The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-28

I'm that SAFE" said he, there are |
two packages of money. They are In |
brown paper. with rubber bands around |
them. One Of them is not quite SO |
thick as pack of cards, and the other |
is thicker than two packs. The larger
one Is on top"
1.-The larger one Is on top?" l repeat
ed. "How do you know thatT'
II know it. uncle" he replied. That's
all l can say"
1T is important in such matters as
this" said l. Ito distinguish between
the knowledge that can come from
reading another persons mind and that
which proceeds directly from the heart
of nature. 1t is the latter class which
| Is deepest down in this realm of mys-
terry. Now. l know that there are two
such packages as you describe in that
safe. but If you know which of them Is
on top you must have got your infor-
nation direct, without the interposi-
ton of another mind. for only one hui
man being besides yourself ever knew,
and he has forgotten. In fact, I'm not
sure that could have told you the
next instant after had put them there.
I don't believe that my mind took any
cognizancc of the relative position"
Lets have look at them" said he
eagerly. eff should be wrong
He did not finish the sentence, but /
could see that he felt the invarable joy
of the true psychic in any suggestion or
prospect of failure. Meanwhile | was
opening the safe. 1t contained moth
ing except a few documents of mine
and the money. We had intended to
use it for some books of the Tunbridge
branch, a little independent railroad
which connects our town with the
trunk line, but an unexpected and
somewhat mysterious opposition had
arisen among the executive officers OF
this insignificant corporation, and so
the headquarters remained at the juno
ton. In the forthcoming annual meet
ing this would all be rectified, as we
controlled IL majority of the stock.
l swung open the outer doors and
then unlocked the inner ones and my
private drawer, in which lay the pack
ages, the larger of them on top. l rails
ed them with my finger sufficiently for
Donald to see and then dropped them
back. He nodded many times in a
slow and rather solemn fashion.
Does anybody else know they're
there:" he asked.
Your father" said 1, adding. with a
smile: But he didn't know how they
lay or even that they were in my pri-
vate drawer. He had the combination
of the safe, but | have all the keys of
the drawers and of the inner DOORS"
''The larger package" said Donald
in monotonous tone, as if he were re-
peating a lesson, contains SD. 900; the
smaller contains $1,000. The bills are
Of many denominations. l don't know
why"
THE money came from several
payment for part of what is known as
the Hackett interest. Mr.. Hackett was
my partner, who died many years ago.
He left considerabl part of his inter
est to an aunt, whose children have
since inherited it. 1t is her oldest son
whom we are going to buy out. Of
course, we can pay him by check, but
for certain reasons we wanted to have
good supply of legal tender on hand"
That's Mr. William Hackett, isn't
it," asked Donald. Il remember see
ing him here last winter whe l was at
home. He's the man with the red face,
red whiskers, red hair-everything red,
even his necktie, as l recall him."
That's the man." said l.
"Well, uncle" he returned, II hope
Mr.. Hackett may get the money, if
that's your intention, but there's an
other man after it."
that wo had fyot dow f0
the root of the matter.
Another man." l queried.
''There is a pale, hard featured man.
with prominent ears and brutal look
about the mouth" said the boy. He
has lips that are as stiff and hard as
iron. His chin has little peaked point
with queer dimple that looks like a
shot hole. The left side of his mouth
is lower than the right. He is coming
here for this money. He is about
feet inches tall and of medium
weight, tritie thin perhaps. 1 can't
say how old he is, but his hair is griz-
zled, though l wouldn't wish to speak
definitely about that, for l never saw
him with his hat off,
you've seen him?' l exclaimed
Donald smiled at me, and, extending
his hand, he tapped upon the drawer
of the safe. l understood Immediately
that he had not seen the individual in
the ordinary way of mortal vision.
you think that he is coming here for
this money" said I.
"Uncle, 1 know it, replied Donald.
II know that he intends to get this
money and that he feels perfectly sure
about it, and, the worst of it is, that
, l keep having the impression of his
getting it unless something very I'M
usual, something quite out of the Or
binary, happens to prevent. l don't