Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-12-11

could not be opened. Next he bored
hole from behind the drivers seat
Into the interior OF the car. Having
finished all this, he went to drug
store and purchased rubber bulb and
tube.
Mr.. Erskine then went to his dress
ing room, where he found his wife
with cosmetics ready to make him M
so that lie would not be recognized for
himself. He was smooth shaven, and
his wife had no difficulty In fixing on
him beard, His hair was light and
she blackened 1t with pomade Then
he got into a suit of his chauffeurs
clothes that he had brought from the
garage and, after surveying himself in
a pier glass, went out to get the car
he had altered.
AT the appointed hour Chauffeur
hrskine pulled up at the residence of
the representative of Sir Oliver lis
dale's British oil corporation. The
front door was opened, gentleman
whom Erskine recognized as Mr..
Handiside came out, kissed his hand
to his wife who appeared at an upper
window and got into the car, giving
his directions before closing the door.
MIR. Hnndlside was being driven
through narrow street leading down
to the Hudson river when there WINS n
pun and the car was filled with n fine
powder. Astonlshed, he tried to let
down window. II could not be NOV
ed. Then he tried the one on the 9th
or side or the car. This, too, was
stuck fast He raped on the parti-
ton between him and the chauffeur.
No response was accorded him, Inst.
~, he tried to open door and failed.
Meanwhile Mr.. Landslide was breath
ing In the powder that filed the car.
1t had been Injected by the chauffeur,
who had squeezed rubber bulb. fore
ing 1t through the tube, an end of
which had been inserted into hole
bored In the partition. The man In
side began to feel languid, drowsy, and
his efforts to get out of the car relaxed.
Finally he passed into dreamland.
When Mr.. Landslide came out OF his
trance 1t was pitch dark. He was w.
Ing on what was evidently bed, but
his surroundings, being invisible, he
could not see them. He got UP and
felt about him till he came to a door
and, turning tho knob, opened Il and
looked into n dlmly lighted corridor.
Returning to the room, by the increas-
ed light he saw a dresser, and on it
were matches Lighting one, he stood
before an electric switch and turned
on more light
BY this time 1t was evident to Mr..
Handiside that he was in hotel
Pushing a button, he called for some
one from below. A bellboy responded,
who called the night clerk, and Mr.
Handlside was Informed that the even
ing before n chauffeur had driven up
to the hotel, said that he had fare
who was Ill and begged to be permit
ted to leave the invalid till his family
could be communicated with. The
landlord had consented, and Mr.. Handi-
side had been carried In and put to
bed. The chauffeur had gone off to
bring n doctor, but had not returned.
Since the Invalid seemed TO be gently
sleeping he was left to himself.
Day was breaking, and Mr.. Handi-
side, feeling weak. decided to return
to his bed. At & o'clock he arose,
called up his own chauffeur by tele-
phone and was driven to his home to
break the news OF his strange adven-
ture to his wife.
How near Mr.. Handisldes surmises
as to the cause OF his experience were
to the truth is not known. He GER
tainly never knew who had been his
chauffeur in his Intellectual effort to
reach the railway station. He took
the next through train southwark but
somehow he had "A feeling that the de-
lay he had been subjected TO would be
fatal to his buying the Turtado oil
lands
Meanwhile Cuthbert Harrington,
dressed In somewhat shabby travelling
clothes and n felt hat pulled down over
his eyes, was driven TO the station,
where he entered private compart-
ment In sleeping car. He reached
his destination without having been
recognized, and the morning after the
funeral Of Manuel FurtadO appeared
Mt the home Of the deceased mans
oldest son, and after an effort that last
ed ten hours succeeded in getting the
property at price the heirs never had
dreamed Of The papers were signed
sealed and delivered ut 10 O'clock that
night, when Mr. Harrington went TO
bed TO sleep the sleep, II not OF the
Just, at least Of the winner.
The next morning he called on young
Furtado to say goodby before going to
the station, and while standing IN the
patio who should come through the
large Mexican doorway but Mr.. Handi-
side.
Good morning, Mr.. Landslide" said
the American magnate. Come to buy
the Furtado oil lands? There's the
principal heir to the property right
there. Mr.. Handiside, Senior Furtado."
With this Mr.. Harrington took his
departure, was driven to the station
and returned to New York.
Hugh Erskine was well to do before
he demeaned himself 10 become Mr..
Handiside's chauffeur, but this service
made him double millionaire. Mrs.
Erskine has since assumed leadership
IN New York society. She says she
made more by dressing her husband
once than she ever made In dressing
herself in all her life.
AS for the Furtado heirs, though they
became rich by the sale Of their lands
they have been miserable ever since
that they did not get more.