The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-19
CHAPTER II.
The Riddle of Raiment and Dates.

The Riddle OF Ratment and Dates.
From his eyne did the glamour OF Faerts
And The Rymour lay on Eudon grass.
lie lay 90 thu heather on EiIdOn HIII;
He gazsd on the dour Scots sky his MI.
His star beside him was bTash with rot
The weed grew rank IN his unthhtch'1 cot:
''Syne cleaning yestreen. my shepherd kind.
What hath happ'd this cot we ruiud dncY'
'-Syue cleaning yestreen, and years twice
Hath V.inf and rain therein made free.
Nc sure will a stranger 20 EId1u be.
and ye know not che kvm1ur's in Faerie-'
The Trevye Tale = Trewe Th0mas-
As Mr.. Amldon sensed the forward
movement a. the train IN which he SO
strangely found himself he had fits Of
impulse 20 leap out and take the next
train back But. back where2 He
had the assurance OF his cOlored
friend and brother that forward was
New York. Backward was the void
c1niertural Slowly the dawn whit
ened az tho window. He raised the
curtain and saw the rocks and fences
aud snow OF q winters landscape
saw them with a shock which. lying
prone as ne was. gave him the sensa-
ton Of staggering. II was true, then:
the things he had stiu suspected as a
nightmare was true Where were all
tie weeks OF summer and autumn?
And Question of some pertinencyD
where was Florlan Amidon?
He grcped about for his clothes
They were strange in color and tex
ture but. I'm such judgment as he could
form while dressing in his berth. they
fitted. He never could bear 10 90 half
dressed 10 the toilet BOom as most
men do and stepped out Of his berth
fully an1areled-iu a natty business
sack suit OF Scots gray a high turn
down collar. fine enamel shoes, and "a
rather noticeable tie FlCrian Amidon
had always worn a decent butr0ned-
UP frork and a polka dot cravat ~
modest blue which his haherd3sheF
kent iu stock especially for him. He
fel as If. in getting lost. he had got
into the clothes OF some other man
and that other one - much less quier
and olI-rasrsoucd tastes I'm dress lt
made him feel as il ir We're he who
had made the run % Canada with the
banks funds furtive, DISGUISED. stink
INC
Re looked in the pockets Of the cont
ike an amateur pfcSnoclset. and found
som. letters. He gazed 81 them
aek7nca. turning them over and over
wondering If he ought % peep at their
contents. Then he put them back,
and went into the smoking room
where finding himself alone, he turn
81 up his vest as If it had been worn
bv garlnb0dv else whom he was 2ifaid
Of disturbing. and looked az the ini-
RAILS on the shirt front They were not
"F. 4 ." as they ought 20 have been,
b,,r IF r.! He wondered which or
fine bags we're his. Pressing the but
ton. he summoned the porter.
George" said he bring nay lug
gage in here"
And then he wondered nj his ad-
dressing the porter in th7t drummer
like way he was already acting rp 10
The smart srit-or down. he WAS III
doubt ms 10 which it was
The bags. when produced, showed
those metal slides. sometimes seem
ronceslina the owners name. Sweat
stood on Flcrian's brow as ne slipped
,b. Mate back and found the name OF
Eugene BrassGeId. EeNeVale' Penn
-,-,,-,-,i,, ca~a-case. his pocket
hook all his linen and bis hat-au
a-,,cfes Of expensive and gcntlemauly
C,,o1trv ,Ur strange 20 him-disclosed
,bo san,e name or initials. none or
,I,c,, hts own. in the valse he found
80 s,,r'. business letterheads. finely en-
go. cf the Brassdeld oil Company,
"a eugene Brassdeld's name was
moro set forth as president and gen
eral manager --,-
..,.r, insane? Am I a robber and
murderer? During this time which
has dropped out of my life, have 1
DESTROYED and despoiled this gentle
man. and--an run off in his clothes?
rou@t den0uUce myself"
The porter came. and, by the way OF
dcnouncinE himself. Mr.. Amidon
clapped his waistcoat shut and but
toned st. snapped the catches Of The
BAGS. and pretended 20 busy himself
with the letters in his pockets; and in
doing so. nc found in an inside vest
rocket a long thin pocketbook filed.
with Misunderstanding bills. and a dainty
looking letter II was addressed 10 Ar
Eugene Brassfield. was unstamped.
and marked. To be Read En- Route. %
There was invitation, there was al
lurement, in the very superscription.