The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-21

tragedy had occurred in the Cameron
town house, where the millionaire
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
confusing likeness had been invented
No paper In the land would have
had the temerity to print this as lac''
but again and again-silly and lmpos'
sible as 1t must have appeared to all
thinking persons-it was promulea'eu
by innuendo and embodied In more VI
less weakly-worded denials.
AS a result Crystal Consolidated sur
fered. Bonds and stocks alike slougneu
fraction after fraction and point atter
point And our mouths were nece%
sarily closed upon the truth since
that, II possible, would have been even
more damaging; for while we sun
hoped, we could give no positive as
surance that Cameron was yet awe
Strangely enough, though the whole
wretched complication had been rakeu
reportorially with a fine-tooth comp,
the kidnapping from the yacht nau
not yet been SO much as hinted at Out
l lived, daily, IN mortal dread thAt IL
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 well; our lallure
to supply it-though excused by US on
the ground that in his present nerV-
GUS condition, 1t was imperatively nee
essary to keep him sequestereo from
interviewers-was not unnaturally
arousing a suspicion that we did not
possess 1t to supply.
II, under the strain OF the Tragedy
and the brutal publicity which ioi-
lowed upon it, Evelyn Grayson hao not
eventually succumbed she must nave
been more than human. Bravely she
had borne up against wheIming sue
cession Of nerve-wrenching expert
ences. refusing to entertain fear ana
| 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 nao
been dared hitherto, to make the I'M
plication to which l have referred,
Evelyn collapsed utterly.
AS chance would have 1t, l myself
came upon her, lying white, limp, and
unconscious 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 l neared the
closed door. and a misgiving born Of
intuition rather than OF any more den-
mite cause had FASTENED my steps
Having lifted her to couch and
rung for her maid l at once set about
doing what l could to restore her to
consciousness. 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 1t seemed, she came, were
equally unavailing
Alarmed, called UP DR.. Massey.
only to learn that he had gone to Bos-
ton for q consultation, and that DR..
Thorne, his assistant was operating
at Roosevelt Hospital For moment,
distressed and anxious, the names OF
other physicians eluded me. In de-
spair, l opened the Telephone Direc
tory, in hope of a suggestion, and the
name of Addison leaped at me from
the page. To my infinite relief he was
In his office; his electric was at the
door, and he would be over at once.
And 1t was not until ten minutes
. later. when he came hurriedly into i'he
: room. that l remembered. The name
? when saw 1t, had at once struck me
as familiar ! seemed to know, even
: that 1t belonged to a physician o.
q reputed high standing. yet 1t was onll
!. at the instant of his entrance. wheI
n his penetrating steel-gray eyes drilled
a into mine, that associated 1t with thu
: man to whom had gone. not for an.
n ailment, but to learn whether m.
A friend, in spite of his denials. had eve
n been in China.
|. II the recognition was mutual. d.
, Addison gave no sign Of 1t. His Sps
d tient demanded and received his in
a mediate attention. Hastily he admir-
istered stimulating hypodermic, an
"a then, himself assisted in carrying he
n to her room.