The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-03-27

quite finished had possessed myself
OF her clasped hands, and vas bestow-
Ing upon them an applaudng pree
sure.
And her argument prevailed. She
knew too much not to know more.
| Cameron'B wishes In the matter could
no longer be regarded. Just how
tactfully managed the disclosure, 1t
Is not for me to Judge. Perhaps ]
| told more than | should Possibly
revealed too little. / was guided sole
| u by the wish not to alarm her. un-
duly. And yet. Es nearly every fea.
ture OF the affair was OF necessity
alarming. II became vexing problem
as TO what to include and what 10
/ omit
Eventually she heard the whole
story. every phase Of 1t. And so It Is
not altogether clear in my memory
how much | conveyed that night and
days later.
There is no question, however, re-
garding that third letter wh!ch had
been so mystoriously received that
day. | drew II from the envelope,
there. at the table. and We read It to-
eether. by the light Of the pink.shad-
ed candles, our chairs touching and
her cool little left hand clasped hard
in my sincwy right
As ] spread the sheet that sinister
appearing black daub at the bottom
smote me with a sense Of III as acute.
ly poignant as a rapler thrust. and
the heavy, regular. upright chirog.
raphy, with its odd rs and p's, so
nwesomely familiar, was scarcely less
disturbing.
Silently the girl and ran through
the dozen lines.
Like its TWO predecessors the let.
ter began with the sentence:
That which you have wrought
shall in turn be wrought upon you"
No longer could this be REGARDED as
idle boasting. It had become an edict
OF grave significance. And what fol-
lowed only emphasized the proven
force behind this series Of singular
communications.
"All having been performed as fore.
told. our power is demonstrated.
Then. simply. almost Crudely, but
Of horrld poignancy. ran the words:
Know then, that before the morn
Ing of the Eighth Day hence as passed
the face from the portrait, az passed
the reflection from the mirror, so
you. physically. will bass 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, admonitory, priest
like, were these:
Say not Heaven Is high above!
Heaven asconds and descends about
our deeds daily inspecting US. where
soeyer We are"
Instantly she turned to me. and
saw there were tears on her cheeks.
and that her long dark lashes were
wet
You cannot tell him this. Philip"
she said. her voice low but unfaiter-
ing.
No" replied, 81 cannot tell him.
In his present condition, It might be
fatal"
And now he must get WE'LL" she
declared, with decision lie must be
well enough in few days TO be-
moved He shall not stop in this
house any longer He shall go where
he can be protected, and these fends.
whoever they are. cannot. or will not
dare TO follow"
As she spoke an inspiration came
to mo
The yacht" said.
lmpulslyCly she laid hold upOE my
arm. in n way she had.
The Sibylla" she agreed delight.
eddy "Of course. 1t will do every.
thing for him"
But what am ! to tell him about
this asked, In perplcxty
For a second she was thoughtful.
We couldn't initiate the writing.
could we?" she asked (
on. yes" answered We could. .
| think I'd even guarantee to repro .
duce that hideous black thing, but"
But what"
We can't initiate the paper The
paper is as characteristic as any OF
the other features, II not indeed more
go. And he knows that paper"
Then you must Just lie to him."
she decided You must tell him the
envelope was empty; and you must
make him believe IT,"
tTo Re CONTINUED