The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-10-02

F, paper came to an end. I handed Il
back to Ezra Jennings.
THAT is what you heard at his bed
sidey' I said.
Literally and exactly what l heard"
he answered. except that the repeti-
lions are not transferred here from my
shorthand notes. He reiterated GER
tain words and phrases a dozen times
over, fifty times over. just as he at
tached more or less Importance to the
idea which they represented. The rep
Editions. In this sense. were of some
assistance to me in putting together
those fragments. Don't suppose" he
added. pointing to the second sheet Of
paper. that ! claim to have reproduc-
ed the expressions which Mr.. Candy
himself would have used II he had been
capable of speaking ~connectedly. l
only say that / have penetrated through
the obstacle of the disconnected ex-
preston to the thought which was I'M
DERIVING it commercially all the time.
Judge for yourself"
/ turned to the second sheet Of pa
per. which / now knew to be the key
to the first.
Once more Mr.. Candy's wanderings
appeared. copied In black ink. the in
tervals between the phrases being fill
ed up by Ezra Jennings in red ink. 1
reproduce the result here In one plain
form. the original language and the in
depreciation Of 1t coming close enough
together in these pages to h. easily
compared and verified.
"Mr. Franklin Blake is clever
and agreeable. but he wants taking
down a peg when he talks o. medicine.
He confesses that he has been suffer
ing from want of sleep at night. l tell
him that his nerves are out Of order
and that he ought to take medicine.
He tells me that taking medicine and
cropping in the dark mean one and the
same thing. This before all the COM
pany at the dinner table. / say to him.
You are cropping after sleep, and moth
ing but medicine can help you to find
It, He says to me. Z have heard Ut
the blind leading the blind. and now I
know what it means Witty-but I
can give him a nights rest in spite of
his teeth. He really wants sleep. and
Lady Verinder's medicine chest Is at
my disposal. Give him fv and twen-
ty minims of laudanum tonight with
out his knowing it, and then call to-
morrow morning. We'll, Mr.. Blake.
will you try a little medicine today?
You will never sleep without It,
There you are out. Mr.. Candy. have
had an excellent nights rest without
it. Then comes down on him with
the truth. You have had something
besides an excellent nights rest. You
had a dose of laudanum. sir, before
you went to bed. What do you say to
the art of medicine nowT"
Admiration OF the ingenuity which
had woven this smooth and finished
texture out of the raveled skein was
naturally the first impression that 1
felt on handling the manuscript back
to Ezra Jennings.
He leaned eagerly nearer TO me
across the table that divided Us.
Are you willing to try a bold ex-
periment?"
of the suspicion that rests on me now"
"Will you submit to some personal
inconvenience for a time?"
Tell me what to do" | broke out
impatiently, land, come what may, I'll
do it."
You shall do this. Mr.. Blake" he
answered: "You shall steal the dia-
mond unconsciously for the second
time In the presence of witnesses
whose testimony is beyond dispute
l started to my feet. ] tried to
speak. | could only look at him.
II believe it can be DONE" he went
on, land 1t shall be done If you will
only help me. Try to compose your
self. Sit down and hear what | have
to say to you. You have resumed the
habit of smoking. / have seen that
for myself. How long have you re-
sumed it,
.For nearly a year"
"Do you smoke more or less than
you did?'
more"
"Will you give up the habit again?
Suddenly. mind. rs you gave 1t up be-
I began dimly to see his drift. II
will give it up from this moment" i
answered.
Every well. and % ! am bound to
tell you that there is something to be
said against the experiment as well rs
for 1t. II we could this year exactly
reproduce In your case the conditions