New-York tribune., 1897-08-22
He grabbed hold Of a handful OF copy and gave

made my flesh creep. 1t might have been written
by a soul in purgatory for of all the hendsh
horrors the brain Of man ever conceived thls was
surely the most terrible. TO think such things
was awful; but to read them Impossible. let
the paper fall from my hands in sheer terror.
and have to stand by for days at a time
and see that and worse than that" continued
west IT'S beyond human endurance: Yet II
try TO escape. this invisible power holds me
hack Good God, what shall | do?'
| must say felt for the man. lncredlne Dc as as
II NAV seem. I was beginning to believe in MS
etorv for the evidence he had just showed me
seemed insurmountable Could any living beihg
have written what had just read? Ihey were were
indeed the thoughts of one from the nether
world: and every word West had spoken seemed
to come from his very heart le' no" '''''
help him in his terrible position. ,,
"What do you want mo to 90 aShvu' %, -.
81 don,t know. Bethel" he said YEARLY but
it has eased my mind to tell you an. nthint
vou with your cool head. can devise so,nctni"I,
Think If over Yet, stay; | was lorBe''ih6' ~
did occur to me that if you came III WI W men ,iht e
typewriter was workins' your u of,,i rote Con
counteract Kcsall's influence Al any lh.r' 49, ga
might trv Come in tomorrow moIhllS anu
drag me out by main force, and break 'iiiS III
fernal spell. VIII you ...,,.. ,,,t royyo"
"Certainlv | WILL West. But why not no"
"Tc cannot J haven't the strength for the s'ruS-
gle. I'm dead beat. haven't slrpt Two nou,9 ,'
at a stretch for a week feel pstteI ~"
though. after this talk with you' ana t"'"N
Right you are, West I'll come as soon as /
can Tomorrow would not leave M Svu , m""
but for the ONCE work, Dul II ~ - "
had a good square meal. You'll let me r'hs i'f
Mrs Harper. won't you!
West nodded listlessy III, and :,
His landlady came in reply TO the peii' anu Ia
y ouarter of an hour West was sitting GOWN
before a substantial meal But he wouiuh ea, ,hc
Un took a few mouthfuls. and then pusneu III, Wv,
tray away impatientiy; ana notiii"s ,1a drank
saw would induce him to have more. ne ula,n ,
off some brandy and then threw himsell on 'ie
sofa I saw a good fire made, arraheeu NE pr, Pr.
lows and wraps. and then left him. reluctantly
It was > o'clock before left The pioneer
Office I was more than half inclined 10 return "
Mrs Uarpers but hestated to dlsturp tlc
house. and possibly West. at that time oi ,.n, tni
night SO | went back to my rooms anu @ ,licu
to get a few hours rest But could not Steep
for my mind was busy with West; o~sora, in
Now that | was away from MS per -.
nncnro the utter improbability of his story
forced itself upon me. Yet could say ~ 10
impossible? The appearance nr,,,, 81 believed in by
many But even if Kelsall could nave NlS'tJu '
West would he have troubled ana s ." n 'a'
friend in this way. He was the hliie, .,,,ai a.
when living and I knew he was atia."cu ,uI
yaet and much appreciated his Devotion. anu
could he possibly have written the tt nGt,"' ,hnn
read? And yet if he had not " %''Tron ImnoslibIe'
After all what had learnt only coiiInhvu Wa NJ,
some believed-that the tales were ir%aa, 1rnao The
sails If it We're 50, what cou'u -, uoi,,. ,, nnt
mere forcing West from his room WouIu ny noI
Lrook fine SMELL Kclsall would follow MN am i
what then? How would it all end? & "eS, Wy w aI
20 mad under the strain-if ne were "o' ~ g"
Win nv brain full Of these conflicting ana
distressing thoughts. | at last dozed away l
dreamt | was in Vests room. iheie i. Na5 no
one there but myself am aln ',, rocsnd down
A. I leaked at it, the keys were preSSeu ioM"
Ly an Invisible hand and the letters STRUCK 'he
paper was drawn toward II py .nt ;,d IN b"ld
force that had mastered West. uleu ~ Ip'
hack. hui il drew me like a masllct' di'" "'
came near the machine knew kelsail was 'hcIe
| could feel his presence cold coiu III urh.n' ,
tb Invisible fingers moved and the letters c,at
tered down | looked over ana reau via MA -, -.
,,.arn writing: and as read. my heart seemed 10
stand still. and | shrieked aloud. But couIu
not move away. There had 10 Slahu' J,i,. 1
Wost had done by that icy horror. anu , r,"u
,vbat marital man had never read before ihe
I could bear it no longer; was sohe n1u n,a
With a terrible cry burst from thal H,nu'sn i i
room-and awOke and iouhd III! sen t, 'te'.1 49,, ~,
my bedside. treHpllHS III '''i' '''''' ~
upon my face. - , s,irro, nm
| went into my sting-roo ana slirreH ,n, up
the diving fire made myself sun glass Vi rn, ~.
snirit and then turned into bed again. ms
,i,n soon fell asleep. and though vague
th"uehts of West and Kelsa fitted across my
brain. | slept long after my usual hour IT,,
1t was II o'clock when reached MrS' ii"r-
"Well. how is Mr.. West this morning? Did ne
have a good night" | inquired
Mrs Harper shook her mead ,,,.,,
Deed sir | don't know how he Is MS break
fast has beeu standing outside his door since
: o'clock. and he won't come for 1t: ana IL $ III
tle enough he slept. I'm SUR" Likely ne had an
bour or two after you went: but ne was AT IL
opain soon after went to bed and don't thlnk
that horrid typcr of his has stopped once 'eioi"
davbreak I'm used to it now. ana IL d"eSh
worrit me: but could hear IL IN my SleTi,' anu
on it went 'cckety-clack the whole blessed
went upstairs and knocked at the door.
West" called out West let me Ill., l'S
There was no rcoly. I repeated this, and ham
nored lcudly; still without response. burst