The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21
:D;i; / never told him" l cried.
Donaldson smiled sadly.

How simple these things are he
said Certainly you never told him,
but YOU loaned him your diary that he
+, might study the records Of your tests,
and in turning it over he came upon
your notes ahc!:t the possibility CT
mating two psychics. Look out for Il
psychic girl he wrote in the letter in
which lie warned me Of your visit. I
think they've got one and will try to
make 4 match Dear little Dorothy!
TO think that I never suspected her Of
being the wonder worker! But many
q time since then have felt her power
guiding me, for she still has it, though
she will not say so. Indeed, I cannot
believe that our son lacks some inher-
itance of this mysterious force from
his mother
"Oh, deacon, how Geliciousr' eX-
claimed Dorothy, who had stood like a
statue, with clasped hands, during all
this recital. 'uave YOU really believed
in me? But why not? I have always
believed in you, and my only doubt Of
Don was based upon the knowledge
that myself was the thinnest of vain
delusions. Donald, dearest, never
dared to tell YOU
"Dear old Uncle John, uncle in gener-
81 to all OF us and best Of benefactors,
can you ever forgive me? can't tell
you all; can't speak i'll Of my aunt,
and indeed she was driven to it; but
when I first began to help her with
those mysteries thought her a most
wonderful psychic and that the only
deception was III making the revela-
tons through me. Why, she had cor
respondents all over the country. did
not know it till after her death. There
was a perfect network Of fraud. These
people wrote to each other. They gath
cred the complete family history Of ev-
cry investigator and-and crank. You'd
be amazed at the things that my aunt
knew-things that were all done in an
orderly record among her papers.
81 did not know this till after her
death, and Of course I had no suspi-
cion that she was taking money for
her exhibitions, that she lived upon
them. Il was among her letters that I
found YOUR name and AIr. Hackett's
and the fact that you were trying to
find a Mr.. Donald Donaldson, whose
name you had not yet learned. That
letter came after my aunt's death.
"And I was desperate, Mr.. Harrins-
ton. did not know which way TO
turn. When you mentioned teachers
work to me, I was insane with fear
that you would not choose me, and So
and so played that awful trick
The tears were streaming down the
dear face that have loved SO tenderly
for so many years. She is the child Of
my soul. took her into my arms and
kissed her upon the brow.
"The facts seem to be- said Donald
son. looking very queer, that your
experiment il heredity has succeeded
beyond the widest dreams. You have
brought together two persons having q
peculiar and wretched gift of decep.
ton. though one of them is the most
honest, open hearted woman in the
world and the other man who has
done no great harm Each of them, in
crisis which seemed all important,
yielded to a certain temptation-the
very same in each instance. To them
was born q son who was brought to
face a similar situation, with result
that must be called inevitable. But at
heart" he added, ''the boy is pure gold,
as his mother is, and I am proud Of
him"
He looked around defantly, as if
there had been some one to deny the
justice Of his claim.
"He's the finest boy that ever lived"
said I. And then, with an old mans
persistence in q long cherished opinion:
"And, moreover, there's a tremendous
lot in this matter that none Of you
has explained. I believe, upon my
soul, that you are psychics, all Of you"
THE END.