The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-18

now knew 50 well. lu.n1 kuo~ wn;,u
SAID III thanking her. for my head was
III whIrl. but | hn'l enough stnse TO
say good night aud iuitkly Withdraw.
how DAVIS could lave obtained the
paper and seal or how be learned of all
those college scraLes of Writings |
could not imagine But / saw that his
relations with Miss Wiley had gone SO
far that it would do no good for me to
lntertcrc. and that | should only be
snutbcd by her fer my impertinence in
medd'ipg in other peoples business.
Nv hitting was out when l called at
his rooms next morning, and his servant
told mo that he had gone TO the country
for II rest aud left no address.
1T was perhaps month afterward
that he turned up at tho club ono night
looking more Ghnstly than ever. He
would not say where he had been and
positively declined to discuss tho Davis
matter.
~ know he talked wildly about hyp-
notic control aud kindred SUBJECTS un-
til wo thought his mind was affected
and tried TO calm him, but he grew
more and more excited until finally /
saw him turn pale aud clutch the back
of q chair and noticed little stream
Of frothy blood oozing from between his
ciinchcd teeth as he staggered out Of
the room.
II jumped up from the sofa and fol-
lowed as quickly as 1 could. but when
] reached the front door he was gone,
and met Davis just coming in He
walked lesulely into tho cafe aud
leaned against tho nantelpiecc. To my
excited inquiries about Whiting he
simply smiled and said he had not no.
ticed him going out. but l saw him
scratching small red spot from h;s
cuff with his finger nail and felt sure
they must have met.
'Gentlemcn. said Davis in his
drawling voice. i beg you will con-
graiulato me ON my approaching mar
riage and pardon my not mentioning
the la.ly's name in the club. Steward,
please take the orders.
'MCst Of US refused to drink with
him. for we despised the man. aud left
him chatting with g few OF his particu
lar cronies and went up to Writings
room. | heard afterward that Davis left
very shortly after did.
whiting had not come home, and
spent the night hurting through hotels.
police stations hospitals and ey ell the
morgue, for felt sure that he had rup-
tured Il blood vessel in his lungs. which
must quickly prove fatal. But l could
find no trace Of him and finally. utterly
worn out, Went TO my rooms to toss
about until midday with horrible
nightmare, in which Whiting aud Davis
were struggling in one another's grasp.
each striving TO kill tho other.
Sat lunch picked up morning pa
per and scanned the society news list
lessly until NY eyes lit upon the lu-
mored engagement of DR.. j. H. Davis,
formerly of New Orleans. and Miss Isa-
belle Wiley, the well known belle, etc. >
II sat musing over the strange vicis-
situdes OF fate and wondering what had
become OF poor Whiting. Suddenly u
newsboy rushed into the restaurant ca H.
ing extras, and the FIRST headline / saw
was:
Sudden death of DR.. Davis I
engerly read tho usual detailed account
OF how he had been fund that morning
dead il his bed, evidently, the paper
stated. from a ruptured blood vessel, us
the bedclothing aud carpets were stain, d
with blood. but no wound was found on
his body.
"Strangoly enough. ho lived in one
Of tho old tenemcnts back of Whiting g
home, and measurements which made
subsequent showed that his rooms and
Whiting's must have been OH similar
floors and directly back to baok. Re-
membering the stolen note paper. tried
80 fina sorne entrance between the two
houses, but the walls we o solid. and
even the waii papers showed naught
but the few little cracks due TO their
many years service.
"1his, gentlemen" said DR.. De For
rest, drawing his glass and taking mp
his hat and cane from tho sofa, ''is a
story Of actual life. and IL any Of you
have an explanation to offer ! should be
happy to hear it.
We could say nothing for moment,
and then the irrepressiLIe Merton found
his tongue. .'But how about Dr. Whit
ing?" he asked.
"As for him. gentlemen" said DR..
De Forrest solemnly. as no stood by the
open door, ~ know nothing further ex-
cept that he was never found. But
have my theory. Good nightr' And he
CLOSED the d0or.-G. W. s. ANGEL in
Few York Herald.