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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1896-02-07, Page 2• •••••••••1•1_41, ✓'� 1f«;:• 61/01 ria ...-.a•,•:,.. :.... x.11 � y .-�ij � \ ,,c , "It is pretty in. summer; it must be the semi of his voce was drowned by c`�. f ,. r<v� � . � 1`�.� .: � � Vis / William. slplendic. in winter when the storms be- elle roar from the' rocks. Then W gm and the uneventful career of our •Janes shouted again more indistinctly, i:' e r.' ' CHAPTER VIII. friend, William Jones, is varied; by the and repeated his excited gestures. It ,1c clement was clear g t TED DEVIL'S CALDRON. a 114.'1',.-a.�-1, .J,#�. RN' 7. theft' the eiirav eonceacect zne sae- uree(htzg, as er one accntstoMea ea. own - trance of some largo snuteraneaan cav- irnCrd. Curiosity overcomes dislike and the Orn, If tiny doubt had ieielaiilecl in ills' young loan cdeterniued to receive M. hind it would have been dispelled by llarxk's overture as amiably as pas- the appearance of a solitary pi eon, 'whic'h, hewing its Comp�'''lioi1t, wavered, siUle. lights flaw back through the spray "I dare say it was a Mistake, he said, _ �'• "Gentlemen don't usually travel about with a rapid downward flight and drsap- izi CarFtvans," 11( axed. * _ He'' as fin^ till; a little nearer with an enjoy snout c}et�ize led by the serine of returned Monk. clanger, ;,lien a figure sud(lenly appear - ply, • I paint a little for pleasure." waving its slants, Audi do you not find this neighbor "Keep back! Keep back!" cried a hood suit your purpose? It is somewhat vri'ce, fiat and nnpiett vesque," lie looked at the figure and recoguizecl "I rather like it, answered Brinkley. William Jones. He answered! hills, but Something of that sot t," was the re- ted on tine conks close lmy^,1u11,'vrlclly ea • • of'vrecke."ear thathe was warnin • the c How Monk's forehead darkened, But swimmer against some hidden clanger. thee -mosey. 'eon rice ai'rur ---- 4,,y ::;, It so happened pene(1 that the yonn man of iris face sniilQd still as he said: Brinkley took the warning, and struck, sun. knees just o a , and, although, as you l 1 1 out for the shore, and then back to the suggested lust now, as you pxobab- t?le Carat'FL71 had two considerable faults, "It is not often thayyt sill p'vrecics man Iv' believe,. you may be • growed up.' The first fault my reader has, uo doubt,'llnow, I am rel d d to say = dryly, rhe . place where he had left his clothes, y already guessed; hewas constitutionally. "No,"3 ,y Watching . is opportunity, he found a Yon sortmust—ha—yonofhr,must look open mog y^ suitable spot and clamborea in upon the as a of father, and all that sort of hazy. The second fault will appear used to be common enough fifteen ears thing." more clearly in the sequel; he was also ago," rocks, He had just dried himself and "You're too young to be my father," !•onstitutionally inquisitive, Now, his Their e^,'es met and the •eyes of Monk thrown on sone of his clothes, when he enswcrod Matt, ingeniously, aziness was of that not uncommon were full of fierce suggestion. saw William .Jones standing near and "Well. say your big brother. I'm in- kind which longscapable •uabtelof activity of a great deal uhf ; "Why fifteen lylea s go eepec'alshout watching slim. tereste(t in you, Matt, ver much inter- ;Activity, so »y gg "How are you?"asked the young ey net at ('0hiscious, and not realized as being in dors, man, with a rod, " Pray what clad you tsled., and I should really like tog you; tlhe nature of work; and its possessor, •`I was told only to -day of the loss of mean by going on in that abs,ncl way the bottom of • the mystery about therefore, would frequently, in Ins one great ship at that tinge. Matt told just now! but we must not forget that've Besides," isle way, bestir himself a good deal; me, the little fonxullixig. You k low•<' What did I mean?" repeated Wil almost strangers, you lino'. , d d laughing a ain cheerily, "you whereas, if he heads been ordered Matt, of courseY" . liana with a little of his former excite- :ile added, g , y toto bestir himself, he would have yawn- $ "I know whom yon .moan, Exons' anent. "Look ye, now, 1 was waving ;axe en�,aged to be married, some day, id and resisted. Here his other consti- me, but you seem to be very familiar' you back from the Devil's Caldron. Kl gents:man of -fortune' tutionel defect carne in, and set him• with her name e' There's many a mart been drowned there Matt sprung up, With heaving bosom • reni r into matters which in no way "I suppose I ani," replied the young and been washed away Lord knows ;,:ud ifa_bing eyes, ore nig concerned him, A little time •where, I've heercl tell," he added sol - No, I ain't 1" she said. " I hate 'before the period of his present excur- reran. " Matt and I aro excellent erunly, "they are •carried right clown liner burn, when he « s studying law in Dub- friends," • into the devil's kitchen." "Hate the beautiful Monk, of Monks- lin. and rapidly discovered that he loved •Monk did not smile now; all his " I'm much obliged to you. Mr. Jones, burst! Monk the beneficent! Monk the artistic ainateurship much better, he efforts to do so were ineffectual. With but ria used to such dangers, and I sweet -spoken! Impossible! « and had often been known to work terribly an expression'of savage dislike, he look - think I .:now how to take care of my - easel I hate him," tired Matt;hard at " cases " in which his ctuiosity ed ing Brinkley's face, and his voice, Self." —and—'lien he kissed me, it made me was aroused; and I may adcl, in passing, ' though his words were stili civil, trem- 'William Jones 'hook his head a little k " that 1 e had shown on these occasions au bled and grOW harsh, "as seraznnel pipes angrily.• " What, dideActually. amount of shrewdness which w n hetet rest el "miniere Ce struck orf iron the r e, an,a nee- ;person, r 11 r Mian Waall(ing;, 6 "I ea • ,,4f tened, ramnrpg rate uldn't comobefore, they wouldlrn't towards the Sandia& So soon as 110 letme. But last night William Joaes was curtain that he. was followed, he . ire didn't come home, and I broke 'open began to run in good earnest. To his the box and took out my clothes and delight, William began running too. Ho .i!an straight off here. ' plunged among the sandliills and was Her face clouded as she proceeded, Aeon engaged busily running a and for she could not fail to notice the cool- down sl'ai'n, hither anti thitircx. Franc • nese of the young man's greeting, time to time he caught a glimpse of his ; "'Well, since you have come well get pursuer. • It was an .exciting chase. to work,,: said 3rinkley, "It's v11illy .11 When, he had been engaged in it for half ttind damp outside, so we'll remain her©, an hour and was almost breathless him- in shelter. ,� self, he suddenly paused in one of the Matt took off her hat and then pro, deep hollows, threw himself down on deeded to divest herself of hor coarse Iris back and lit a cigar. A few minutes jacket, revealing for the first time then • afterwards he heard a. sound as of vin- low-necked silk dress beneath. Mean - lent pnaffing and broathing, and the next time the young lean placed the sketch. inet.i lt•William Jones, panting, gaspfug, in osition, 'Turning presently, he be - your x h ? Kissed 1 0 lel of straw. " " Don't you come here no more, that's your .m <v' made hien an excellent lawyer if May* I ask if you purpose remaining ail! he said, incl 'muttering Ominously As he spoke the young man actually gra.; invincible objection to hard work, long in the neighborhood?' to himself, retired, But he only asoend- felt that he should like to assault there qua work, • had not invariably interfered. ' I clon't know," answered the artist. ed the neighboring crag, and squatting doubtable Monk. ' No sooner was he left to his own "My time is niy own, and I shall stay as himself there like a bird of ill -omen, " Yeie ho kissed me—once. If he kiss- l;iedita'tions, which the faithful Tim long as the place amuses me." kept his cher on the stranger, es me again I'll stick something into (who had fortunately been away on a ' If t can assist in making it so, I shall Having dressed himself, Brinkley him, or scratch his face.' o •aging• expedition during the episode be ,happy, sir." climUecl in the• same direction, He And Matt looked black as thunder and described in my last chapter) was not at "Thank you," found William seated on the edge of a set her petl "D ' c Lie for rabbit shooting? If 1 kin*'• the --averse of amiable and arty teeth angrily together. hand disturb, than our young €ren e- o ou F $ crag oo g , ,�Tatt!" un to ns , , • ^n be •Fin . uzzling his brains over the � so, there is some sport to be had among amusing himself by throwing stones in -Perspiring at every pore, appeared above hini. -How d'ye clo, Mr. Jones?" he cried held Matt's transformation,, Old and shab�y as the dress was, torn here and there; and revealing beneath gaily, "Colne and have a cigar." glinipses of coarse stockings and clumsy . instead. oe replying, William Jones ' boots, it became her wonderfully, As • looked, completely thuxx.erstruck, and a result of much polish: -ng with soap afterglaring feebly down and smattering and 'Water her face shone again,. and her incoherently disappeared as suddealy as ' arms and neck were white as snow. he lead come. I Thus attired Matt looked no longer a Brinkley finished his cigar leisurely long, shambling girl, but atoll, bright, and tllon strolled back to the Caravan resplendent young lady, It was • no use. Brinkley could not •1 conceal his admiration, Matt's arms CHAPTER IX, ; alone were enough to snake a painter A DISCOVERY. ' wild witIi delight. The young man of the Caravan, wile "Wily, Matt, you look positively mag.. now thoroughly convinced that one of nificent, 1 had no idea you were so two things must be true; either that prune ��irl blushed with pleasure. William Jones had been instructed. to girl ,F • ca keep a watch uponhiin, or that he, Wil- liam Jones, had a secret of some sort Tho young rnan worked away for a which he was aneious not to have re- good hour and a half, at the end of vealecl. After both suppositions lead which time he put the finishing tench been duly Weighed the second was ac- to the sketch.. copted as the most likely, and it forth- "Finis coronet opus!" he cried. with received the young man's consider- "Loos.., Matt!" :tion, Matt, examined the picture with un - If there was a secret. Lo argued, it Was in some way connected—firstly, with William Jones's worldly prosper- ity; secondly, with the reports current of trea suro hidden in times past among the sandhills of the. dangerous caverns of the sea. Was it possible, after all, that those reports were true, and that in some mysterious manner -Jones . had become acquainted with the hiding - place? 'It seemed very improbable for many treasons, one of the chief being the man's oxtremeopoverty, -which appeared to touch the very edge of starvation. A little inquiry in the neighborhood, however, elicited the inforeaation that "Sit dog n again, r.1„ R p "1 shan't—if you laugh." redone information she had given him. the sandhhlls, „ the direction of the sea, Jones despite his abject penury, was , in and had xnone - - o was11-tO cl „ rel ey • "•certainly w the re- co " Oh, I'll behave myself. Comet"— The facts, which he had no reason to I never shoot anything, "You seem to know this place wells y and he added, as she returned to her question, ranged themselves under four 1 ply, "except, 1 suppose, `folly as it flies' ; said the young man, standing over hirn. the bank of the 'neighboring market place, "Did it make you sick when 1 _-tans: though with what species of firearm that William Jones replied without look• town; that the ruined village of Aber - 1 issed you?' (1) Matt had been cast ashore fifteen interesting sport is pursued,' he added, glyei eloxxged almost entirely to him, He was pl•aein r with fire Ti,e girl's --cars previously, .at an age when she as if to himself, "I h e 1't the slightest ing alp: and that in short, he was by nature and 1 b av i a "I ought to; I'veraboru Isere. I�'atlxer habit a miserly prson, who would. pre "wIIY, etriT_, You Look eosITivneY MAG face changed in a moment, her eyes 'could pronounce do w( (lr "paha.' It 'fide all good -day," said Monk, with an ~Ware born beta. Know •it? I'vi;il I far hoarding tip whatever he possessed \II ICL 1T. I DAD WO IDEA. YOU melted, her lip trembled, and her ex- ioliowecl, as a rational argument, that > g ykxiow'.1 as well how to make my awn to purchasing. with it the commonest wane; ;;o =me" prassfan l ec ane inexpressibly soft and elm had been, say, 0'10 year old, or there- uneasy scowl, "If I can be of any service £orcin'." concealed delis to hull, command lie!" „ necessaries o life. delight It was herself, a deeamy, Leaning gently towards him abouts. rand civ $ And, raising his hat again, Ile stalked �•11ci rot tla ay tell me, oUser'recl the An nidi coast -guard, whom Brinkley little zdaalizecl, 1•;it quite characteristic she drooped her eyes and then, seeing (3I Mr. Mont: lead found he , {,other, dyett e tern slyly, that 'William found sleet day on the station, was sus and alto<Y(ther c barunur. his ?land rerun' oil his knee, she took amt her into the care of William Jones, !awe T. Jones, of Aber gin, has money 311 teeU- b „ it in hers and raised it to her lips, end had since handed that worth;; slurs "Now, in the name of all that is bank; incl is a rich mar." • chief inf ormant. "May t t:a e it home?" .she . asked(. •al nisei ]"te to marry roti," she said o;' money far talkie, cafe of her. Quuery, 'voncierfil, does iii, Monk, of Monks He slaw William's color change al old salt tyou ` f he tells' you poor, He's eat erly'rc , I F a ;. Y y y 1'li get you to leave it a few days and blushing, raised her cheek against :v ha t reason lead the said Monk for ex- Must, mean by becoming so civil, once; but recovering himself a on(e, a sharl. William Jolles is, and conlcln't 1,18 shoulder. l :1,iting so much care for the c.nlel, osis- 'This was their the toting luau the worthy gave a contemptuous grunt i slunk, upeven to tis ownes .father. Tt's longer, I must get a frame for it, Smy Matt, rand then yon shall have it all W- our hero of the Caravan was a 'tee he was a person of wonderfully ben- asked. himself he strolled away sea- and aimed a stone spitefully at large belief he's of raid hidden somewhere No lean • relent disposition, which ny hero was ward, He mild :Lot persracle himself 1d Whichaimed just then floated sioxvl by. g U complete. hYuvv, let me tool: at you orae-lreartcd young position fellow and a s all iuclirned to believe! that he had wronged Monk, who was in gull , , Y among •them sandhills, let alone what again, ho aid, taking her by both. ext of honor and hie had beco.he net a l person instead of a ` ho told you that?' he soked,glnc• he's got In the savings bank, Ah, he's hands and looking up at; her sunny face, el embelalleein7• He could De (Ili Slid Monk. and said Jones wen on reality an amiable c l a r 11 ing quickly up, and then looking down a artful one, is William Jones• "Ara :eon l:less;edl'! Will you take care longer g very fainilialr terLiS, 1' hielr Was curious, domineering bully; no, that suggestiomoren lOxxger ct ideal from hinncelf the disCOr- c heir social osx- was cantradlicted by overt' expression of again. Sumo tan th, win fit, o Rich! :Brinkley had said nothing of his own of the picture foe the painter's sake?" • 1 bl t Hd in t.ie clef c lend' int P sense in Zai than stat g; Pilate sus picions, but had merely Yn 1 1 3'' Matt's answer , was embarrassing. . She quietly sat down en hie Inlet and gave hint a smacking 'kiss. "Matt ! Mat!" Tie cried. You, mum's:" But she put her warm arm round his neck, and rested her cheek against his shoulder. - •I should like to have pretty dresses and gold br atelete and things, and to go away from William. Jones and to stay Nviti'1 you." "My dear, said Brinkley, laughing, you couldn't. It wouldn't be proper-" . "Why not'!"as.,ed Matt, simply:, " The world is - censorious,, i.eto one. I am a Wong man.; you are a young Lady. We ehall, have to shake hands soon and say good -by. There, there," tie ccautiihued, seeing her eyes fill with tears. " I'm not gone yet. 1 shall stay • • as long a; I earl?O y— ,'ally—yoa ix U1r look upon me as quite an old fellow. I am awfully old,' you know. 'compared to —l� �=g ( O err that he had made an Limns is e • g • impression ou Mattel unsophisticated tions. Query again, aknowledge, any pri- thWh roantsibaleful ale ud 'be arid dthe epic navifface. heart. Hitherto he hail looked upon her vete reason, anymysterious f as a sort of enfant terrible, a very rough any secret 'hared in common, which his sudden attack of courtesy? • diamond; now he realized with a shock 1umnd their interests together'! An idea! an inspiration! As it flashed et) Last and most extraordinary .fee ah, said Monk had now expressed his wish and intention of marrying the ail he bad rescued from the sea, 00211- ••mitted. to the care of said Jones and brought up in ragged ignorance, inno- cent of grace or grammar, ou that lone- ly shore. Query again, and again, and yet again. What the deuce had put the idea a into Monk's head, and was there et the bottom of it any deeper and more ,;onceivable motive than the one of or- dinary affection for a pretty, if uncul- tivated child? Tho more Charles Brinkley pondered F11 these questions the more hopelessly p i.zled he became. But his curiosity, °ace roused, could not rest. He deter- mined, if possible, to get to the midriff of the mystery. So intent was he on this object, which fitted in beautifully of surprise and self-reproach, that she possessed, whether • growed up" or not, much of the susceptibility of grown up young ladies. It was clear that his duty was to disenchant her as speedily as pos- sible, seeing that the discovery of the, hopelessness of leer attachment might, if delayed, cause her no little =easiness. Irl., the meantime he suffered her to nestle to lu_:n, He did not like to shake her of 'roughly, or to say anything uU- He glanced round into her face; the eyea were still cast down, and the ,,.`cheeks even suffus: cl with a warm, rich .— light which softened the great freckles ad made her compleeiot1 look. accord- ing to the image which s nggected itse:f to This mind, like a nice ripe pe..r. She was certainly very pretty. He glanced down at her hands, whia•h rested in her - lap, and again noticed that they were =vitally delicate end small. Her foot, winch he next inspected, he could not criticise, for the boots she wore would have been a good fit for William Jones. But the whole outline of her figure, in, spite of the hideous attire she wore, was fine and symmetrical, and altogether— His inspection WW1 interrupted by the girl herself. Starting as if from a de- lightful trance, she sprang to her feet, and cried: "I can't stop no longer. I'm going," "Bat the picture, Matt?" said Brfnk- ioy, Tieing also. "Slha'r't I finish it to - into his mind, the young man gave vent to a prolonged whistle. Possibly, Monk was—jealous! The idea was a preposterous one, and almost :morin;, It was not to be con- ceived, ou the first blush of it, that jealousy would make a. surly man civil, a savage pian gentle; it would rather have the coiitra'ry effect, unless—here Brinkley grew thoughtful --unless his gloomy rival had some sinister design which he wished to cloak with polite- ness. But jealous of little Matt! Brinkley laughed heartily when he fully realized the absurdity of tae notion. He messed the sandhills and came again to the peen which he and Matt hats followed the previous day. A smart breeze was coininrin from the sou'west, and the air was fresh and cool, though With hie natrsral indolence, that lie Fat sunny, but clouds were gathering to owe knocked oil painting for the day, the windward, and the weather was met after breakfasting. on the fare with evidently broken. Reach,{g the cliffs, W had. bythist' appeared, 1strolled ay tow-ards the seashore the1 beneath. A lon"•'iag ed point I wish I was, I do! Brinkley was amused, .and a little traduced in a general way the subject curious. Laughing gayly, ho threw of Jones's-wordly position. Farther con - himself down by William's side. Wil- - versation with Tim, who had made a ham shifted his seat uneasily,and threw few straggling acquaintances in the another stone. district, corroborated the other's testes "My clear Mr. Jones," said the young moray. The young ruin became more man, assuming the flippant style which convinced thatWilliamJones was worth Matt found so irritating, "Diane ✓e often studying. not to 'ed u p that morn - wondered how you get your living, Matt rS 1 William started nervously. ing. Instead of looking after her, "You are, I believe, a fisherman by Brinkley took another stroll towards profession; yet you never go fishing. the vicinity of the Devil's Caldron, He You possess a boat, but you are seldom had not gone far before he discovered seen to use it. You are not, I think, of that he was watched again. The figure a poetical disposition, yet you spend of William Jones-- followed in the dis- your days in watching the water, like a Lance, but keeping hien well in view. poet, or a person in love. I conclude, It was certainly curious. veryreluctantly, that your old .habits . He walked over to the cliffs and look- stick to you, ,end. that yon speculate on ed down at the scene of yesterday's the disasters of your fellow -creatures." :bathing adventure. A strong wind was "What d'ye mean, • master?" grunted blowing, and the waves were surging liasu p nzzled and a little alarmed by up the rocks with deafening roar and Wil ' p foam spume, The • ilacs looked very this revs' of address. y i 1 k 1 w vronlcl adorn- u1gly, I t' ul •1- near the Caldron A • A nice wrec I o , car is ae y you. snityour tastes? A well -laden In- the passage wee chuiiedto milky white, He gently disengaged himself, and ably s , Matt sat down on a camp -stool close by chaman, smashing up on the reef yon- .and the sound from beneath was to use ,....*. der, would lend suuslnne to your ex- an old simile, like thb roar of inn -inner- Her face .1xasI' growh very wistful and hick Tim is time app <r he clescencled them,. and Caine down on istence and deepen your faith en a pa- able chariots. sad. . he not rocks penea i. : • �, ternal Providence? Eh, Mr. Jones?" He glanced over his shoulder and saw <egad," he sulci, anxiaiis to than ye the He hind gone far when he saw 81x- ran out from the where to staod, "I c1oi1't know nowt about no wrecks," the head:. of Witham Jones eagerly subject, "tell zine eoinething more about etepreme,ing hint a tail figure wbiicli he and the water to spoteeward of the same was the reply. "They're no consent o' watching, the body being hidden 111 in. William Jonei r'€eiiieil to recognize. It came closer, was gado calm. though rising and Pahl- mina" tervening rock, "I hate William Jones. 1 hate every - :e very :", he saw that it 'vas Mr. Monk, of ing in strong troubled swells. -So bright <<Ah, but I have heard you lament the ' "Strange!" he reflected. "My .pro- bod —but you," I ,.1ks11urnt. end tempting dict it look in that she. good old • times, when veneelung was a datory friend can't keep his treasure, if Zeally? ;'his time Morel: Weis on foot. He tered place, that he determined to have respectable occupation ancl'vhen here he possesses any, down in that watery eves, I cCor wore a dark dress, with knickerbockers a swine.• were no impertinent coast -guards to gulf. Yet whenever I come near it his "Well, I feel greatly flattered. But end heavy shooting -boots and carried a • He stripped leisurely, and, placing; his intrrfero with respectable followers of manner tells me .utas I am wa'r eel as about the gentle Jones? You say he gnu A large slag, of the species lurch', cloths in a safe place, took a headier off the business.. By the way, I have often they say in the gine of hide ands was out all last night?" followed at his peels, the rocks. It was clear at once that he 'wondered, Mr•. Jones, if popular report To test the ma er a little further. oho Matt nodded. L „ clay? I;rixilcle was by 'Without :any wasa powerful swimmer. Breasting;, and if, among these cliffs or the set oil on a brisk' -elk along the clffs, "Ho ood; out nigh 'vary night," she can't wait William Jones -Wants y passingl is tint,w I salutation, when, to his surprise, the elle smooth swell, he struck out from, sxirrotunding sandhills, there is buried ,caving tho CFaldr n 1pelriucl• He found, said, and often dont come homo till to I i message over to l?encroes .1 ' hat. abouttimebyas he hid suspected, that he was IZ° „- morning.Sometime+ he finds t.A11..8 asend IUC . ; oilier paused and lifted lis nt . shore, and, when he had gone a moi a treasure, cast gip from time to d f I don't go he'll scold. 1 " 1 1 " i'J fl 1 his back t' longer folloevect'Returning as he came, anti brings 'ens + He finds bits o gold n r con • • I Leg; your pare oil, he said, (r hundred' aids, floated lazily oil lis ac the sea and cohlcealeci by energetic per. r, ' "Veit' cell, Matt." have met once before; and I think 1 and surveyed the shore, sans like ourself'!" incl resuminng his old position, he saw anal nidi relies, and bottles a' taro." "But 111 come, she said, smiling, (, • you for thinkn- .r y this no William .l'ou'r fiuinoeliately reappear. every odds, Whore?" "to -morrow; and I'll come in my suit- .l•xv o to aniolo,;rze toy The cliffs were not very high, but -William Janes could stand ti al ' 1 t,• The fact is—Inuu•—I 1 t vas pas T11at clay llo ciiseoyered no ciao to tl <<i3a don't tell; I know." da clothes, somehow,,, t • n<. �ncivi i v. •their forms were finely picturesque.- longe' Looking as pale as ' l Y ,il ..ua.. you fore, vanilla I did not Isere and there Wen still green weeks, siUle for so rubicund a person tcplpeeoxne mystery, no„ the nett, nor the unit <<I wish yout'cl tell mo, Matt, Db. I "Don't trouble. On reflection, I think k log yoit'vero a gentleman. IiMecl 'vitt purple woad; and large incl glancing round hila suspiciously, he again, though on each day he went have as pa uncaps reason for Wanting the yoti look nicer as you are." Sea • rered wars the artist with ihi, in p 1 in eta g fi throu1gh a similar performance. Strange information. F,' bl• es hewed roughly e to his feat 1 Say Zw s a owy civ ., - rose had not put in reel appear- +• eel aI laid? William 1 , 1 the lapping water. A little to g spat a uteh tllm�,s new ' ,lie downrighttold? wild, he ",those Welslu tats are very becoming, , ..tempting; to pass on. lioness nth py like r ' on the b'a'ng; of the third day—a Would.,, Good -by. , 1Tr, t. ,ersev <r ed, of the silos from which he had dived. the 1, , ne. (load-nloiliin , clariz chill mornip M after a night Of „ , p y " , net the other j cliff seemed hollowed out, forming a master! Take a oor man's advice and , , , y , g, I ll.tee the bent . Nosy? ;x� cheek his outstretched hand and ••I assure you.Mr.—Mr.—(I have not which the sea enteredwitt gop rain—Tim nut hie bead itito the Ca:•a• ted an instant with her warm, 'vide passagedin t you s'vinp:ning ho more near 1 Thus urged, Matt informed her friend war ,r . e pleesur0 of .imow o •your mune) a tramp and a rush and a roar, the Devil's Caldron?" van, where bus master w a's .the.. at 11fs that on two occ?asions, out of ctuiosity, growls cheek in prefile temptingly near a Ft• 1 lilt's no cleric' ox ori eudrlig yon; 1 til swain. • 'n ie walked of"z in the dire°• easel, lends grinned delightedly,„ rte had follo�t eel her guardian on his his lips. But llts'dxl not yield to the , .. •d I beg to :pubo zc.” Towards this passage Brinkley ey So sayz g, 1 "Mi. Charles. She's coin', sol ! p!. if I do so, „ i a ynightly pilgrimages s and watched him go and after a moment's fur- -'( keenly the speaker. He knew the danger of such places, for than of the de.ertecl village, present - " MJ. the deuce has tomo? tiled in the direction the Devil's' Caldron. temptation, "' liesome li in disappointment, I fear she be- . �„e,udey ndi l lie itt 1 ha fact often explored them both int B ink:UT row incl followed. lnm, : p ther, ;z:, words and rniinr►er were gt redly FFt orn'vail anti the west of Irelands;, but iil�r him steadily in ,view. Prom time tb Brinkley. Cn both acoasio of lila night was vory. tri ed some little drsappomtxilent, Matt e : ce with tis'lool*s—even with the C • •Joneslooked round, as if , The lady, your honor, to have her dank._ Ori gutting clear of elle coart- r leased her hand and sprung hurriedly 1 ` rn r he glad confidence m his Own liF?tatary luno i'Vilhaln return taken, Will I show hal into e1•,t:ar 02 Iris cluthetired brow, and leis • awe • ,• . uu,tith twitched nervously as if he were skill. ApproacT,ing the Bore leisurely to sea v; Nether the other was coining- . the ailar?" guard station,iancl innong the sd31lc1hills, "Upon tx m word muttered the young with strait;, Clow strokes Iso paused lin ei7n7 when Ilrinlzlcy ling,eiecs, has Plat py hot o s poste Matt :shed him Jones had lighted a lantern Which ho lJpo y Y 1, :ft s a.>r„ • i. outside the passage, anti observed leafing ills pace when Brinirley hastened ' . ent'ciecl, She svp e .ler best 'cariiecl, Trembling and :flint} site lead man, as he watched her figure receding l:te'ardin lulls taus closely, I3irn.iley entering the o 'nun i•x As an ex perinlent, Brinkley turned aside enc followed the light :leu tho cliffs, than is the distance, "the situation is grow- g been d;olnetvhcat mr• that the ,yea swell e g p gg h . • r •1 r evarclq tho clothes, but to°ked a, little pale and • out alxiong the saudhills, Brit all at WO `r'fi•a troublesome! I snail e rev mat he diad �• rushed and qnicicened itself liko a raprci ince bel;tFu vvallueng, l><Lal to lug goes next an , ,., ,,11 las under his ate. He Was cull. idol he fall turnip at the base elfifs. Glancing rouiicbaver his shoulder anxious, Brinkley thought, greeting her duce the bight and its bearer had dsfsap- goes n make ;. ,,can bolt caught ire, if tins tJ,, lift ears of age, but his of th cg to t t; y .y of the cliff into a cloud of thin, prfsina' lie saw that William Janes had also with a familia: come at last? Tint, get Neared into elle solid earth, luaving heir •= goes nth. a wild oceanwaif'in aild of i1 rex• was mixed. with gray and his fee- you's you had to Sed her way borne • in terror: liner with a wild ocean waif. a child t : . s strott� 1 milked es with scars of tri spray. Sddunly long oho tole of turned, and was walkm'r bads', �r. who slaver evil: heard t` x y „ , er- tho spray:, a cloud of rock pigeons mi- te "Carious!" he reflected. "Tice into-, ' nut, you rascal, ; I thoughtJ he ex iinliatvtn of all this was, iri olid: Wiklerile n it wilt ;:1,i paseions, isA lea xie, .ce milli. c . egged, winging their flight raprtlly along cent 0210 is l(eeri ru inn in vie+w. I stay' given Pie app.' , of 3,indley Murray. Ilea y, r:ally; alp,.aitnablu one, deiiFaiuly. Pat. the crags. n cr'du,di iuia,c[ to 6,r•eathe Will "' 1 He assumed a'', coldness, thetigh he Cr0 ntr CONTINUED.] neva do!" ,.1 a,,, tent a weedier lir' Hud NMI' ret Brinkley knew 1W Ibus last nhenome- • felt it not. fol he lmc1. ,ado up his She lifted up .ler slat from the ground, greeting that That he could nilly Uorrovv thcp ,r • "I know isn't o' that,' he said. If to say, Matt I � 1 11tat.,lleSltat red stili hesitated as she riot it on, s ocabular • of Mr, Toots: side of the era 5 and rocky islets, "them" artist it's erect with slimy weeds and awatsh with there is sliinmat I'vish I could (incl it; auto, and for reasons of his awn he had "Yon 'vols o•my word, dried. the <t fir rt s of no consequence," ho safd, < the right r never' come the waw of tllOugllt ft better not to seek her, Jones 'unci r,••