3/21 Young Sawyer caught DeGolyer's hands. Uncle is dead." DeGolyer sat down without saying a word. He sat in silence, and then he asked: "When did he die ?" "About two weeks after you left." "Did he kill himself ?" "Good God, no! Why did you think that ?" "Oh, I didn't really think it--don't know why I said it." "He was sick only a few days, and the strangest thing has come to light! He seemed to know before he was taken sick that he was going to die, and he spent nearly a whole day in writing--writing something for me--and the strangest thing has come to light. |