The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-15

WITHOUT dEolEeF WOTU, boIlZdI tOOh
one Of the claw-like hands of lanai,
and quietly placed the twisted and
broken watch chain within it.
The effect was electrical.
The nondescript bounded up, as if he
lad received q heck. whirled around
swiftly some half a dozen times, and
then uttered a strange. unpleasant
sound, something that one might fancy
| compounded Of a serpents hiss, a cats
waul, and human groan.
Evil influences reach his sensitive
! SOUL" smiled Gonzal. We'll. Zanwi,
what is it,"
The strange being began to jabber
with excited gestures: and all l could
make cut of what seemed mere glib
berish was a whirring succession OF
! r-r-r-rs, with some marked intona-
tons.
His master. however, claimed to I'M
derstand him: and as soon as he had
! finished, turned to me and said:
Your watch is in the possession OF
a man who occupies grand mansion,
and who must be met by strategem if
| We ever recover it. He is not to be
| seized like an ordinary thief, nor ac-
cused till we have positive proof that
he possesses it. This we must get By
| cunning, not by force. He is above
| general suspicion and general observa-
ton. Only the eyes Of the soul can
see him as he is To the world he
seems a fair man. He is not. He is
double mana bad mainland over
his black heart is drawn smiling
mask that deceives the good, who think
they know him, but do not
But how and where did this man
meet me to get possession of my
Natch?' | now inquired! ''for l have
no recollection Of any such person
being at any time near me-"
Gonzal put the question to Zanwi,
and the answer came like a fash
He never was near you" Gonzal
said to me, as interpreter for Zanwi
He never saw you even. A female
confederate took your watch and
transferred it to him.
"A female?" / exclaimed. ooh, that |
is serious mistake! Your little man !
has got clear CT the line; and it will |
be useless to follow his lead, when |
his start is wrong!"
Zanwi understood me. and his bead
like eyes seemed to enlarge and shoot
rays of fire. There came another whir
of the r-r-r-r's, with almost frantic
gesticulations and Gonzal quickly
said:
He says it is you, Mr.. Bedford, and
not himself, who is mistaken; that it
was woman, seeming lady, who
took your watch from your pocket and
broke the chain"
But | say Mo- emphatically; be-
cause, from the time | looked at my
watch till I missed it, no woman was
near enough to touch me on the
street.
Again the whir from Zanwi, and
again Gonzal said:
MIR. Bedford, pray be calm, and an
swer me this question, and reflect be-
fore you speak After starting on
Your walk, and after looking at your
watch, and before you reached the
JIggler, did you not turn the corner OF
street, look back at something, and
then turn again suddenly, and find
yourself face to face with fashion
ably dressed lady, who quickly moved
to one side. while you moved to the
other, at the same time lifting your hat
with, I crave your pardon, madam"
Great Heaven. yes!" l cried, with
start; Il do remember the incident
now, though it had quite slipped from
my memory. Was Zanwi there to see
and hear?
No! but he sees and hears it all
now, as the facts are flashed upon his
mental consciousness from the mere
Of what the woman and your
self have left marked impress up
on
Great Lord Of the Universe. do our
thoughts, words and actions become
tangible things. to be. as it were,
upon every thing we
touch?' l exclaimed.
1T would seem to- replied Gonzal;
at least | can conceive of no better
way of explaining the wonderful mys-
terry. to the like Of which have given
much time and thought Suppose, by
way of comparison and illustration, We
the marvellous faculty of
which we all possess in
greater or lesser degree. What is
where is it located? And
how is it we bring up at will before
-he minds eye of the present, pictures
Of scenes and events that have been
buried in the past for days and weeks
ind months and years? And this, too,
rom beneath thousands of other scenes
md events. in which we have since