The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
the good doctor what had Just come I'M

the good doctor what had Just come I'M
der M observation.
He seemed surprised. if not affected, by
what had TO say. He had seen no letter
and no evidences of disorder on the part
of Leighton. To be sure, he had left
before any letter had been received.
Indeed, you astonish me-" he declared
Seldom have I seen my young friend IN
a more equable frame of mind, He talked
evenly and with discretion about the most
exciting subjects and, though could wish
| him to have been more open, he showed
self-control hardly TO be expected from
man placed in such a disturbing situa-
ton The detective, who appeared to
have full range of the house, hardly
looked our way once. The letter which
you say he received Just as left him
must have contained very agitatlng news
l wonder if we will ever know what
Were you able to settle in your own
mind the question Just now raised be-
tween us at your office?' | asked, AFTER d
momentary/ silence. 1T may not be IN
order for me 20 ask, and you may no'
feel at all ready to answer me. II so
do not hesitate to rebuke my importantly
which springs entirely from my excessive
| interest in The matter
II will the more readily excuse you,
was his reply, because my answer mus
dash your clients hopes, Leighton Gll'
lespie is not victim of double conscious
ness If he were, he would not remeH'
her in one state what passes In the otner
Now. he does remember. Though ne gives
no exclamation of what allures him lntt
baunts so out OF keeping with his usua
associations, caught the CLINT OF MS ey'
when I mentioned certain names. LeiSn
| ton cannot deceive me. moreover. WI
ot pTn
that in my opinion he is otherwise phal
completelv sane, Notwithstanding the
tragic experience he went through l Sd!
tragic because the surmise you indulsee
in concerning him was true. He was TIT
man who flung himself upon the 1oot-rai
of that plunging engine. He acknoWi
! edged 1t to me just now, ana achho"i
edged, also. that he knew that those ear
contained dynamite. A great ana Wonue!
full act for man who had had no eApeil
epce outside the club-room and the gym
nasium.'
Il respect heroism wherever meet IT,
said I, slightly lifting my hat.
"And T." echoed the doctor; ana, as W
turned down the street: Il do not compre
bend Leighton or what has led him int
this course of duplicity. If not crime.
hero at one period Of his life; ocamp
if not worse. at another! What are we t
think of the man whose nature admit
such contradictions? what are we L
think of human nature itself? declare
, am sometimes baffled by its operations
and heartily wish that in this present IN
stance could ascribe them to an unsoun
mental condition. t-.-
had no answer for this ebullition Q
. feeling, so walked on silently till our way
divided AS he turned towards home,
, took the shortest route to my apartments
, But before entering them | dined in tn
cafe below, so that it was s o'clock
least before mounted to my rooms.
A man was sit ting en- the stairs waitin
for me. As stopped to unlock my doo1
he made known his errand. He was an OF
ficer in plain clothes. and he came to tel
me that | was wanted at the earliest pos
sible moment at the district attorney
i office.