Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

true frind.
Gurus to relate, the trail was niver cold
On the contrary. 1t stidily PROGRESSED from
warm to hot.
Our muddus operandy was as follers
With few passes large put me in a hyp-
noptic sleep. Thin, with his hand closed
tight over me throbbin' wrist, he follered
wheriver all uncon'ous led.
The very fust day 1 dragged him at top
speed down the kitching stairs to the gas
meter box. And 10. from behind that in
CINE of dispotism he drew fort a manu-
script pome which no doubt had been
precus in the sight of the late laminted
and deluded Pierre Anglum.
Again, the very next marn 1 roller rinked
him t'roo the parlors to the top drawer on
the lift of the buffers pantry. The on
lilxelest place, for the damusk and fine
lining with which 1t wore stored had not
been disturbed for years, and yit In the
right back Garner was a rubber ring
carved by Pierre whin lad and carrot
by him troo his adolescence with an honest
pride in his precious skill.
Wanst more whin inspiratun stint me up
the stairs, as 1t allus shud. stopped plum
against a slater Of Pomony on mitch by
the w uu YOU " hcNo lhell lh INC
bottom Of her bount'us pharmacopia. that
harm of plinty, large found a pictur of the
gone before but not forgot Mrs. DR.. Aug
lum which long had stud on the drisser in
her sons room?
How did l work such magic? Why, as 1t
is glnerally worked by a slight insight into
human ways.
A tall slim, solemn, miloncholy, In
divddie, like Pierre, who had swallered
ramrod and thin assimilated it, wasn't apt
to do athletic stunts in his sleep. He
might walk in 1t and stalk in 1t, but all
the powers Of the air cudn't make him
climb in 1t or creep in it. So 1 fancied
his ghostly figger pokin' along with arm
extinded, and wheriver a possible hiding
place on about that livil offered itself I
made for 1t.
Such supernatural ivdinces had q two
fold effeck. The hand that held my wrist
TUNED cold and clammy, and l cud hear
large cuss under his hreat' even while he
was crossin' hisself on the quite. He hadn't
liked the job In the fust place, he dreaded
1t now so much that t'ink he wud have
give it the go by for good and all had 1t
not been for Annette.
Yis, Annette. Seem was believin with
her. too. She greeted as rapt usly, as
large did skeeredly, these proofs OF our
powers.
Reminder she had been bred and fed
upon the unseen, tinded by spiruts, and
lulled to sleep by their raps. It wasn't
spirit'us communication that she had liver
doubted but unly whittier we was of the
ilict, whittier We might not be wolves in
sleeps clothin' who climbed over the wall
be night. Now with fait' there KEN that
love which is as close its side pardner as
a Since twin.
I was sorry to see 1t. The constant view
OF this young girl in her hum life. cheerful,
devoted, unselfsh. carryin' her kindly
smile and greetin' from wan room to
anucder like a movable star, pintrated to
a saft spot in me natur', pritty t'oroly
caked over be the mud o. years.
1t was wan ting to stand by me comrid
and thief in Job OF me own selictun; 1t
was quite anudder to let him step on the
agreed pat and trample down posies in so
doin'. No. not on your life; cudn't stand
for that.
stil, it was me emotuns and not me
judgmint which stint my over the dividun
line. Wan marain' whIn large and me
was in the midst OF our seaunts we met
Annette in the upper hall, /, leadin'. with
eyes shut, all entranct; he clingin' TO my
wrist behind as II to a tread out OF a
labyrint
1t all happened in an instint in that
narrer passage. I was consc'us that she
laid he- hand affectionately on Jarge's
shoulder; just as impulslvely, with me
free hand. give her a warnin nudge.
II An hour later 1 was alone IN the lib'ry
ristun from the strain o me soulful endiv-
vors, when Annette entered-a transformed
Annette. older be years. with tn light gone
from her eyes and tn smile from her lips
You meant to warn me against him, "
she said
Il meant II kindly. Miss" I answered
Then you are a wicked fraudl" she
flashed. Wan under the spell OF animal
magnetism cannot have independent In
tentions. Prove your kindness now by
tellin' me ALL"
did. for culn't help It. for wasn't and
the unly time l was under a spell-ths
yearn and strain OF a good woman's
agonized heart. pleaded guilty without
oinint OF the elargy. t'rew mesif on the
mussy OF the coort
Again / was struck with the sudden
gravity and maturity OF her natur'.
1 you must continues xoat haxa t,ukti