The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-10

WudI your luLuIC Is Say
ing about you?"
YES" he replied cheerfully; mr.
Kelvin thinks I'm bogus. l hope he'll
be able to prove it, and then we shan't
have any more trouble"
At this Jim Bum laughed nervously
what is the exact truth, Donald?"
said 1.
"Well," he answered, smiling, "the
truth is that Mr.. Kelvin would do
well to wait. He has seen things that
We're hard to explain; he will see 9TH
ers that are laundering sight harder
But can't help it. l call you to wit
ness, Uncle John, that l was dragged
into this business by the heels. You
know how painful it is to me-"
Donald" said Carl kindly, Gin our
presence and upon honor-all joking
aside-do you claim the possession of
any unusual power?"
"A minute or two ago" said Donald,
you weren't SO anxious about the
power You wanted to know what the
motive was which had led me into all
this wonder working"
Car! started and gripred the arm OF
his chair
Your exact WORDS said I.
Jim Bum put hand to his forehead
rs he looked from Donald to me- Then
he pointed to Archer
did he say that before Don came
in?" he dcu.anGcd And | responded
that he had said it precisely
Tell Us how you do it, Don?" said
Carl lightly.
You press me unreasonably," an
swered Donald, with annoyance. 81 do
it by means of a power of which l pos
sess Il little, but there is some one in
Tunhridge who possesses thousand
times more"
"You mean your father" said Bum
quickly.
"No, l don't mean Ey father" an
swered Donald, land unless Uncle John
commands me shall not say whom
mean"
81 shall not command you, my boy"
said 1. Indeed, it is not necessary.
And l won't have you cross questioned
any more" 1 added, seeing how deeply
he was irritated. Il thank heaven that
you possess this power and verify be-
ileNe tHdt II VIII NC the SaNdtloH vi
us ALL
When Donald had gone, Bum asked
me whether could bring myself to be-
lieve that Mrs. Donaldson was the
source of all these mysteries.
Il never doubted that she had the
power" said l, but am skeptical
about her having more of it than her
son.
At this Car! Archer arose and waved
his arms around his head in a protest
that transcribed speech.
eve have all gone crazy!" he cried
at last. There is no such power.
There is not an atom of evidence in all
the worlds history that any human
being ever exercised it. Donald is
merely travelling the way of all im-
posters. and think we ought to stop
him"
What do you think about it. Jim?"
said l.
Bum had his hand upon the open
door.
Il think that nobody will stop him."
he replied He will go on to the end"
And the old man went away mutter-
ing.
On the following day Donald came to
me with q remarkable request and
despair of making clear the reason why
l granted it. | can say no more than
that the boy had begun to exercise an
influence over me that was nearly ir-
resistibIe.
You have noticed" said he. that
my father is not very well. That is
why | come to you with this matter
| and why l ask you not to bother him
| about it. He has enough upon his mind
without being worried by my foolish
ness"
| asked him what the matter might be.
"My father has the papers in the old
| Strobel correspondence" said he. "a
| few weeks ago he got them together
| and put them in his box in the vault
| at the bank"
| 1t is not necessary here to explain
| what the Strobel correspondence was
nor why Donaldson had taken charge
| of it, as these things have no bearing
upon the case. I replied that the facts
were as the boy had stated them.
| Il want you to ask my father for
| these papers," said Donald. when
| you go up to the house this noon, you
| can stop at the bank with him and get
| them. Don't let anybody else see you
take them, don't tell anybody that you
| have them, and ask my father not to
mention the circumstance at all. Will
you do this?'
| l saw no objection, and told him so.
, Then I asked what l should do with
the documents.
| Put them into that little handbag"
said he, pointing to one which was be-
| side my desk. Don't take them out