New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-06

was innocent That night l sat late in my study
nght like this; with tIe VIM ite', each other
before they died sat at the table, NOT ss'uuylIs'
but fighting the remorse in my heart. n ,nr oId
ceiyed the nomination to INC senate uGe ny I'm IN
aspirations were, IKE tne IedNes ""lsP'ii'e WV 49,
n.y. Smddeniy. by the indeinabe perception OF tho
nerves became a%aT of pI me to look up
coucht the indistinct view one gets through .Ic
cortcr of the eye slowly, chilled by apPreheus or
Turned my head and there, Just where Joci IlalN
ton hid stood on the night of his escape, "a" y
hand extended toward me. Only manu- l.
Looked for the wrist the arm, the form, puc I LnS
sight went clear to the val ~ FROM, M, round disk
~ blacI<ness as if thrust through SADIE elotn.
4 shudder stopped him for few moments '"e"'
turning again to me- ,o ne h there always reach
inc ont 70 me. / brayed it night after nign5, IrS
ing TO study TO he my old self to iorge' ncm no
NM downtown office, but could nor; IL ucrtI"
,~or.c than the hand Of thief who steals Worluly
goods: il Stole my ardor, my ambition IL uio 'oc
nc lcie to this room, but, my lilehu, ooe HpimLt
that hand is still up her fe Teachae The Years
~ a' u,'i led and haze gore up there day and night
fascinated, tortured by tie hope thst IT mas o"d
withdrawn: but it las always Deen 'hele, "AL,
eshrI r Srav my life 1t has been reached out
70 stav me in my upwar career LoVH 1 az -
,'rocI' Nv Cod II is the hand OF joel iiarl<toh.
ia ;II hock in bi chair overcome, aud sprang
nm in the fear that my friend was Victim " 'V
terrible. almost incurahle, mental iSoi"e'-""
naI Phn ipoulrcd. earnestly, ARE you sure
that il is not imagination -, .o,
~Iuacnaton!T he repeated. with increased
terror Won mean an hallucnaton. T9u nrip n a
II IL i I nave thought Of that nclleNc dn
ialncina,ion 10 he incurable set me tell you that
'",' ,randfather was tortured to his death 10y the
ION of a rat IT is the IRON IaW Oh ncioui n.So
would rejoice my irleIo spIit co" Then it might
Inc eyorciseJ | am still young enough to achieve
something; but that hand Grasps the 'eIy cem,r
Of my & and S 69,JSc,s s ne to that roc often
ia tho dead of the night. | feel IT pulling NE
there and I cannot resist. 1t is an haluclha''o"'
and it will kill me-
lie reasoned thus more calmly than he had tod
tho story and saw in this fact hope for him.
With sudden purpose | asked: ,,
Philip, have you ever taken any one up tlere -,
No. he replied, starting INTO Per tSp hand d Of
ssnirit and there may be found way TO drlc ~
from me. Are you brave enough u 90 up
with me ?'
- vo am
Come. then, he said, rising. ..,,,,. occu.
The old mansion being only partially occu-
MED il was a solemn expedition through II III
footsteps cchong cmptily through the wlde h' ti
and joltng and Earring the weakrntu 49, ,.o,,I
wind torturing the ooscned casemonts an" grow
inr its uncanny slee in the huge chimncyS ~.
81 fbc strdy door before unlocking II, PhiIip
turned ne, ana, holding UP me amp iHoH@
I'D come over his own Ills eyes were SHINY anu
unsteady. and for the first tine, the cnill t VT a
Thought Jar more terrible than Of me ghOs'N nun"
TOW over mc-,hat my old friend was a m''lH"''i
rcaI,gntion of nv POSITION flashed upon me.
vas IT, lnrc attic, bPyonl car>hpt "lt' i'i'"
firmly lc.irscd Tie irarninG h"nI W's nv ,
Should | tell him 80? II ! told HIM did nov
.., il. would D.. rot turn upon me- WIN me over
towering ragc OF II lunatlc' NRa'eTcr nls RII
pose in scrutiuizng me, II seemed to be s''lS''c'
and lie slid:
John. You take the lamp. open the door ana
walk in viii wait for you here until you tel me
II you il. II 90 in my eyes VIII ~ rs@'ro
moon II. and you. VIII kno" then "HcIe II "Pi'''''
Have you courage ~
without ropl-inr. took the lamp, while he in
serted the key and showed the bolt. turned ,"e
knob slowly tTrmhllnely, AFRAID OF MN u" nl.'I
a. ol what / might see in tie room. anu purH'I
,,c, tho door The close. damp smell ~ IN unused
apartment rushed ont - stepped over the Tlll,
II was n small room, with ceiling slantlng WIN
tie roof Ia moment ! saw ,l.a, ~ o.. aanuv
precisely in the long paSi-a gI'' ~
place at any time, but now rendered WclIu ny
Woreland's tale; knew that his two daring eyes
holding the lamp up. looked about. mere were
tie lookshelvc- The globe, the bust OF Horace, une
yyritinc-fablc hut nowhere kccny. eagerly. anX-
iouely a. looked in the centre, in every corner
did see a hand
Ihceit1trd bat ! Instantly reflected that coud
not deceive him BEFORE | could reply, however,
ne rushed cNciicdly almost ferociodsly IN, snached
the limp from my hand, and catching my arm,
pulled ne - TIE table. Then, holding the IlsIt
tovnrd the end he pointed with his long fore,
finger Bat | saw nothing. Slowly h. head
turned around, and his gaze, fierce now fell upon
Don't Won sec itp' i.e asked hoarsely.
No. Philip answered, family; " see moth
ing"
e. There. there. he almost screamed; right there
two inches from my finger, hand reaching out
from a black spot in the air There, thcTe'-a hand
with scar IN tie palm. mere theF'-ho" you
see it,"
no. Philip" said, II do not see it, ,,,,., -.
With q low moan he dropped the lamp upon the
table and sank upon his knees, crying
My GOD. my God II 10 an hallucnation
was myself So agtatcd that cannot tell how
/ brought him down 10 his room. lie was proStrat-
ed Ills pccuariiy, strengthened by the case OF
lis grandfather, was 10 fear an hal!ucnation
more than n spirit hand and | that this
fear, now substnutiatcd by my failure TO see the
vision would soon torture him 10 death. In the
desperate hope of saving him, devoted myself 10
cases of Errnardoitc, Fan Grey, Nicoloi and many
others | was speedily convinced that Philip
was the victim Of phantasm and Knowing that
tlc mental dcrangr;neut had come 10 him in the
,r.,v Inc had related and by hcrrdity. saw little
hong of a cun There one chance. however,
and | resolved 10 try il. read that apparitions
thus if it seems TO the victim that the apparition
comes for some purpose and he IS made - believe
that the purpose has been accomplished the
did not have - look very deep 10 find a
pausiblc object Tor the reaching out of the hand.
H. had appeared the nglt after Philip had
learned that Iarl,ton was innocent. Rrmorsr
had struck deep into his heart. Naturally scnsi-
tive as I knew him 10 hc his WISH tortnringly
helpless under the circumstances. would he for
forrivcnchs-a shake OF the hand OF the friend
whose ignominious and innocent death he had
accomplished. He already believed it 10 be tn
hand of Joel IIarkton II he could ne convinced
that it. was held out to him for no revcngrful pur-
nose lint as n sign that the injured man was will
ing 10 forgive, my friend might be saved.
Ful OF this idea. 7 FASTENED again to the old
house. and found Philip in the study. brooding
AGAIN over the fire. II was clear November
Sunday night the city resting from its labor
ono Of thosc ghts of oppressive quiet the earth,
the stars and the thin crescent. low the
maintain seeming "a he calmly waiting
With as calm and mattcr-of-fact manner as |