The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-11
IHOMME SANS FIGURE By AzsEsz sozszzeE
Dadh a<RnAyH Florence
(THE MAN WITHOUT A Face '~T'"~
Copyright, 1870 by The Frank A. Nfunse, Compa

, I got UP from my chair and stood with
hands folded behind my back, opposite
the portrait of Williams mcther--a
beautiful painting representing a bes u
tiful woman. Kingsley had not lied II
must have been for her marvellous beau
" that ne had married this exquisite
/ creature!
I turned round sharply
The doctor turned TO me and said, in
! an affectiOnate voice:
wasn't my mother lovelyl You and
I are alike; we cannot take oar eyes
| from her portrait"
when are you going TO show me the
testament you had from your mother?"
OH 1t is not a testament in the ex-
/ act sense Of the word"
Il understand Simply her lastNwishes.
| Is that it,"
That is it. But now they are useless
He stopped abruptly. then said:
| I will fetch the paper"
| He left me alone and went I'D TO his
J room 1 went to the wOpdOw and leaned
my SCARED forehead against the window
pane 1 looked over the bare garden,
| where only the chrysanthemums. Ike
late regrets formed In the desolate Will
/ derness a splash of color.
] For eight days 1 had been guest at
! the alientist's sanatOrlUm. I was get
/ ting better and beginning TO take an In
| terest in life again Kingsley came
! down to see me every day He had
( moved into a hotel on the Champs
1 Elysse, and seemed absorbed in tho
/ business that had brought him to
| Europe. The business apparently should
have interested me at the same time.
! There were times when / was startled
| by the nerve the millionaire showed in
| the difficult game we were playing.
For instance, one day he said 20 me:
Douglass, our two factories in Penn
syivania were burned to the ground last
| week II IS a clear loss Of 50, 0O0, 900.
! Don't you think 1t would be better If
we rebuilt them in the West, where
labor. Is cheaper?'
| 1 acquiesced in all he said, with a
| we'll simulated conviction. and little
by little L began to acquire fair
knowledge of the business When Re
had given me Douglass business pa
pers ne had also given me a large
ledger. which had studied carefully
to enable me 10 learn all that was
necessary TO support my part success
fully He was expecting shortly 70
return to New York, and one day he
had remarked cOolly to me;
! Very soon we shall be in New
York"
/ had already decided that, once
Evelyne and The doctor were married,
would refuse 10 go with him across
the water The prospect was any
thing but pleasant to me- 1 had
, grown TO care very much for William.
and as he was going to marry my
daughter I would live with them and
( knew that I should never be recog-
nized now. So for eight days I had
been at peace. ! was happy with the
doctor in hts asylum, where twenty
J five patients Of both sexes were being
2 treated l was as happy with him as
; ] had been unhappy with the million
aire in his accursed house in Neuilly.
1 could breathe, l was living, 1 was at
/ rest. but, alas it was not 70 be Ter
! long.
The doctor came back and brought
me out of my reverie.
Look" he said. holding out a folded
paper. here IL IS"
2 He undid the paper, then looked at
, me aftectionately and said;
/ You recognize her handwriting?'
| l nodded. then asked:
Did you get these documents from
{ the Security Bank?"
He smiled.
my mother had foreseen all that
might happen. She thought the pa
I pers might be meddled with, so she
e placed the real testament with your
Z banker. Harrington, OF Boston"
e "Ah! you don't say so-With Har-
irington." I cried.