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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1908-03-12, Page 6rhe Yf��NGr'L#�i� U&$, M4IC1 /, +a 908 et Th. arathon tor prof Pfd, ecag rt 13y BURTQ E, STEVENSON Author of ("Tata tioiisaay ;rise" Cvp,r''t'ieelat,« 1.204. b,[* li`c tr.Y' lily(,1 c:FIct Coerapony Mg xl/uss ironed and wititiug tor; Are when. I iltlecked anis 11et,' oar, attd, aIle caught Moe by bath lauds OS eu+ torch. "Tide is good of yowl" cite cried, "Omniou r !bats been so limy foto urany days that We have gone nowhere, het the promised rue tonight, Oh, I should not trove stayed at helve! lr ebouidl !save gone alone. I care not for the eyes et the Men!" t "Olt, 1 shat)'t let you go alone!" I pretested, and watched her, fnsciutttem, '< can see It again In Its grove et cocoa. trees running awe to the gray sand, with the rrttves lapping gently over it, t1Tamboul. flow I sigh for it!" pa 8114 't- ;3tretelted her arm;; above her bend with a gesture er infinite longing, ,4, key >,'attled In the loelt, the door opened and ft elan calve le, It was gmite in keeihlug with the dream—tile enrage(, hnsb4aud with naked ecitniter, Even stere 111 New York it was hardly the proper thing to be .discovered thus, though not till that Instant had 1 thou ht et !t, ., s, 3. "stilet- tos S" s' "Alt, new," said t0 a I d myself, .1 i' f sL e y t tos and pistols: You're in a ticklish place, my friend," But before I could rise, Coelly haat sprung from the emelt a11(1 thrown her arms about his neck. "Oh, Coumeut au ye, (loudout?" she asked in a voice tike --well, l have never heard nllythlllg to compare with it. • "Toutt deuce, clo—et ou?" he an seeerod, and kissed her. Then be per- ceived er.'ceive 1 ale, Seemingly for tho first time, .1 mei was llenclllt ,. over: it, T1uutlniti a weird little rofrnie that roe() and Sell and turned Upon itself, .reuainding fee fuilntiy of the negro. spirituals I had owe hoard at a citutp meeting iu the Jersey moils, After n mobocrat I stars!• a movement within the ease end Et lona .erected itself, a broad, triatnguler head, deep orange barred with black, s with eyes Bice coals of Etre. It swayed to anal faro, to awl fro, ns. Cechy fitted words to the refrain,. -queen', e 1oppe1l off.' creole, words, "Oh, ou jojolli, oui. Oh, thou art pretty, in'ett3, re—leo, I'n Ica rat mole poi I do not fear her, .not at all! Ie. slie not pretty?" G=radually we had eirewzi ,dearer, Treumine and L. and I reit myself ylelcling to the fascination of the song; even as the sentent dict. It was not very 'ergo, nor seemingly very° fermi- dente, so I did not even think of fear when Coolly opened the little door of the care and drew it forth. She held it between thumb and Linger just behind the head and by a slight pressure she forced Its jaws apart. Then she poured the wine down its throat, drop by drop. Fetaily she returned it to Its cage and shut the door. When it was over and she was lying again ou the -'couch, panting with, a kiud of fearful exhaustion, I turned to Tremaine, wife Was mopping his fore- head feverishly. "I've got a kind of superstitious hor- ror of that snake," he said apoiogettc- ally as he met my eyes. "I've seen a lot of theta, but none ever affected the jiiist as this one does." "Whet Is it?" 1 asked, astonished by his l:aeor, by the trembling of his Hand 1s lie put away his handkerchief end rc :curet for a cigarette. He light - vi it before he answered, inviting me t:;; a genera:•,.' to help myself. "1,'s a fei-e;e-lance," he said at last, "one or the d?cridliest serpents in the s.. el, en1 this pnrticttkar variety is .....1 .. reeecielly deadly, a sort of c;e,::ro t'; t: (genie. as it were. Its bite a.l1t:• e.,t'il.e in three minutes if it leap - i, 1.1 4. • ,11' , Pt !Ili :" c,. j 1 V • aid GG, Hail«. 1rdR F,l Teal Tfi-e r Tidal', Canadian. Tette:Arlo i 01 a t1 0Intc, cert.:tin vine ger LZenenta, itcaat 20:;^a letter, i'3tk:gLrlett, Inas':3,e d Tat e+ 7.C.t Ur. t ,-h(3's' xtah #kaki Ma 1 1 1 t' left I tc' ie, 5-.es.clad all entauenui.aan ritile been tlor0 i 1111+ anti nee, s t d hey 0, t. . 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"Good evening, sir," he said, stanaing with his arm still about his \vie° and gazing at mo 'with a look so sharp that I found myself far en lustant unable to meet It. His wife uttered in his ear a sell. tonee.so rapid that I was utterly unable to catch the words, but I puppote it ex- plainecl the reason of my preseuce, for he turned to me instantly with out- stretebea hand. "Coolly tells me that your presence hor across the hall." 4 "My mune is Tremainerand I'm ex- Neoding•Iy glad to meet you," he con- tinued, with a courtesy which charmed mo from the first moment. "We must enter a libation to honor the escape." I Coolly, who had been hanging on his fiew to the next roans and was hack in a moment with decanter and glassee—three of them—rued she joined us with an imperturbable matter ef Coarse air which somewhat surprised me. Only uotieed she left a little wine in her glass, and with it she ttp- preached a square cnge of fine gilt Mesh hanging over the radiator in the itearniest corner of the room, t "She's a most extraordinary woman," ITtemaine said, with a smile that seem- ed a little forced. "She's about to do evhat rep other woman in the world twbuld dare do, and she thinks nothing * let it Conte end see," Godly already reached the cage CHAPTER VII. Y acquaintance with the Tre- maines in the weeks that fol- lowed grew by imperceptible degrees into an intimacy which was one of tho most pleasant of my life. Of Ceelly I have already at- tempted to give some idea, although I realize how cold and inadequate it is'. As I began to know her better I canto to wonder more and more at her complexity, her simplicity, her swift chauge of mood, her utter ignorance of social convention. Another thing , saw, and that was her absolute wor- ; shep of Tremble. As for Tremaine, I hesitate to say how utterly I fell under his spell. Yet this was not in the least to be weeder- ecl at. My life had been on the evhole so narrow and his had been so broad; , my experience of the world had. been • cast in the usual grooves, while his had so evidently overleaped them, had struck out a path for itself into all sorts of unexpected places, I have said that his life had been cast in many curious places. Martinique Was only the last of these, the most re- cent, and I gathered that the business which brought him to New York was the forming of a syndicate to build. Er railroad through the island. Through IS the right word, for it was evident that, owing to the Wand's peculiar formation, there Would have to be much tunneling.. But he waved all Rich practical difficulties aside and discours- ed qf the great future before such a road. with an enthusiasm that was eh-, solutely convincing. I had just come in from dinner one evening and was settling clown to a re. perusal of "L'Affaire Lerouge," when there came a kaock at the door and Tremaine entered, Ile was in evening . dress and was seemingly much per - "My dear testate" he began abruptly, in that quick, tervoiss Way or his, "I'm In the Eine° df boX, and I'm going to ask sent to help Me out, promised Coelly te take her tonight to soe the extravaganza at the New York, and have the seats heee, but at the last to break, but Cecil's,* will never foegive me if diseppolet het. Have yeti any. thing tet for tonight?" "No,"' answered, looking at him in, some astonishment, tor it WilS evident what was coming. "Then perhaps you wouldn't mind taking- Coolly/ It wont& be a tromen. dens favor," "Not at all," I assured him, "but"- - "It isn't ipate -convenable?" he fin. 14;04 hesitatee. "Seedy we -doe't itoo,1 to stand on mermen., 11.11d Ceelly doe.net care a hang tor convention, It's a great favor to both otos. She'll cry her eyes out if alto bas to day at home, and I simply einft take her," take her," And thanking trie egain ho or yours last alight lvornec3. me thee you'd be around to demand an explana- 11011," "Demand is hardly the wort}," he corroded ns be sat down. "Beseech would be nearer it, 1 confess I was never more surprised in my life than when I saw you sitting there calmly chatting away with Mrs. Trcrnalue," "Then you • have met her? She thou,lit she was mistaken," ' "You motto she knelt' me?" be asked llllickly. °`Sbe asked who you were; she fan• tied she'd met you somewhere." Godfrey laughed a little dry laugh, "She has," he said, "but it's strange she remembers it, for I'll swear she never looked at ole, or perhaps," he added, kztlttiug his brows, "she has some special reason to remember. I happened to be iu the hall of the Mara. thon apartment house talking with Higgins, the janitor, when she and bet hustbaud came In from dinner the night that men Thompson was killed there Perhaps you remember about it?" I molded, smiling. "Yes, I remember." Something in my face caught his at- tention. "You mean you know something about it?" he, asked quickly. But a movement of feet across the floor out- side interrupted hila. "We can't tall; here," he said. "Will you be at home tonight?" "Yes." "Then 1'11 look you up," and he turn- ed to go. "Wait a minute," I said. "I'm not with Mrs. Fitch any more." "Aren't you?" "No. I'm quartered at the Mara. thou." "At the Marathon?" "Yes. Suit •fourteen. Biggins will show you up." IIe stared at me an instant with starting eyes: Then the door opened and \Ir. Royce came in, followed by two clerks. "I'll look for you this evening," i addled, hugely enjoying his stupefac- tlou. IIe nodded mechanically and turned away, walking like a man in a dream. .k 0 r} 0 0 "Well," began Godfrey as he settled back in his chair and looked arouud tlhe room, "this is about the last place on earth I'd have expected to find you." "And yet it's not so wonderful," I pointed out. "I had t0 change my lodg- ings odbings and found that these would suit." "It's in your blood," he went on, smiling. "It has been ever since that affair of Miss IioIladay. You'll never get it out. But I'm glad you're here. I've gn idea that we're just on the threshold of a very remarkable mys- tery, and you can help a lot." "Then the murder wasn't the end?" "No; I f+uwy It was only the begin- ning. eginning. Now tell We how yon happened to be with Mrs. Trenaaine last night." ' "Tremaine had an Important busi- ness enga;:tement;' g Said, "which he couldn't break. He'd t rotnised to take her to the theater and had secured seats. Bather than disappoint her he asked me to take his piece." "And she didn't object?" "She made the best of it, I guess." "She seemed to be getting a good deal of fnu out of It," "She was. She's the most unconven- tional creature I ever met. She'd inter- est you, Godfrey." "I don't doubt it In the Least. But Tremaine interests me too. You don't happen to know what this business en- gagement was?" and he looked tat me with it queer smite. "Ne. I suppose that it had some- thing to do with his railroad." "His railroatt?" • I related briefly the project in wbteb Tremaine was engaged. "Well, perhaps It was connected With that," Godfrey saki when 1 had finish- ed, "but indirectly --very indirectly. Ito spent the evening Iu bleklo Deirey's box at the opera.." It was my turn to stare. "Godfrey," I said suddenly, "there titre two points I'd like to submit to you --both rather important othes,1 fan. eye But first I leant .l•ott to telt me the story of the crime, jirst ns It occurred. T suspect there were some details that riltiu't get into the Ileeord, Start te. tiger first." Ito took a cigar and struck; a match. "There were," be assented, with It Smile, "at number of'detallS that t?tan't get before the pntbllc. }.test of them have nn uofortttuate tendency to Lanni., tate lqiss Croydon." Ito got up and walked across the room and p1Acett his finger over i little hole 111 the "woodwork of the bodreoln "cC`fiieree '.'here the bttilet ft :her 1eeo11re1' Struck,'" he said. "'J.'horece ir(Y einub trbbixt OA It Vas taken vat ' Who ia that gent/man?” demanded as she put on a little bonnet and gave her bair two or three final pats before the mirror. She was In the highest spirits, sing- ing to herself—really, I told myself, only a child—and at last she swung around and dropped tate a courtesy. "How is that, che?" she cried, mil - lug up at me. "Does that please you?" "Charming!" I cried, gasp/1)g a little, with a feeling, of giadiness, as I looked eown iuto her eyes. Ons cab swung around into Broad- way, ablaze with light, and Cecile' for- got me in the excitement of watching the changing crowd, the brilliant shop fronts. "Here we are," I said as the cab drew up at the curb, and sprang out and heiped her down, We went up to the eromenade after the nrst act and ate an ice together. t he place was crowded, and Ceelly soon became -the center of attraction. Men. ctrolled past merely to leek at her, and from more than one woman I caugbt a flash of eye that said unutterable things. Tbe advent of a uew, lucent - parable siren ccealci not pass unchal- lenged. At them all Cecily glanced from time to time with admirable nolo cbalance, One would have sworn she lead been reared in New York. She • chatted gayly, eating* her ice, sipping ; her wine,elookiug at me with eye2 that glowed nee stars. Then suddenly as . she looked up her face changed. I glanced up, too, and carte:it Jim God- : frey's astonielied eyes teeca ou mine. fie bowed and passel on. - "Who is that gentleman?" demanded Coals, eagerly, keeling :mess the ta- ble toward me. "You know hintr "Oh, quite well," I answered, more and more surprised. "Itis name 13 "Cod-frey," she repented slowly after memory. "And. what ie. his lemlueser "Ile's a reporter by tratle; he gathers uews for a paper," athlete, seeing that she did not wholly undorstand, "01," she said, and breathed a deep sign of relief, "I see." Then ds she met my glance she nettled: °I fancied that I had met him somewhere; I was mistaken. In New York"' heee met no oue except you, na'sieur." But 1 scercely heard her; n2y eyes had dropped to a pin at her throat Is elle leaned forward I could see it very clearly—an opal surrounded by a blaz- ing ring of diamonds. I looked at it mechanically, then With a suddee, in- tent interest for ono link of that bril- liant ring was missing; one of the dia. mends had fallen out, Baby's Skin Trouble ITCHING ECZgMA, rot tbe skin troubles of babyhood Dr. Chase's Ointment ecte es Et magie tete. It is wonderful how promptly it allays the irri. taloa and stopt the suffering of little eines who are tortured byterribleitehing,stinging edema. Meihers often findthereselves helpless before thie timeline eilitCht which torments So many young ehildree, hut we have yet le !leer el a stogle t AM in which relief Wad not Obtaitieciby intrrient ii, er.rivelled es a etre for thafifig tog all side purpose do- .ttot thiiik of re/twang to pere. at all 'dealers 01 Ednoncono Dates Coo ' No S. Wiltdb: tortend Weeding. The doctor tailexl to hel . did its watt welt end his obtitely toted them. ClIAPTER WAS scarcely surprised when Godfrey's card was brought in to me at the office next morning. Both Mr. Graham' and iifr. Boyce bappened to be wit at the timo, so that I had the inner room to myself, and directed that a odfrey he Flume In at once, to shake hends with him. "That Rta.io. it my duty to testify to the hon,?!it I have reeeived from tido Me' of t :3) conducting, special meetings con tiacied a very bad vole, medal! graenal- lv develeeee into Bronchitis of the reysitiee, Whielz &a, and after using but a few hotties wan completely te- worelerfel remedy 16 stiffetere 'front titenehitia other troubles." Iota merlt more teterving newer thee it 'vocal elonsle de not tire 1AI:it epeakinci." Ann St„ Toronto, Aug. 1n, 1907. Throat, bug and stomach trottbieS s;lluptior. All druggisti", 500 and $1,00, et Dr. T. A, Slocura, Limited, Toronte. matt; found redia, 1'd give 11 good 4e0. nv who. it was she Ureal rt alt W ill' 11110 area. 1 tell you, Lester, the Mote one thinks ,about that affair the more Incomprehensible it 'b conies, there acro eo many quo itioas wrtiell< pent unanswerable. /Vim was Tinowp- son? Maw clad tie get in condition to receive leer? Wee the attar(lerer ar friend of 'Thom son's? If not, haw CTi(l he get tato the raem '? ,Above all, wiry,, after lfe had tweeted. 'Thompson down, sllsn.I1 he stand! ovct' him and shoot idea though the heart? That savors more of a wild .i east than of a !lumenlr�lzn '" ' 1;x paired a 110teent 'in it sort of I1ell,ld „} p tiplexity. blen sat down ab- ruptly rand turned. t .$ 110. "What 1 c1re your ponds?" ins asked. "The ter.:t," I said, looking at him, "wit!, I ret, it i lip le' flit the settle aaaln tNIA* Creriun, She calm1nete the morning after the iu(luest and !bard t;1 rent this cl ortzztent." Ile it,tred at ane, tt4t'tunded, his cigar lar the ah; while 1 reheated the story I Ii;;;;ltts pati triad: rave. \VIwll 1 lad 'du' celhdl:l, he Frit gazing date vactaney, his tips dorepreeeeti, "1 s' t It peeeles yore," 1 said at last,. :jet,i31g tee i'enple ity, "1 eoufess 1 ' tit ' . t 14//1110 allyetiug out of 11." 11 e' ata re;tcated, getting •l,) ag :in an l walking 1lervously about :he room. "Why, It's the most are o:maliag titin:; i ever }!card, It's the u ee unexplainable • feature of this whale unexplainable, case, 1 shouhl think she'd never Waut to enter these 'emus again. But pulleys Higgins was :ili4t 1110n," he added, stueving, short., "Tutt might be," 1 *ululitted, "though he swears he hasn't" "Well, let's pass over It for a mo- rent. What's tihe second point? • Is it :lnotlher statm:, ier?" 1 ger "Not a staggerer, but another twist to the prig/lre. I ima04Ine. Did Thomp- sou• have any jewelry on him?" "Jewelry? Not a bit, IIe was praet!- -any In raves." "i, 11e:'e was his body lying?" "I:I;eht here," anti he indicated the ::pot with 111.4 foot. ".1nd rir_:ht there," I said, "two days later I found this, 11r04sed into the eerpet," and 1 took a littlejsaper packet from ray pocketbook. He opened it carefully and looked at what lay inside. 'Then he whistled 34uf;13•. ".a diathhoud, by all that's wonder - Cult" ."rell we what it came out of," I said. "One of a group. I should say; or perhaps a border around a larger coo, - tell settle." "Precisely," ,1 nodled. "Aud last Meta I happened to notice that iters. Tremaine wore a pin with just such au arranecnieut of stones. (Inc of the 211111l tiiamo:,ds in the border was Ciodfreo wrapped up the tiny bit of crystal and handed it back to me with au exceedingly tbonglitfui face. "1dat's at mi hty pretty bit of eve t'.ence" ho said at last, "thougb, of co(trse, it maty be only a coincidence. Waken b3• itself It fent worth a cent; le conn, ction with other evidence it woul:i be worth a great deal." "Aad tlhare isn't avy other?" "Just ot.o little bit. You say Tre- maine comes from Martinique. Well, among Thompson's clothes I found a peculiar nut: called a snake nut, wbiet grows only le the Wet Males. Then you add to this that Tlhompson's cloth= Ing was all welt as is worn in the tropics, the 1 reemme ton is -pretty strong that 110 livc;l for awhile some- where in Trd't:mele's neighborhood!." 1 needed; then t ty tiled fell. "Alter all," I pointed out, ail that enemies to not1iltce. Toth 'frean:hiae and 111.4 wife e:t: prove an ali'>!. They e; 1'ar8't l'1 t!1) 1)1111,11.1e when the crime vete c;ee:e!'to I. Yon yoweeelf saw '...:1 teee'ee tee'''lace." "We il, ..''ll Itt...;'d' It set .:t t!'.1c. If 1 .:y It el a rewires, ,c; . ,:.'r' Tees...ne '. 1'. 1r lent tell:. to „lit':, ?: 'reieeet eee is:seen. r. .t:1 tali. t:r.'ur...:t 1, T11?:1 try 1e.'t 3;i'01:!“..1.1 1 .1 en 'i nee a.•. y1 el tee !:-.:1 *I' see , a 1 ;t ,'t 1'y El..... r.,.c :L'.t lee ye , . I :' :1 a`:' . , L .. . 1 .. . ..'I rill .'! : •;u". '1t 1': t t'.+; 1,e.:;.-:-111, 1,-1 .. :r;; ... .. ' . ix. :nr .,. r T1.4' !I ('�•. e t. 1.. E:..,, of mew DtiPtissui teteielleirecomet res STOinfants anti Children«. eVesetahlerreparalieltfcr - Siblilating ttleT odanillegu!.a tat;tatestomnfihsatit RLsak ��r.,� ia3u #rt"lta��Rk ,.qr,-r��-, Kind: Always 8.ought: a the nature of • „Proteamotets77Digeoytpio+�n},�C,tmful- nossandRest.CaJitoins n11ltti..tb Optutu,NorpVitae nor lrhuml. :+tc1' Bv®T''IiC. Iwo . 11,mp1"Ih ,r,'csi" Ru.loe&.4;,1t, /the JegxG Ito Carke.ve',f 4t RI* J€ei - $t'sr JPcsre?.3nim;. A. erl'erfil iy'forCrusli ii tiara, Sour Slc)caa0b,Daarrlacaca «c rusCostv udst Its,Fer t1s it- (te55:ind Lo licSinhile Si„nature of NEW YORK, Use For Over flirty Yr -rAuticompAntr. NICV/ YORK cm,. combines the flavor of pure white winter wheat with . the bcdy-building qualities of the best hard Manitoba spring wheat. Jesirei ROW is a blended flour. It is a sweet, wholesome flour that makes that delicious, flaky pastry, those creamy biscuits and appetizing bread. We have been making for years and guarantee it. Ask your grocer for Jewel Brand the next time you want flour. Marsafecured by (To be Contirmett ) This brand—on a bag or br.rrel—is the mark of a BLENDED FLOUR of Ontario Fall Wheat and MtIniwba. Spring Wheat, milled by the best millers in Ontario. AA: your grocer for 'a Blended Floer—and look for the above brand wilorever yc.o buy. At Liberty to Seream. It was on a ferryboat plying between Sydney and Manly, ale ef that city's beautiful suburbs. Every teat was oc- ionde Mid proparod for an enjoyable trio whoa a lank girl of fifteen appear. ed, &egging. by the lifted a screaming child. There she stead, glowerieg. A. mild lady suggested the child might be in pain. An old baeheler muttered that people- wife had charge of ehildren. should keep them at home, Low now rife. She took not tho sitghtost hood of tho muttering or tho bawritig, which wag he* et the highett piteli. modlolue would do It good. Tlleti She 'giving the thild Et etigetell3 shake, said: • "Heide in Orgario" TRY Tii e 1,1 your neld, order or