Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-27

ot>Ass oook - oeo1>1 10 -
act temper - should have tAkm ~
vort. vssAosf question knew has
,ovs u truth probably moro tAAa
sey one else. What light - %
concl1ce then. because of osrtaAn ~
parsn,ly iTseoacfhb,s happsotAsn.
TIA; lis word vas faissr
We Are al fAlishte. I said
An bat be- vas kis rronps reply.
Ars ;hsn. leaning forward. . With .
s.rsio<c. eager look IN tkose rssfc1ns
eyes. h;s voice vibrant. he ashsd:
Is Il true that - 10 very mi AAs
be cannos be seem
For 9 scrgpls I hss,ts;ed
Tie se-spap<l have essa Risp
leading. fear sale again. an I
.1dzs NJ eIpress.oa H eozntsoancs
vas as crypstc - ny vorts. for NJ ~
tors look changed instantly 10 oos Of
dire perplexity.
He 10 no; M, lie qsestsoned
-You mean
-Cor.6estiaiiy. Doctor I admitted.
we haven't the fztntes, notion $uss
ko- be "a. He may - In eIcellsnt
h>alth or be may have csassd 70
exist
Coed God,- he exclaimed. and Ais
face vas a. white a. his Eoaa-
Our bes. Information 10 that - 10
OF s.ssuer-a trzrp-bouad for
China. bg; re have 10 psr.tcsia1. AsA
xorse s.iil. no y<rifcatiO1-
], v1 neither fair nor co1aisssef 20
conceal lo-ser from ooe 20 Justly In
.e-ss;st TIE whole truth and 20. With
out reservation. ! told Dr.. Attisoe the
story
Before ] had quite coaelrced. Miss
Clement vas announced. and when
she vss shown into The nbrary. In
stszd c' permitting the physician 70
lezvs. as BE made oser of doing.
presented him and insisted upon his
remaining
! van; you to tell Miss Cisnent
sbou, your patient. Doctor" said
Miss Cl<nen: 10 . very good friend
ot Miss Graysona-
Crzc!ously be IMPLIED. making II
quite clear tha; seta,iyss and sleep
would undoubtedly effect q prompt 10
cOyery.
And nox Miss Clement xiIl tel Us
something added She has had q
patient. too. Who died this morning, a.
you may have ssen By the Afternoon
psper-she Euras,an who vas shot
By HcSish--
Up 10 that moment ! knew but little
of what Soy had divulsed. for the mis-
al fr - 81 - a 81
phonic talks. had given us scarcely
more than promises Of important reve
lz'ions when opportunity could be
made for . meeting: and I vas impa-
tient for the fulflment
She had chosen a seat At some littio
distance from us. but now. At ny %
bcitation. she accepted q moos COM
Portable chair. which I placed In con-
fdential tux.aposition with our own.
It's rather long story" shs BE-
gan. In her sweetiy quiet voice. And
an II came to me pieoemeal, I'm afraid
II will be rather disconnected. You
see this poor feIhw suffered horribly
at times and when he was not suffer
Ing he vas under the influence Of OPT
ates. 90 ordinarily doubt that II
would be safe TO accept a. fact q good
deal said under such circumstances. II
appears to me. however. that in his
case. these very conditions only
strengthen the probabilities; for his
mind seemed to hold only the one
theme, and his statements could hard
ly have been either spontaneous or
studied inventions. On the other
hand. they were rather q sort Of invol-
untary recital Of the particulars Of .
subject which had engrossed him for
years to the exclusion Of almost every.
thing else"
Dr. Addison nodded his head. en-.
couragingly. Il quite understand.
Miss Clement" be said. And I. too.
assured her that her reasoning ap
peared to me. logical.
1T was significant" she continued
that 30 far as could M dates. he
made no references at all TO any hap.
pening prior to sixteen years ago. The
tragedy OF that time was the begin.
ming OF what ] think I may call his
mania. Everything he told me had TO
do with H. 1t came at the beginning
at the apex. and at the end Of svery
revelation"
The tragedy Of sixteen years agof :"
inquired the ply sician.
Tho tragedy Of what has beer
called The Sable Lorcha.'" I remind
cd him
"Oh. yes, Of course"
"You know OF that. thsnf" asked
Miss Clement. And brisdy ! ran oveI
what Yup Sing had told ma
John Soy. understand. was th&
cook whom McNish imprisoned In the
galley" ! added.