Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-12-12

midnight assailant. both in your case
ana Mr. Nedey's?"
| said nothing to this; and presently
sho began to laugh, rather mocEingly.
4 hope you'll forgive my being
Iamused But really. don't you think
It's rather an extraordinary delusion
CT your part?"
Il am suffering from no delusion !"
isa3 4 sti&5y. | wish I were,
You really ;hink an English gentle
nan, man against whom YOU know
lnothing whatever. and of whom you do
know certainly that he is good heart
Ell and Woodworking man, OF whom his
uncle cant say enough~-you think
such man capable of committing q
most foolish. purposeless and cowardly
outrage upon two persons who had
never done him any harmp'
| | paused a moment II certainly did
sound absurd but to suppose anybody
else had done this thing was more alb
surd still
| Il quite allow that what assert
sounds monstrous? | am attacked at
night half strangled by some person
who escapes without being seen
follow him, shoot at him. hear him
groan."
What" stammered Jennie, turning
pale
Yes" said l. Il shot him; every
one must have heard the shot There
were dozen people outside their cab
| iDs in a moment"
Il heard nothing about that before"
said She looking very much alarmed.
No; | haven't told anybody except
the doctors, who appeared not to be-
lieye me. But one of them had no
wish to believe" | added significantly
Which one?" said Jennie. with q
sort Of defiance
| DIR. Mullion'
"And why should he not believe
you9"
| We'll, I'll tell you frankly He did
EoJ choose to believe me, so | suggest.
because he knew who ii was | shot at
and wounded"
| Jennie, very pale. considered a mo-
ment. She pretended to take only the
| interest any one would in strange
story. but saw well enough that she
was deeply troubled and distressed.
You have no proof 10 back up your
suspicious, none whatever" she said
at last
Young Mullion is invisible today,"
| suggested quietly.
And YOU choose to fancy he is suf>
fering from bullet wound?"
Il suggest that also"
| She was silent for few momenta.
Then she said quickly
He won't be invisible long"
You choose to believe his version
of his illness?" said ! shortly.
! Yes. she answered TREMENDOUSLY.
| ] could not tell whether she was tell
! Ing the truth or not
| But in spite of her confident prophe-
! cies it was not until the evening of the
/ following day that Dick Mullion ap-
ueared among us again. Then he slip
| ped into the smoking room after din
ner looking more CHASTITY than ever
Everybody near went mp and spoke
to him. | was rather indignant to find
1 that they showed much more sympa-
this fellow, taciturn as he adwavs
was. than they had done to me. For
some reason or other. the word had
gene round to doubt my story alto
gether, and those references which were
made to it were made in such half
mocking tone that | discouraged ques-
tioHs on the. subject entirely. | felt
Convinced in my own mind. however.
that ! should be able to obtain proof
fcf my story before long
! ] could not complain that no notice
! had been taken of my adventure, inquir-
| les had been made in the strictest man
rer. as to whether any person from
the crew or from the second class or
steerage passengers had been seen
about, or missed from his place. But |
knew beforehand that these inquiries
would have no results