T h e T r a il of the D ead :
THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE
Of DR. ROBERT HARLAND
H IT C H E R
ROBINSON
and
J.
MALCOLM
(C o p y r llH IM S . by Joseph B. Bowles)
FW
ERASER
A t nine-forty on the following morn­
ing, we were gathered In a little group
on the departure platform. Graden, who
had talked with Reskl fa r Into the night,
repeated his orders.
To preserve the
secret of Dr. Weston's resldenct was of
first Importance. H e would register him­
self and his daughter In the name of
Jackson.
A ll letters, whether from or
to the travelers, were to be forwarded
under cover to Graden'a chambers, where
a servant in whom ha had absolute trust
would despatch them to their respective
addresses. On th; slightest suspicion of
danger, a telegram would bring onr as-
eiatance from whatever spot our quest
had drawn us. Neither Dr. Weston nor
his daughter were to leave their hotel
at Frontreelna, even for a walk, without
the escort of the Pole.
“ I do not wish to alarm you with ab-
•urd rules, Mine M ary,” concluded my
cousin; “bat It la well to be cautious.
Beeldea, It should be only for a few days.
I have found means of awakening the
continental police to interest In his cap­
ture, and we may hear of hla arrest at
any moment. A h ! there goes the whistle.
Good-bye, Dr. Weston.
Good-bye, my
dear girl. God keep you!"
He w a» old enough to be her father;
T h e T r a il of th e D ead :
S
B.
THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE
OE DR. ROBERT HARLAND
H IT C H E R
ROBINSON
and
J.
MALCOLM
(Copyright IM S. by Joeeph B. Bowles)
*
FRASER
la under Immense pressure
up Into «hi, den l L W8ter "r,
hose. Ran, man, run!”
“
I staggered across the
, I
to the door and dropped up„n * 7
hammering with my irou,
“J
f.°r * id;
U » « m e d to m e that t
:rv v h,e ,torm " t a w i
as If Nature was cousplrin. tnl
me down. Once I looked r. „ * ,,'1
“ r t * «boat the trap
■ raden had smothered the >n*A
blanket«. Present I v f e j * H
mu. raising his voice in hoarL
mgs.
I
J]
And then it happened.
There came an acrid, piercln»
crew. A fter a moment’ s thought, he drew my nostrils, that grew and gri
hia pocket a handful of rubbish from my lungs seemed to contract
which he extracted a large nail. Graden'a I fought for very breath. V
boot served as a hammer, and W ith this ceased. I struggled to my
head raised like a bird shot thr*
he drove it into the keyhole.
Brilliant light, Hashed
“ 'T w ill hould it foine!" cried he, re­ lungs.
eyes; there were hollow drummi
garding his work with exultation.
And so, with fresh assurances of my ears. And theu it seemed“
ftir left me in a vacuum,
watchfulness, he left us.
I f i
forgot it all.
C H A P T E R X X II.
C H A P T E R XX.— (Continued.)
| us all, and heaven knowa what devlliah
In my narrative, now drawing to 1m work going forw ard!
Whom can we
The Irishman vanished and again came
conclusion, I have endeavored to avoid send? That we muat flrat decide.”
the murmur o f voices. Theu he reap­
•motion or exaggeration. Yet aa I glance
peared, unlocking the gratiug and de­
“There la Moasel i ‘ I suggested, recall­
Over ita page«, I cannot proclaim myaelf ing the aid that atubborn German police­
scending the ladder. At the edge of the
•a satisfied. On auch an evening aa this, man had already rendered us.
hole I could see the faces of several
With the summer woodlands beneath the
members of the crew and caught the
“H e would come gladly enough.
But
cottage baaklng In the tender glory of I do not think the Heidelberg authorities
gleam of drawn knives. Evidently they
the aun’a farewell, with the alienee of would sanction hia departure on so vague
did not trust us.
the day that Is ending holding the quiet a journey.
When it was over, we followed Blake
Not
I am afraid Mossei
field a— on auch an evening, I say, my la out of the question.”
up the ladder and waited quietly while
C H A P T E R X X I.
It was daylight when I rwj
•tory, even to myself, appears Impossible,
he laid out Graden’s revolver and our
“ W h at of Keskl? I saw him find the
The wind rose again that afternoon,
• nightmare born In the land of evil body of hla son; he would travel to the
few belongings on the flap of a central and by four o’clock it was blowing very facts again. The motiou of the sd
dreams. Yet I have but to turn my eyes world's end if It brought a chance to meet
table behind which the captain was hard. The seas drove against the sides ceased, and there was an English 7
yet I did not consider his age was suffi­ standing. A short speech by the worthy, of the old ship in thunderous murmurs; er by my side. My ehest felt
to where my dearest wife alts at her the murderer.”
work, to know that It la true; for It was
“T h e very man. I thank yoa, Cousin cient excuse for the kiss that he touched and the Irishman began again:
now aud again they sprang the bulwarks, and battered, aud my eyes still v,
on her forehead.
In that time of danger that Providence Robert.”
“The skipper wud have ye know,” he crashing down upon the deck above us freely. Also I was very weak aa]
W e la w her handkerchief fluttering said, addressing Graden with a growin
“ My cousin?” I fnltered.
]
gave me the moat generous of the gifts
A nd so It was settled.’ W e were to
und shaking the irou fabric in convulsive
that can be bestowed upon man.
“ W e have got your friend round
send a telegram to the Polish inn-keeper from the carriage window as the train dignity that would have been comic tremors. In the confined cabin my nau­
I watched it ¿nuugh at a less unfortunate moment,
T w o days after Marnac escaped from next morning.
I f he agreed to our re­ drew out of the station.
sea visited me again.
Euough that I the doctor— for so I felt that he rna
“ also the other man.”
our pursuit at Southampton, a little coun­ quest, money could be forwarded In time fade Into the muddy grey of the morn­ “ that ye stand accused iv carrying off the
was supremely miserable.
"W h a t man?”
cil was gathered In the parlor of Dr. for him to meet us In London, where he ing; and us It disappeared, the love I ouid giut yonder aud commutin' burg­
A t six, Blake had brought us a sup
Weston’s cottage at Cornish I’olleven. would take up hia duty as escort to D r. had bidden from myself rushed over me, lary on his person.
“ The man who pulled you ouJ
Fwhat do ye say per.
His presence irritated me; und
so that I stood with staring eyes, per­ to that, sorr?"
In his great arm-chair by the fire sat tile Weston and his daughter.
,V rwl-f
when he pressed food upon me, 1 spoke the cylinder exploded.
haps as foolish aud woe-begone a figure
old scholar, with the lamplight exposing
"Remember, please, that your destlna
“ It is absolutely untrue.'
my mind strongly on the lamentable fellow— Blake, I think his name i
the delicate fragility of a face whereon tion Is a secret,” said Gradon, aa we as humanity has ever smiled to witness.
“ Wan for bias, thin. But Oi'm to ask want of tact general amougst sailors. He o w e your lives to him. You had
consumption bad set Its warning. In odd made our adieus.
“There muat be no And for this I shall always thank my ye how ye account fer th' possession
gave us the comfortable news, however, fainted when he opened the door
contrast was my cousin. Sir Henry G ra- leaving of Indiscreet addressee, Dr. W ee- cousin, H arry Graden, that he slipped hia iv that pocket-book the skipper is holding
“ Then he heard us, after all!
that we were expected to reach South­
den, who confronted him.
Great-atat- ton; no explanatory letters to old friends. arm In mine, leading me down the plat to loving in his hand,
— what became of Marnac?”
l i e says that ampton by three next morning.
form aa if he had noticed nothing out of there’s close on five hundred pounds in
ored, stern, keen-eyed, he was of that Miss M ary .”
“ I really don’t know about h|
The night crawled on.
Blake had
the ordinary In my manner.
type that can fearlessly execute, as well
“ M y father and I — we understand,'
don't think he was injured. Oh! t
ut. Is ut yours?”
helped
us
into
bunks
and
covered
us
with
(T o be continued.)
•a intelligently conceive, a plan. Mary she said, looking him gravely In the eyes.
“ No— it belongs to the old gentleman
rugs.
I found the handcuffs of small you mean the old geutlemaa
Weston was on a cushion at her father's And so w * passed oat Into the starlight.
‘ The mischief it does.' Then how did ye inconvenience. I could hear Graden snor­ ed?”
They were pleasant days that followed
knee, hla hand In hers; and It was more
"Bolted?”
come by ut?”
L I N C O L N ’S F A IR N E S S .
ing. For myself, I could not go to sleep,
often to that noble girl that my glance — days that seemed to me the happiest
“ Y e s , o f cou rse th ere was great J
I feel certain that if my cousin but lay in the lowest misery, staring at
W a s It the oontrast with I t W a s O n e o f H i s a t r o n a r e s t T r a i t s , could have told his story directly to the
wandered than to my cousin, though, In­ In my life.
ment over the accident. The
the
opposite
partition,
that
rose
and
fell
U o v e m lii a E v e r y A c t io n o f L ife .
deed It was he who now set before us the events of that terrible pursuit which
was dreadfully cut up over the de]
captain, the honesty of his manner and
gave them their perfection? So I argued
General T a y lor was triumphantly the simplicity of his narration would at the ship’s rollings with a sickening his servant. H e could not iniagir
the position of affairs.
regularity.
Just
before
midnight,
the
It was right, he said, that Dr. Weston at the time. Yet each hour I knew more •Jected, and It then became Lincoln's have had effect.
it cante about When the ship t
But this pleading at
•hould know, even aa hla daughter knew, clearly that It was M ary's bright eyes duty, aa W h ig member o f Congress from second-hand was a sorry business. From lamp— that had probably been injured here, Mr. Marnac, or whatever his
when
Graden
fell
iu
the
lazarette—
tile danger that hung over ua. And so, that warmed the winter sunshine, and Illinois, to recommend certain persons his long pauses and facial contortions
was, slipped away by a shore-boat
smoked, flared, and expired. I wag too
from ita commencement, he told that ter­ M ary’s presence that gave the beauty to
everyone was fussing over you.
I soon gathered that Blake was not the unwell to care, except for the smell.
to
fill
government
offices
In
that
State.
rible story; how Marnac, the celebrated that wild. Inhospitable cr«at. O f morn
friend hns gone to Inquire about 1
He did this after he returned to Spring- linguist that he claimed to be. Indeed,
Yet it wus the darkness which saved
Heidelberg professor, had been seized Ings we walked together on the cliffs
fancy.
The old man had ao:
the version which the captain received our lives.
with a partial mania born of heredity, and as night drew in, blotting out the field, fo r his term In Congress ended on from him must have been something
against you both, hudn’t he? Or j
It
was
about
half
an
hour
later
that
nurtured by overwork, brought suddenly grey waetes of the Channel seas, we March 4, 1849, the day that General astounding. The tale was scarcely con­
you against bin.?’’
to the light of the violent attacks deliv­ joined Graden and her father In the lit­ T a y lor became President. .The letters cluded when the captain raised his hand, I first noticed it— a faint ray of illum­
“Both, doctor, both,” I whisj
ination
wiukiug
iu
the
center
of
the
cabin
ered against a book on which he had tle parlor, listening to the talk of those that he sent to Washington when fo r­ and the Uounderings of the Interpreter
shuttiug my eyes.
floor. At first I imagined that the nau­
■pent half hla life; how he had planned two great-hearted, simple men. On the warding the papers and applications o f censed abruptly.
(T o be continued.)
sea had affected my eyes, aud so peered
to destroy hia more bitter adversaries, second day Reski’s answer came, accept­
Thus was his decision translated. He
people who wished appointment were
into the black of the night, rubbing them
Then for
and how, by his insane cunning, he had ing the trust we offered.
H O W IT W OR KED .
both characteristic aud amusing; for would touch at Southampton, where the impatiently. But the rays steadied and,
brought about the deaths of Von Stock- week there was no news from the out­
case could be fought out in the English
if anything, increased in volume. It was
mar and Mechersky; how, In his des­ side world to trouble ns, and no Inci­ In his desire not to mislead or to do courts.
In the meanwhile, as the evi­
W lfe y ’ i Scheme to Cure Her I
perate flight from our pursuit, he had dent at Polleven to remind us of our dan­ Injustice to any man, they were very dence was overwhelmingly against ua, a ghostly thing to witness, this white
liuntl of Excessive smoking
from
killed the son of Keskl, the Polish Inn­ ger save one, which, insignificant though apt to sny more In favor o f the men we should be placed in irons and con­ knife-edge of light stabbing up
She read about It In the bacld
keeper; how he had come to England It seemed, I do right to set It before you. he did not wish to see appointed than fined in the cabin where we then were. the solid planking without cause or ex­
magazine. The advertisement salfi
A s I hnve mentioned, a narrow dell or In recommendation o f his own partic­
planation.
I wus about to shout to
to end his vengeance upon Dr. Weston;
H e was a just man. Angry though I
Gradeu when 1 remembered the trap­ it was tasteless, that it could
and how he had been led to believe that “goyle,” as the West-country folk would ular candidates.
was at tile time, I have come to think
door, Bouteone wus below in the lazar­ ministered In the breakfast coffet
M ary was the writer of the attack which have It, rau between the cottage and the
This absolute and Impartial fairness he did the right thing. The harmless ette!
bad Incensed him. A ll this he explained; sea. It was a ruinous place in the wln-
that It would cure the most ooulj
appearance of Marnac. his ability to
to
friend
and
foe
alike
was
one
o
f
his
and while he spoke, the shadow of the ter-time, sprinkled with trees knotted and
For some moments I remained staring smoker otf the tobacco habit w|
plead his cause, our obvious endeavor to
terror seemed to creep over our very bent under years of conflict with the strongest traits, governing every action keep him from communicating with the at the crevice through which the rays his knowledge.
•cuts, ao that we drew together like winds, and floored with dead bracken o f his life. I f It had not been for this, crew, our possession o f so valuable a passed up to me. A fter all, it might be
T o be sure, Elmer smoked only|
sheep that hear the cry of wolves In the and patches of gorse. In the summer It he might possibly have enjoyed another pocketbook belonging to him— no, we some member of the crew; but if not—
or four cigars a day. Still, why i
was, doubtless, pleasing euough; but In term In Congress, for there had been
•now-clad hills.
if
it
were
old
Marnac!
What
then?
He
cannot blame the captain If ho decided in
It was Dr. Weston who first broke the that December weather It seemed shrlv
was an old man; he could not force th« he smoke at all? She didn't
talk o f re-electing him. In spite of his his favor.
Indeed, it was nit a
So site w rote for the cure, and ll
allenc* that followed Graden'a conclu­ eled aud forlorn.
T o attempt resistance would have been grating, even if he had obtained the key.
confession
to
Speed
that
“
being
elected
spot ws greatly fnvored.
sion.
time it arrived, lu a plain, sealedj
absurd.
Tiie men about us carried W e had seen to that.
to
Congress,
though
I
am
very
grateful
“ Yon have referred to a certain book
I do not pretend to say that I was un­ age, w ith full Instructions inside.!
to our friends for having done It. hns knives, and the butt of a heavy revolver
C H A PTE R X X III.
or diary belonging to this Marnac,” said
showed warningly from the captain's afraid. There were devilish possibilities
Unfortunately It arrived befort
It was about four o’clock on a Satur­ not pleased me as much ns I expected,” pocket.
he, for Indeed my cousin had mentioned
For the first time in either of in a hatred such as thut in which tut
But our lives the handcuffs snupped at our mad professor held us. Yet after a while was up. Elmer opened it, smill
that discovery at Heidelberg.
“ And I day afternoon, the fifth day of our visit, this must hare been flntterlng.
gather that from It yon first learned the that Mlaa Weston and I enters*! It from there were m nnj able young men In wrists. They moved out one by orte; the my curiosity overcame my fear, just as himself, sealed it up again and|
names of the scientific enemies against the seaward (Ida. W e had taken a sharp Springfield who coveted the honor, and door was closed and barred upon us. In c y fear had put aside my sickness.
I nothing.
whom an attack might be directed. Did walk to the Bredalra Strand, where the
The next morning she gave hltj
they had entered Into an agreement another three minutes we were both rolled from my bunk— noisily euough, 1
this madman Include In his butcher's Hat famous caves are situated, and were re­
asleep.
Our ill-fortune, the doings of dare Hay, but till sound was dulled by the first dose.
among
themselvea
that
each
would
be
any persona besides Von Stockmar, turning to tea. W e came upon them at
our worst enemy, the Irons at onr wrists turmoil without. The pltchlugs of the
“ This coffee has a bitter taste, 1
an angle of tne thicket— a man and a content with a single term. Lincoln of
Mechersky, and myself T"
— we forgot them ail in the dead, still vessel made it Impossible for me to
“There were several other names,” re­ woman aeated on a fallen log In eager course remained faithfu l to hla prom­ sleep that Nature grants to the very stand, so I crawled forward to where the it?” he asked.
“ Your stomach must be out
Miss Weston held up a ise.
His strict keeping o f promises weary
plied my cousin; “but I do not think their conversation.
edge of the trap was outlined. I felt for
der,” she answered. “ It tastes all J
criticisms were sufficiently severe to warning hand to me, with amusement caused him also to lose nn appointment
It was Blake who woke ns with onr and found the ring,* gripped it with my
place them In serious danger.
I have, twinkling lu her eyes.
from President Tnylor as Commissioner midday meal. He was in his most talk­ teeth, ftnd slowly, for the Irons hampered to me.”
“Oh, Mr. lla rlau d !” she whispered,
however communicated with them all.
“ Strange.”
of the General Land Offloe. whleh might ative mood. Guilty or innocent, it made my balance, raised the edge. Then with
On the least suspicion they will Inform “and at her age, tool
T h at night he brought home a 1
my
huuds
I
thrust
the
edge
of
the
boot,
easily
hnve
been
his,
but
fo
r
whleh
he
small
difference
to
him,
nfter
he
had
de­
“ W h y, who was It?” I asked, for their
the police and also telegraph to me at
had agreed to recommend some other cided upon the fact of our gentility which 1 had removed for that purpose, new box o f cigars. Usually afteij
my London house. My servant there is backs were turned towards ns.
“ Don’t you see? It la Martha, our Illinois man. A few weeks Inter the He was agog with the manner of Mar- into the crack. Flat on my face, I peeped ner he smoke*! once. But that
kept Informed of my address from day to
below.
It« smoked nil the evening. Th|
housekeeper.
8ne Is five and forty If President offered to make him Governor nac's escape from us. The lad who was
day.”
It was indeed Marnac. The light of
she 1* a day. Fancy Martha with a young o f the new T erritory o f Oregon. This servant to the captain had been down
niosiphere was thick.
“ And the police?”
a ship’s lantern, jammed between two
“ In international matters they move man of her own! I wouder who it cau attracted him much more than the oth­ in the laznrette. and from puro curiosity
T h e second morning he co
had poked up the trap In the cabin floor. barrels, drew streaks of silver from his
•lowly.
It has been a chase across be?"
er office, hut he declined because his With promises of money, Marnac hnd white hair as he bent to his labor. Seat­ again about the coffee’s bittern*-
Europe, remember.
Months have often
Whereupon she fnirly gave way to her w ife was unwilling to live In a place sc
“ W ell, no wonder your taste j
persuaded the youngster to guide him to ed astride one of the steel cylinders that
•lapsed before very ordinary criminals merriment in a low ripple of laughter.
the captain. In their haste they hnd for­ we had noticed, he was unscrewing the of order,” she said reproachfully,
have been arrested.
Rut this man Is a It was loud enough to reach the ears of far away.
Hla career In Congress proved of gotten to close the trap and grating be­ last of the nuts which secured its Iron sitiering how you smoked last niga
remarkable linguist; he has some five the pair before us. for they started to
" I ’ve hnd the most remarkable J
hundred pounds yet In his possession, and their feet, the woman facing round bold­ great advantage to him In nfter life, hind them, though they had secured those cap. What he Intended I hnd no Idea.
He was fingering the uut which the ing for tobacco lately.” he mutter]
he has the cunning common to the par­ ly with flaming cheeks, while the man, having given him a clo«e knowledge of at the head of the second ladder. Mar­
nac
had
waited
in
the
captain's
room
spanner
hnd
loosened,
when
I
saw
a
fnce
tially insane. The English police have after one swift glsnce, dropped back s the workings o f the Federal Govern­
And at dusk he brought home i
full Information, but by this time he step and stood shamefacedly, with down­ ment. and brought him Into contact while the lad went forward to find his creep out of the shadow behind him, ly meerschaum pl[>e and a I*0011
master.
It
was
doubtless
their
interview
It
was
the
enptnin's
boy.
With
infinite
may be In France or Helglum.”
cast eyes.
Miss Weston nodded to
Ith political lenders from all parts of that Graden had observed from the caution he moved forward, with a blend­ Cavendish, and shutting himself r1
"W h a t, then, do you propose, Sir Hen­ Martha aud we passed on up the track.
the Union.— St. Nicholas.
bridge.
When the supposed victim of ing of alarm and curiosity in his manner the library, smoked like a for
ry T
“Oh! I am very, very sorry!” she
our plot had told his story, they had and showed he was no party to what was until bed time.”
“ For the moment we have no definite cried to me when we were out of ear­
T h a t F in is h e d It.
armed themselves and come to arrest us proceeding.
Probably the key to the
objective. It would be useless for us to shot. “ I am certain that wretched man
"H ad n 't w e better change the (
Friend— W as that bullet-proof shirt calling the Irishman and two more of thé lazarette had been purloined from him,
■tart for the continent without further Is only after her savings. W h at a ailly
Surely you must have noticed ifi
you
Invented
adopted
by
the
govern­
crew
In
case
o
f
resistance.
They
had
and
he
had
discovered
ita
loss.
Wheti
Information.
Until It reaches ue, we old dear she is!”
found ua below— a source of delight to scarcely two yards from Marnac. the taste,” he snid on the third mornll
ment?
•hall stay In this country.”
“H e seemed about the average In bash­
“ No. I haven't noticed It,” » ^
the
Portuguese sailors, who had a healthy lurch of the ship threw him from his
Inventor—
No.
They
required
too
se­
“ I quite understand. I trust that for ful rustics,” I answered her.
terror of Englishmen; and the rest we balance. As he stumbled forward. Mar­ swered faintly.
the ten days that we still have at Poll-
“ H e Is one of the worst men In the vere a test.
knew.
He brought home from the
nac spun round with a scream of the
even, you will consider yourselves my village — a drunk-t loafer, who never
Friend— Did aome o f the bullets go
“ Come, my man,” said my cousin after most violent passion.
Swinging the the evening a huge box of Eg
guests— though I fear that the size of leaves the Inn bar until he is almost through It?
he had concluded, “ for yourself, now__ heavy hammer, he brought it down upon c'garottes, a hookah, and a Jar of
my cottage forbids me asking you to starving. I wonder at Martha, for, be­
Inventor— No. I t resisted all bullets do you believe us guilty?"
the bent head with a scrunching blow.
leave your quarters at the Inn.”
sides his reputation, she knows—
”
and sword thrusts. But they made me
“ Faith, sow, 'tis a quare business en- The lad had dropped upon the floor fnce iffb tobacco.
“ A re you, then, returning to Cam ­
“ W h at? " I asked, for she had stopped
" I never enjoyed smoking «* J
send It to a steam laundry.— Cleveland toirely,” he answered, scratching his red downwards; nor did he try to rise again.
bridge. Dr. Weston? I thought you had with s little shiver.
done
lately,” he explained. “I
pole indecisively. “ For whether 'tis you
Leader.
settled here for the winter?” asked my
"M urderer!’ I cried down upon him!
“They say In the village that Fenrn-
or the ouid gintleman that they'll lay in horror at so fearful a spectacle.
keep a cigar out o f my mouth.
cousin.
man— for that is hie name— acted as a
V a n n l K ln tl.
by the heels in Southampton Water, it's
And that night he smoked '
“ It was so Intended, but my doctors •ort of aerTsnt to Professor Marnac
Marnac dropped his weapon and
Mrs. Hom er— Did your husband make not fer me to be after saying. Sure 'tis started back, his fingers twitching, his and cigarettes, meerschaum and ho
have ordered me to the Engadlne. They while he was at Polleven.
A t least I
any good resolutions the first o f the wan of the two— which is all 01 knows ” eyes searching wildy round for a sight
■ay— It Is my only chance. Sir Henry.”
till he saw her rise and hurry. "
know that Penruman brought na mes­
“ Now, listen to me. Tim Blake," said of his accuser. Yet when, at last, he
M ary W eston’s eyes rose to her fath­ sages from him twice, and once he came year?
vindictive look, to the kitchen.
my
cousin.
"M
y
name
is,
as
I
toid
you
er's face In one brief, pitiful glance, and with a book that had been lent to fath
saw my face above him, he drew himself
Mrs. Rounder— N o ; but he made a lot
Follow ing on tiptoe, he saw herl
Sir Henry Graden, and I am a rich man! together without a sign of trepidation
then her head dropped forward.
Poor er."
o f bad ones.
lock a drawer, take out a bottle ™ |
I am not asking you to neglect your duty!
girl! she knew that he had spoken truly.
ave
that
the
hand
with
which
he
Mrs.
Hom
er—
In
d
e
e
d
!
“W a *
Penruman
courting
Martha
which is to keep us In; but if you will
knew, and pour Its contents n |
"T h e Engadlne?”
then?'
Mrs. Rounder— Y e s ; at least they have an eye to the door so as to keep gripped the stairs still shook slightly.
Graden roes in hla ponderona fashion
sink.
H e chuckled.
“
Ach!
but
it
is
you."
he
whispered
up
I don’t know, Mr. Harlnnd; bat this didn't keep.
that old gentleman out, there’ll be five
and stood with his bark to the fire. I
And thereafter he compl»'n«1|
For a moment I thought— but it was
■nd twenty pounds in your pocket”
eonld see that the Intelligence concerned is the first time I’ve seen them together.
the folly of a child. And so, Mr. Har- more about the coffee and Id’ 1
G rM ilIf R n c o a m «fd .
Whatever the Irishman may have
him— concerned him, Indeed, too nearly Please don't say anything more about It.
D r. K allow m ell— Like yonr new lo­ thought o f our characters, there was no land, you come again to trouble me. Well, appetite shrunk back to Its norm* j
for Immediate comment.
It was soms I will have a talk to Martha privately,
and see If I can put some sense into cation. do yon. notwithstanding Its gen­ doubt as to his belief in the genuine na­ it is for the last time— mark you that portions.— Chicago Chronicle.
moments before he spoke again.
— for the very last time.”
eral healthfulness?
“ Forgive me, Dr. Weston,” he said, her silly head."
ture of the offer. H e beamed upon us
He sat himself across the cylinder. As
H a v e Y o o One»
Aa I was walking beck to the Inn be­
“ but Is this a sudden resolution?"
Dr. Sawbonea— Splendidly.
I'v e al­ with a childlike jubilation that was qnite he did so I felt a hand upon my shonlder,
fore dinner I caught sight of Penruman ready had six o f the loveliest cases of comic in ita enthusiasm.
L ittle W illie — 8ay. pa. what U * ]
" W e decided yesterday.”
®n,
‘
|..kn*
w
th*
t
Hraden
was
awake.
" I s It common property? D o the vil­ coming out of the village poetofllce. He appendicitis yon ever laid your eyes on.
“ Indade, sorr, indade, and I will.”’ he
. ,
“ lo u might have spared the lad,” he tual friend?
slouched away up a aide street at light
cried.
lagers know?”
I*a— A mutual friend, my »on.
]
said very quietly.
— Chicago Tribune.
'•Really. Sir Henry, I have no Idea. I of ma. You may think me dull, but I
"H a v e yon the key?”
who mnkes It his business to
_
Marnac
looked
np
with
one
of
the
had no euaplclon of the truth.
•hould not think they know.”
” 1 have. aow. W u d your honor like ben*t-like glances that showed the dis­ informed o f the mean things you 1
Wot Iff They K n o w Iff.
I f I had only known.
" I will be quit» plain with yon. D r
B a r k e r —I wonder why most married to kape it?^ You can turn the lock whin ordered brain.
friends say about you. ________
W a all traveled to I*ondon together,
Weston, for that Is alw ays the best. U n­
I knock fower times."
" I t was a necessity," he said. “ He
til this madman Is secured, yon and your takin rooms for the night at the Char­ women are afraid o f tbelr husbands’
s,in u re w it h the
"T h at will hardly do,” said my ronsln. wonld hare prevented my , rt of justice
P ark er— I goes* It's because men laughing. “ W e might have the captain
daughter go In some danger. Yoa should ing Cross Hotel; for though Graden had
•Thank goodness.' said Bunk -J
upon
yon—
upon
you
who
have
tried
so
be aaf* enough In Switzerland, If you chambers In the Albany, he preferred never propoee to the other kind.
visiting aa, which would mean a change hard to hinder me in my revenge upon can once more look the wor
keep your address a secret
But even that we should not be separated. It was
of jailers. Now. aa to the trap door— my enemies who are also the enemiee of
Infllpteat R
then w * must arrange that you hare a here that Beak I joined na. Borrow had
Is that also secured ?"
science. Do you understand what I am fS Ttecnnse why?” queried Wlnkumj
B lo x— W hat la your reason fo r think­
traveling companion that can be trust- burnt Ita mark upon the Polish Inn­
“T he led we spoke of— he hsa the kay about?”
“Because the last of my ^
keeper.
Hie thin, handsome features ing H aw k er Isn't a gentleman?
ad.”
•orr. May the mischief eeite him !”
Perhaps, answered my eousln grim­ outlawed yesterday.” e x p l a i n
“I ahall be vary glad to go,” I Inter were yet more drawn; and though hla
K nox— H I* persistency In declaring
“W e can't leave it like that
See If
ly. and at the word he Jerks,! away mv
Jected.
courtly manner was unchanged, an alien that he la.
um.
__________________ _
yon can fix it np to better advantage.”
boot letting the trap fall into Ita place
"N o , Robert, that will never do.” he ferocity lurked In hit dark, reflective
Blake raised the outer block of wood
H e W e w M 1 ,0
It would not go well with the
•aid.
“T o divide oar forces would be •yea.
experience
.
„
7
"
‘
hT
do>r-
w
bispered.
Revff.eg to D ate.
| which fitted level with the flooring, and
“ H a r e you had any
T o the door and shout for help or It
the worst generalship. Onr duty la plain. murderer of hia only eon If ha ehonld Too may break np the auto, or do aa yoo Inspects*! the grating below.
It’ w,.
“J " wi,h
H e must have no­ chauffeur?"
W a mast be prepared to etrlke at the en­ meet him face to face. Bo I thought ae
» U I-
|»ecur*I by a padlock— a precaution neo-
•Well. I can show you the
emy wherever he may be found. Other he stood before ua, hla hat railed, bowing But the scent of Ita power will din g to R eeaary enough, for houeety a not the ticed the ammonia cylinder this after
tote* there will be weeks of anxiety for BB B
, prevailing characteristic of a Portuguese
. v h* ,nrn* ,h*
th* ‘ »tuff for the fines I have paid-
will choke the life out of us. The gas
Hoaaa Companies*
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