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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] THE VENTILATOR,

BY

GUY THORNE (Author of When it was Dark," etc.),

There have been so many rumours about the whole dreadful affair, and I only know the whole truth of it. To set the matter at rest for avor, now that both Doctor Dumayun and the Other are dead, I am about to tell the whole thing as it happened.

I had been engaged to Muriel Pearson, the daughter of the Rector of Barchester for nearly year. I was still at the Londen hospital con- dusting some researches when Mr. Pearson wrote to me He knew that when a suitable opportunity presented itself I was going to buy ៥ practice, marry and settle down, and now

scomed the chance had arrived,

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Suite the man to capture the affections of a I said nothing. The whole thing was very Young and very prsity girl"

"His money perhaps," I said. "Well, possibly it was that. The girl, popa. lar as she was, was very, poor. Her father, Captain Hall, was a retired Naval officer with little but his pension, And there were other children also, At any rate, the wedding took place, and everything seemed to be running anisothly enough. Then a few months after wards, a man named Arnold Mornington came to stay at Barchester. He was young, good- looking in an effeminate sort of way, and was

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curious, but it was none of my brafness, in a crisy fresh voles. You'd better eat it "Here's your food, dog," the Doctor said Then, in the momentary silence that followed quioldy, dog, and get some strength late you. I heard a soft purring sound, from behind me, or you will not be able to do your work. I'm The matter was explained at once, the Doctor going back to my study now. I'm going to kept's cat!

watch the ventilator, as I do all night. I love I locked round, I wae mistaken. An aleotris to watch it. When it goes ring round I ventilating fan had suddenly started in the wallow that you are a coward still and afraid to and it was this that made the sound I heard. I know, dog, that you are winding it electricity laid on.".

Hullo!"I said. "I didn't know you had up with all the little strength that I let you up hara now, to gain another few hours' respite Nor have I.

Dr. Damayne chuckled. have The from death. And when the fan stope I sit and

said. That ventilator is an invention of my laugh to myself. I know the stone is coming own, and one in which I take an extraordinary down, down and I think that perhaps you have achievement of my life!" interest. In fact, I regard it as the crowning at liat given in to your doom, and will die

slowly

He said the last words with a sudden На pat his lamp down upon the door with elemence, and, so it almost seemed, ferocity rent care. that almost startled me out of my chair. could a ventilator be the crowning achievement What on earth did the man mean! How of a country doctor's life!

I stifled

my

Then he rushed at the bars and grasped them, her lips sweet? Are they still sweet now ? shaking them in a horrid frenzy.

"Were her lips sweet" ho hissed. Were

Barckester, was about to retire. He was fellow was always about with Beatriseer asked him wonder, however, sad "merat Covira, dog, alare of my revenge

Doctor Damayus, the lealing practitioner in an old friend of the Ruster's, and It seemed An excellent arrangement that I should ma Deed the Doctor, and that Muriel should settle town with me in her native place-alose to her father, who was a widower, and to whom she was tenderly attached.

The idea suited me very well, My private moons are ample. I su fond of sport. There would be enough work at Barchester to keep me from being an idle man, and yet plenty of time for the recreation that I cared for.

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It was arranged that I should go to Doctor Dusayne for three months in the capacity of hie nesistant. If everything went well for that period I was to pay a fair sam aml step into his Bhoos.

This much by way of preliminary. It is my task now to present a connected narrative eliminating elf that does not bear upon the central theme The Barchester Horror," a it was spoken of at the time,

I went down to the old cathedral city and founil Dr. Damayne Inhabiting fashioned iry-covered house adjacent to the

an old Close. The place, although a tride gloomy in sppearance, was eminently solid and pros

It had a comfortable "old-astab. Ished" look-quite the house one world ex. poot, in short, to find as the home of a suo cessful and respected country physician,

погода.

It was about ten-time when I arrived, and the butler, a heavy light-walking man, with perhaps something of a lyish coat of face, showed me to the bedroom and sitting room which had been prepared for me.,

the decadent impressionist solool, and rather "I know the name," I said. "He was of

a success at one time, But I've heard no thing of him lately." dropped out, disappeared, probably dead. There "And I don't suppose that you over will. He's are stories-but I'll get on with mino. Morning ton became friends with the Dumagnos. Grs duaily people began to talk and whisper. The name was Beatrice. They used to dine ́ ́to-" gether, he was always at the house when Du mayne was away. I never could see what Mrs. Damayne saw in him. The man was as weak as water. Anyone could influence him, anyone would turn him round their litlo finger, At any rate she eloped with him. They wont away to little hill village in the Maritime Alps, Roque brane by name, where Dunayno eventually dis covered them, three months afterwards. The woman was dying. She had caught pneumonia in one of these sudden wight chilla ono merts with on the Kiviors,"

"Did she dis

Yea, in her husband's arms; he told me so run away with, imploring Dumayne's forgive himself, penitent, loathing the creature she had

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slowly lighted a cigar, and the man the It's a sad story" I answered, as the Rector

lover?

one

the thing was worked. It works for half an hour, and then stops for "It's automatic," he answered, “automatic. an hour. But how it works is my secret, my own secret. No one will ever know it! Per here when I'm gone and you take over the hape it won't work much longer. It won't be practice."

The man in the cage alarak and whimpered. Then he looked up. The mass of stone was handle of the wheel with a shril seram of fear, three inches from his head. He grasped the and began to work furiously.

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finng him into a corner of this dreadful place.

I rushed at Dr. Dumayne. I seemed to have strength beyond the mortal. I took him and.

assume the proportion of a certainty Thefagged floor with an almost musical ring,

A growing suspicion in my mind began to

As I did so, a long steel key fell upon the man was either in a state of nerves painful

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to witness, or else he was insane. The shook Muriel and myself do not live in the house. of his wife's alopement and death had been once occupied by Dr. Dumayne. too much for him. He had managed to keep empty still, though the house agent of Bar

It stands up appearances outside his own house-mad-ohester is eloquent upon its advantages. meu often can in the first stages of the disease. We preferred another and more modern attacks.

but here, at home, he was liable to andden dwelling house without reminiscence, though

the practice has not suffered. He poured out some whisky into his glass some suda into it, and drank it off in a single with a hand that shook very much, splashed gulp Then, before I could prevent him, with incredible swiftresa, he hurled the empty tum- bler at may head,

Damn you he shouted out, his eyes glur ing, his lips curling away from Lie teeth. What do you want to spy out about my vons tilator for; I want no spies hore!

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Every now and then, however, dear old Mr. generally dines with us afterwards, and always Pearson pays a visit to the County Asylum, He tells us the same story.

Upon the same bench in the ward devoted to incurable lunaties, who are at the game time mild and tractable, two inseparable friends are always sitting

The attendants point them out with pride as model patients

"Damayne never mentioned him to mo, and the fellow was shot. But I know nothing. People have whispered that there was a fuel I have not cared to question the Dostor.

"He name back to Bardhoster late night-no one saw him come-and since then blow was too much for him. Everyone was he has completely changed and altered. The

He is anxions to get away, and live a retired most sympathetic, but it's been of no use, life somewhere elsa. And that's the whole story."

A very sad one," I repeatoil, but by late for me to do so only regret that it is too repute-appea e to be a broken man of seventy,

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arm-chair in which I was sitting, and fell in The glass didn't hit me, but the back of the fragments on my shoulders.

the outside world was onca Dr. Damagne. He Que is young and cheerful, and his name, in is fifty-five, but doesn't look a year more than thirty-seven.

The other ons--so one heare-an artist of They spend the whole day doesnting upon

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I lapt up from my seat and stood over him. shall leave this house to-morrow, of course," I said, "I

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man said. but would be returning almost in rather différent feelings than I anticipated He looked up at me, his face very white, andppeurs, they had both loved in the past.

The Doctor was out at the moment, so the mediately would I have a emp of ten now or wait till the master's return?

I decided to wait, and began to unpack my books and instruments, pat Mariel's photo graph upon the mantel-shelf, and generally make the homelike in-room look occupied and

on Dr. Damayne, while I am with him, with no means an unusual ono. Well, I shall look

when I first met him this afternoon. I confess thing odd and furtive about him. Something I didn't like him much. There seemed some ornel, I thought. But you have explained it all. Foor fellow; I'm sorry for him,

So am I deeply," the Restor replied, Hient, Let's go into the drawing room and And now I'm enta Miriol's getting impa

1 had nearly finished when I heard the wheels of a carriage upon the gravel of the drive, the click of a fatoh key in the hall door, and in aget her to play for us." moment or two there was a tap upon my own, and Dr. Dumayne came quickly info the room.

Recalling my sensations at that moment; 1 will say at once that I didn't like him. I didn't like him from the very first.

and was turning into my sitting room for a I wont back to the Doctor about oloven, pipe before going to bod when the man him self come into the hell.

He was in a long quilted dressing gown and Dr. Damayne was a slim elderly man of struck with the same songe of odduess about woro red Turkish slippers. I was instantly medium height. His head was rather large, him that I had experienced when first we met. his face clean-shaved, and the eyes were rather It wasn't his costume either. I could not ex- protuberant and-of-cold light grey. The foreplain it to myself at the time. There was head was considerably wrinkled, the month large firm and thin-lipped-mther a cruel mouth one would have thought.

Bat I had not been talking to him for five minutes when I realised that here was a strong and determined man, one who could bring con- fidence into a sick-room and was no weakling a man to inspire hope,

mile lingering about his lips, the smile of a man who had been recently enjoying some with him. It was a reminiscent smile, not a pleasure, the memory of which still lingered smile of greeting to me.

Of that I was sure.

his lips twitching uneasily. I am not myself know why I did that. I must apologise deeply to-night, Dr. Calthrop," he said. "I don't for doing it. I am far from well. I hope that in the morning. I may be able to induce you to

I overlook my strange condnut. And now, as I good-night, inloed you would not wish to remain have some import at work to do, I will bid you with me after this very unfortunate occurrence You will find candlesticks upon the oak chest in the hall".

I did not answer him. I merely nodded, be- ing in far too great a state of minglet onger and amazement to trust myself to speak. I left later as I did so. the room, glancing instinctively at the renti

The fan had stopped.

I reached my bedroom and sat down without indressing. knew that I should not eleop that night. And it was as well, too, that I should not. I am accustomed, professiorally, to the personal danger, and though I can trathfully vagaries of the insane. I might even be in reaf I was not afraid, still on encounter with a Bay madman is never & pleasant thing, al, as an Ah, Dr. Calthrop," he said, "so you are inspection showed me, there was no key in the there! If you're not inclined for bed come into back from the Rectory. They keep early hours lock of the door,

A thought came to me. I had put a

heavy notum and smoke a pipe and have a night-blackthorn stick, which I was in the habit of carrying, in the umbrella stand in the hall. I Ho interested me more than ever, since I would go and get it. The thing might be lind, so recently heard of the tragedy in his useful. We took tes together, and he went into various details of the work which I was to begin, and I followed him down a corridor leading My boots were off, I put ou

ou a pair of carpet slippers, and went down the stairs. I had taken upon the morrow showing me the patients' book out of the hall to his study.

the stick out of the rack sad was preparing to return, when a floor opened, "sad Dr. Dunayne cameo ut into the hall.

At the same time, there was some bing curious about kim, something I couldn't quite get hold of or define at the moment. All I said mentally to myself then was, "here is a man who wears o mask ? ?!

and so on.

I was to dine at the Rectory that night, and after we had discussed things he left me, while I went upstairs to dress.

dup,"

It was a small and cosy room. The walls were covered with books-chiefly novels, and were were drawn over the windows, and there was s works of imagination I noticed-red curtains bright fire upon the hearth.

that were placed on either side of the fire, and on it stood a spirit case, glasses, and a sypann of soda. There was a book there also, Edgar Allan Poe's short stories it та

sat dows," Isuppose you know it? Woulderful He saw the glance at it.A losaid, as ve stories! I often read them."

It was very pleasant at the Rectory that even all table too by one armchair of the two ing. My dear girl was delighted that I wasso near to her. We had a half hour alone together in the fragrant old drawing-room, planning out our future life, parctanting plans with kisses 1

I knew that I had done the best and wisest thing in coming down into the country. A viste of complote and great happiness opened itself out before me. There seemed no shadow on my After dinner the Rector and I had a long talk, "Iam deli hted at this opportunity," the dear old -man said, pushing the decanter of port towards "Since my wife left us I should have bean

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Wonderful, of course," I said, "but very horrible and dreadful, most of them. I am for

for more cheerful literature.

He chuckled. "And I," he said, "on the contrary, like the fantastic and morbid, "

But they are so exagerated, I returned

* like them happens in real life,"

you be too sure," he answered. I an older man than you, and I have had strange experiences,"

But they say Pos was mad." again I felt how strange and unusual, his man- At the word he looked at me sharply, and

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a very lonely man if Muriel had not been with me to remind me of her mother, and to be the one earthly joy of my life. I've never said so, either to you or to her, but I have dreaded the inevitable separation when she married you If this hadn't turned up I should never have said a word about it. I would not be selfish and spoil her happiness and yours. But now all will be well. You will marry as soon as possible, settle down here, and I shall have you both with If so, it was the madness of genius. The world "Mad?" with an emphasis upon the word. "And I. also,” I replied, "think it's an er. always calls people with ideas out of the dallant plan. I shall be quite happy in ordinary med Barchester, and Muriel is of course delighted. eyes fell upon the mantelpiece. There wors

I lit

my pipe. While I was doing so, my. It would have been a great wrench for her to go two large photographs upon it, one at each away. So all's well that ende woll!"

And I thank God for it," said the old end, in heavy silver frames. One was the por gentleman with a break in his voice. "Now I trait of a young and exoedingly pretty girl, can spend my declining years in happiness and the other that of a young, clean-shared man, of peace, seeing my dear daughter daily, knowing considerable personal beauty, but with a small that she is married to a man whom I trast and obia, girlish month, and a general aspect of for whom I have real sllection. We shall all affeminscy.

happy, my dear Basil!"

"My late wife," said Dr. Dumayne suddenly, and Arnold Mornington. The man she rea away withhe had been watching my eyes.

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In one hand he held a small portable The man's face was twisted and curved into the other the chins traugh markut. "Dog in one malevolent grin of hate and triumph. His eyes biszed, mouth twisted, he was talking

to himself with ghastly merriment,

He passed quite close to me. I saw that he not see me at all. If I had spoken to him he was now utterly bereft of his senses. He did would not have known that I was there writ

He crossed the hall, and opened another

door. Grasping my stick I followed kim, close

on his heels, and passed through the door almost at the same moment. The passage anod which we entered obviously led to the kitchen department of the house. Close to the open door of the kitchen-I could see the shining pots and pans upon the wall-there was anothe door. He put the lamp down upon the floor, produced key from his waistcoat pocket, opened the door and descended a fight of cellar

I followed him.

steps.

The air strack chill upon my face, damp and mined with collar passages, for I followed cold. It seemed that the big house wise under- the chattering, gibbering creature through many twists and turnings.

There

was something sinister and horrible in the cellar walls, the cold, the silence. the progross-the flickering light of the lamp.

For the first time in my life I know what horror was. I seemed to be drawing near to horror-nearer and nearer-it was ghastly

What was this riadin doing below ground at this hour of the night, with his lang, his thing of dog a food, his insensibility to my pre- sence, his chuckles of insane amusement and joy?

I was soon to know,

"I'm sure we shall, sir," I answered." As you know, I have ample private means, Muriel has something of her own, and Dr. Dumsyne's practice is an excellent one. I do not think, under the vircumstances, that I shall let leapt into his eyes, a look of canning, if ever I with saltpotre

I stared at him in sild astonishment, Instantly his manner changed. Something.

Baw one "You think me extraordinary" he

At the end of one cellar passage there was a masaire door of oak, damp and streaked

Dr. Damayne opened it and went

beyond my VIOW,

It down. Indeed, I wonder that he caress, to speak of such a thing to s stranger. I saw the place beyond filled with the yel to give it up. You could hardly call him as Bat of ourse I know that the tector will have low li ht from the lamp he carried, a whiff of old muso, and I understand that he pos fold Besses the entire confidence of the neighbour youmy sad story." bood and is a skilful physician. As a matter of Igapod. But, but, the photograph. Dr font air-like that of an uncleansed stable-

come out to me, and made me cough with disgust.

fact, when I first heard the price he. pat apon

Dumayne

arely

the practice I had some little doubt. It is He smiled. We all have our whime," he

mine, though it may seem bad taste to you. Baid. "To keep that picture thore in one of

Let me talk of something else."

Then I heard a voice--a thin, pipin voice D, Dumsyne, sir, for the love of God." I dashed into the room, but my suft-ellp. pered feet made no noise and I was naper.

And this is what I saw.

We, with considerable embarrassment on my ceived. part, did talk on other matters.

certainly by no means excesive. But every thing seems all right.”

Everything is, Basil," the Rector answered. But there are particular reasons why Damsyne wishes to retire and leave Barchester. You are sure to hear of them from someone, and it will My eys fall upon a square china vessel, upon be better that you first hear of them from me letters. It was full of some mess or other and to roof making a high cage some two yards by The lamp threw light upon a large cellar-room. which the word "Dog" was painted in black

In one corner of it steel bars ran from floor. especially as Damayneis my friend, and I know stood upon the floor by the opposite wall one of three mare of his affairs than anyone else,"

I nodded.

the ordinary receptacles for animals' food one I said. Well, it's all been most aad and tragic, sees at any kentware shop. It gave mo aniden.

In this cage was a half-clothed thing with a the Beeter answered. Less than a your ago By the way." I mid, "is there room in the growth of hair all over its face the very wreck

of what once caricature Dr. Dumayne married a young wife. She was Sardon for n kennel! I have left my spaniel in

must have His thin hand was upon the handle which have him dowseat, bat

jutted out from a large wheel set in the wall. Above his lead was a huge mass of stone, which must have weighed a ton or more. The within a foot of his hood

all means tell

me,"

a charming girl, Miss Hall of Aldenford, London for the

though she bad the reputation of being some what of a flirt-but you know what country

and

I should like ¡ to: There is zoom enough," he said, "but no

man.

diti

society is Everyone was surprised at the markonnel. I hate dogs, I have never kept one.

But there is no reason why you shouldn't riage. We had all looked upon the Doctor. Only please don't have him in the house while man was stooping, and this heavy canopy wUS a confirmed bachelor, and then again, good fellow as he is, none of us looked on him as remain here.”

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Samarang Padang Bouabain Macassar East Coast of Sumatra NAVAL SQUADRONS

German Japanese Вікнове OFFIORES OF COAST AND BIVNE STHANRES. The Book is printed from New Type specially roserved for the purpose, and uniformity in every arrangement greatly facilitates reference,

British French

Austriae United States Italian

A feature in the 1969 Edition are th CLASSIFIED LISTS of TRADES and PROFESSIONS, at the larger Commercial Centres.

The

ALPHABETICAL LIST of RESIDENTS

contains the names of over

20,000 FOREIGNERS. “ carefully arranged, with the Initials as well as the Surname in strictly Alphabeticst. Order, so that any name can be frund instantly, ite

The FROTESTANT MISSIONARIES, IN CHINA, JAPAN AND CORMA are rranged ·in a special separate list.

THE MAFS AND PLANS

to

TREATIES WITH JAPAN Great Britain, 1804; Dates Convention

Busais, Agreemente as to Cores; United Btates, Extradition Treaty, 1396; Great Britain (Alliance) 1905; Russia" (Pesca Treaty) 1905.

TREATIES WITH CORRA Japan, 1876 Japan Supplementary 1876

Japan, 100 and 1905, United 1882;

[ States, Gr1 Britain 1895.

TREATIES WITH SIAM. Great Britain, 1858, 1893 and 1999, France, 189 and 1904; Japan, 1893; Hussie, 1899. Grost Britain and Franse, Biness Frontier Great Britain and Russia, Railway Convention,

1899.

CUSTOMS TARIFES TRADE REGULATIONS China, Japan, Siam, Corea.

LEGAL DOCUMENTS Orders in Council for Government of HBM's. Subjecta in China and Cores, and in Siam Rules of FLB.M. Supreme and other Courts in China, &o.; Tables of Court and Consular... Fees; Charter of the Colony, of Hong Long, Malay States Falerstion Agreemant Table of Hongkong Coast Fees; Admir- alty Rules, Foreign Jurisdiction Ast; Hogu lations for the Consular Courts of United. States: United States Consular and Courte Fees; Bules of Court of Consals of Shanghai, Chinees Passenger Act: Hongkong Liostcen Trade Marks, and Letters Patent Fase; Port Regulations

for Jasions for China; Harbour Regulations The OITRONICLE and DIRECTORY, al. though condensed in every posible MRAZOR, CON- taina avery year mure pages.

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