The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24

Cameron's wishes In tho matter could
no longer be regarded. Just how
tactfully | managed the disclosure, II
Is not for me 10 judge, Perhaps
told more than ! should. Possibly !
revealed toe little. | was guided sole
ly By the wish not to alarm her, I'M
duly. And yet, as nearly every fea,
ture OF the affair was % necessity
alarming. ID became a vcNiug problem
as TO what to include and what to
omit.
Eventually she heard The whole
story, every phase Of It,. And 50 n is
not altogether clear In my memory
how much l conveyed that night and
how murh was left for me to add ten
days later.
There is no question, however, NJ
| garding that third letter which had
been so mysteriously received that
day. | drew u from the envelope,
there. AT the table, aud We read 1t to-
gather. by the light OF the piuk-shad'
ed candles, chairs touching and
her cool little left hand ciasped hard
in my sinewy right.
AS ! spread the sheet that sinister
appearing black dauh At the bottom
srnote me with q sense of Ill as acute
ly poignant as a rnpjer thrust, and
the heavy, regular. upright chtrog'
r,vh. ..t4h g., odd fu and M 40
awesomeiy familiar, was scarcely less
disturbing,
Silently the Glrl and I ran through
the dozen lines.
Like it's two predecessors the let
ter began with tho sentence:
THAT which you have wrought
shall In turn be wrought upon You
No longer could this be regarded as
idle boastng 1t had become al edtct
OF grave significance. And what fol.
lowed only emphasized the proven
force behind this series Of singular
communications.
IAN having been performed as fore
told, our power is demonstrated.
Then. simply, almost crudely, but
of horrid %poignancy. ran the words
Know then, that before the morn
ing of the Eighth Day hence, as passed
the face from the portrait, as passed
the reflection from the mirror, so
you, physically, viii pass from sight
OF men into torment
As / read my breath caught IN my
throat and my pulses paused. Evelyn
pressed closer to my side, and felt
her SILVER as with cold, The final
words. solemn, admouitory, priest
like, were these:
Say not Heaven Ia high above!
Heaven ascends and desccnds about
our deeds, daily inspecting us, where
soever we are"
Instantly she turned to me, and |
saw there were tears on her checks,
and that her long dark laHhes were
wet.
You cannot tell him this, Philip"
she said, her voice low but unfaiter.
Ing,
NO" / replied, a cannot tell him.
In his present condition, 1t might be
fatal"
And now he must get we'll" she
declared, with decision. He must be
well enough In u few days to DO
moved. He shall not stop In this
house any longer. He shall 90 where
he can be protected, and these iicnds,
whoever they are, cannot, or will not
dare TO follow"
Az she spoke an inspiration came
to me.
"The yacht" | said.
Impulsively she laid hold upon my
arm, In a way abe had.
The Sibylla," she agreed, delight
eddy. "Of course. 1t will do every
thing for him"
But what am | to tell him about
thfs?" | asked, in perplexity.
For II second she was thoughtful,
We couldn't initiate the writing,
could WEI" she asked.
"Oh, yes" / answered. I'VE could.
I think I'd even guarantee TO repro
duce that hideous black thing, but"
But what"
we can't initiate the paper. Tho
paper is as characteristic as any Of
the other features, If not indeed mora
80, And no knows that paper"
Then you must just lie to him"
she decided, You must tell him the
envelope was empty; and you must
mako him believe IT,"
tTO BE C~ONTINUED)