Mexico Missouri message., 1913-03-13

l after another in search OF some new
/ twist or turn Of the story OF the previ.
GUS afternoon. The more conservative
! journals were inclined 10 make light
/ Of the scare. Mr.. Cameron" said
| one, ceased 10 be active in the affairs
Of the Crystal Consolidated over two
| years ago II he be sd, which is by no
means certain, the fact can have but
/ littie real significance so far as the
| company OF which he is the largest
| shareholder Is concerned. II may be
| stated on the best authority that Mr..
Camoron's shares have never been
| the event Of his death they could not
by any possibility come on the market,
| for the reason that he has provided a
trust fund, by will, for the benefit Of
his niece, and that they are a part of
| that fund"
The sensational press, OF course,
still insisted that the Glass King was
in New England sanitarium, though
I they had failed TO locate the institu-
| ton. Despite my alarm | smiled at
the thought Of how their afternoon
| editions would have TO eat the leek, as
the Welsh say.
The papers finished, grew restless.
| desired constant news from the sick
| room, and lacking It, roamed about
the house, in nervous unease. my brain
busy with conjecture, forming one
I theory after another, and dismissing
each as readily The situation was
tantalism. The answer to all the ques-
lions which had absorbed me for
weeks lay dormant in the brain OF the
man sleeping beyond that closed door.
| Theories, therefore, were now more
futile than ever. The one accomplish
ment to be asked was the arousing OF
an intellect, the stirring of a memory.
! DR.. Massey had promised that when
Cameron awakened mental clarity
| would be restored. that he would bc
able to answer questions with intelli-
gence.
II is hard to explain why doubted
this. / think It must have been some
thing | saw in those dull, yacuous
eyes, when first looked into them un-
der the pale light OF the whiteglobed
electric street lamps. If / had been
forced TO identify Cameron by those
eyes alone, | should have said that
this man was not he. They were so
different, lacking all the expression OF
the Cameron eyes | knew. And yet /
made no question as to his identity !
knew him, despite this; knew that
strong chin and jaw, which spelled de-
termination in two syllables; knew his
broad, generous nose, and his high in
tellectual forehead. These points of
recognition were so convincing, that |
could afford TO ignore the eyes / had
never seen before ans the wasted
frame and the shrunken, unsteady
legs.
At brief intervals ! consulted the
clocks. II was marvellous how the
time dragged. And that nurse. Would
he never have an errand outside the
suite? l had told him ! should spend
the morning in the house, and that
wished 10 be informed of the slightest
change In his patient. must conclude
therefore, that Cameron was still sleep
ing, that Bryan was still watching.
From the fact that Evelyn had not
yet appeared ] drew a measure OF con.
ISOLATION. II could have tidings OF
even the slightest improvement in
Cameron before meeting her, It would
aid me in the assumption Of confidence
upon which had determined.
At ten minutes past eight ! waf
searching the encyclopedias in the
library for information on the subject
OF brain conclusion. Already ] had
followed the trail through three vol
umes from brain" 10 Nervous Sys
p ten" and from Nervous System" tc
Conclusion" when an opening door
caused me 10 turn eagerly. Mr.. Bryan
, the nurse. in a white uniform such as
! hospital doctors wear, stood on the
threshold. The next moment ! had
b risen from my Crouching position be
. fore the bookcase and had met him
p midway across the room with anxious
inquiry.
Mr.. Cameron avoke a quarter OF ar
hour ago" he told me. His power o.
. speech has returned. He asked N,
where he was and what had happened
/ told him he was in his own house
: and that he had met with an accident
Yes, yes" ! hurried him. "AnC
J wha, then? Did he inquire for any
r / oua2'
+ NO. For all of a minute be Lay
{. looking about the room without anoth
J or word. Then. in a puzzled way. b,
J repeated: My own house" and asked
Where is this house, And told him
p He did not seem 20 recognize the room
2 at all"
Us he sill awaken"
"Oh. no. Dr. Massey left directions
= that he was TO be given some nourish
s ment-a raw egg and milk-and theT
y another powder to make him sleep. n,
J. turned on his~sde after that, and II
less than three minutes was in a deer
= slumber once more"
K was annoyed that ! had not beer
= called. let myself hope thai sight o.
T me might uOsgihly have Ctirrad III,