The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-02
TIE POOL or SILT WRITER.

never saw him enter II again except on
one notable occasion
What was that inquired my COM
panion?"
well, you see not having his scientific
studies to take up his mind, tie poor man
became very lonesome ard morbid. He
never wanted TO be alone and must ne e 8
have a houseful OF company the whole
time This was easy, for he had d great
many nepheWs and nieces, and they, with
their friends, kept US in a state of COM
motion, especially during the holidays and
in summer vacations.
"One Christmas eve his favorite
nephew, Jack Newton, came late in the
evening, and to save my soul 1 didn't
know where to put him to sleep. He was
merry, rollicking lad of seventeen, and
he SAID he d sleep in the attic-anywhere
SO that he get a chance at the dinner
next day-always thinking OF his stom-
ach, like any healthy boy.
The attic was out OF the question
suddenly thought came to me, and I
asked him if he'd mind sleeping in the
seaweed room"
Just the thing-awfully jolly said
the boy, giving me a squeeze that nearly
broke nay neck
Then not a word to your uncle L
SAID as soon as I could speak
wink ''- ''-e 10y VII d
so 1 fixed him up a bed on this ere
couch We're a-sitting on, and as if was
pltter cold started a bit of fire in fhe
sfale' Ihen l locked him in and carried
@"ay the Key SO that if by some strange
chahce the professor should STRAW IN
mere late in the evening he would fnd
tne key gone and probably think it had
peeh mlslafd, for it usually huno on =
nail beside the door. 9 va d
II &c known the queer trick in this
room then as 1 do now I'd never have
locked the COY in
what happened during that night
SoU stralght from Jack myself. It seems
- "4 4,II SlralSht to sleep, and never
woke I'LL the faintest bit Of daylight was
stealing into his window. Then ba wsS
aroused, poor chap, by low rnurnur
VI voices, and Sitting I'D he saw on the
earth Two figures talking togetber-ono
d SlrI with long black hair and the otha-
young man who held her hands and
was bending his face down to hers
Dom OF EN- was dripping wet. and he
coulu near the trickle Of the water as if
80 an Inc Dig stone hearth they were
stanolng on. Their faces were turned
from him, but in the girls hair was tan
gled quantity of seaweed
Dld tell you Jack was a nIuckv
niue Fellow? He was, to the backbone
lie said to himself that what bn COW,
was an optical deIusion,' I believe ba
caIIed 1t, that there was nobody but him
sen IN the room-there couldn't be be-
cause the door was locked. What do
you Want-who are your he cried and
with that jumped out Of bed and canoe
straight toward the two figures As he
advanced they retreated toward tha win
uo"' ana when he reached the window
there wasn't anything there, though the
WINDOW was shut except for a littIe
space at the top.
WeH' Jack went to bed and Law think
lug 1t over for an hour, then fell asleep
osalh' lie was perfectly healthy, Jack
natural. 40
But now comes the strange part of #
Tor as he was dressing the next morn
HlS what did the boy find but nooI
VI SAT- water on the stone hearth. in that
!itue hollow you can see from here that
mas been worn in it, and living in II
d pIt or fresh seaweed, in which was
tangled long black hair! Then. as Jack
eoiu me- ms own hair began to rise in
good earnest, and he was scared.
SO that morning after breakfast he
takes the bit Of seaweed to bis nnc1o
ana asks him if he'd ever seen anv like
it. eii any me
The professor looked at the piece Of
wet weed, and his color went like tba
gong out of a lighted taper It's an nm
common variety he said, as it's never
found except on the bodies of drowned
people where did you get it. Jack?'
anu ne looked at the boy wild-Iike, for
was a-Watching of EN- from the pas
sageway. pas
" I found it in my room blurfed out
the boy. There was a couple of people
IN there last night, uncle, dripping wet
what do You mean" gasped his I'M
Gle, looking at him strangely.
come and I'll show you, he says, in
Splle OF the TACT that 1 was shaking my
list at him from the hallway So together
they went up to the seaweed room. 7 fol
lowing to explain why I had taken the
liberty to lodge Jack there But the nro-
Iessor never noticed me- He followed
Jack into the room, white to the lips, and
kneellng down, examined the little Dool
OF water on the hearth. It's sea water
ne whispered after moment. What
dld you see boy? Tell me everything.'
There's nothing much to TN uncIA !,
went on Jack, in his straightfo1 ward way.
The girls hair was down her hacI, all
Wet and full of seaweed. And, seel
heres a long black hair in the seaweed
I found -
The professor looked, then gave a crv
SUCN e'No nope never TO near again. and
| Tell back on the floor unconscious He
came back to life, but never was wall
AFTER, and" he died six weeks afterward.
Before he went he became comnunica-
tive, and the secret of his wife's death
came out. He and his wife were in a
small boat. the last to leave the sinking
vessel, together with a few other passan-
| gers and one sailor. The professor. being
man Of authority and a well-known
seaman, was in charge of the boat. Just
| as they We're pushing off they saw q
| hgure clinging to the mast lust above
the water. 1t was Mrs. Linwood's oo41sin
| and former lover. At this she cried To
| her husband to put back to the ssip and
| rescue him, and took on so at his da
! that The demon of jealousy entered he,
! husbands soul, and he swore it would
! be impossible to go back. and that to
! take another person into the beat wOuId
! sink 1t. At that moment the mast df~ap-
! peared, and as it did 50 the young man
| sprang into the sea waving farewell to
! his cousin. Then, with one look at the
! professor that he never forgot TO his
! dying day, Mrs. Lawson jumped over
! board and probably sank immediately
at least, the body could not be recovered.
es, 1T was a strange thing. those two
coming back-if it was thena-to this
room; those who have book learning can
make it clear, perhaps, but I'm only an