The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-04-16

nut I am ~" demonstrated.
and cannot walk"
You must come with me-" was all
he said. aud seemed a. glide from
the chair and follow after him ~ he
moved toward the door
Thsn q sudden thought struck me-.
I must not g. out into Tho cold WIN.
out wrap. and hesiiaied aud
glanced back toward the chair from
which had just arisen 20 follow
him. and what was ny nstnnishs
ment 90 see myself reposinE there
anens the cushions and piliowa 80
my wife had lsft me shaft time
asa. -
What ia the meaning ~ thiaf' 1
demanded. 4 viii not go
lie Looked AZ me sadly and an
.Wsrea You must n is the price
ou have 20 pay. the debt you oNe
nature
sIet ma stay TO zee my loved
ones" beEEed-
what good vii 3, doT' he an
swered
on. lst me stay until tomorrow "
sttsa. - saw him apparently
weaken.
A. yau viii" he said. "nui u
/ would Be better nat You must HtsS
| nIth ne aud watch.
Then realised was 0hai people
enil dead. ana could not make mo b
self visible % msu.
| Oh. the horror. the loneliness. the
hriplssanraa Of H.
| Ths door opened and the man
drew me aside 10 lot my wife pass
she wsat softly over 10 the chair IA
which 1 sat apparently seemed
10 think that I aiombefed- for she
| tip.toed 10 the table and dropped
The medicine I was 20 take into a
glass. spoor. dear John." she muir
/ INJURED. aa shs watched the shadows
| fit arrnaa my face. cast there ~ the
freight
| ~ !. time 20 take your inedi-
/ cine. dear" she said. laying her
| hand s~utly on one ~ mlne. that
/ Was. she raised 81 ana hsti over 20
/ pfaaa her lips upsn n. whrn sud
ieny ~ fell from her Erssp john.
dear. on. Hpsak 90 mel
Thsy carried hsr away. my poor
darling on. the agony of mS posi-
ton
Then entered the uud~rtak.r and
tWa o. my partners. who had heard
the ness. and theY looked ma over.
ana Mastru. the younger man.
seemed sorry aud turned and said 20
chase. Poor fsiiow. he worked too
haHde
served him fisht the old skin
flint. answered Chase.
i 4 wonh~r n he IL working nov y
returned Marten. falling into the
other fellows mood.
-shoxssinE coai. 40 doubt" am
swsfsd Chase. and they both
laughed.
what q swell time his pretty wife
Niil have Speeding al The money
- killed himself for =
snY the way. Maftsn. YOU arc
Youns AID good looking and 81
course she ~tii marry aKsln-
This Wrsiehes. ! calculated. then
I thought. I am seeing myself now
az oshers Sc the
Take me aNaY.~ I commanded.
II can bear uo more. And he
seesnaa sadly 90 lead the way Out
tnta the hslt. through the frout door
aud doxu the steps.
4 may az weii kno~ the worst. "
aid - tucked my hand into the
arm u my strange Guide.
We seemed 20 Mii8e through space
for an indsunits time. where l felt
easd rumhea Of AIR and cruel blasts
| from A tempest that rnKsd seeming
~ az Ns hurried on. At last we
came 10 a river from which the sun
was beginning 90 rise. and ny
anguish WAS forgotten IN admiration
Of tbs beautiful sight and blsndins
Of eolafs
A dark figure that seemed sadly
| out % place ~ the bright sunlight
atsered a boat 80 the place where
We we're standing lie bsekoned us
to enter ard we passed under an
/ arch Of stone into a tunnel that
seemed dark as ebony after the
brtsht sunlight. but as my eyes be-
/ came accustomed 20 the darkness
observed bats and owls and cats and
+ laughing hysnas and monkeys !
I wondeffnsiy asked my guide Why
/ they lived here In the darkness, He
/ answered. They we're creatures who
/ loved the night and darkness when
they lived. 30 chose their own fate.
We emerged AZ last and came 10 a
/ gate which appeared 60 be OF gray
/ stone which opened noiHeieAsly al
our approach.
raised my eyes 60 n dssk OF
bench. and there sat a man whose
face was set and stern. and after
turning the leaves OF huge book
that lay on the desk he called the
name Of a man ! knew who was a
sraat athlete.
From out the seated figures one
moved slowly before the desk and
/ the mantle seemed TO drop from him
! and he stood there nothing but a
mass Of muscle and bone.
.You have neglected the greater
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