Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-07-18
SHORT STORY FOR
EVENING HOURS
SHORT STORY OF MYSTERY

and silent.
What's the matter with you. man.
at last broke out. "You look as If you
had seen q ghost. Open your mind, il
you have anything on it,"
Scherzbach sighed deep and long.
You know | have always been q reck-
less, daredevil sort of chap. have
lived from day to day, and have let to-
morrow care for itself. But yesterday
1t was borne in upon me that there
are more things and stranger things in
this world than we dream of-things
which are brewed in some old witch
cauldron. | am changed man since
yesterday"
do you leave tomorrow. as you in
tended?" asked. after a pause. Are
you really going to the Tyrol?"
IL certainly am going away tomor-
row, but mott to the Tyrol The sight
of the mountains about Munich would
be more than | could bear. Something
happened in that neighborhood the
other day--something which cannot
shake off. I'm going to the North Sea
coast. think It will be good for my
nerves"
Speak out. II It will help you"
said. You can rely upon my friend
ship"
My words seemed to cheer him. AT
ter having stared steadily at nothing
for Il while. he said: Il give you my
word of honor that what | am going
to say is gospel truth. II tell you
what has upset me so, will you promise
not to give me advice or ask me ques-
tions?"
"Tll ask you nothing" ! replied:
and you forget that am not in the
habit of plaguing people with advice"
With evident difficulty and after
much clearing of his throat. DR.. Scherz-
bach told his story.
You know our old friend Reichardt
and his charming wife, and what tur-
tle-dove pair they have always been?
If ever there was perfect marriage on
this earth theirs surely was the one.
1t was enough to turn such old bach
elors as We are green with envy. But n
few days ago there appeared the first
cloud on the edge of their clear sky.
had ordered Mrs. Reichardt to go into
the mountains, thinking that the air
would be good for her. OF course her
husband planned to go with her, and
they were as happy as two children,
thinking of the days they would be able
TO pass together. You would have
thought that they were planning to
take their honeymoon trip. They de-
cided to leave Berlin on certain even
ing by the 1925 train for Munich.
While they were at dinner. ReiChardt
received a telegram from some one who
had to see him at 10 o'clock on i'm
portant business which would not keep.
He told his wife that he would have
TO see the man, and that he could not
would certainly follow on the next
morning. Well, she was at once jeal-
Gus and inQuisitive. She imagined that
her husband did not care for her any
more, and that he had some meeting
on hand, and was going to improve the
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did not want to travel alone. He told
her she must go, whereupOn she burst
out crying. He grew angry, and wai
indignant as he saw what she suspect.
ed; nevertheless, she was so foolish as
to oyerwhelm him with reproaches, so
he left the house in high dudgeon, and
she had to go to the station alone.
THE train started out, and there
she sat in the car. heart-broKen. He
had not even taken her to the station:
hadn't so much as kissed her good-by.
The moon which shone through the
windows made the tears on her cheeks
glisten. Now, you can laugh, If you are
inclined to, but the influence of spirit
ism, magnetism, hypnotism, or what
ever you like to call II, began to work
in her mind. will confess that had
always relegated such matters to the
land of fables. But who can know what
are the secret influences which bind
souls together? How can we know OF
the toraps which are set for us by evil
spirits any more than the birds can
understand about the nets and snares
which are laid for them? They rush
in, are caught, and that is all they
know"
Scherzbach paused for a while. and
then continued; Now comes the eli
max. Mrs. Reichardt went to her berth,
but her rest was broken by visions Of
her husband, whom she felt she had
driven away with reproaches, and she
awoke with that feeling of horror Of
impending calamity at which we, in our
stupid wisdom, are inclined to laugh.
At 10:37 the train drew up in the sta
ton at Munich. Fearsome, she stepped
out on the platform, and with a shrek
fell fainting, for, in front OF her, she
saw what she imagined was her hus-
band standing. Since then-since then
-. oh, it is horrible!"
How do you explain the apparl-
tom" | queried, forgetful of my prom
Use to ask no questions.
you can call il second sight, or