Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-20

Cameron. you must remember. has
bsn With HE Chinsss cap,on for four
weeks. In tha; tine be must have
picked up something of their language
II 10 only natural that be should %.
you pee. TO hear hin use Q few words
o( psdgtn- English In his insane gibbes>
ish 10 not 20 remarkable. after sll. And
40 for that spisited denial Just before
he eroppsd oR to sleep. 4, 10 very evi.
6sns that Asy accused him Of some
thing With which be had no connec-
,ion- though quite cogniEAnt Of the
facts"
But the girl would have none of Il.
Tolsrantly she listened. and toierantly
abe smiled when I had finished.
NO. no. Philip" che insisted. Y see
II all quite clearly. Whatever crime
was onmitted. the creature lying
there committed H. But be 10 not my
uncle Others mistook the resem blanoe
for identity. just a. you did. ouly the
situation was reversed Those Who
abducted Uncle Robsr, though. they
we're abduc,ing tha, villain we are
now housing"
II WAS an ingenious notion. bVt Of
course I. was not possible However.
| saw that II would b Idle to continue
to dispute with her.
What would you suggest, then +.
Shall We send our invalid to q hos
pital'" I asked. IN pretended serious
ness.
But very sagely she shook her head.
'oh. no." she returned. We must
keep him He 10 very valuable TO Us.
Perhaps We can do ~ contending
armies do-arrange an exchange Of
prisoners"
In spite OF my wretchednsss, I SUP
pressed q smile. !. vas all very amus
ing; and yet the fear that she was suf.
fering alteration due aysteria, tenn
pered pitifully the humor Of It
When. later In the afternoon. Dr.
Massey called. / told him everything.
including this hallucination Of Eve
lyn's
You did perfectly right" he said. in
tone Of cordial approval The malady
with which Cameron is afflicted has q
tendency TO distort certain lineaments
| Especially At times Of excitement his
face changes. SO that Miss Grayson is
justified In fancying that this 10 not
the Robert Cameron she knew.
have noticed the dissimilsrity myself.
but 1t 10 due. Of course. entirely 10 dis
torted expression. In a couple Of days,
at most, he will be fully restored. and
then he himself will be the best one to
rectify her error Meanwhile, II ! were
you. would not dispute her She has
gone through q great deal. and gone
through It bravely; indeed with cour.
age that Is quite phenomenal. and she
Is entitled to any little consolatory be.
liefs that she chooses to entertain. -
And then. as II such advice were not
wholly superhuous. he added: BE
kind to her. Clyde! be good to her.
She is a wonderful young woman"
Whereat grasped his hcnd. and
promised him. lifting him a notch in
my estimation because Of his perspi.
cacity And all the while a lump kept
rising In my throat and threatening
| my tear ducts.
On the following day I heard moth.
ing from Miss Clement. which some.
what surprised me. though she had
told me that her prospective inform
ants were likely 10 take their cwn
time. Early, on the second morning
however. | had rote from her, the
enigmatic character OF which impelled
me to speculation.
| Dear Mr.. Clyde" she wrote, II hope
you can make It convenient to visit me-
this evening. at the Mission. I wan,
to talk with Ling Fo. an exceptionally
wslleducated young Chinaman. who
tells me that his people are much mys
tilted over q recent event; and, II
what he says be true-and ! never
knew him to lie-a new complexion ID
placed upon this whole matter. Come
about nine-thirty, after our service Il
over"
As DR.. Massey's orders forb,ddins
any one save Mr. Bryan to enter Cam
eron's room. issued Immediately aftei
our hideous experience, had not ye,
been rescinded, our b:cwlsdge Of his
condition was. perforce. cleaned entire
ly through physician and nurse Both
now assured me that be was progress
ing satisfactorily. and that there had
been no return Of the Dement'S.
Evelyn still persisted in her notion
that the patient was not her uncle. bu,
his double. and following the DOCTORS
directions I refrained from trying tc
convince her OF the truth; even soine
so far as to pretend that I believed
~ she did, and planning to begin ne
gotiations through Miss Clement and
her Chinese confdants for an ex
change OF captives as soon a. our host