New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-01


| | have described TO you before"
The sort Of bark :? -. T.. ..,
! THE sort of bark. There was nothlng 70 s.ow
, from whence it came. declare to you that /.
seemed 10 me that il came out of space. never
saw man so frightened he was As he sto1u
| trembling just where you are standing hoM ,,g
stammered out that it was because he had heard
! that sound come from underneath the seat IN .ae
carriage that ne had decided that discretion was
the better part Of valor, and instead OF eratSi".
| his curiosity, had chosen 10 retreat
Table dhote had commenced when sat down
My rght-hand neighbor was Mr3' Sas from nv
asked me il still suffered any Ill effects from my
| fatigue. ,, la. .h,,
all i'll effects had passed away, that you nav NV
not thought Of anything Of what spoke 10 you
this morning-abont my theory of the mask p
| confessed that had not o.oh.,
| of mine. and 10 which have devoted many years
III own that personally | do not see exactly
/ where the interest comes in. ....
W" "ToS DO me a favor Come to my sitting
room after dinner. and will show you where the
| interest comes In.
| " How do you mean p
"Comc and sec. NJ. ..;
| She amused me- | went and saw. Dinner belng
finished her proceedings when .ogGahei ,he morn.
her apartmcnt-that apartment when III ,ne , 1iIln
| ing I Thought | had ecn entered. by nay ieiio"
| passencer-took mo little by surprise e,.u.
| Now I am going TO make YOU my conhdaht-
vou an entire stranger-you, whom never saw IN
w. 10; g" hnfnrc tns moInnq am Judge of char
actrr, and in you feel that may place llpl ats
condolences | am going 10 show You ALL my secre's !:
an, n;nc "a indnct You into the hidden mysteries;
am going to lay bare before you the mihd =, , an
inventor. But it doesn't follow nesdos in Ali
tho world besides. 50 before We begin IL 30"
please | will lock the door a.. ,,.ord
| AZ she was suitlng the ac'ioh W VA" '
venturcdto demonstrate. - ,;,
IL think nothing, | know that ! doh WISH WISH. "
be taken unawarcs. and TO nave pmu,'II ;s to Leen
have devoted the better portion OF my ii'c " h'eP
| ing secret ,oh - confidential
! nature | assure yOu--
She did. | was sorry that ! had ace T o ~
hastily .r Invitation mt y,e'. she leaned her
was locked Going to ,t the ''rep'ace ''e '''"''
Ibid il ever occur to you she asked wma'
possibilities might he open to Us IL, ior i'''"0'
| smith could temporarily become Jones 49,,
:. I don't Il lite follow you," ] said diun L.
Suppose that you could at will become an orunn
person, and in the character OF that otier p rsJJ
could move about nnrccognizeu aihons Sou' ''i'''
"'."I .usnect. murmurcd, that they would for
tho most part be- lessons Of u decidedly uhpe"sah'
kind" ,,;,, ~ Tho
Garry the idea step further Think Of ,i, tne
possihities Of a dual existence. think OF iiSima
two distinct and separate lives ini,n Vi T%inf
os Robinson what YOU condemn as Brown. l"inN
| of doubling the parts and hiding wlthih yonr vMn
breast the secret Of the double; think OF leauins
triple life think of leading many lyes IN I,,
OF being the old man and the young, 'nc HUSBAND
and the wife, the father and the son ;,,,,
Think in other words; OF the una'' ina, ,ho
mot hn I,sc hsr hand above her head
with gesture which was all at once ur"'na'io
You have nttained-to WHAT"
| TO the multiple existence. IL IL the ST.,
% the mask | told myself some years ago that
il ought 10 be possible TO make mask wh G
1 GSna in SFey ls'G a it would be dH
fHs s 1f at se fro t lyme
made cxpcrmnts succeeded. learner tue
secret Of the mask Look At that A.
She took leather case from her poke. Az
stractlrc its contents she handed them to me.
was holding IN my land what seemed 10 me 10 tie
n preparation OF some sort Of skin-goia-oea,rrs
skin. il might have been. ON one side II was
cnriously. and even dclicatcly, painted On the
other side there were fastened 10 the skin some
oddly shaped bosses or pads The whole I aiair'
suppose did not weigh hair an ounce. W me lie !
was examining 10 Mrs. Jaynes stood looking down
You hold in your hand" shc said 81 the secret
of the mask Give /, ,, to me; ,.r ,,,, sho die.
appeared into the room beyond Hardly had she
vanished than the bedroom door reopened and an
old lady came ont. 80 O..
wa, a quaint old lady, about sixty years OF age,
| with silver hair. and the corkscrcw ringlets OF a
bysone day My daughter Is not sh very hem
| periments that ] sometimes tell her that she Is
| wanting In consideration. While she Is making
her preparations perhaps you will allow me to offer
Tho old lady carried canister in her hand,
which apparently contained tea. A tea service o
| was standing n little sidctablf Kettle was
singing on tie hob. The old lady began to meas
ure out tho tea into the teapot.
| I'VE always carry our own tea with us. Neither
my daughter nor care for the tea which they give
you In hotels.
| meekly acquicsced To tell the truth.
trfe bewidercd had had no idea that Mrs.
| i'll Hal, ,.f
tho old lady come out Of the room Immediately
| after the young one had gone into 1t | should
| have suspected n trick-that was being made the
subject IL experiment with the mysterious mask"
As il was was moro than half inclined 10 ask her
if she really what she seemed 10 he. But
dccded-as it turned out most unfortunately
keep my own counsel and TO watch the sequence
OF events Pouring me out cup Of tea. the old
lady seated herself on low chair in front Of the
MY daughter thinks great deal Of her expert
ments. hope you will not encourage her. She
quite friehtens me Mt times She says such dread
| full things
| I slipped my tea and smiled.
II don't think there is much cause for fear
mo cause for fear when she tells one that she
might commit murder; that o. hundred thousand
possibility could the crime lie brought home TO
her."
| "Do you think that she can hear"
! The old lady glanced round in the direction OF
| the bedroom door.
"You should know better than T. Perhaps it
would be as we'll TO say nothing which you would
| not like her 10 hear
| But ! must tell some II frightcns me-
She saws it is dream she had
| J. don't think, if ! were You. I woud pay
| much attention 10 n dream"
| The old lady rose from her scat. did not alto
| gethcr like her manner. She came and stood in
front Of me, rubbing her hands nervousy, one over
| the ether She certainly seemed considerab bly, dis
| turbcd
| "She came down yesterday from London, and
| she soys she dreamed that slc tried OF her cA-
| permcnts-in the train"
| " In the train
| And in order that her experiment might be
| thorough. she robbed II man"
| She robbed man.
| And in her pocket found this"