Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

We all started, as II detected in q
crime, and there stood DR.. Whiting at
Donaldson's elbow.
Il passed the door just now" said he,
land had a glimpse of your back, but
recognition didn't dawn upon me until
l was half way down stairs to the cafe
should have looked you up later"
He gave us Il greeting, and we in
yited him TO take the vacant place at
the table
I'VE were speaking of your friends
remarkable experience" said l.
Whiting glanced hastily at Donald
son.
II don't know how you got him to
mention it," he said. after the first
wonder of 1t had passed away he al
ways avoided the subject with me. Be-
yond question, Mr.. Harrington, that
was the most completely marvellous
thing that ever happened on this earth.
Why, he described to me-
Don't, old chap" groaned Donald
son. 81 hate to think of it. i have ex-
planned to these gentlemen that it was
a wholly isolated occurrence, that l
really have no unusual powers"-
Let us be the judges of that" said L.
Give DR.. Whiting permission to tell
the story"
You have been very courteous and
sincere in this matter" said Donaldson
earnestly, "and am unwilling to dis
obige you. Tell just what happened,
Harold, as briefly as you can and get it
over with
He subsidized into an attitude of pas
siye endurance.
These are the facts" said Whiting.
Donaldson was in Harvard when /
was a student in the medical school
and a proctor in one of the buildings.
That's how | came to know him"
Broke up n riot in my ROOM" inter-
Jected Donaldson. I'VE had knocked
down the chandelier It's proctor's
duty to preserve order Whiting came
in with an Indian club in each hand
ard preserved it"
After graduation he came 10 New
York. continued Whiting. His broth
er was here-Henry, about ten years
older than Donald. was taking n spe-
cial course of study in this city at the
time. Henry Donaldson was a note
teller in the Dey Street bank, and he
in the trouble there about three years
ago. You may remember it,
Not definitely" said 1.
Somebody got away with S15O,OOO,"
said Whiting. "Of course l need not
say that Henry Donaldson was entire.
ly innocent, but circumstances and
men, too, conspired against him. He
was arrested and almost Immediately
released, but only that he might be
logged by detectives.
He was abnormally sensitive re-
garding anything that affected his good
name, and he was always easily dis.
couraged. He was convinced that the
combination against him was too strong
and THAI he must eventually be dis.
? graced and ruined. He could not bear
the prospect, and SO he took false
step to avoid it. He fled. and nobody
had the least idea where he had gone.
Donaldson was i'll in bed in some
rooms of mine up town. We supposed
that Henry knew where he was, but
the poor fellow had been 50 bounded
up and down and was SO oppressed, by
the disgrace that he had kept out of
everybody's way. My communication
to him about Donald was stolen by the
detectives. lie received no word al
all, and, as we discovered long after
ward, he was led into the distressing
A.
disloyal to him in this trouble. Moth
ing could have been further from the
truth.
when Henry did not come to see
him, as we had expected, Donald got