguiling
 Softest i3aguer in my brain:
 When there moves the easy. smiling.
 UnsubstAntial phantom train.
 In the midst of my delight the Ms fell upon the floor, end again that pc culiar condition of mind and body of the previous night came over him. ! said nothing. startled though I was, and endeavored to study, as closely as possible. this extraordinary phenome- non. Presently he rose to his feet, and, after a moments pause, moved slowly toward the door. 1 started to inter cept him, but checked the impulse, concluding to follow. and. if possible, discover the cause of this unusual oc. curnence. grasped my hat and even placed his own upon his head. To which he gave no heed
 Descending the dornitory stairs, he passed through the open door and moved rapidly down the street fol. lowed closely; indeed, might have walked arm-in-srm with him undiscov cred. as if invisible. noticed that he fol lowed the course of our previous stroll but, passing the point at which we halted. he turned into side street, dimly lighted by a flickering lamp. Just as l was congratulating myself that we were unobserved, the district night watch emerged from the darkness and was about to hail us. motioned silence by quick gesture, and beck oned him to follow. which he did, filled with wonder, no doubt, at the unusual proceeding.
 As quickly as possible explained the situation to the incredulous watchman, who continued with me, nevertheless, to witness the conclusion of what he ! considered an extravagant freak.
 Stanley by this time had reached an obscure dwelling, before which he i paused irresolutely. The door at the moment was opened, a light flashed | cut into the darkness, muscular look | ing man beckoned to him with pecul jar gesture, and Stanley entered the | hallway, upon which the door wa closed
 This is getting interesting" l ex- claimed as We emerged from the shad- ows into which we had dodged as the | door opened
 We hastily traversed the intervening | space and lightly hurried to crevice i in the shutter, through whicn g ray of [ fight issued. The window was raised, ! as the weather was still oppressive, and on looking through the slats We beheld Stanley standing iK the midst of dis mal looking chamber, impressive as 8 statue Before him stood peculiar looking perssnage--a powerful man. loosely dressed in i'll fitting garments