The Washington times., 1910-05-30

ION dIdudgs ne began 10 speak IN u AAAt7A
thin, strained tone of crazy sarcasm
| 'Ah, Thomas ne cried: and while he
continued speaking his eyes never lett
my friends face. but rested there, blaz-
ing with insane fury. 'Ah, Thomas
] you are come at laStr'
Seems So responded Faraday grim
~, the while l made my revolver ready
for possible emergency.
! Yes" continued our captive, you
are come-nepheWi You don't know how
long have wait p for you. Thomas, my
brothers son." AMI here Faradey start
ed violently, ana l, too saw a great
light.
For knew you would come. knew
you would" the thin. cracked. repulsiVe
voice rambled on. I've been waiting
and watching and knowing that you'd
come, Thomas, many many years
You couldn't disappoint me at the last,
| could you, ThOmas2
Did you bring the memorandum
| with YOU, Thomas Did you? Because
! YOU must have-Oh you must" He
! gripped at the rms of his chair, lean
ing forward LIKE an animal about 10
! spring.
Tell me YOU did. nephew he shrill-
| ed Tell me you did. or by - III
| strange your worthless throat!
J have it." said Faraday more 20
! paCity him than anything else.
or course" The tense grip relaxed
! and the man sat back. sneering, IN his
! chair. OF course you did. Thomas
My brothers son has come for his for
! tune, and he has brought the directions
with him like a thoughtful. dutiful
child.
! We'll. give them 10 me-"
He held out his hand. but didn't seen
| to notice that nothing was placed there
! In. but went on babblinC madly.
He's brought them. the good. noble
! son Of his father-hiS father, the sneak
ing, close-fsted dog. the =. That's
| why / killed him, Thomas. He was so
| clOse-fsted with mis- own flesh and blood
killed him in this chair, Thomas
and his good. rich blood spurted
! ont
Cain" The mans mind took anothe..
turn. Cain! But he drove me 10 it
! He took the woman I loved. the dog
] Took her from me and married her and
/ had a child by her-and you're the child,
! IhOmas- And he had the money
and kept it-wcs;lGn't give me. his own
| brother. Cent-IO- a red cent, Thorn
I as. Was that right I was OF age and a
man. and his brother. and I wanted
Not a cent-and took my sweetheart
/ from me-Amelia? Was that her name
/ look her. TOO, Thomas, married her
! ana Ieit me 70 starve-me. his, own
Wen. II can't be said he hadn't warn
/ ing warned him, Thomas. time and
! again. that If ne didn't give me mn
S Sl-tle OF me money. I'd Kill him-kill
n iL4' ana did that I did. Thomas. in
I somewhere. oU'Slue
But l killed 'em-k;Ued EN- both
| dAu Lhdt one other, too, who came
sII Isanllls IN ever so quietly. thinking to
| SUI PRISE me l killed him too
! But 1 have waited, Thomas vVafta5
on so patiently, Tor YOU 70 come No
one else would trouble me. 7 knew fo~
l kept my lamp trimmed IN. filled and
IeI my nght so shine '.t mas. none
ever came but yOu--aud ether one
l. But he's dead and -s nd never
mind him Only youth the same
way. Thomas
How L used TO laugh. nephcv-- when
1 MD by the wall and saw them running
! Ike rabbits II en- my pretty green Ian1r
| IhomaS- BY the way. where is NV pref-
! " green lamp Where is it2 Cod,
| where is it?'
/ I thought that he would sprinr At
| Earacays throat and carry our his
/ threat OF murder and maybe Faradav
! lLought so, 700, for he started back.
win one nand up 10 ward of attack.
Inc man had gripped his chair again
| ana leaned forward, glazing at Faraday
| Inen suddenly sort OF rigOr seemed
10 set in, and he threw his head back
/ and went through precisely the same
/ performance as he had when We two
] had watched the window some few DAYS
| back.
Tom stepped up close TO him and
| watched the pupils OF his ewes
| he sighed as he turned to me.
! My anliable uncle said he a trihe
/ nervously-"H he is, as he claims, my
uncle-is a victim Of epilepsy. in add
| ton 20 being demented."
That accounts for IL" said I, avoid
! ing his eye.
! Indeed, 1 was afraid to look at him.
/ The revelation that the lunatic had
made US was hOTTid in the extreme
/ Knowing how il would affect me in his
place, I pretended not TO see Faraday;
L for q man does not ike 20 be observed
when he is wrung by great emotions.
/ IT'S peculiarly unpleasant Faraday
| went on, CCmfOrted by the sound Of his
voice. My father wronged him. ~or he
I fancied ne did, ard he slew my father
I and the servant ] wonder II he was
| insane when he did that2
| And then he comes back to the
| scene Of his crime and hangs out
/ here for years. waiting for me 10
/ turn up, so that he can slay me and
find the-the treasure. let's call IT."
! Great Scott Think Of the dogs
! life the fellow must have led" I ex-
claimed. Here alone for twenty"
He didn't mind said Faraday.
He was crazy. This explains whole
( lot Of things"
| The fits explain that pantomime
| do you account for that astonishing
/ erasure of the Gght2"
| I don't know" confessed Faraday.
Il don't suppose il would be wise TO
\ ask this-this person Besides, he's
| unconscious now"
! But he stepped to the window,
| nevertheless, and made an eXamina-
/ ton.
The maniac MS lying back in his
| chair, perfectly rigid and mOtionlesS.
! His mouth had fallen open. and
| though his eyelids were up, the eyes
| themselves were glazed and lightless.
| He's liable to stay that way for
| most any length of time" said Far
I al at d al l..
TO fear from him nOw-and come and
! take a look at this continuance"
/ walked over to his side and saw
| him put his foot on a little spring
which srood out from the wall a foot
or so to one side Of the window. I'm
/ mediately he did so a heavy wooden
| curtain dropped silently over the
| window He pressed il again, in a