His Other Wife: A Novel — page 388: what you’re looking at

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330 THE LOST IS FOUND. brain, so that he found it difficult to rouse himself to the fact that he was not the victim of some hallucination.” All the vague, mysterious ideas about her spirits haunting him came back to his thoughts now in vivid shape. He tried to read over her letter once more, but he could not; he was too tremulous; his hand shook, his brain swam; he felt he must have some human sympathy to steady his nerves. Of course, Faith’s unhappy mother must be apprised of her safety at once, if that were possible. With this pur- pose in view, Warren repaired to Mr. Craig's office, and, without stating the facts that had just come to his knowl- edge, he questioned Mr. Craig of Rachel’s present resi- dence. ‘*T have not the least idea where to find her, nor have I any address by which to communicate with her,” said Mr. Craig, in reply. | ‘‘Is it possible that you are in ignorance of her hiding- place also?” “Utterly so. I hold certain papers of hers, relating to a large deposit of $120,000 in gold, now lying at her credit in the State Bank; but my instructions are to retain ‘these papers, and to preserve the most sacred secrecy with regard to their contents, until I shall receive further in- structions from. her, or until I know that she is dead. In tne latter case, I am to administer upon her will, which is: among these papers left in my charge.” Profoundly perplexed, Warren left Mr. Craig’s office, Eomicbooks.co