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Show THE SALINA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH I suppose so," he dully conceded. I realize how It must sound to anyone else. Jnut Doctor Stanley understood, and be hoped you would. It is Just m 1 never know as long as I remain In Institutions. I must live a normal life. I must have work. And I can work. I can work like a steam-engin- e if A young man 8TNOPSIS. named Renshaw walks up to the you put me at it. They all admit that. home of David Campbell, a rich And its good, stiff, intelligent work, old Invalid. He presents a letter too. Theres nothing the matter with of Introduction from Doctor my brain, Mr. Campbell; dont Imagine Stanley, Campbell's old friend that there is. There never has been, and physician, and is permitted to see Campbell in order to make even when things were at their worst." him a strange proposition. He dropped his head into his hands. But there will be, he ended, with an groan, unless, for just a irrepressible CHAPTER I Continued little while longer, some one else Is 2 responsible for my support. So DocI want to be sure we are not over- tor Stanley sent me to you. He said heard, Renshaw explained as he sat he was sure I could be of great use to You see, iny proposidown again. you that you needed some one tion Is so unusual David Campbell leaned back again You may feel in his chair, joined the fingers of his Campbell nodded. quite safe," he said. No one In the thin hands together, and looked past house could have any reason for listenthem Into the fire. "Useful? ing to us, even if we had any one here Yes, perhaps," he murwho ah did that kind of thing. mured, if you had merely come to me Again he wished this young man for a situation. But this proposition would come to the point ; and now, as Its all very unsettling. He broke If In response to the telepathic com- off. Why wouldnt It do to accept a on mand, the caller did so, taking the mo- situation he asked salary? ment as If It were a hurdle. abruptly. The- - truth is, sir, he blurted out, Because if I did that I should live I have come here to ask you to buy in terror of losing my job. No; Ive me got to fix things In another way. Ive Campbell leaned forward. I beg your pardon," he said apologetically, "but I shall have to ask you to speak very distinctly. Of late my HIS OBSESSION 1 hearing I have come here, Mr. Campbell, Renshaw repeated, slowly and clearly, to ask you to buy me!" The old man, who was still bending toward him with a look of almost strained attention, relaxed in his chair and smiled. It was a courteous smile, but a weary one, the smile of a man constrained by good breeding to accept a dull jest. He shook his head. And now, he invited, let us get to the point. "That is the point." Renshaw spoke with an apathetic flatness of tone. He was struggling with a tremendous temptation to get up and get out; to drop the whole business; to take the other wa, which, for the moment at least, seemed the easier way. Will you ah elucidate? It sounds rather weird, I know, Renshaw said apologetically, but Doctor Stanley warned you it was unusual. He knows all about my plan and highly approves of it. Dick approves of my my buying Campbell was puzzled, unconyou? vinced, annoyed, and still a bit apprehensive. Yes, sir. And, if you dont mind I 6hould like to explain. I wish you would, Campbell said, almost fretfully. Mr. Campbell, I don't expect you to take in the thing all at once, but the Renshaw had begun facts are these. almost glibly, because he had rehearsed his opening speech. Now he stopped, as If uncertain how to proceed. Yes, prompted his hearer. Renshaw drew a deep breath. Two years ago," he said, I had an unusual experience a terrible shock. I will not trouble you with the details; in fact, I could not discuss them. The result is what I am talking about. The experience knocked me out completely for a year. The second year I was able to crawl around, in leading-stringas it were. Now I am well, or almost well but there is still one thing I cnnt face. Stanley tells me Its my last obsession, anil that it will pass as soon as I get into a normal way of living. However that may be, it has got me now." He brought out the last words between set teeth. What Is it? Campbell asked the question very gently. A fear of the responsibility foe my a fear that own life and amounts to a nightmare. What? I beg your pardon, but I am never quite sure I am hearing things correctly," the old man inters, t, rupted. A horror of the responsibility for almost Renshaw my I can't endure It. fiercely repeated. If I have to face it in the state I am in now, I shall never get well. I know that. If, on the other hand, some one else will be responsible for me a year longer, I am beginning to believe that, with the start I've got, I can be cured. But Ive got to be owned and supported by another. Ive got to be a bondman. Ive got to be as Irresponsible and dependent as a slave, doing as Im told and absolutely assured of a living." David Campbell shook his head. He was still puzzled, but he felt he was The poor beginning to understand. chap needed humoring. My dear fellow, he began soothingly, "surely there are sanatoriums where you can have every care Ive been In them; I have had every rare. Thats Just the point. I am ready for the next step. The doctors have turned me out. They say I am well but I don't know It. They eay I will self-suppor- t, half-bake- . i r d Green s August Flower fifty-eig- form of nerve obsession, you see, sir, a fear of life he patiently repeated, and of the future. If I merely had a Job I should live in a panic. yhereas, if I were actually bought for a year, Id be off my own mind; don't you see? And on mine, Campbell dryly Yes. I see." commented. Again the young man flushed. It isnt as if I were useless," he "You will find that I can muttered. work like a litivse. Ill do anything Im told." Anything?" Campbell spoke with sudden meaning. Anything. the caller replied without hesitation. The keen blue eyes of his host remained oa his face. "I see that you are at least in earnest," he conceded. Its a matter of life or death with me, Mr. Campbell." Campbell hesitated. I might ask you to do some odd things," he hinted things you would not understand at first. The situation here just now Is a trifle ah abnormal. And I might not be able to explain for a few weeks certain matters not clear to a newcomer. "I rather expect that, from a remark or two that Doctor Stanley dropped. "And you are sure the kind of responsibility that attends working for another perhaps more or less In the dark would not worry you?" the old man asked curiously. Not a hit. You see, someofle else Is responsible for me, and I am certain of a hed. a roof over my head, and I enough food to fill my stomach. am his head dropped under tljg humiliation of the admission at the end of my resources. "Your family Campbell began, after a moments silence. So far as I know, I have not a relative in the world. But Doctor Stanley knows who my people were. The word sounded unHumph ! ( gracious; It wes merely thoughtful. Doctor Stanley told me you really needed a secretary, Renshaw went on. He thought there was no doubt yon would give me a Job, but he was not sure that you would buy me. Oh, he wasnt Campbell grimaced. wasnt he? Confound him ! The last words broke from his lips before be could check them. He tried M drown them in a cough, but the visitor heard. For ttie third time lie flushed, this time deeply and unbeoom-lngly- . Simultaneously as If moved by a spring, he rose. Mr. Campbell, he said formally, I hope you will forgive me for troubling you. I realize what an unpardonable nuisance I have been and how wild my scheme must have sounded to you. A doctor, of course, would understand. Very few laymen could. I am grateful for the time you have given me, and I will not take any more of It. Good-nighHe held out his hand,' and the somber veil on his face lifted a trifle. After all. this would settle things and he would not have to plan again! Walt a minute. Dont be in such a hurry 1" Campbells voice was almost peevish. He struggled up from his chair, slowly and with much difficulty, till he stood facing his caller. He had liked this young mans valedictory. Wait a minute, lie repeated. In a Do I understand you liffprcnt tone. to say that Stanley actually approves of tliis mad notion of yours? He thinks I would be Yes, sir. very useful to you. He repeated that again and again. I think so, too," Renshaw sedately added. How much salary do you want? I mean Campbell corrected himself before the other could speak, hut what price dropped his serious tone. are you asking for this ah purchase you suggested? Fix the Anything you choose. price yourself, and pay It In monthly installments if you like, or at the end of the year. Renshaw spoke indifferently, and the dark veil that had temporarily lifted from ills face again settled there. So it wasn't over, after all, he was reflecting. Three hundred dollars, payable in twelve monthly Installments of twenly-fidollars each?" Campbell watched him closely as he spoke, hut ttie caller's expression did not change. Anyth'ng you choose, repeated the latter. The only important detail Is that you make yourself responsible for my support for a year as absolutely responsible," he repeated, as If I were your property." hundred We will say twenty-fou- r dollars. the old man amended without "Will that do? explanation. Yes, sir. t. I Have Come Here to Ask You to Buy Me!" got to find a man who will take me on in such a binding fashion that he simply cant get rid of me." Humph! Campbell stared Into the flames. The caller watched him. "What can you do?" the old man asked at last. The word came from Anything!" the callers lips like a bullet. AnyCampbell shook his head. thing is nothing, he pointed out with sudden austerity. "What can you do, really, that is worth a salary? The young man flushed. I can keep accounts, he said dogI can act as secretary and gedly. general utility man, and guard your health. Thats what Doctor Stanley especially wanted me to do. lie remembered to add. Look after you and see that you look after yourself. He said there were conditions .just at present that were rather trying to you. He thought there ought to be a younger man here with you. Campbell nodded. For the first time, he was impressed as well as interested. Startling as Renshaws proposi-tohad been, there must be something in it worth considering, or Stanley would not have advocated it in the strong letter he had written. Also, the reference to his health appealed to him. If it were merely a matter of engaging your services " he murmured discontentedly. The other interrupted him. I It's not that, he pointed out. could not consider for a moment the mere offer of a situation. Please remember the viral detail that I am asking you to buy me. For the next year I want to be your property as absolutely as if I were a bought slave. Also, try to remember that my obsession does not Impair my ability in any way. Doctor Stanley guarantees that. I can he very useful to you if 3 am certain of my future for a year if. in a phrase, my future Is ofT my mind. Campbell, his eyes still on the fire, again reflected. One point Increasingly impressed him. Possibly this extraordinary young man could prolong his life. Stanley seemed to think so. At the thought his keen eyes took on a nw expression. Deep In the heart of human mechanism, and this worn-ou- t unsuspected by anyone but his physician, burned an almost abnormal passion to live on. All this, he said slowly, "is the most Impossible thing Ive ever listened to. The visitor's glance dropped. e Well, it's apparently the proposition of a- - crazy man. But maybe Renshaw is crazy like , a fox. (TO BE CONTINUED ) Grease and Diamonds Africa mines grease Is an important aid in the extraction of diamonds. A table with a riffled top is smeared witli about half an inch of grease. Concentrated ore is then passed over the table with the aid of running water. 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