Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-14

tated long time to record the i'm
preston that they were approaching
some sort OF creature OF which the.
had very little If any. dependable
infGmaton.
at first ChauvanDes put this
down as an illusion arising from the
, depression OF insomnia. But he be-
gan to speak OF It later as a sort OF
definite premonition 10 be reckoneo
with.
"Of course, when the journal hrs'
came into our possession, we TOOK
this, and the incredible things tha'
followed. TO be merely the Illusions
or a man whose nervous system huS
broken down. This was a proIouhu
error. Every statement following IN
the journal was, as it proved, OF the
most definite importance. one go'
here at this point in the Journal a
nrettv clear conception OF the con-
aition of Chauvannes at the time
..Tba three with him, whose care
aa,otion and untirlng solicitude are
as.I have said. the persistent ~
Of this latter part of ChauVannes
iournai. were now very mueh Son
carnad about him. They seemed 10
understand the danger, to hlmsei'
- ono in such a mental state ior
tbev secured and destroyed all the
.r,r,unition TO the private weapons
which Chauvannes carried; they
even broke the blades of the KNIVES
rbev appeared to realize that'
hor,icidal seizure might develop
from such q mental condition. anu
thew seemed to fear that 1t mlshe
take the course OF suicidal mama
Thev were wholly without fear Tor
themselves. as ChauVannes' journal
repeats over and over again.
"It is here. now. at this point
TINT the whole journal Of Chau-
vannes' begins TO be taken up with
the extra ordinary things that ne Cd
served. The impression OF some
strange creatures close on the camp
in the neighborhood, became an OBJ
session.
1T was on the first night in the
new camp after they had emerged
from the forest that Chauvannes
had n sensation. as he puts It, or
som ething delicately feeling over his
face. 1t seemed to be a very slight,
moving touch. as OF the tip of a
feather. hut II was clearly distin-
gulshable. The man put up his
hand and made a swift gesture in
the darkness about him, but there
was absolutely nothing that he could
touch. He says that this thing hap
pened more than once in the night,
and each time, although he 1T out
his hand instantly. Il came in con-
tact with no physical evidences or
any creature about him.
"The thing occurred again the
next night. on this occasion Chau-
vannes distinctly felt that swift
lingering touch pass over his face;
and again. instantly, he clutched
about him In the dark heating the
whole place with his arms in a des-
perate effort to come into some ply
sIcal contact with the creature. But
Il was wholly to no purpose. He
touched nothing There was no
sound anywhere. and the men sleep
ing about him in the tent we're not
disturbed. He says that on the fol-
lowing morning he mentioned this
thing again. but the three men with
him had no experience OF 1t what
ever.
IF these creatures, OF which
Chauvannes had the strange pre-
monitory sense. had finally appear
ed. they seemed to be directing their
attentions exclusively TO him. AT
any rate. the men denied having
been disturbed by anything. They
had seen nothing, felt nothing. But
they were disturbed about Chau-
vannes.
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