The Forrest City times., 1913-06-27

seemingly convincing f,.yt :hat thA
 tragedy had occurred in the Cameron
 town house, where the millionaire
 was supposed to be convalescenl
 gave excuse for persistent iteration of rumor that. in order to preserve
 the fame of man regarded as aDoVs
 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 impos-
 sible as 1t must have appeared to all
 thinking persons-it was promulgated
 by innuenio and embodied in more or
 less weakly-worded 6enials.
 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, if 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 reked
 reportorially with a fne-tooth comb, the Kidnapping from the yacht had not yet been so much as hintef at, but I lived. daily, ;n mortal dread that It
 would be brought to light at the next f-tt kar fn fn- 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 failure 10 supply it-though excused by us on
 the ground that iii his present nery- ous condition, 1t was imperauvely nee
 essary 10 keep him sequestered from interyiewers-vas not unnaturaliy arousing a suspicion thA- we did not possess f to supply.
 If under the strain of the tragedy and the brutal publicity which fol- lowed upon it, Evelyn Grayson had not eventually succumbed she must have been more than human. Brayely she had borne up against a whelming sue
 
 ences, refusing 10 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 8 more yellow than white evening jour- nal veutured. more boldly than had
 been dared hitherto. to make the i'm plication 70 which I have referred. Evelyn collapsed utterly.
 As chance would have 1t, I myself came upon her. lying white. limp, aud
 unconscious on the library floor. with
 the paper still loosely held in her right hand The sound of her fall had carried to ma faintly as I neared the closed door. and misgiVing born of intuition rather than of any more def-
 nite cause had hastened my steps. Having lifted her to couch and rung for her maid I at once set about
 doing what I coui1 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 it seemed, she came, were equally unayailing.
 Alarmed. I called up Dr Massey, only to learn that he had gone to BoS ton for a consultation, and that Dr. Thorne, his assistant. vas operating
 at Roosevelt Hospital For a moment distressed and anxious, the names of other physicians eluded me. In de spair. l opened the Telephone Direo tory. in hope of suggestion, and tho name of Addison leaped at me from the page. To my infinite relief he wAs in his office; his electric was at ths door. and he would be over at once.
 And il was not until ten minutes later. when he came hurriedly into tho room, that I remembered The name. when saw f.. had at once struck ma
 as familiar, l seemed to know, even,
 that 1t belonged to a physician 0
 reputed high standing, yet it was ofiS at the instant of his entrance, whsa hls penetrating steel-gray eyes drille into mine. that associated 1t with tbA
 man to whom had gone, not for any ailment. but to learn whether ny friend. in spite of his denials. had ever 1 been in China
 If the recognition was mutual. Dr.
 Addison gave no sign of 1t. His pc tient demanded and received his ir | mediate attention. Hastily he admin
 lstered stimulating hypodermic. and then. himself assisted in carrying bsI 10 her room.