The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-10
CHAPTER ".
AN EXCEPTIONAL MATCH.

you ever TrleQ TO inquire the Jnlng on
in your own mind, Mr.. DonaldsonW
The young man shook his head
81 know what | saw" he said, "bu
l don't know what was back of it, anC
l am inclined to think" he added, will
a smile. that it is much the same
with all we see, however simple. There
is a mystery behind that teacup which
no man alive can solve"
1--WE know that 1t will hold our tea, >
said Hackett, "but this psychic bust
ness doesn't seem to have any bottom.
] asked whether any one knew why
Vinal had not made his confession in
this country.
HE went to beg my brothers. par
don and to die forgiven" said Donald
son. He put his confession into the
hands of the man who had been
wronged."
A general conversation followed in
which Donaldson appeared to far
greater advantage than before. The
telling of the story seemed to have tax
en- weight off his mind Both Hack
EFT and myself were pleased with him,
and we resolved to carry out our orig
inal intention of taking him into our
employ. We did not speak of the mat
ter until after Whiting had left US.
He had said in the beginning that he
could be with us not more than half an
hour. When he had gone, / explained
to Donaldson that we had been CON
sidering him with reference to posi-
ton of Importance in our business, and
/ named the duties, the salary and the
prospects.
He was to be Mr. Hackett's assistant
inour departmentof sales. ewere then
introducing system of disposing of
our goods which was entirely unique in
this country, and we required young
man of good appearance, of cultivated
mind and manner and especially of
that quick, intuitive perception which
is so valuable in dealing with the high
est grade of merchants The right
man, coming to us with the proper en-
ergy and abikty, might hope for any
thing, up to an interest in our business,
that would make him more than well
to do. 1t all depended upon himself.
Donaldson received this proposal
with a solemnity which justified his
college nickname of deacon" by
which we had heard Dr. Whiting ad
dress him.
ut is useless for me to deny" said
he, ''that what you suggest is great
advance for me. In my present place
I am like diver walking with leaden
soled shoes In medium of high resist
ance and having everything pumped
down to me from above. | can't get to
the top, and nobody is going to pull
me up. make few signals by pull
ing on a string, but nobody answers
them, I'm sunk; that's the truth about
me. -ss--aa&s-Azza,.s.lr s4ae> i'-''-- 's=@A->-s"
/. Therefore, /" he continued, looking first
to Hackett and then to me, 81 am more
than ready to accept your offer, but
there is one dificulty-I perceive that
you have another motive in making it. ,"
Another motiveT said l, looking
across at my partner.
Young MIR. Donaldson laid his clinch
ed right hand upon the table.
From this day forth" said he, 'if |
have any power or means of knowl-
edge that is different from the aver
age l will make no display of it and
no use of it. That is my irrevocable
decision. You will never learn more
of that subject from me than you will
know tonight when the sun goes down
But, since | have cast away restraint
today, let me continue in that folly.
II know perfectly well that you have
another object in making this propos-
al to me; that it is a part of fantas-
tic dream. You hope to mate me with
young woman whom you believe to
possess the same powers that are in
me, You think that you are acting in
The interests of the advance of human
knowledge and that posterity, with
the probable exception of my posterity,
will rise up and call you blessed"
was motionless, dumfounded
could not have cried "Firev if the
blaze had broken out in my own peck
ct. Ten thousand messages from ia
pan were not to be thought of in COM
parlson with this phenomenon.
For the Secret that he had touched
npon was absolutely ours. My own
private speculqtions upon the subject
and my brief and inconsequentlal
talks with Haekett summed up the
whole of it. Neither of us had ever
suggested that DONALDSON and Miss
Vaughn might make match of it, yet
the idea had fitted through my mind
now and then, and / found out after
ward t that i had had been in HacfefFs.
II don't mean to Say" continued Don
ALLISON, that you would use any intlu-
ence or hold out any inducements to
bring such d Marriage about but you
will hook for it, and You will be disap-
pointed. Why, Mr.. Harrington, if
knew that girl was what is called a
psychic could no more love her than
l could love girl with two noses. No,
sir; am opposed to superluity. The
ordinary mental and physical endow-
ments are enough for me. If you at,
tempt to make any such match for me,
/ shall rum"
But have you any reason to sup
pose that such girl existsf" l de
manded "Who is she?"
II have no intimation as to who she
is" he replied, addressing me directly
II perceive no more than that she II
some one for whom you have higf
regard, and it is doubtless a great hon
or for me to be coupled with her ii
your thoughts But ask you to thinl
OF It no more"
"You have read from closed book,
said l, "and it is marvellous thing tt