Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-01
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q pier glass. went out to get the car
he had altered.
At the appointed hour Chauffeur
ErskiDe pulled up at the residence. OF
the representative Of Sir Oliver lis.
dale's British oil corporation The
front door was opened. q gentleman
whom Erskine recognized as Mr..
Handiside came out, kissed bis hand
to his wife who appeared at an upper
window and got into the car. giving
bis directions before closing the door.
Mr.. Handiside was being driven
through narrow street leading down
to the Hudson river when there was q
puff and the car was filed with q Hne
powder. Astonished. he tried to let
down a window. It could not be NOV.
ed. Then he tried the one ON the 9th.
er side Of the car. This, too. WAS
stuck fast. He raped on the paru.
ton between him and the chauffeur.
No response was accorded him. Last
ly. he tried to open door and failed.
Meanwhile Mr.. Handiside was breath.
ing in the powder that filed the car.
1t had been Injected by the chauffeur.
who had squeezed u rubber bulb, fore
Ing It through the tube. an end VI
which had been inserted into q hole
bored In the partition. The man in.
side began to feel Ianguid. drowsy. and
q of fn ns,k nj hn alo
Finally he passed into dreamland.
When Mr.. Handiside came out Of his
trance 1t was pitch dark. He was ly-
Ing on what was evidently a bed. but
his surroundings. being invisible. lie
could not see them. He got up aud
felt about him till he came to door
and, turning the knob. opened II aud
looked into dimly lighted corridor.
Returning to the room. by the increas-
ed light he saw q dresser. and on 1t
were matches. Lighting one. he stood
before an electric switch und turned
on more light
BY this time It was evident to Nc.
Handiside that he was In hotei.
Pushing a button. he called for some
one from below. A bellboy responded.
who called the night clerk. ana Mr..
Landslide was informed that the even.
ing before 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 funily
could be communicated with. The
landlord had consented. and Mr.. Handi.
side had been carried In and put Z"
bed. The chauffeur had gone on 10
bring a 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 3 o'clock be arose.
called up his own chauffeur by tele.
phone and was driven to his home 10
break the news Of his strange adyrn.
ture to his wife.
How near Mr.. aandiside's surmlSrs
as to the cause OF his experience were
to the truth is not known. he GER
tainly never knew who had been his
chauffeur N his Intellectual effort -
reach the railway station He took
the next through train southward. but
somehow be had feeling that the de-
lay he had been subjected to would be
fatal to his buying the Furtndo oil
lands.
Meanwhile Cuthbert Harrington.
dressed in somewhat shabby travelling
clothes and u felt hat pulled down over
his eyes, was driven to the station.
where he entered q private compart-
ment In q sleeping car. He reache-i
his destination without having been
recognized. and the morning after the
funeral Of Manuel Furtado appeared
ut the home 0f the deceased mans
Oldest son, and after an effort that last
ed ten hours succeeded In getting the
property ut a price the heirs never had
dreamed o. The papers We're signed
sealed and delivered at 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.. Handiside.' said
the American magnate. "Come to buy
the Furtado oil lands? There's the
principal heir to the property right
there. Mr. Handiside. Senor 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 dcmeaned himself to become Mr.
Handislde's chauffeur. but this service
made him a 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 hfe.
As for the Furtad0 heirs. though they
became rich by the sale of their lands
they have been miserable ever since
that they did not get more.