The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-27
A QUESTION OF EVIDENCE,
BY ALIENS KRAUSSE.
Author of" The Theory o samson Ye,d Etc. Etc
Copyrighted 1895, by Alexis Krausse


AN, said the, Countess.
~,l that we shall wake up some day
n,nder at its vividness," said the
,andist.
|,,3 forget all those details which make
Greatest impression on us while we
lreaming,". suggested.
A., had finished dinner and had drawn
and the blazing log fire. The shutters
3not been closed, and as l sat outside
ssuj-circle close by the Countess ell
watched the heavy bands of leecy
Z '.,ls which a northwest wind was driv-
CROSS the limb of an autumnal moon.
r,e subject had been started by the doc
IT,. who had volunteered ghost story
"A this had led to discussion in the
,,nrss of which it transpired that we all
hi inst tinge of superstition in our COM
.,.dons. All with one eXception-for
Mrs birthstone had not spoken.
mad observed, however, that While ap-
.rsrflv gazing into the fire and devoting
ii her attention to the sparks which now
ana then sailed up as the wood cracked
.ri shifted in the CRATE, she was listen
mo ,ntently to the remarks being made,
,n3 as the Countess ventured the dogma
.,ronicled above, 1 gathered by the change
in the expression of the face opposite me
4 ,,,,,+ r., h.eal silence with mr.
she was a"0U' ~
pose.
81 cannot say that 1 agree with you,
s,id Mrs Grimstone, in that sweet, sub
4 9,od voice of hers. "but ii has more than
n 400 occurred to me that many dreams are
rsart, and that some deficiency in our
INDIANS causes us to think them I'M
rssI
.Iry dear Philippa," replied the Coun-
n . ..v,batever brought YOU to think such
stbfroq"
"Tbst involves the telling of a story.
and a long one" said Mrs. Grimstone Il
o,'ro+ tell Won what il was. / could only
rIate to Won the circumstances and leave
r,, 70 classify them for yourselves. And
49, the Story ia not a pleasant one I do
not know that I should care to tell it,"
Van are very cruel to thus excite our
a,nreciation in order only to disapDoint
Ms cried the journalist who never lost
nossibIe onnortunitv of acquiring conv
Ara wasting a nerfect mise en- scene,
for n mystery tale nut in the countess
900 tho FIRE is ching down. we are in
eep,i.,7orlynees Listen To the wind II 10
blowing a gale We shall find some trees
d,ur in the morning and there's vol,r
moan ready IN give a finishing toucb tn
the nicture >,
ar is rnonifestIv ordained that Won
sbo,,ld hold us sneI1hound - T nleaded
Tins annea1ed IN she turned her beauti
f,l male face towards rs as thonph with
on effor+ and annearad To debate within
herself before refusing orr reouest Rut
suddenly her face hriphtened
q will tell YOU the story if YOU would
really like to hear IL" she said. "but if is
nat pleasant ono to listen To IF has been
the bane of INV life for fifteen years"
Then eba nausea awhile and ,urniney her
face towards tbe countess she Settled her
self IN the low bench ON which she was
seated &c wa. ali instineti1,eI,, drew in a
uttIe and nrenared 70 listen intentIv.
,.you are most Of vou dolhtless acouaint
cd with tbe oirc,n,stances Of NV 1usband's
daatb Sucb things arc NOT easily, forgot
ten II is close on, tweptv wears ago since
il bapnened but the fact remains.
pm Won ara nrobahIv NOT aware of the
reasons for his having committed the fatal
act If is necessary maj 7 should refer to
then, The subiect ie most nainful one
as ivou will understand He took his own
life rather than suffer disgrace. We were
cononaratiIaIy moor and had losses: and in
a mad moment INV husband had got into
the clutches If a insurer
''He had met the man q the house of an
acouaintance He was an elderly man
with a hook nose and very long white
hoard 7 took sucb a strong dislike to him
the first limo we met that avoided him as
far as I could whenever he fell in nv way.
He vas evidently u,eTl-to-do and lived in
pooj style tboueb exbihi,ins intense yul-
oarit,, in all bis s,,rro,,ndinos He was all
WAYS talking about himself and the many
influential neonle he knew and was most
ohiactionahi,, familiar with every woman
he came across ga was altogether the
most 1oatbsonoe ,,e,.son 7 have ever met:
and 10 make his annearance esneciallv dis
aoreeabIa he had : necnIiar wen-1ixe pro-
tnberance on bic tbroat inst under his
cbin # was liLe a t,,rlrev's waffle. and it
1,,as a,,idaotI,, - tid[, his that he wore so
Iong hoard ;,
We sat motionless as Mrs Grimstone
nansed in bar raoi+aI Her story had all
rsad,, ansrnssaa Gu o+tention and the
well cboser, ,,,ords ~ ,rhicb sba told II were
elrnost fasoirotiSsa. IN tt1eir sironIicitv
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