Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, January 29, 1903, Image 3

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:: DONALDSON, JR. j
Being a True Record and Explanation I
' ' of the Seven Mysteries Aow Axso- ▼
I . dated With His Name In the X
Public Mind, and of an
{ ) Eighth , H?itch Is the •
Key of the Seven
It By HOWARD FIELDING £
I ► Oujiyright, 1902, by Charles \V. HooVr ©
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[Continued from last Week. 1
"It was stolen from my dressing
room during the night," she replied. "I
very carelessly left it there, although
all my other Jewels of value wore put
away in the safe, as usual. It was in
a small burnt wood box, not a jewel
casket. The box happened to be stand
ing there empty, and I dropped tlia
diamond collar into it, intending to
take it out again immediately. Hut
the lid of the box fell down, and that
was why I forgot the collar. The box
svas gone this morning."
"May I ask who besides yourself
knew that the collar was there?" ask
ed Donald.
"My maid may have known, though
ehe declares that she didn't," replied
Mrs. Kelvin. "I'm sure she didn't see
me put it there, for she was in another
room at the time, and, as I've told you,
the lid of the box fell down immediate
ly, so that she couldn't have seen it.
A few minutes later my husband came
in, and I gave him my other things to
putin the safe. I never thought of the
collar, nor did he."
"Is the maid an honest girl?" asked
Dorothy. "Has 6he been with you
long?"
"Nearly ten years," said Mrs. Kel
vin, speaking with real human feel
ing, "and unless the collar is actually
found around her neck I shall never
believe in her guilt. I have assured
her that she is not undor suspicion.
But that's not quite true, for a de
tective who came out from the city in
response to a telephone message from
my husband wants to arrest the wom
an right away."
"Don't you let him do it," said Doro
thy.
Donald asked when the loss was dis
covered and learned that it was short
ly after the amiable Mr. Kelvin had
returned from his interview with us
by the gate.
There was an interval of silence,
during which I observed that Donald
57as suffering great mental distress.
"May I ask,"he said at last, "wheth
er your daughter knows that you have
—have come to me? It seems an ab
surd question"—
"Not at all," said Mrs. Kelvin. "I
understand you full}*. Amy knows that
I have come over here. She was eager
that I should do so."
"I will go over to The Elms," said
Donald, "and I will give you such help
as I can; but if you rely upon any mys
terious and miraculous powers of mine
you will see clearly in this case that I
do not possess them."
CHAPTEU VIII.
MYSTERY OP THE COLI.AIt OF DIAMONDS
(CONTINUED).
MRS. KELVIN was not Im
pressed by this declaration.
She rose with a groat rus
tling of ribbons.
"Won't yoq come, too, Mrs. Donald
eon?" she t iid, "and you, Mr. Ilarriug
ton? There is room in the carriage."
Dorothy excused herself from partici
pating in tl i adventure, and while she '•
was doing I got a private word with
Donald.
"I'm afraid this is a bad business, my
boy," said I. "Kelvin will triumph
over you."
"I shall be glad to give him the
chance," replied Donald. "If anybody
wants to prove that I'm not a psychic
marvel, he can have my help every i
♦ime." I
"Suppose Kelvin's got it himself.' 1 j
whispered. "This may be a put up
}J b."
He had no time to respond to this
suggestion in words, but I could see
that he took a different view of tho
matter. If he had any inner light upon
the subject, he did not share it with
Mrs. Kelvin and me during the drive to
The Elms. He remained silent, ex
cept when directly addressed, and all
his replies were as brief as courtesy
permitted them to be.
When we reached The Elms, we
were met by Amy, who had tho air of
one that lias waited in great impa
tience. It was impossible to be blind to
the fact that she regarded this appeal
to Donald as a grand and glorious vin
dication of him and that she expected
immediate and notable results. Don
ald by this time had sunk to such a
level of dejection that not even the
6ight of the fuir queen of his youthful
fancy could move him In the least. In
fact, he seemed to be so miserable that
he could not look her in the face.
Mrs. Kelvin viewed his state with
alarm, for her hope was really fixed
upon him. She had more than her
share of that peculiarly feminine trust
in the supernatural which makes wo
men the easy prey of all dealers in
mystery, and, besides, her confidence
was re-enforced by the wifely habit of
disagreeing radically with Mr. Kelvin.
I could see clearly that she would be
very angry with Donald If he failed.
For my own part, I had not felt so
foolish since the day when I was first
led to expose before the eyes of my
fellow citizens of Tunbridge my aged
shanks attired in golf breeches and
hose, and that's a sad day for an old
man whom all the little boys and girls
have been taught to respect. The mem
ory of it flitted across my mind as I
stood there on Kelvin's veranda. The
lord of The Elms was visible within
the house, where he sat near a long
window in earnest conversation with
my old friend Graves Iteedy. I was
somewhat surprised at Kelvin's choice
of a detect* e. It might suggest a pur
pose to get two values for his money
by "pumping" Iteedy in regard to the
affair of the robbery at the factory and
Donald's prediction of it.
Kelvin and Reedy rose immediately
and came toward the window. Just as
they stepped out upon the veranda I
heard Donald say to Amy in a plead
ing, disconsolate tone, "Do you really
wish me to do this?"
"Of course I do! Of course I do!"
the girl replied, with energy.
By this time I had clasped the hand
of Kelvin, whose manner was as cour
teous and cordial as that of a dog who
for fear of a whipping permits another
dog to eat out of his dish. I had never
before realized how complete was the
domestic subjection in which my new
neighbor dwelt.
"Glad to see you, glad to see you,"
said he."This is an opportunity that
we all ought to welcome. Seems to
have been made by Frovidence ex
pressly for the purpose. Now, if I've
misjudged young Mr. Donaldson, you'll
find me eager to square the account,
aud of course there's noquarrel between
you and me aud never has been. You
understand that thoroughly, 1 trust, it
gives me pleasure to welcome you to
The Elms."
"I am going to be very frank with
you, Mr. Kelvin," I said. "You did
Donald a great injustice this morning,
and that will be true whether he fails
or succeeds in this present matter. It
was in the hope that you had recog
nized this fact that we accepted Mrs.
Kelvin's invitation."
I was glad to have found some rea
son to justify my own conduct to my
self. As a matter of fact, I had been
wondering all the way over how in the
world we had happened to come.
"I have recognized it," said Kelvin,
turning rod. "Yes, sir; 1 have. We'll
let it stand that way. Ah. Mr. Don
aldson! Exceedingly obliged to you
for your kind offer to assist us in this
trouble. We expect groat things of
you."
"I can't do it, Mr. Kelvin," said Don
ald in a tone of deep wretchedness. "I
can't find the diamonds. I don't even
know how togo to work to try. I'm
as likely to find tho north pole sticking
up through the floor of your veranda.
But Mrs. Kelvin insisted upon my
coming."
"Mrs. Kelvin is a great insister. I'm
i not at all surprised to soe you," said
the old villain, with a grin. "Take
' your own time. Don't hurry."
Upon this Mr. Reedy favored us with
a brief review of his endeavors.
"There's only one thing in it,"he
said in conclusion. "Where did she
put the di'monds? That's the point.
Where did she put 'em?"
"The maid?" asked Donald in a
dreamy tone.
Mr. Reedy nodded throe times.
"I suppose she must have taken
them, poor girl." said D maid, "if you
say so."
"The facts speak for themselves,"
said the detective.
"They don't speak to me." said Don
ald, with a weary smile. "I can't hear
n whisper."
lie sat down in a big chair and bur
ied his face in his hands. At that mo
ment Mrs. Kelvin, who had been speak
ing with the butler in the hall, emertr
ed from tho house with the usual tlut- (
tering sound.
"S-s sh sh!" whispered Mr. Kelvin.
"F/e's going into a trance."
Donald sprang to his feet, his face
ns red as a boot. I expected a warm
protest from the young man.for the
trord "trance" to him is as a Harvard
Danner to a bull, but lie preserved his
leif control marvelously
"Would ydu mind if I walked about
a bit?" said he. "It's no earthly use, ;
you know. May I go into tho house?"
He moved toward the door and thus
came face to face with Martha Ilill, i
the suspected maid, who was just com- j
ing out. She was a worn, faded, pa- |
tient woman of fifty, not without Intel- ;
ligenee and meant perhaps for a bettor
station, yet now a creature of lifelong ;
servitude. Her mouth had a peculiar ;
droop at the corners, so that she must j
have looked sad at all times. She had i
6hed many tears that day.and her eyes
were rod; her nose, too, poor woman,
and altogether she was a picture of
woe.
Donald kept bis eyes upon her as she
crossed the veranda toward her mis
tress. When she had taken her place J
behind the chair in which Mrs. Kelvin ;
had sat down, she turned and looked at I
Donald. It was clear that she know
who lie was and why ho had come.
"You wore quite right, Mrs. Kelvin,"'
6ald my boy. "Your maid is perfectly
innocent."
At these words Martha's feelings |
overcame her. She wailed distressful
ly and fell upon her knees, not because j
she thought the act appropriate, but j
because she could not help it.
Donald turned hastily toward the j
house and made three attempts to open
the door. I describe his action as it |
appeared. There was an ordinary
screen door, very easy to open, but be !
tried three times and failed Then he |
shook his head and walked across the |
veranda to tho steps, returning imme* I
diatcly to the door, by which he stood
for some seconds, hesitating.
"The diamonds are not in the house," !
said he at last.
"That's easy," said Ueedy. "I've j
been hunting for 'em since 11 o'clock." |
"It may be that that's why I feel j
that they're not there," returned Don- j
aid, as if gratified to receive this ex- |
planatlon. "You never can tell where j
these foolish notions come from. Have I
you searched outside the house?"
" 'Outside the house' is a wide propo
sition," rejoined Ueedy. "It includes
'most everywhere. Hut I've looked
around a bit."
Donald groaned.
"I do hate this business so like the
old Harry!" he said "Hut it's got to
bo done. Would you mind if I walk
around the house? I don't know what
I'm doing it for, yet I can't sit still."
Ho ran down the steps of tho veran
da, and we all followed him, as he
raised no objection. In an absurd,
straggling procession we made tho cir
cuit of tho groat old mansion.
"Well," said Ueedy as we stood j
again before the main entrance, "did !
vou see 'em anywhere?"
Donald shivered in the heat of the j
summer day.
"I've been mighty close to them," he (
said. "Let me try that once more."
This time he led us less than half
way around, and we came to a halt >
beside a pile of coal that had been j
dumped that day before an entrance
to the cellar. Kelvin is a thrifty man. j
He buys coal not when he needs it,
but when it is cheapest. The pile may '
have amounted to about three tons. !
Donald regarded it steadily for some
seconds and then walked hesitatingly
toward the cellarway.
"You've been down there, Mr. Iteedy?"
ho queried, and then suddenly and
with decision he said. "The diamonds
are there!"
He pointed directly toward the heap
of coal.
"There?" echoed Kelvin. "In that
coal? Why, the stuff wasn't brought
here till this forenoon. How do you
suppose tho diamonds could get into
it?"
Donald dashed the perspiration from
his forehead with a gesture of de
spair.
"I don't know a blessed thing about
it, Mr. Kelvin," said he, "except that
they're there."
Kelvin seemed somewhat taken
aback. He regarded it as perfectly
obvious that the diamonds could not be
hidden in tho coal, which had not boon 1
delivered until after the arrival of Do- !
tective lt<( ly. Why had Donald com- ■
mittod himself to such a clear absurd j
ity? It looked like a trick, and Kelvin
glanced quickly at Ueedy as if to read
advice in his eyes. The detective ele- |
vatod his eyebrows and iiis shoulders
simultaneously and spread out his
hands with the palms forward. It was
equivalent to saying "I pass" in a
game of cards.
The iron lips of our amiable host
came together firmly and he settled
himself upon his broad, flat feet in tlie
manner of an orator who has reached
the great, convincing argument of his
discourse.
"Now. I call this a clear cut issue,'
said bo. "We've got this thing local
ized, so to speak. Either those dia
monds are hero or they are not!"
And his head came forward as he ut
tered the last word with a decisive
snap that would have endangered his
neck if it hadn't been so thick. lie was
a man of ready executive ability, and
the way he went to work to insure a
proper inspection of that heap of coal
commanded my admiration. It was re
moved a basketful at a time, and Kel
vin saw every lump of it.
Four sturdy groans were selected
for the task, and they were subjected
to a scrutiny thai would have sutiiced
for a count of cash in the United States
treasury, yet they were driven at good
speed, so that the coal vanished rap
idly into the cellar. Kelvin was too
thrifty to put it anywhere except in
the bin.
It was a warm day, and the flying
coal dust stuck like glue. Kelvin,
whose head was in every basket, grew
blacker as the moments sped away.
Ferspiration rolled down from under
his hat and striped his broad face gro
tesquely and in ever changing patterns.
Occasionally, as if dissatisfied with his
war paint, he would obliterate the de
sign with a wild sweep of his hand
kerchief, end a new and fiercer decora
tion would take its place.
I could have spent a most enjoyable
hour but for my anxiety on my boy's
account. As the work progressed gloom
settled darker upon Donald's face than
coal dust upon Kelvin's. From time
to time our host would glare at Don
ald like some black cannibal of the
south seas, and my boy would respond
with a glance of mournful resignation.
At length there remained but very
little coal scattered upon the ground.
One of the grooms carefully swept it
into a heap. Kelvin, who had been
scrutinizing it, bending forward with
his grimy hands upon the knees of bis
gray flannel trousers, slowly straight
ened up.
"Well," said he in a voice thick with
coal dust, "what do you say now?"
lie favored Donald with a grin that
had a peculiar, striped appearance.
Donald's hat was on the ground, and
he had rumpled his hair into a strange
ly tangled mass. lie was biting bis
lips nervously.
"It occurs to me, sir," said he, "that
a diamond is pure carbon crystallized
and that coal is chemically the same
substance in a slightly different form.
It is possible that I may have been de
ceived by this coincidence, so"—
Kelvin uttered a low, hoarse roar,
and I think he would have followed it
with some remark that might have in
terrupted the social harmony between
our households, but at this moment De
tective Graves Ueedy touched him on
the arm.
"It's all right," said he. "Don't
move; don't say a word; just wait."
He turned and ran toward the house
with surprising agility. lie cleared the
stops leading to a side entrance with a
single bound and vanished from our
sight. We remained silent, huddling
together like startled children and
staring toward the house.
It must have been less than a minute,
yet it seemed much longer to us as we
stood there bewildered. Then there
came a snarp ana loud sound whicu
drew our eyes toward a window in the
peak of a gable. Donald turned sud
denly and leaned heavily upon my
shoulder, and 1 heard him groan. Hut
before I could frame a question there
came the voice of Iteedy from the ga
ble window.
"I've got him!" he cried, thrusting
out his head. "Nobody hurt! He miss
ed me!"
"That's Cobb's room," said Kelvin in
a most peculiar voice.
Really the old follow was nearly
strangled by his amazement, as he aft
erward confessed. He bad compre
hended the situation much more quick
ly than I had been able to do, and he
knew that Ueedy had arrested Cobb,
the butler, upon evidence which the
detective believed to bo absolutely con
clusive. Indeed the pistol shot might
be regarded as settling all question
about the servant's guilt.
We all began to talk at once, and no
one had heard any remarks except his
own when Iteedy appeared at the door
leading his prisoner, handcuffed. Cobb
was a tall, dark man of a very peculiar
build, having the longest body for his j
height that ever I saw on a human be- ,
ing. Not only were his logs short, but '
his shoulders wore abnormally high, so '
that, viewed from behind, with a rca- j
sonably long coat on, he seemed to be
sunk In tho ground up to his knees.
I had marked him by the main en
trance when we arrived and later up
on tho outskirts of the group around
the coal heap, later still upon tho
threshold of the door through which
Ueedy had pursued him.
"I've had my eye on this feller," said
the detective. "I soon him getting
more and more worried as that coal
got thinner on the ground, and finally
I seen him make a break; then I knew
where we stood. I found him in his
/J JJ
"The diamonds arc there!"
room grabbing a few of bis things, and
among 'em was his gun, but I'm too
old a bird to be caught that way; close
c;i 11, though."
lie t'liiched his forehead, where the
skin upon one side bad been slightly
blackened by the flame of the pistol.
"Did you get the diamonds?" ox
claimed Mrs. Kelvin, with a woman's
Instinctive appreciation of the really
Important issue.
Ueedy had a hand upon his prison
»r's arm.
"They're here, eh?" he asked.
Cobb nodded. He was not looking
at Iteedy, but at Donald, and there
was a strange mixture of superstitious
terror and of hatred In his expression.
"Buried 'em last night, I suppose;
didn't dare to skip: too shrewd to hide
'em in the house when all outdoors
was open toy u Is that the idea?"
"Yes," said Cobb sullenly.
Ueedy drew the man toward the
round black mark upon the ground
where the coal had lain.
"Got one of your people to dig here,"
Bald he, tapping with his foot.
My own eyes could distinguish no
sign that anything had been buried, so
carefully had Cobb done his work, but
Reedy had had experience in such mat
ters. In two minutes the burnt wood
box had been exhumed, and the light of
day flashed upon the collar of dia
monds.
"Now, Mr. Kelvin," said the lady of
The Elms, "I think we are all vindi
cated except"—
"Except me," said Kelvin. "Well,
I'm ready to make all kinds of apolo
gies. This thing is beyond me. I say,
you," he cried, turning to Cobb in order
to change the subject. "Was anyb idy
in with you on this? Tell the truth,
and we'll make it light for you."
"I was in it alone," said the mail in
that weary voice of the detected crimi
nal—the voice that succeeds the high
keyed excitement which prevails while
there is hope or doubt. "You remem
ber that I saw you put the things into
the safe. I noticed the collar wasn't
there, and so I went and got it later,
just before sunrise. I knew it would
be oil the dressing table or the floor.
It was easy enough. I was a fool to
take the box, but I thought it would be
handy to bury the things in. If 1
hadn't done that, you might not have
missed the diamonds for two or three
days. Hut I suppose Mrs. Kelvin was
reminded of them by seeing that the
box was gone. Why didn't I think of
that? We're all fools!"
He shrugged his high shoulders.
"I won't ask you to let up on tne," he
continued. " 'Tain't any use. Take
me away."
The last words were addressed to
Reedy.
"Take him into the house," said Kel
vin. "Keep an eye on him, of course.
I'll be with you later. And now," he
added, turning toward Donald, "I want
to say to you"—
"Don't, Mr. Kelvin," said my boy.
with tears in his eyes;" please, don't.
This is more painful to me than it can
possibly be to you. I want togo home
and lie down—and die."
CHAPTER IX.
MYSTERY OF TIIE rRINCETON PROFESSOR.
MRS. KELVIN insisted upon
ordering the carriage to
take us home, though it was
not far enough to warrant
the trouble. She overwhelmed Donald
with expressions of gratitude and as
surances of her great and triumphant
faith in his powers.
The poor boy was dazed as if by
some sudden and weighty sorrow. lie
repeated, "Thank you; thank you, Mrs.
Kelvin," in the manner of one who
receives condolences that are power
less to draw his mind away from his
bereavement. While we were riding
home he was unable to restrain his
tears, and, being at the age when one
is most ashamed of them, he knuckled
his eyes diligently.
The deacon and Dorothy were on the
veranda as we drove up, and Carl
Archer came out of the house a mo
ment later.
"Uncle will tell you," said Donald,
evading questions and questioners with
a nervous haste. "I've got to dress for
dinner."
He was half way up the stairs, as
I judged by his speed, before any one
could utter a word to restrain him.
Thus deserted by the hero of the oc
casion, I told my story as briefly and
clearly as I could. Carl occasionally
interrupted me with a question, but
Dorothy and the deacon said nothing.
Obviously they viewed the story in a
different light.
Before I had finished Donald thrust
his head between the wings of the
screen door.
"Mother," he called, "can I have my
dinner served in my room? I don't
feel very well."
The tone in which the last words
were uttered was intended to be con
vincing, but it made us all laugh.
"Come out here, you big stupid," said
Dorothy. "We won't talk about it."
He advanced with hesitation and
embarrassment Presently we sat
down to dinner, which was served out
of doors in the red rays of the sunset,
and throughout the meal Dorothy
made good her pledge, checking every
reference to the adventure of the day.
Late in the evening I had a word or
two with Donaldson upon the subject.
"Dorothy and I have tried to talk this
matter over two or three times," said !
he, "but it results In mutual recrimina
tions, so we have ta- itly agreed not to
mention it again."
"Recriminations?" I echoed.
"She says Don inherits this from
me," he replied, with a smile, "and 1
say that ho inherits it from her. That's
as far as the discussion ever goes. I
don't know what she has said to Don. 1
I haven't said anything. He'll stop of
his own accord."
I knew from old experience that any
attempt to draw him out upon this sub
ject would be futile. Three minutes
was the limit of time that his mind
could be held upon It. So we passed
to other matters, and I said that I was
glad to have heard him sing with Doro- ,
tliy that evening, of late years he had j
sung so little.
"My voice is getting old and worn
out," he said. "I am past my singing
days."
I assured him with sincerity that j
their two voices had never sounded |
tfweeter than on that very evening.
"Dorothy's is as fresh as a girl's," lie
replied. "To my ear, certainly, it hasn't j
changed at all."
"It seems to mc that it has improved
•n the last two rears," said I.
"She has used It more," said he. "A
ilngiug voice needs exercise, and after
mine grew rusty Dorothy neglected her
own until Archer came. She likes to
•ing with some one else. I wouldn't
call Archer a great tenor," he added,
with a smile, "but his voice has the
ring of youth in it."
"Donaldson," said I somewhat impa
tiently, "that gray hair of yours has
made a crank of you."
He walked up to a mirror and con
templated his image.
"I look like a big old weather beaten
gatepost in a snowstorm," said he.
Dorothy came in just then and in
sisted that we must go out to see the
beauty of the night. Slie was in high
spirits and throbbing with life. The
moon then rising, she declared, was the
most glorious that had ever risen, and
we must look at it from tlie high gate,
as we call that entrance to tlie grounds
which is on the brow of the hill.
Donaldson leaned back against the
mantelpiece, with his elbows upon it,
and surveyed his pretty wife, who
stood there eager and impatient as a
child.
"This reminds me"— he began, but
Dorothy broke in upon him.
"Now, deacon, don't!" slie eried.
"Don't be reminded of anything. Isn't
this night good enough? Come out
ami see the moon."
So we all went up to the high gate
together.
On the following morning I met Kel
vin, and we exchanged growls, notli
ing more. The affair of the diamond
collar seeuietl not to have improved his
disposition nor to have altered liis at
titude toward me. Kelvin was begin
ning to he somewhat of a pn:::de.
There was and had been from the lirst
| a queer look in his eye that lacked an
| explanation. I could not account for
it by anything that I knew. Indeed.
; it seemed to have its basis in .some
1 thing that he knew and I didn't. A
I sly and waiting look it was. a glimpse
• of treason, stratagem and spoils, but
i what it boded I was unable to guess.
| For some days following the affair of
' the diamonds I met him frequently
| upon the streets of Tunl.ndge and al
ways passed on wondering what might
| lie in his mind.
lie and Mrs. Kelvin were plainly not
j in accord. The woman had taken a
j sudden and sincere liking ;'or Donald,
i She tried to < ;al,li. li herself \r ri
I terms of friendly intimacy with I>or
j othy, and slie praised l>on:ild wills so
\ true a voice that hi? mother was quite
won over, so that I began to hear much
good of Mrs. Kelvin.
"She has wished for a son." said
Dorothy. "Tliorgh slie seems so su
perficial, she is a good mother at heart.
She loves her daughter, and she would
I have been very proud of a boy like
Donald."
It occurred to me to wonder whether
I she would have been proud of a boy
I like Kelvin, which certainly needed to
I be considered as among the possibili
j ties. However, there could be no doubt
I of her honest admiration of Donald.
She talked to me about him upon one
j occasion at considerable length and
i seemed really anxious when I said that
I the boy was not quite himself this s\;:ii
i mer.
"The incidents which have brought
out this peculiar power of his have
' worried him." said I"It is the rule
| with those who are so endowed."
"You don't think there can be any
thing else?" she said, without meeting
my eye.
"What else can there be," I asked,
"unless he's in love?"
"Well, I didn't mean that either,"
she responded. "This power of his
may—may result in his having matters
on his mind; but, of course. I know
nothing about it."
We had been sitting in a nook of the
veranda, waiting, while a servant took
word to Dorothy that Mrs. Kelvin was
there. As she spoke the last sentence
which I have quoted, she arose some
what hastily and made a great busi
ness of waving her hand to Dorothy,
who was coming across the lawn from
the tennis court with Carl.
In Mrs. Kelvin s vague hints I per- 1
ceived another mystery, added to those
which we already had. or perhaps:
tlicy might be taken to be the germ of :
the explanation of a mystery. Perhaps !
she fancied that Donald knew these- '
cret of her husband's designs, of which j
she herself might not be so fully in- ;
formed as slie would have wished. 1 j
was blind and silly enough to think
that that was what she meant.
It has seemed to me that these inci- .
dents should he recorded here. Having j
get them d> wn, I will proceed with the ,
matter of the Princeton professor.
College profess rs are line people, as
a rule. The old ones are ripe and
strong. They are saturated with the
seething, full hearted life of an Amer
ican university. They sometimes seem
to be submerged in it and to have lost
their individuality, but draw the wrin
kled fellows out for a moment, like
pears from flagons of good wine, and
you shall find the fruit still sound at
heart and full of a rich savor which it
lias gained in tempering the vintage.
The young men are sturdy and earnest,
and for every one of the whole lot.
young and old together, who has stag
nated and is behind the times there are
ninety-nine who are well in advance.
I include this hasty tribute in order
to show that Professor George F Sev
ern had everything in his favor with
flie, and yet he did not please me.
There was something assertive in his
manner, and he spoke of his ho >k upon
telepathy as if he thoiiglit I would not
flare confess that I had not read it.l
found the courage, however, to make
that admission.
It appeared that Professor Severn
held the Watkins chair in psychology
In the New Jersey university and that
he had heard of Donald's remarkable
performances and had come to Tun
bridge to make an investigation lie
was a lean, tall man of forty, with
deep set, searching eyes, lie was
smooth shaven, and his under lip pro
jected beyond the tipper. When lie
talked, this peculiarity became more
noticeable; his words seemed to strike
against the protruding lip and to glance
jp into the air.
1 told him that he would find Donald
a very hard subject to deal with; that
I doubted whether he would be able to
learn anything of importance in the
time at his disposal, considering that 1
had failed to Co so with a much larger
opportunity. lie was at liberty, how
ever, to make the experiment, and
meanwhile I should esteem It an honor
If he would he my guest. He accepted
iny proposal with that sort of hesita
tion which proves such an offer has
been counted upon in advance.
Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson did not view
the professor's visit with favor when 1
told them the object of it; but, to my
great surprise, Donald took the inflic
tion very lightly.
"I'll tell you all I know about it, Pro
fessor Severn," said he."lt isn't much,
and I wish it were less."
Upon this the professor proceeded to
put Donald through a rigid cross ex
amination in regard to the matter of
the expected robber. lie seemed to
have a good knowledge of the af
fair, and his questions showed a
shrewd intelligence. Yet they devel
oped little that was new—so little, in
fact, that I am able to omit the scene
Without loss. Donald spoke with pcr :
feet freedom, exhibited 110 impatience
end showed absolutely no bias. He
made one excellent point, as it seemed
to me, by way of illustration.
"If you were go?!;: to meet a Mr.
Jones whom yon hi; 1 never seen," said
he, "wouldn't you have a feeling as to
how he would look?"
"I might," the professor admitted,
whereupon Donald said that he would
almost certainly have such a feeling.
"But mine are as often wrong as
tight." «a!d the professor.
"Mine aren't." rejoined Donald, "and
I think, sir, that you.s wouldn't be if
you were always able to separate your
feelings from your opinions. Your
opinion is founded upon what you
know, and in such a case you do not
know enough to be of any use. but
your feeling is based upon something
which is entirely sufficient whenever
3 ou cau really get down to it."
I was deeply interested in this state
ment of Donald's, and it appeared to
impress the other hearers also, for
Carl referred to it on the following
day. Severn and Donald were in the
office with me when Carl and Jiui Bunn
came into speak upon a matter of
business. After that was settled there
was some discussion of psychic mat
ters. It was a subject in which poor
old Dunn was deeply interested, and he
lingered to listen.
"You were speaking of those feeling
of yours, Don." said Archer "! > they
ever come to you ab it <•<>• , i
! things—the weather, for instance r
"I have known what the v th i
i would be," replied Donald. ' ! t not
' often."
"Couldn't tell us what it will he to
morrow, eh?"
j "No more than you can." repiied the
boy. "But if the safety or h. ipine-s
i of some one I care about dep- nde I up
: on tomorrow's weather 1 think I iioul I
j know."
i "So this familiar spirit of y< i:s is
ian unselfish creature," said Carl "It
j tells you what 's going to l,.ip; :i to
| other people, not to yourself."
"More often so," replied Donald, un
i rnflled by Carl's banter for the fir t
time in my observation. "For Instance,
| I have no idea what I shall do this
1 afternoon, but I know what Prof. s. ir
Severn will do."
"1 hat's all settled, I believe." sail
! the professor. "I am going upon a
drive with Mr. Harrington, who has
been so kind as to invite me."
"You speak in general terms, sir,"
said Donald. "I think I can supply
something more specific."
He took a card from my desk and
wrote rapidly upon it. Then lie put it
into an envelope, -which L. s< .le <
I "Suppose we let Mr. i. : i., I. .Id tli s
, until you return from tii • drive." said
he, and :.s no one raised an objection
! Bunn took the envelope.
"This looks like a put up job. L'nele
John," said Archer. "I'm afraid that
you and Donald have arranged the
route of this drive."
I treated this jest with the scorn
which it deserved, but I am sorry to
say that our guest seemed to regard it
seriously The look which lie flashed
upon me was plainly one of suspicion.
However, the laws of hospitality pie
vented me from giving him a piece of
my mind.
About half past 12 we went up to
the horse for luncheon, and an hour
lati ;• 1 returned to the office, having an
appointment there. It was a matter
which could be concluded in a few
minutes, and my Intention was to be
home again l\v a quarter past 2, when
the carriage would be ready for Pro
fessor Severn and myself. About that
time, however, the professor came has
tily into the office, carrying his travel
ing bag.
"I have had a telegram which calls
me away." said lie. "I must cateb the
2:30 train. 1 can make connections f> r
Newark and proceed from there to
Princeton."
I expressed the hope that it was not
bad news which recalled him so hastily,
and he replied that it had to do with a
business matter requiring immediate
; attention. His manner indicated that
he felt considerable anxiety I accom
panied him to the train, and. while
returning. 1 met Donald in the path
I across ihe field. He seemed to lie in
; had spirits.
"The professor has gone." said 1. tak
ing him by the arm. "I suppose you
knew that he was going. Is it on the
card ?"
j "Jim Bunn will show it to you. Un
| cle." said 1 e gloomily.
As soon as we reached the office 1
cent for Bunn and demanded the en
velope. lie gave it to me, and 1 op :ed
and read aloud what was written on
the card, as follows:
"Professor vern will reerlve a m ?s
--eafte tfcut ui'f oi;!l Mm a\v:iy He will
taUt tin Xt:.. n Iso t.i * York
"Now, that's marvelous, marvelous,
isn't It?" said Bunn. And he repeated
the word to himself in a silent fashion
wh'.t h is characteristic of him.
Like many other m rvous people.
Bunn talks to himself, but not am i
Ilis lips move, thoimli no Round \
ceeds out of i .em 1 have ■ ■ n 1 a
hold this silent discourse w. h hfn.j- If
for ten minutes at a stretch.
"To New York?" siitl I, addressing
Donald. "You're mis : ken there. He's
going I kto I'rii on."
Donald drummed on the wooden
arms of the chair in which he was sit
ting and looked dreamily out of a win
dow.
"Did he tell you that he was going to
Princeton?" asked liuunof me
"The more haste the less error with
me, Mr. Bunn," said I onald.
"I wish there wan some way of find
ing out," muttered Bunn.
Donald laughingly suggested that if
Bunt) felt so much interest in the mat
ter he might telegraph.
"To whom?" I asked.
"To Professor Severn," said Donald.
"If he goes direct, he ought to be there
by 0 o'clock."
Although this Kf uestion seemed not
to be made ser: . ... I was sufficiently
Interested in the subject to net upon it.
Accordingly I wrote this message:
Professor Georgo F. Severn, Princeton,
N. J.:
To verify what was written on the
card, please wire me the hour of your
arrival in l'rlnceton.
John Harrinoton.
(To be continued.)
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TIME TABLE
In Effect Mav* 25, 1902
A A. M~. j
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Plttston " *■ 7•' > t < j 2in 4 I*"**
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A. i A.M. PJI.
PottsviUe Iv $ ill St
i Haslet '• ' 1- - - 1 ' "**
rotnhicken " «■ I II : < l >
I Fern Glen I i> •'!
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