"
"You are probably right there, Gatton," I agreed; "and Dr. Damar
Greefe was by no means normal; in fact I think he was a dangerous and
very brilliant maniac."
"At any rate," added Gatton, "no trace of this Nahemah has been
found--which, at the least, is very significant."
"Significant, if you like," I replied; "but for my own part I have no
ambition whatever to see again those dreadful green eyes."
"I never did see them," said Gatton musingly; "therefore I can't speak
upon the matter; but when we got Dr. Damar Greefe I think we had the
head of the conspiracy. How much of his 'statement' is true and how
much the product of a diseased mind is something we are never likely
to know."
"Nor am I curious to know it," I assured him. "I only desire to forget
the tragedies associated with the green eyes of Bast and to leave the
darkness of the past behind--"
"And," said Gatton, with a smile less grim than usual, "you have my
best wishes for the future."
THE END
_The greatest pleasure in life is
that of reading. Why not then
own the books of great novelists
when the price is so small_
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_Of all the amusements which can possibly
be imagined for a hard-working man, after
his daily toil, or in its intervals, there is
nothing like reading an entertaining book.
It calls for no bodily exertion. It transports
him into a livelier, and gayer, and more diversified
and interesting scene, and while he
enjoys himself there he may forget the evils
of the present moment.
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