Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1901 — A GUILTY CONSCIENCE. [ARTICLE]

A GUILTY CONSCIENCE.

Dn Conan Doyle's Story of a Skolaton In tho C to* «t. “I heard Dr. Conan Doyle tell a good story during a trip I made to London,” said George D. Aldrich to a Post reporter the other day. “He said that at a dinner party he had attended the guests began discussing the dally discoveries made to the detriment of people occupying high stations in life and enjoying the confidence of the business world. Dr. Doyle said that it had always been his opinion that there was a skeleton in the closet of every man who had reached the age of 40. This led to a lot of discussion, some of the guests resenting the idea that there was no one who had not in the past something that were better concealed. As a result of the controvery, Dr. Doyle said, it was suggested that his views as to family skeletons be put to the test. The diners selected a man of their acquaintance whom all knew only as an upright Christian gentleman, whose word was accepted as quickly as his bond and stood with the highest in every respect. "We wrote a telegram, saying: “All iB discovered; flee at once," to this pillar of society,’ said Dr. Doyle, ‘and sent it He disappeared the next day and has never been heard from since.” — Washington Post.