The Forrest City times., 1892-03-18

present state of mind SO long as dao,ns ,n ,,ls oi some standing. could go into the witnsss i,o aoA ana swear to his sanity. But my old uread Was always with me-the dread thst any further shock would overfurn the sd' hai' allce of his sensitive mind "''
 90 II was that every hour that Carriston Y Man out ol my slght was fraught with anx xj,,tv IT kalph CafTtston was really as unseri,n,. lotls as my friend supposed; if he had realI, as seemed almost probable snhnrna5 "uy, i,y,, agent ne might by some crafty trick ohtain the heedful certificate. and some day shnnid come home and find Cariston had been TO. moved. Tn such case l foresaw great troub-
 Besides, after all that had occurred if wac as much as could do to believe that CarTis, tl0h was not mad. Any doctor who Snevv Mhat l Knew would have given the verdict against him. ''"''' \, After dismiSsing his visions and balhe;na. tionS with the contempt which ihev deser,.ad uie iact or man who was madly nassion atelN Tn love With woman and who heliay ed that she had been entrapped and was sin 5h.p. III restraint, sitting down quietly. and heltlng day after day pass without making an etort toward finding her. was i'm itself ny3@a ,, ytclG evidence of insanity. A sane man lection at work '"e' VI "e-
 felt that if once Ralph Csrriston obtain. eu possession or him he could make uut strong case in his own favor. First of ali the pIoposed marriage out of the defendapt's own sphere of life; the passing under A false name; the ridiculous, or apparently ridicu. .pus, !, accusation made against his kinsman: lne murdefOus threats: the chastisement ~ ms own paid agent who brought him a re port which might not seem al all untrue to any one who knew not Madeline Rowan. Leaving out the question what might be wrlng from me in cross-examination. Ralnh oarrston had strong case, and knew that. once ln his power my friend might possibly De doomed to pass years, if not his whole life. under restraint So I was anxious.-yery anxious. |. And l felt an anxiety, scarcely second to that which prevailed on Carristons account, as 10 the fate of Madeline Granting for sake of argument that Carriston's absurd eohVleuon that no bodily harm had as vet peen done her, was true, 1 felt sure that She Wlth ner scarcely less sensitive nature must ,eei tle separation from her lover as much as ne himself felt the separation from her Once or twice tried to comfort myself with cynj- clsm-trled to persuade myself that young woman could not in our days be spirited away.fhat she had gone by her own free WllI-tnat there was a man who had at the eCieventn hoqr alienated her, affections from Sarriston. But could not bring myself to believe this. So l was placed between the horns of a dilemma.
 lfAiadeline had not fled of her own free will some one must have taken her away and is So our agents report was a coined one. and II coined one, issued at Ralphs instance: therefore Ralph must be the prime actor in the mystery
 But in sober moments such deduction seemed an utter absurdity.
 Although have said that CaIriston was dolng nothing toward clearing up the mys- tery, wrong him in so saying After his own cratic way he was at work At snch work too! l really lost all patience with him.
 He shut himself up in his room out of q lp aftr raI fart Aa..~ that time he had completed large and beau- tliul drawing of his imaginary man. This he Look 10 well-known photographers. and ordered several hundred small photographs or It, to be prepared as soon as possible. The minute description which he had given me of his fanciful creation was printed at the foot or each copy. As soon as the first batch of these precious photographs was sent home 10 my great joy he did what he should have done days ago; yielded to my wishes, and put the matter into the hands of the police.
 was glad 10 ind that in giving details of what had happened he said nothing about the adyisability of keeping watch on Ralph Carrls'ons s proceedings. He did, indeed. of fer an absurdly large reward for the diseov- cry ot the missing girl; and, moreover, gave the officer in charge of the case packet Of 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 ot- A natural being, took his instructions in good faith, although he seemed greatly surprised when he heard that CarriSton knew neither the name nor the occupation, In fact, knew nothing concerning the man who was to be sought for. However, as CariiSton assured him that finding this man would insure the reward as much as if he found Madeline, the officer readily promised tV combine the two tasks, little knowing what waste of time any attempt to perform the latter must be.
 l q shall leave you tomorrow. he said.
 Where are you going? l asked. Why do you leave"
 II am going to travel about have no in tention of letting Ralph get hold of me So l mean to go from place to place until find Madeline"
 Be careful" urged.
 ''I shall be careful enough. I'll take care that no doctors surgeons, or even apothe- carries get on my track 1 shall go just as the lit seizes me. If can't say one day where l shall be the next it will be impossible for that villain to know.
 This was not bad argument In fact if he carried out his resolve of passing quickly from place to place did not see how he could plan anything more likely to defeat the in- tentions with which we credited his cousin. As to his finding Madeline by So doing, that was another matter.
 His idea seemed to be that chance would sooner or later bring him in contact with the man or 0lS uftdlll. IlbNtNtI, HuN tiidt litt search had been intnisted to the proper per sons his own action in the matter was not worth troubling about. l gave him many cautions He was to be quiet and guarded in words and manner. He was not to con verse with strangers; Ii he found himself dogged or watched l}; any one he was to communicate at once N. .h me. But, above all begged him not To yield again to his mental inhrmity. The folly of a man who could avoid it throwing himself into such a state ought to be apparent t0 him.
 Not oftener than can help was all the promise could get from him. But see her 1 must sometimes or shall dle.
 had now given up aS hopeless the combat with his peculiar idiosyncrasy. So, with many expressions of gratitude on ms part, we hade each other farewell
 During his absence he wrote to me nearly every day, so that might know his where abouts in ease had any news to communi- cate. But had none. The police failed to find tbe slightest clew. 1 had been called up- nm by them once or twice in order that they might have every grain of information eonld give. I took the liberty of advising them not to waste their time in looking for the man. as his very existence was problem atical IL was but a fancy of my friends, and not worth thinking seriously about am not sure but what after hearing this they dld not think the whole affair was an i'm agined one, and so relaxed their efforts
 Once or twice, Carriston, happening to be in the neighborhood 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.
 The weeks went by until Christmas was