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Show PECULIAR ACTIONS. Went With Ills Valise to Top of En-sign En-sign Peak Monday. So far as known Clyde Tclt, the fifteen- car-old son ot D. I'. Telt, to whom Colllni gavo his watch, chain nnd Masonic charm, was the last one ot his neighbors to see tho old man nllve. To Clyde he told the story of going fo Join lelatlvcs In New York city and Induced the lad to carry tho satchel to the summit of Hnslgn peak lito Monday nfternoon The old man had for weeks past shown u liking for the I"clt boj, nlo hnd befriended him, nnd the lad sajs the old man presented him the watch as a kecpsike at tho same time explaining that he had secured se-cured a better watch and exhibiting a new gold timepiece. cido says ho capnol be mistaken about having pc-ii tho new gold watch, but thero Is no trace to its present wheuabouts or to tho manner or place In which Collins secured It. The boy sajs also tint Collins made no explanation of his stringc Journey Into the hills Mnndav, when he was last seer, and that he mado no remarks which would show he Intended committing commit-ting suicide. said hi: was cioinc. away. 'To- several dava past,' said Clde, ' he has been telling me he would leavu In a few days for New York Kundiy when I vlslte' him nt the Wnsatku works thcie was another boy there a hoy I do not know nnd after repent Ing that ho was going to leave the city he held out his watch and a II gold piece, telling me to lake my choice. 'Ilojs, I want jnu to tnke these things to remember mo bv, to show jou I nm a good man,' he aild 'My iclntlven have sent mo some money nnd I am going to llvo with them" "I took the watch," continued Clsdo, ' and the other boy took tho monc Later In the day he called In Henry Tolls and told him ho could have the things about the house as ho would not need them any more, "Mondov afternoon when school wns out I was on my way homo when I saw him again and he asked mo tn take i walk with him up Into the hills I slid I would go with him and then he showed mo hi allso and said ho wanted mo to enrrj It for him. Ho hnd on his overcoat with somo things wrapped up In the pocket, blit what Iheso things were I haven't tho Joist idea. Ho nlso had n hatchet In his pocket which ho hod bonoweil from my mother during tho morning. It was a long hard walk up to the top of tho peak and It was 130 when wc l cached there I'Airri:!) on unhkin thak. "Aftei asking me what kind of roun-Irj roun-Irj It was to the eiistunid of tho peak," th boy continued, ' ho held nut Ills hand to ifto and said ho wanted to tell me nood-hn as ho wouldnt ever see mo ngnln. Ho slid I must go homo tho was 1 came, hut that ho would take anothoi pith back I thought It was ratlin a timnj thing foi Mm to do but asked him no questions He told mn I would nut get to seo him again for thu lensnn that he would leave for New York on a triln that left before. I got up In the morning nnd nlso told mo he would wrlto to mo when ho reached the end of his Journo). As I tinned tn (.o ho lemembered th.it he had not itialil me nnd pulled nut his purso and gave me a iiiiiitei. I did hot sou any oilier money In tho purse. Hn started to walk noithwnid aloiit; tho summit, taming tho valine with him nnd I turned and mn rlonn the bill towards home mil saw nothing moro ut him." oavi: ruiiMTum: away. To Henri Totls. a lad tcsldlug n"ar the Wnsatka works, Collins guvo nil his householl furniture. 'Ho gave mo tho hlngn Hundtij," slid joung l'otts. saying he would need them no lonzer. aSho was going lo New York I saw bin Monday morning and ho told mn good-bye. but I did not sco him aftei that." |
