The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-03-12

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in, who pronounced lie to be extinct.
and the body was now lying on a
couch. in. the sitting-room. where it
was to remain until after the inquest.
Olive had refused to leave the house
since the discovery. and in despair,
Teddy. afraid to leave her to herself,
had telegraphed to her father to come
to Hampstead. Sir John. Immediately
obeylng the summons. had come IN
by the night train, and the three of
them were now in the room. talking
over the affair. Dentham had disap-
peared. The police were in possess
sion of the house. and now Sir John
was trying to persuade his, daughter
to come into town to the Metropole
hotel, and take the rest she SO sadly
needed.
In. spite of the verdict OF the doctor.
Teddy Rudall firmly refused to be-.
lleve tina Adrian was dead. and de-
clared with the greatest confidence
that he was only in a trance. It was
this statement that made Olive refuse
to leave the house, rs she half thought
that Teddy might be right in his be-
lief. and Adrian would come back to
life again. so she was unwilling to be
absent in case he should revive while
she was away. The sergeant of po-
lice, who was present, now insisted
respectfully that they should all leave
the house, as it was nearly nine
o'clock, and he was unable to retire
until they did. Under this pressure,
Olive had consented to accompany
her father and Teddy into town.
III come back in the morning"
she said turning to the sergeant, and
if he shows any signs of reviving,
mind you send a messenger at once
to the Metropole.'
''Yes. miss-certainly.n'
What nonsense. Olive!!" said her
father testify, for the unpleasantness
Of the situation was beginning to tell
even on his genial temper. Pm
afraid there's no chance of poor
Abrams revival. he is dead, quite
dead.'
There l disagree with you, " in
terposed Teddy quietly. ''he is in a
trance"
But the doctor?
Il don't care what the doctor saws
he isn't the Pope. to be infallible-
if Adrian we're dead, his body would
have cecayed long ago"
I'm sure, papa, if you believe in
t~heosophy you can see that Dr..
Roversmire has hyptnoized poor
Adrian" said Olive firmly, Il dare
say if DR.. Roversmire were here, he
could bring him to life again.
'Oh. he'll come back here. miss. :"
observed the sergeant confidently:
then he'll be arrested at once and.
to save his own skin, he'll do what
be can"
Pm not SO sure that Roversmire
will return here" said Sir John
thoughtfully, because he received a
telegram to-day and went up to town
by the afternoon train in a very ugi-
tated state"
who could the telegram have
been from?' cried Olive.
Il dare say Dentham SEM it. "sug-
gested Teddy. 'for l don't believe in
that fellow at all-he's away now"
when he comes back. sir, we'll
not lose sight of him again. said the
policeman. hut now we really must
60"
Olive assented in silence. and
moved toward the door. followed by
the others. On the threshold, how.
ever. she turned to take a last look at
Adrian. and truly it was a strange
scene which met her eye. On the
table burned an oil lamp with q
bright yellow flame, which only illum-
mated half the room. the rest being
in a kind Of semi-darkness. and on
the verge of this radiance was the
couch. covered with a .tigersskin. upon