The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-08
heved that we could clear him.

"eNea that we could clear him
! we made plan to lunch together
ana nave Donald with us and then dis
ciose the whole subject to him. So we
met ABOUT noon one day and went to a
private room in Hobart's restaurant I'M
Town. Donald did not know what was
III the wind, but for some days his
nllhd had been running upon his broth.
en- ana he looked all broken up with Il.
AS he and were going to Hobart's
that day he said to me:
4 am sick with anxiety about Har.
ry.'
said l. ue"u'
never have he replied. I can't,
Nothing more was said unon tb.
SUBJECT just then, and it was not men.
oioneu Whlle we were eating luncheon.
ms was by agreement. Donald was
very silent during the meal. He ate
scarceiy anything. He was pale and in
d! u PScullar state of nervous tension.
o'"S' Vu rrr" ---.>.----...iL,.-.,-,,-o.
ety. Tor he looked like a man whn =.
going to break down.
we had reached the c;gors
of M",tel tna was was well out of the way. One
viz ie''o"s made sign to me tn
opel inc subject that was on ON,
minus. turned toward Donald He
stniteu as II from dream and said IN
hurried. strange voice:
Harry is all right
ihen the color rushed into h;s rooo
when tld been very pale. He reelo1
~ us chair, and 1 put up nv hand -
catch him. naho 10
w nat do you mean" I asked
saw him. he said, Il saw him
ne all right He's coming home,
n't was all that we could get nm,
n''. SS.''-~nnd- did NOT Ln,,.
No, he said; it's all misthYkHe.A AnoW n
net in any lumber camp. l don't know
where he is. | never saw any such
place before. think it's in China from
the look of it,
"Of course we tormented him with
questions. and at last we got an ac-
curate description of what he had seen.
Why, he even described the furniture
in the room and the view from tho
window.
Ihcre was man sitting at a table
whom | think | should have known II
he hadn't been back to me- said he. My
bi other was sitting opposite, and there
was some sort Of document on the table
between them. My brother has grown
a beard. By hcavensr he cried sud-
denly. The other man was Joe Vinal!
"Nlnal was receiving teller Of the
Dey Street bank. He had been slight
ly implicated in the robbery and had
lost his place in the bank on account
OF it, but had not been arrested. That
he should have joined Henry Donald
son in Il far corner Of the world was
not altogether favorable circum.
stance, and | asked Donald why he had
said so confidently that his brother was
all right.
81 know by the look Of him. he re.
piled, and heard him say that he was
home
Donald pledged us all to secrecy I'm
this matter, and think the promise
has been fairly we'll kept. That after.
noon Donald and made an investiga.
ton .nto the case of Vinal and learned
that he had left New York and that
hjs-- whaieahouts were unknown. His
fine descent, was living III umo~..yy--A
she. had had no word of her husband
in six weeks She told me that he had
left the city suddenly upon some mat
ter of business which she did not un.
derstand. He had been In very bad
health, and she was extremely anxious
about him.
"That was all the information that
we could get. About week later
Donald got Il cable message from his
brother. 1t came from Hongkong and
was addressed to my apartments. Il
said: Am coming home; westward.
Everything all right
"By subsequent messages we traced
him to editerranean and Gibral-
tar az &rned what steamer was
brinf fim to this country. He was
uL te gastritS when he arrived,
y " sght that we should hardly
f the steamer alive. But he
md seemed on the road to
tTo BE coNT1NuEp.l
~. Meant 1t That Way.
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