Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-11-30

| finally said, reaching out my hand:
Horace, old boy, how glad am TO
see you; feared something had hap
pened and that you could not come
He smiled-then raising his right hand
pointed with his index finger upward,
and faded entirely from my view.
AT that moment my wife appeared,
accompanied by a guide. She was pant
ing for breath and evidently excited by
my long absence. and | rose quietly
and followed her. As soon as | could
speak asked her II she had seen Hor-
ace. and noting her look of surprise
added. He was sitting here on the
rocks with me not ten minutes ago. !
thought perhaps he had been up at the
house.
Horace isn't here are you golrg
crazy, John?' she asked. in evident
alarm.
No. I'm not crazy. and Horace was
certainly here. II | don't find him
down at the Springs on our return
shall know something has happened
TO him. | replied.
Horace was not at the Springs,
neither was there a letter or telegram.
Leaving my wife to continue her
! journey with a party OF friends. | took
the first train which would carry me
towards the city where Horace was
located as physician. OF course, my
wife protested and was anxious about
me, but go | would. and did.
when reached c. repaired at
once to the home Of my friend. conf
| IDENTIFY expecting to see Grape on the
door, but that badge of death being alb
sent | felt greatly relieved.
Il was met in the drawlng-room by
the housekeeper. who explained that
the doctor had been called away east
very suddenly; she had heard him
speak Of sending a telegram followed
by letter to me at Denver 1t was evil
dent Horace had not received my mes
sages telling him to follow us to Colo
RADIO Springs.
81 returned at once to Denver, where
found his letter awaiting me. and as
near as | can remember it read as fol-
lows:
Dear Old Chum:-I intended to BE
with you long ago, but was detained by
severe sickness among my patients,
and have now received news which
obliges me to go east at once. / may
as well confess the one secret of my life
which | have kept even from you, my
trusted friend. loved Eleanor M,
the daughter of the old surgeon with
whom | spent several years; before
was aware of II my heart had gone out
to her beyond recall; then, and not un-
til then, did learn she was betrothed
to her cousin; she married him, and
her life has been q hell on earth, for
he was a disslpated scoundrel. Her own
fortune was soon swallowed up, but
Eleanor fought bravely against adver-
sity and managed to care for herself
and children. | have not seen her for
ten years, but unknown to her have
been able to aid her in various ways
Now comes news through my agent oi
the death OF her miserable husband In
an inebriate asylum, and | hasten tc
her assistance with hope rising phenix'
like in my heart; bid me God-speed
my more than brother.
Ever yours.
HORACE
81 laid down the letter and mused
The secret revealed therein did moi
surnrise me greatly; ! had suspicionet
something OF the kind long before
Horace was just the man to keep OF
loving a woman all his life, and | wal
rejoiced at the prospect Of his beini
u r1ah at last. hnt hnu in hpa
name could l explain that phenomenon
: on the mountain?-i was so real tina
, trembled with superstitious aw'
when | recalled II, but instead of hav
ing been a subject of telepathy, as
had firmly believed, here was positiv
proof that no vision had appeared 4
me. The more Tried to argue II ou
with myself the more puzzled | be
. came, and finally decided It must hav
been a hallucination causd by the rari
fed air acting upon my overtaxe
brain.
II should never have known to tn
:, contrary had not Horace confessed /
me the first time we met afterward
that he was really on the summit Q
-, Pixies Peak In person that eventfu
afternoon. He found out his trip eas
9 could be made as quickly via Denye
and longing to see me, followed on
9 the Springs, and took the next trai
: to ours up the mountain. A guide tol
him where | was. and he quietly too
a seat beside me on the rocks. Notin
!, my look of astonishment and remen
bering my scorn of things supernaturi
q he decided to test me, so. withot
/, speaking a word, he rose slowly an,