The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-20

psychology, and was impelle6 thereby
to plunge, into the pages of the many
curious and rather ahstruse books
which attempt to deal with phenomena
of mind. soul and sense. Three things
of the real nature of which, ] am con-
WINGED, DO man viii ever learn more
nothing.
It was while these things were occu-
pying part of my attention that /
CHANGED TO ask Hewitt whether. in the
course of his divers odd and out-of-the-
way experien ces. he had met with any
such weird adventures as were detailed
in such prof1Sion in the books of ''au-
thsnticated" spooks, dopplegangers,
poltcrgeists, claTvoyanee and SO forth.
well" Hewitt answered, with re-
Election. Il haven't been such a WallOw-
er In the uncanny as some Of the worthy
peoIle who talk al large il those books
of you,s, and as a matter OF fact, my
little adventures, curious IA some of
them may seem, have been, on the
svbole. of the most solid and matter of
fact description. One or two things
have happened that perhaps your
'psyetical' people might be interested
in, but they've mostly been found to be
capable of a disappointingly simple ex-
plan:ltion. One case of some genuine
,osyct .oiogical interest however, /
have mad, although there's nothing
even in that which isn't matter of
weII-kl lown scientific possibility" And
he proc eeded to tell me the story that
4 have set down here, as well as | can,
from rec election
| thinI1 l have already said, in an
other place, that Hewitts professional
start as a private investigator dated
from his connection with the famous
will case OF BARLEY VS.. BARLEY and
others, in which his then principals,
Messrs Crenan, Hunt & Crellan, chiefly
through his exertions, established their
extremely high reputation as solicitors.
1T was ten years or so after this case
that Mr.. Crellan senior-the head of
the firu,-retired into private HE, and,
by an odd chance, Hewitt's first meet
ing with him after that event was oc-
,asioned by another viii difficulty.
These were the terms of the tele-
gram that brought Hewitt again into
personal relations with his old prin
ripal!
Cam you run down at once on matter Of
private business1 L viii be at Guildford to
meet eleven thirty-fve from Waterloo. II
kater or prevented please wire CRELLAN."
The day and the state Of Hewitt's en-
Cagements suited, and there was full
half an hour to catch the train. TAX
ing, therefore, the small travelling bag
that always stood ready packed in case
of any sudden excursion that presented
the possibility of night from home, he
got early to Waterloo, and by half-past
swelve was alighting at Guildford sta
sion Mr.. Crellan, hale, white-hatred
old gentleman, wearing gold-rimmed
spectacles. was waiting with a carriage.
How dye do, Mr.. Hewitt, how dye
dol" the old gentleman exclaimed, as
soon as they met, grasping Hewitt's
hand and hurrying him toward the car
riage. I'm glad you've come, very
glad. / hope 1 haven't dragged you
away from important business"
No" Hewitt replied. you have
chosen most excellent time. Indeed,
j did think of making a small holiday,
but your telegram
Yes, yes. Do you know ! was al
most ashamed of having sent it after it
had gone; because, after all, the mat
ter is, probably, really very simple
sort of affair that you can't possibly
help me in.
do You ever remember my speaking
of an intimate friend, Mr.. Holford? No?
We'll. perhaps l never happened to men
tion him. He was a most excellent
man, old fellow like me, You know, two
or three years older. as a matter of fact.
We were very excellent pair of old
chums till last Monday-the day
before yesterday-when my poor old
friend died Now the reason l have
requisitioned you is this: that / can't
find poor old Holford's viii. | drew it
up for him years ago. and by il ! was
appointed his sole executor. / am per
fectly sure that he cannot have de-
stroyed & because he told me every
thing concerning his affairs. More
over. there are reasons why ] know he
could not have wished TO die intes-
tate"
Which are" queried Hewitt as
Mr.. Crellap paused in his statement
Which are these: Hoiford was wild
over, with no children Of his own. His
wife, who has been dead nearly fifteen
years now, was most excellent wom-
m, n model wife, and would have been
model mother if she had been one At
all As it was, she adopted Z little girl,
"a poor little soul who was LETT an or
phan at two years of age
Now, in his viii Mr. Holford be-
nueathed rather more than half of his
very large property to this Miss Garth;
that is 20 say, as residuarv legatee
her interest in the viii came to about
that- The rest vas distributed in
various ways. Holford had largely
spent the leisure OF his retirement in
scientific pursuits. So there were a few
legecies to learned societies: all his
servants were remembered; he left me
certain number of his books. and
fhcre was a very fair sum Of money for
his nephew, Mr. Cranley Mellis, the only
near relation of Mr. Holford still liv-
ing So that you see what the loss OF
this will may mean Miss Garth. who
was TO have taken the greater part
of her adaptive fathers property, viii
not have one shilling's worth claim or
Che estate and viii be turned ont int,
shs world without cent One or two
very old servants will be very awkward
~ placed, too, with nothing TO live on
ana very little prospect Of doing more