Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-11-02

a AAANNN W AhhN ~ 80 80
t1eman square In the eye. but he never
WINGED or gave ti,c slightest indication
of recognition. Then | went away
with my mind In n turmoil. IL / had
been called upor TO swear 10 the mems.
identity In a court OF law. would have
done 80 without hesitation hut for the
fact that, though returning my glance
with one MS prolonged and steady as.
my own, he had shown 10 sign Of rec
ogniti0n.
Now. ! needn't tell you how my ia
thor and myself began 20 speculate or.
what thoughts were exchanged. Suf-
Gee 20 say that nOGe Of u surmises
approached The trI,u.
"AnI now, to lp lack 10 Mr.. Temp
Lins' sudden sct5tire ANA the events
wl.lch followed. OF coursc cur lnqui.
rics Gftcr the sic! uGn were frequent.
ari my father called several times, but
Mr.. Tomph!ns dtl not for some time
recover consciousness. 81 length he
began 10 cvince y0Uc slight lntelil-
Scacr. nnl my faihct or myself was
thereafter with hin Cay and night, so
that II he recovered his senses we
might lie ready to 10 snything for him
he uiight desire IN relation to the ar
r|angeu.cnt uf LIS affairs. lie had no
relatives near at band and. ia feet.
nonc with whom he ever directly conl-
M ,Eicatrl. lie lad 4 younger brother
who lad di.ggncc1 himself and been Il
cOuvlrt anl was occasionally helped
through us hy Mr.. Tompki ms, but NJ
ways IN 20 Indirect n manner rs TO pre-.
vout his discovering the whereabouts
OF his hcnpfac,or. So fai as we knew.
Mr.. Tompsins had madc 10 will. and
yet We lurW tat lie must be wcrt.i
ortT %~t.51a.G13.
"i;tt / viil coaic 10 thr occurr,nce to
which / e'!cticd at tie cl:tSct. / was
sitting IN the s;rk mars ROOM one
night rva.,.,g before the Gre. lie grew
restless. and a.o.c ana saw that he
was moving ard STRUGGLING as though
trying 10 r. q. I gpnlc to him. ANA he
tiir.I ls,.f 10 rrsnoud uad rrlnrel my
baud with extraordinary yigor for SO
slr!, = ncr>oi. Seeing that he wss using
every eXrriicn to sit up in bed. | hrlued
him rs well as / could. but Inst as lie
had acquitted an apparently upright DO
slliou III. frame irI.yrl and he fell
back stood by h,in for some min
rites. and. .s Gc seemed 10 lie breathing
easily. / resumed my u!ace al the fire.
sitir. once and again cag;ln= n glance
at t!iu bed.
''Sudftnly rxprrlcnced n TRANCE
sensation. rEl. on looking M. [ saw a
sicctral figure standing right onposItc
nc. rose with an exclamation of sur.
prise ana nnprOaclrd the form. won
der:ug how the sick man could have
LEFT his bed aud nassed nir without my
having observed Llr,. | did not lose
my prrscucc 81 r.lnd, but took a step
toward the Ginlly outlined figure. TEcn
| saw that one hand was pointing TO.
ward II small, old fashioned desk which
stood OH tie ton CT a bookcase. AS
my eye followed tie direction indicated
the form disappeared. | turned. OK
pcctlng to see tie figure moving to.
ward tiIc he'd. Nothing. however. was
visible. | went to the bed and ga2cd
upon Il corpse!
"Flle man was dead beyond question
I summoned tie h%ousckccper and Other
attendants, and when the body was
properly disposed all OF us quilted the
room. / locked the door and gave the
key into tie custody Of the housekeep-
or, directing her to allow no one to on.
ter the room until my father came next
day with the undertaken.
Next morning | accompanied my ia.
tlcr to the house. had already in,
formed him What had occurred, and as
soon as some other matters were ar.
ranged my father took the desk, and
we retired to another room. On open.
ing the desk there was apparently
nothing In 1t but n Qulre of note paper
We made n close examination; but, as
1t was simply a desk to be carried in
the hand or in n trunk. we found moth
ing that would Indicate any secret
drawer. | took up the note paper aud
s~urnrIsn v.os In Store for nm tbo inside
shoot tl,rrr yyns writing II turned out