Mexico Missouri message., 1913-04-17

seemingly convincing FACE shat the
tragedy had occurred in TIA Cameron
town house, where the E,illionairc
was supposed TO be convalescent,
gave excuse for persistent iteration
OF a rumor that, in order to preserve
the fame OF a man regarded as above
reproach and at the same time TO pro
tect the line Of securities in which he
had been interested, the story Of a
confusing likeness had been invented.
No paper in the land would have
had the temerity to print this as fact,
but again and again-silly and lmpos-
sible as II must have appeared to all
thinking persons-it was promulgated
by innuendo and embodied In more or
less weakly-worded denials.
As a result Crystal Consolidated suf-
fered. Bonds and stocks alike sloughed
fraction after fraction and point after
point. And our mouths were neces-
sarily closed upon the truth, since
that, IL possible. would have been even
more damaging; for while we still
hoped. We could give no positive as
surance that Cameron was yet alive.
Strangely enough, though the whole
wretched complication had been raked
reportorially with q fine-tooth comb,
the kidnapping from the yacht had
not yet been so much as limited at, but
/ lived. daily, IN mortal dread that It
would be brought to light at the next
journalistic hand-sweep. Accurate in
formation as to Cameron's present
Whereabouts was the news now most
eagerly sought not alone by the press
but by Wall street as we'll; our failure
TO supply it-though excused ,by us on
the ground that in his present nerv-
Gus condition. It was imperatively nee.
essary TO keep him seQuestered from
interviewers-was not unnaturally
arousing a suspicion that we did not
possess II to supply
II. under the strain Of the tragedy
and the brutal publicity which fol-
lowed upon 1t, Evelyn Grayson had not
eventually succumbed she must have
been more than human. Bravely she
had borne up against whelming sue
cession OF nerve-wrenching expert
ences. refusing to entertain fear and
fighting valiantly against discourage
ment, but heart and nerves have their
limit OF endurance; and when, on the
third day, John Soy was gathered to
his yellow and white fathers, and
more yellow than white evening Jour
nal ventured, more boldly than had
been dared hitherto. to make the i'm
plication to which lave referred,
Evelyn collapsed utterly.
AS chance would have 1t, myself
came upon her. lying white, limp, and
on the library floor, with
the paper still loosely held in her
right hand The sound OF her fall had
carried to me family as / neared the
closed door, and misgiving born OF
rather than Of any more def.
mite cause had fastened my steps.
Having lifted her to couch and
rung for her maid | at once set about
doing what could to restore her to
But her plight was no
ordinary momentary faintness. Stub
bornly she refused to respond to my
efforts, and those Of the maid when,
after hours II seemed, she came, were
unavailing.
Alarmed, called up Or. Massey,
,nly TO learn that he had gone 10 Bos- |
on for a consultation, and that DR.. |
rhorne, his assistant, was operating |
It Roosevelt Hospital For a moment,
distressed and anxious, the names OF
)ther physicians eluded me. = In de-
'pair, opened the Telephone Direc-
DRY. in hope OF suggestion, and the |
lame of Addison leaped at me from
he page. To my infinite relief he was
II his Office; his electric was at the |
loor, and he would be over at once.
And it was not until ten minutes |
alter, when he came hurriedly into the
Dom, that l remembered. The name.
when | saw 1t. had at once struck me |
Is familiar. | seemed to know, even,
hat It belonged TO a physician Of
'eputed high standing, yet 1t was only !
It the instant of his entrance, when |
lis penetrating steel-gray eyes drilled i
nto mine. that associated 1t with the
nan to whom | had gone. not for any
iilment. but to learn whether my
riend, in spite Of his denials, had ever
,een In China.
II the recognition was mutual, DR..
Addison gave no sign of It, His pa
lent demanded and received his i'm.
Mediate attention. Hastily he admin
stored a stimulating hypodermic, and
hen. himself assisted in carrying her
o her room.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)