The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-17
SYNOPSIS.


After quarreling with DR.. Dorrance, Paul Erns.
cliffe is found murdered on the beach. Esme
Lyell, whom the two men had quarreled.
Stephen Wardour, boatman is seen leaving
the scene of the murder and is arrested. Ruby
Wardour, whom Paul Ernscline had wrohged con-
tramp is arrested at the nstigation Of Jack
Duane. private detective. and some OF Ernschnes
Miss fyeIl has brain fever and DR.. Dorrance
found lock Of her hair in Ernseliffes hand ~.
the way the doctor sees an apparition.
CHAPTER VII.
What 1 Saw.
AS have said the night was very dark;
and in the retired quarter OF the steam
diate Vicinity of a pile Of freight, the the
shadows lurked in dense darkness Only
a trail of light from the adjacent state.
rooms fell athwart the guards ana by that
light l saw-what was it?
!, think | was in my senses asts:h 40 1 nHf
believe that imagined IT, aithGugh vep Wi
together with loss OF sleep, had rather IN
settled my nervous system; yet an TN, inc
Of oii yellow light. the figure OF mana man ma,
with a pale, bloodless face and great, noi,
low, staring eyes his right hand uPSi d u,id
man was the face of Paul Ernsciffe. who
lay in the coffin. on board that boat
into the phantom face Then my common
sense came to my aid ana sag ;n Mion
With VIII this conviction | moved slowly and
hesitatingly. toward where the apparition
stood AS moved b 4 ad tban Wa peior FOL-
i bOsTd but n my own party. for the season
be little travel between it and New Or
leans until the next fashionable season
should begin. some eight months later
my eyes open to the slightest. movement.
my ears strained TO catch the least sound
ness Of the night save the rumble of the
ing waters of the Gulf. And st ad1,o that
Nothing seemed to stop its progress; no
obstacle intsTyened; On it fiit ted and and.e
CHANGED to pass near. He had known me
for years and was jolly, good-hearted
"Ah, Doctor" he cried, lightly. ."you look
as if you were walking in your sleepW
I came to sudden halt The figure
Captain Carroll, . / cried, eagerly. did
you see that man I was feowwins ?,d iMIE
gone Tell me-where did he go?",
Captain Carroll looked astonished:
Man he , repeated I 5lanky T ThSn
uneasy blue eyes. This unpleasant bust.
ness is aHectlnB your nerves. Everyuouy
knows that you were Ernscliffe'si best and
most intimate friend, and you are naturally
unnerved over his awful death. Cheer up.
man! Come to my stateroom and take
something"
/ shook my head.
''Thanks-f do not care to-" I returned:
ssYou are right, Carroll / am all out of
gear from the late terrible events. am
not just strong, either, and all this excite
ment is unpleasant. believe VIII go 10
bed"
The captain was just then summoned to
another part of the boat and / turned
towards my stateroom. But / could not
move. Somehow my feet seemed glued
right before me. with a cold smile upon
its rigid face-a dead FACET saw that
phantom form once more 1t must be that
1t would only appear to me when 1 was
with me- in case of its temperance. !
would foil II somehow. Yet-nonsense! II
must be trick of the imagination.
The shadowy form began to move on
me. / followed closely. At last It reached
the secluded spot where the coffin. neatly
boxed, was standing, covered with a tar
paulin And there. right there. the figure
sappeared-vanished like a shadow swal,
lowed up in the grim looking casket i
caught my breath with a sense OF relief.
THANK heaveni" / calculated.
And then, glancing up. Il saw Colonel
Lyell standing near regarding me with a
aDorrance." he said slipping his arm
through mine, "you are all broken up!
Come let's turn I'm. II you feel nervous.
will share your stateroom tonight To tell
the real truth, / feel a little ON mysen.
Ernscliffe had been with us so much, you
know. and he was such a jolly. good fell
low. one feels awfully cut up over his I'M
timely death"
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