Marshall County independent., 1895-09-13

| following saturday afternoon, appeared
| Ferguson, who thrust a newspaper into
his hand and dropped into n chair be-
side his desk
Look at the stock table, gasped the
caller
I'm. what Of it," Randall asked.
Great Eastern at 90
$50 l observe. Insiders have boosted
the stuff. that's ALL
Now read an item on the first page,
| third column, about half way down"
"All right" said the other "Hullo.'
he added moment later, that's odd,
isn't it:''
"'Odd" It's terrible; poor Brown"
Its odd, very odd" Randall repeat
ed. $50 the Iankeeland was in col
lision, Ell? Nothing said about any body
being injured"
They've suppressed that part"
groaned Ferguson. Poor old Brown.
Can't we do something? Let's go to
his rooms; they may have had word
there"
Very WELL" said Randall rising and
putting on his hat; I'm with you But,
If were you. wouldn't give up hope
by any manner of means
| AS the pair approached the house in
which Brown had lodgings that gentle
man opened the door and came down
the steps. He carried a valise Fergu-
son gave a cry of relief at sight of
him; Randall laughed softly.
You didn't take the boat, them he
asked
NO; l was er-er-detained," Brown
stammered. I'm going to Forty-sec-
ond street now 10 catch train"
Have you seen the papers:" Fergu-
son put in. Great Eastern run up and
the Yankeeland run down-notlce it?'
I've read the items" Brown confess
ed. Curious coincidence, so to speak,
wasn't it: I-I-don't know just what
TO make of it."
"Oh. III be honest with you re-
spOnded Brown, with an effort. Il
wasn't actually deta :ned-that is. l
might have caught the boat. But It had
occurred to mel had four days to
think things over, you know-that, per-
haps, by staying in town and waiting
to see if the Yankeeland met with an
accident, I'd have just as good chance
to prove the falsity of the Omen.'
DO you call it proved false?"
I'm. Hardly, hardly" said Brown
An unfortunate incident, very unfor-
tunate, | must say. 1t has almost un-
settled my convictions" And he glanc-
cd about him nervously.
You'll be taking car at the corner"
said Randall. Well toddle along with
YOU"
The three had advanced hardly fifty
feet when Brown dashed from between
his companions and ran to the gutter.
Look QUIT" he cried. Don't you see
those painters at work overhead!
They're on ladder. Don't walk under
Tits unlucky."
No sooner had this peril been avoided
than he dropped TO his knees, and fell
TO picking at 4 crack in the sidewalk.
Horribly unlucky 10 pass that" he
explained, lifting pin from the Grey
ice.
80 I've been told,'' said Randall.
with chuckle. Ferguson lacked words
appropriate to the occasion.
They halted at the corner. but Brown
pretended not to see the first car
which passed. The others saw it very
plainly. 1t was No. 13. They put their
friend aboard the next. which proved
to have number above suspicion.
This affair beats me-" said Fergu-
son. soberly. What ails Brown, any
way?"
Nothing much" replied Randall,
"Only he's gone from one extreme to
the other; he didn't believe anything;
now he believes everything; that's ALL"
Il don't blame him-after such an es-
cape"
You think the spirits warned himY
"WhO else:"
zone Brown"
He warned himself? Impossib,e."
Not at all; his own memory did the
business"
Memory Of something TO happen i'm
the future! That's nonsense
NO more nonsense than his new born
fears"
Il give up the conundrum. What's
the answer"
Il can't tell you In a word. You rec
Ollect the book sc lent me the other
night, don't you? Well, he'd been read
ing 1t the evening before-at least so
he told me-and that was the evening
preceding the vision. When got home
took off the old newspaper in which
the book had been wrapped. and fell
to skimming skipping about, you un-
derstand. Pretty soon l found a piece
Of paper stuck between two pages, evi- |