Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-03-21

the terms He took the cheQue and
bowed himself out, leaving the letter
in John Gully's possession,
That night, instead of returning di-
rect to his home, John Gully hailed
cab and drove to Emperor's Gate
where his stepmother resided. A long
conference took place between them
They both professed entire disbelief in
Hunts assertions, and prenouneed the
late William Gully's Letter II piece of
nonsense. But, like most people out
''"edly s'saptie"i they were hot thor
oughly convinced lii Their own nl,s.a.. u =
to the impossiblhty of the thing de-
scribed. Besides, their fears MS TO the
consequences If 1t We're uue, made
them all the more anxious TO guard
against the possibility of its being veri-
fed. Both agreed in the end that moth
ing more could be done to make the
matter safe than what John Gully had
already done.
1t would be impossible to obtain per
mission from the authorities to have
the body exhumed without good rea-
sons for doing So and then, supposing
Stavely Hunts story We're true, such
a course would be worse than leaving
things as they We're. If Hunt could be
kept quiet until the three months ex-
pred, it would not matter what he did
after that, as by then the late Mr..
Gully would be dead indeed no matter
how successful his experiments had
been. SO they resolved to say nothing
to any one about the business.
But now comes the most wonderful
part of the story. Florence, the young
est daughter, who since her fathers
death had been residing with her step
mother, one day disappeared without
leaving any message behind her.
Some efforts were made to trace her,
but when 1t was found that she had
realized all the property accrulng to
her under the will, and had drawn out
all the money standing to her credit in
the bank, her nearest relations CON
cluded that she had vanished of her
own free will. AS she was of age and
fully competent to manage her own af-
fairs. they We're content with putting
an advertisement In the agony columns
of the daily papers, and troubled them
selves no further.
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The time came round for Stavely
Hunt to receive his second check. On
the appointed day he presented him
self at Mr.. Gully's Office, and on being
ushered in, said:
''Well, Mr.. Gully, the three months is
up, l believe
II don't know what you mean,
Hunt"
"Why, you surely have not forgotten
your promise to give me eight hundred
pounds on this day if | kept quiet as to
the circumstances of your father s
DEATH
Look here, Hunt. You may not
know the law about obtaining money
under false pretenses, but if you don't
leave this room pretty sharp, I'll soon
show you"
Hunt saw the game was up, and de-
parted, vowing vengeance.
Not long after this meeting u letter
came from Florence, bearing the post
mark of village in the south of
France, sayiag that her father was
alive. and in isss care. This put John
Gully and las atepmother into mild
fever, for they saw they were in dam
ger of being called to account for their
Of hA all
Still their anxiety grew less as time
wore on and they heard nothing more.
The reason of this silence was given
by Florence when she finally rejoined
her family. The following Is con-
densed form of her strange story:
As soon as Stavely Hunt had obtain
ed the check for two hundred pounds
from Gully he repaired to Florence and
told her the whole story, at the same
time proposing, with her assistance. to
rescue her father from his living grave.
She readily consented. for her previous
studies induced her to credit his story.
She made her preparations for jour
ney. The next thing was TO obtain the
services of some trustworthy person to
assist in recovering the body.
Acting on the advice of Hunt, she
told the secret to a young army doctor
named Jansen, who had for some time
been paying her attentions. After lit
tie not unnatural hesitation, he agreed
to assist them To steal the body. This
was done safely, and through Hunts $
knowledge of the necessary process
they managed to restore Mr.. William
Gully to life again. and ut once made
the best of their way to the south of
France.
There were good reasons for this last
step in their knowledge of John Gully S
character But Mr.. William Gully
might have been better left where he
was. The experience" had been too
much for him The three attended upon
him with untiring care, but his state
gradually grew worse and worse until,
before many days had elapsed, Mr..
William Gully was evidently on the