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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1889-1-18, Page 22 i TLIF HURON f4GNAL• FRIDAY, JAN. 18, 189 LOOK AT YOUR LABEL Anal is the time of the year for TODewing Irubtieription•. Look at your label, and if you are not credited rep to Jan 1st. 1890, have the error rectified at once. BEAUTIFUL J1t. Dy JOHN 13TBlJ6T 7IXTER CHAPTER X!V. a TEaalar.a bawl. it is not otter that 1 wish my readers to follow me through • very dose descrip Mon of bricks and mortar. of team -ways and norms. of doorway. i and windows. but it is really necessary that they should know something of the plan upon which the mesaruoms and officers' Quarters at Walmabury were arranged. It was not a barracks intended for the accommodation of a regiment. but only for a detachment of such regiment as might be quartered at Blankhampton On the left of the principal et:trwuce gate stood the larger of two blocks of build - this contained the guard room and *Ua the hen's rooms. and the married W bown a beater sisal.tl meow bat M al" eat "111, st b kb M has man its tura, sad 1t se at a to e OW deidl Hood final „es (s tt that anything is justifiable to save a or w you mad. or am 1 dews�ltttf" yawns foul Irma doming such • crupper 'True enough. sir - M Lauder as that." sadly. ••hones west to ell Wm tea mkt ••Yee, that's MJi " metrtsared m. taro- cites and found b-moW nad and still dug otic. ad &big ehr By this time Jim was out of his cot world My if she knew about It and letting rapid/ isle tis Arta elosbd It was a valuable and very be•utital that mune to head. and la lase thane min dog. the finest one of many posmoob*d b7 sir Crum the tints he realised the infer the object of Owrens righteous tadiso°a°' salt m which leader had tavu46t him h1 tion. a the acuter was a large •app6ire was acres the corridor and lou Owen of great price, un which was eugnrrd themem- ts Bet up to that moment M had seared crest sod moof the Frrirs. Surround- t _" r d tea tel fug this were diamonds of much beget/. bsllsved that It war q the areL t •�• that Owou was M 4o -auto ieis�gr.ms on to ►.adquartw•I Dol w Llasln"Sil0d ••sem 'col =taloa Wow °J•to 64°91 strgt seal sqt pans an to varies* intebrviewed of Owen's ,purrIfaadlylgsaq pt s aspen stemma high atonal -sur be shoals p newspaper Poor en a ser 11 L oro :1154s trigs tg00? ..e and r►Dalt ot people who cloaked itarss� �N ` t all parts to learn the details of the terre-le W° •.w°gt •aggi+ • Ito 441-a his event -to carry on the work of by 1 Peoria II1 pe w 194r930 •o snare dctachmeat and 'wake all maoaertalq AWL*. PW'I Lawn et ' 1 '110- or 10•• of arrangements In connection with the •in irese'toga eel fittIanp smart lamest and funeral, the like of which j. tesq W}} lousier I pas Imam regi 'lase ked happily never fallen in his way bo• age of geode t'1 .tele •q Ilia Leonel Joelo toss- ft was au awful time fur them all; sin a ''quo" JO stn of /w ire 11 P°at'•i0d the men stood about the barrack yard to pus mem wtegamgl puss Is g' p /0 tin/ ) gro+►p. and the few women clustered ser dsga pie spud .ql t qt 1 ✓ ound their doors and talked and talked lnatj aI -sn osnrixb boa waw.:ag1 Lino it over until there was positively no light 'spoor gliq !aunt( mato worts Ohioan which fasbod and kiwi ss really dead- Btt1 left in which they had not looted at tt. tilos gar omen roue to pa vii 1 sI1°r g °r os "Ai us •'10(11,PIP •tai (dl open them. tbsaw was no mistaking obs 'melena Th• tiirss ofeels, with tach guests as a oil L9 P.)aaye P Have you even hear Jim &eked at his eau ere*, for pour Owen was Phage had gathered about them, discussed the lege atone neon $ l l uu91 Amor e last. luukluii up1rum the just as tk7 found ham, half on the Cuoel matter in the anteroom in much the same -q' el pus ►sa► aq ao1 ',lulu.) aatet °qi and half on the opt. his hands still clutch- way --asking over and over again. "Who do para noel s.e11 *on Kau) =,gm treat. cu 1 wart into h,. mom, but he has lag the bed clothes, which wen stained could have dope Itr and "What motive meows gilt potoomuJ sl 11 •e 'moms h ot du back from tentoiamth... than vet, fly and deeply by • great pool of Wood could anybody have had to murder the mai uof Ilnl I ora 1 loci 3n4raeocw he is due to nif;ht, tdwu1h." sane an which Lad oozed from a frightful gash at dear old chap, who was everybody's friend. Ler Lanem io Are re eon m iota n tag 'J�a w wer,td. "I think if !se makes any f.0�a._ the buck of hos bud. who had weer been known to have en Ihnearn1 • u{ Samoa. oe91 t:boa Lm 0104 enemy iu the world:" °MU,, pip asap., 'pa argue nor .. 14 nr "And Le was hit from behind." Heautt- lgdp ass est Lar SW u4 •4au0t.0 Time.. fel Jim wound up, bitterly. after the .iwem us mans question bat been repeated for about the to3 QAIllt Japs"rl pinto rug 'pm;s.,lJU /ftieth time. "That's the hardest rub of '..(q eco Sq 'pue 'esomenq °tzos tqutoJl ° all, that old Oweu, who was etrsi htfur e..ud met ti mule mi. oto asp galtm wardness uta honesty itself, should have 1aips.ia 1 0o 04 *dal atq mega. 5 0"11 been hit from behind. But It will all come Su4aagg0 fq cum t1+1 1 loos 'II P1a me on out -mark my words, it will come home pay aq tato algtus Nome glg ltol ors u yet to the hound who did it." am. 'fltdoroad lauoloo aim pow ..'l:aap mer .'. "God. who is above no grant it," said aood 'ile es 11 Naito i,uup aa-twrl.. the ctupl•Iu, solemnly; '•and rest assvred, .'1i11 owl lir. permitted. that U lie does uot see lit soviet; r.0"1 oui54 1'11411! •4 's4 toil s• 1•"•1 about tbs matter .nus uraur• see s" •"sees „My God!" gasped Jim. staggering back; colonel and tell bum about it. and get him to send our u( the other fellows byre and let the young ass go back be reel re• anent. What do you think!" '•I think he'll get into the devil's own. mischief wherever b. is," Jin replied, his. faith in Tommy having been ebattrrud' bong before. Perhaps; still there are plenty of ladies in iilankhamptun to keep him out of harm's way, and If he were to go and get engaged to nue of the Leslie girls. her father would soon choke him off, or. if Le wouldn't be choked off. old Earle couldn t poesibiy ebo•et to anything in the engage- ment but his eon's youth and general and sergeantsquarters; on the right was idiocy. Well. i suppose 1 must be off to a second Work, which contained on the dream; it only wane tet minutes to mese,. ground dor the orderly room and tame' new•• -thea, without waiting fur areply.. the me $rooms, and come other n.um.' Owen went out. shutting the door with *.ed either for married officers' quarters/ bang. and leaving Beautiful Jim with dr as quarters for stall officers, each as Temtny Fade's ring still in his hand. They bad a mai of guest night evening. for In addition to the three of eers of the Blanksbire regiment and the doctor. who messed with them, they Lau • young fellow staying • mile or two away who was Dot of the millionaire typo common to the «'almsbury neighborhood the ofeer in charge of the commissariat department. the clergyman who acted a chaplain and the Roman Catb.'lic pries of the district. Thus it was quite a dinner party; an, although Beautiful Jim looked once c twice across the table at Owen to so whether he had got over his annovanc he very won entered into a discussion o • more interesting subject than Tommy deling•teuctea, with his neighbor, til priest. and speedily forgot all about the matter. Nor did he remember it till Tommy preferred to be un the upper story -Beau b=.mrelf came on to the scene some hour. Will AAm, Tommy Earle and young Man- {{h.er apparently utterly tired out witl net*- itdle short journey from Blankhampton Thus Beautiful Jim's room was exactly l wMs Ise had been spending a two days opposite to the kitchen: and it happened leave. it struck him more than once that that one lonely evening at the bet, -'saran the lad looked very white and fagged anti of May, after Ile bad spent an hour with he put it down to his haying tried te a pipe and the pleasure of dreaming cram too much into the few hours he hat about his sweet Nancy Earle. he was just Lad to spend in the old cit beginning to think it was time to dress for ••Any news from Blaoaiampton. Tom mess. when Capt Owen opened the dour mv" Le inquired. civilly. unceremoniously and walked in. ••None in particular." returned Tommy That something serious had happened then gut up and moved sway as if he hat to disturb t)wen. Jim saw at once by the heard cnuugh ..n the subject of Blank unnsual cloud en his solemn. g«d phi:. Upton. &* d did out want to be gnus Mined about it. "Poor lad," said Beautiful Jim to him self. •'he has evidentlr had an aseakenini to the real value of the charms and lases nations at the Duck's Tail. What a gree thing for him! Poor old Oweu will fin. the Matinees easier to manage than b. tbo•tgbt.' He poked across the room at his friend and found bis thoughts mulling away t• hie little cousin, Nell Marchmont. lir had never said • word', and Nell had neve said a word either -yet be knew the Owen had spent the greater part of hi die doctor or paymaster, i1 one hap-. pend to be needed. On the tlo.r above were seven good sized rooms and a large kttebea used in common by all the offi- cers' servants on that story. This kitchen overlooked the road, and wee of irregular shape. owing to the fact that the well of the stairrase was taken out of lt. On the side of it furthest from the entrance gate was an empty room, and on the other were the two rooms tonally appropriated to the officer com- manding the detachment, though. in this conn, Owen had not troubled to f arnish both rooms, and had only )nought a por- tion of his goods and chattels from head- quarters. Thus the room on either ride id the kitchen was empty. while on the other side of the corridor which -ret that floor of the building to haloes were the quarters occupied by the doctor -who whjnh waw Teo ham the dearest in the whole regiment. ••1i.11u1 old man, what's op`" he de mended. it wee *till chilly enough. in spite of the lonely "print weather. fur all the offi- cers to Late their fires blazing half way op •heir rhinineys, and Oweu. with the lanai freedom of barrack life, began to tall him what was the matter by possess- ing himself of the Ecker and vigorously smashing t)e Lir lumps of coal °What an earth is it'"' Jim asked, his curiosity now thoroughly aroused: for Owen cern $ man of gyrit' nousually °qua• leave iu London. and guessed that he he We temper. and this dieplay of mental des- tried his fate and that Nell had said ret. turbine betrayed that something greatly Suspecting this. he bad purposely spoke. ont of the "amnion bad happened to rutile to her of Oweu more than once. and eb him. bad fln$hed up a little at the mention o 'That young ass. Tommy." Owen burst his name, and a certain dewy teudernes out in ee ten.ptuous disgust. had risme into ber eyes • tenderness “W11414 -bas he been at it again?" Jim tinged with sorrow that Jim gleaned 4 asked. not much surprised. except that the information that h. wanted from it Owen should think enough about Tommy Well. it was a pity. and Jim wished t. to be snuoyed by anything be might take the very Lottom of his heart that it hat: It iota hi. empty young Load to do. "And been otherwise. but still, if Nell did no: what's he been aft',!! Mischief. of course," with an amused laugh. ane iin that light t was no use his think 6 ing any more about it. 'Mischief! i believeo0! The Young And by and by their guests went swat tool -the idlot-the-just look here, , and the four officers went off to tbei! holding ant tis band. roams, Owen going into Jim's for a lair '•Wit . that's Tommy's flashiest ring- pipe instead of turning to the left moan. peau all Evelyn thbrielie'e rings to tits, is own. Aud for an hour or lea they sa: Jim exclaimed. "Where in the world did together smoking and chatting. anti Jim you get it? Sorely young Tommy hasn't told his friend his suspicions about Tom been 'reduzed' oro as to pay visits to "al my's disenchantment, to his extreme oat avuncular relative?' isfaction, it need hardly be said. "if that wee all there wouldn't be much l "And, by the bye. Owen. von left the harm dune,' returned Owen. -No. It's young Pole ring with me. I'll give it too Much worse than that. You know tyt�j on ow, what the neuro can leader pert little barmaid at the Duck's Tall?" ba ye done with my keys! 'loon my sent. • I went In there this aftenitxin to Wit! !Leader's Infernal tidiness i. rise very the address of that horse dealer tkatl where of Lee my uthem .. I lucent Lnow Whittaker told me about, and i fouandd where Le Las put them." i "\ever mind, old chap, you ran give it my lady dusting her bottles and cotuterito me to m,.rrow." answered Owen, who and so 00 with this blazing on her bad. w._a getting tired. "(loud night, old N grant it in this world. the murderer oriel -pueld1 :aaq fm aapattm tot Al•tWt will meet with ids reward lis the next. perp pentlsum easel P4nor 01 ttett.wto 'Vengeance is mine: 1. will repay, saith easy o,uPmoles I lnq„ :ftswl.uv •m4f the Lunt.'" pini .ossa us l0 141 s s,aap::1 Beautiful Jim took off his cap end bared •,•punol nr warm e';)s t::t his curly head. "Amen.•' he said. sol- emnly. and one by one every man In the room followed his example. until the turn mane to young Earle. who, with the slightest pureeptibiscation. uff piretnI pus q*umoo ar r.ua tcgt omega:duo sql eaeq of pstasw eft preAv -rime rm.( naareaq "peer 914qme rong oL gime !w pus moos mud mat weep u.,rp ase pre e Deal took 142in sell roam stol°q teat urn J4i d ^ Pssad Plan,,,. `MI cap aria. h a hand that shook 10-111 air .q time sweet' 11 ' evege wept with 'My Qoria came violently that he scarce could hold It. isle oyes wue•taes enol per it regi.. 'taJe2 "then ltd tow•tend then tbs 'Aaenl" said he, in a voice that was 5004zom 40 on am of 9ul.sq teams prnag hamming dn, se pal. and seared looking as hardly above • whisper --and then there , -'M 'ss tee lamoloe °(11 ..'lmseq'id I.. the others, yet keeping Ilia presence of was a moment's dead silence. one of those „4p to 'ap mind admirably. solemn pauses in life's journey when we •wa L.. spuds a tug Inetnius aped• ate "Great heavens: what an awful thing.- seem able to hear the very hearts of thaw'-geoid=n .Com slot £alines osoqu a i of Hal he exclaimed. "here. Jim. helpme to about us beat. 01 Pee i'xioloo ant roma rtegot mio4rns 4441 him over and see if anything can be It was the doctor who broke the silence. ,out gar ogee 'ml f ul ind „'lsadrY,. done." Then. as they simultaeonely ••Tommy, my lad." he said. with rough' - snail-aoaL u tosehed him. he shook bis head. "Ah: kindness, "all this terrible affair las sort jo .ran ern entreaq lamp receateq ai sea w, poor ehap-it's na nee -he's been dead Your nerves to pieces. Did you have env j satnufm *si eel etuonp eatos1 platy for boars."breakfast this morning!.' 11sq* mot) pus 'eta* sql '1 gene Ince. Ay, it was true enough: there could be' Tommy shook his head. and. if possible. lime iamper tato „ouem4Bsa aqi 04 meq no mistaking the aaben gray face. the w yet paler and more ghastly thou Poe-,psq nisi earls aa-te uof ter aw°q patsies �artdd lips, the blank stare of thedimmedT�_ peg galgr d:gspuato lull sip DW►"ui yes, even to the most inexperienced there a the atom; and besides, as they had found him. w he remained when they laid him on the cot, with knees bent and band] stiffly clutching at nothing. Oh: awful. awftil sight! "The best friend I ever had in.my life. - cried poor Jim Beresford, the big teen chasing one another down his cheek'. Ho was w blinded by his grief that le never noticed that Tommy Pearls had come and water, void, and get him a 0 o era ns,sq pus 'LJssw.sa ter uofisasfd in. and was standing looking. with horror good wap or beef tea assoon asptssible' .i. ue rte tsan400 oqr 11541 2m,mglnut stamped on every feature. at the awful The mea departed, and in an ittcr.dlblyree .tgigelet;0n gave t0 tan naw 01 'stir thine on t ,e bud, all tLat was left of what twelve hours before had been a living, breathing, gallant man of honor. •' Who did it" the Lad asked. shaping the words with Ids lips rather than speak- ing them. It was Owens servant, Jones, who an swere4 the question. ..We dont know, sir. Some dastardly coward what struck from behind." then he dashed the tears away from eyes, and turning from the cot began tidying up the room in • dazed. mechani- cal sort of way, as if he hardly knew what "1 conldu't touch 1t," he said. (•011We'wtac1 °m 01 pectens 11 ssalaai 1.. "Well. I don't suppose any of 0s dad,", "-off ono the doctor returned. •'I know I feel my- in Neu linear s peg aaaoa 1 acs unto self as if I should't be able to touch food; -man mono [m of a0 MAP Jelin' 'Jaaayl., for a month- But you're such • young •Ltissuntis f 'm4f p'cumpIJ :amu°d:•• $ter, you'll be giving way altogether l . aeuu1P aw)aq Ian( Amuse* you aon't eat something. Here, Strop-i4ioQt ;wombs!tsq claw° pas nOl 11ssgql2 'iia SOU," addressing • man waiter who ails oesq nu aq anOL as; slutoaas eeoddne j peered at the door at that moat•��1grynogemetu9s'ws$•atagt'g.A., "bring 111r. Earle a lass of strong pteaN{tflly vane to goo +mem short time appeared with the beef toe and;peoreilm ..4-tter0 qWi-4alasrb Y.. brandy, whereon the doctor just stood -p0'•f•w 4500400 over the lad gird insisted ou seeing him,sgt ,,,;mfg iota to.4samb s pee 9ot►aq dispose of both. ane! mime outs v4g1 et ':stir moo Of course he had to do it! Demers„ met general are not accustomed tosta::d muck p4P act pars 'p,tq 01 Ls.,1414 10 caw um nenseuse for a mere matter of disincline- ergot p uaut Str.wa:All eq laaofoo 'w;.. tion, and it was useless for Tommy to paw 44,110400 protest that be was not hungry, that Does ..4,a011* reel fen neg 114* sur nldn't swallow o morsel, 11ut the brandy - 'eeq Loomit;a f i to 1110.1. Lttroeau gtt would be safe to go to his hood. and that oesast.dfd *554 s4 f pa;am1 oqr deep he would make an utter and eezopfine foul Jeep ago --°141 Lm lis al Tsui nae° I Phi of himself to consequence. Iraq aqt •05.01) P10 hood aq mina II unlet "Stuff and nonsense! Drink it off at 01„ •oippnqa s gt4a ":40 mut rano) inn ln4asoca 1*eu ego to 10.r 1 nee* gal. aro Lm eaatpelg haemes pinto 1 -4atotw Val ul„ •LfP•4alema 'no lues u:if tom -te .'am n roto toe11019 alt sir 24.. "WIN 14 80iddle2 Pas P'mq peon sans ono s,nuna Suno.0 sq1 Septet •4JDoloo ern p415 „'L4lfa/idmf not &*o4 •q f•• ljas.4nod eq nee nob re quiet eel )0 itl.uuS1 Lft011n we pets 'gY.+ga etp1 1n luarounl gl5104oegs i1e i ts41'm en -aroma i pas eaa4ge its )n mum/ 0qo no 'pawl gm nog eau 1•• 'Pmq .p ono 901 'prom Conners 'mfr P11• „'$ 1l "-noL uwar:aq 292ttswat 415 onoaa0eaases be was about. t once without any mors argument," ro- "You'd better not touch earthing until plied tie doctor; "if yon don't. I'll Just the police dose," said the doctor, all" get these man to help me pour it down Wel kept his senses about him bette yuur throat. Why, you'd better be down, than most people would hare done under right drunk than look as you look tbh the circ:rmstan es They will be here in mjnlite:" and thus presse.l. Tommy did a few minnus now. Mr. Beresford. 1 the doctors bidding, .hould advise you to have the room cleared cud a guard mounted over the door. It is 10 use our stopping here now -we eau do •Thus reminded that he was now the .i8cer commanding the detachment, Jim ,•ave orders to have the room cleared, and oaring lacked the door. set • double guard upon it. Then be went back toles room and dressed himself. being already to his undress uniform, by the time the police arrived from the town, half a mile away. And although the entire barracks seemed to be peralyzcd Ly the awful deed which bad been committed in their midst, Beau- tiful Jim found himself with plenty of work on his hands. First he had to be with the police while they mode a close examination of the room and of the dead man. together with the army surgeon and a civilian doctor, who had come up with them from the town. •' 'Ere'. the thing that did it," said oar of tho man suddenly stooping to pick sotnething off the floor. The others all pressed forward to see what it was, Beautiful Jim among them; the man held iu has hand an Iron dumb bell of about seven pounds weight. which Jim at once recognized as one of his own. •'That's mine," he exclaimed, instantly. CHAPTER ZYL at'snt10 Private Edward leader. batman to Mr. James Beresford. of the Blankshire mgt. meet. ant in the kitchen of his master's quarters looking and feeling that a more snot 0.151104 4"101 12°1/.12491"e miserable devil than hdid not a=• .w 14 'PjilsezJH '0m11 "M„ °41 is ist upon the tea of litee whole earth that!'"1114., !i11034/4 '4300100 o'11 Plus ,.'f4Pasrro ds a tae as )r1 amide/ notau0f4a9 am 011tm He was not a young man who had en P4Pr"nn""1.4/41""aro "")-Cl.' 1.10145 Sal joyed thheeadvantages of a liberal educes- .g100 lsgl Las ton Penn I 'P•4 r°P LPC•• tion: in troth. he could just read and L(saiJl write sufficiently well to he able t.. scrawl !"„1" Plus nap 'nog of aamtaooitrrt [a 1••i notes to his sweetheart, and to stake o:tt' oo1 am m) •''`"7"`"'" 1"11.11"`a°111-• the addresses on r his master's letters, but; -..I -ssg04 atm 04144aaa) uta s certainly not sufficiently well to trouble 545141 OMwuo °g7 01 1JQa+m Pas sten to make the elf Iles rated with the con- 5414 91414ns 'aq PI1• e.4K:.1.JJ511 11J-lt•• tents of the epistles which cam. to and tis° were sent off by Lire Beresford. Had he said e,mr f fnlltnss4t o104 poar.esn armbeen • better educated young man 60 might have known and felt the wisdnm w,� G .mgu t eve 00 pinto 31 LJaotus t nY1 astir' is nomad mit of yo paualasq aq pas 'tlJdj[nua aryl ac4J.1 t0 nota4d415 no pinnal n Af41ntas aoc4 peg p10Ji,11.'!I mij isgl PIY M 'aeon earl rel s'atre req &mos )54'31 -unci) .40111 '514aslaeg &9e M p"nantcu OR astir Lune gleam' WTI 1001 Lf4 301N 11 of a certain very sensible remark which comes to us fmm the Italian: 'The word that once escapes the tongue cannot be recalled; the arrow gannet be detained which has once sped from the bow;" but aloe! Private F.dwarl Leader was blessed with no wisdom of that kind, and only acquired it after the fashion of most blundering fools, by the old of the expss- l{new the ring in a nJnute, and. by Jovial fellow." l The inspector of police looked up sive school of sad and bitter experience. 1 was down upon her like a terrier on a sharply. Now that the mischief was duce and is se did you get that ring? faa• ked. 'eb"Gilt. -night, old chap," returned JM•t '•Yiu'd better say nothing, sir: any- the erect of bis babbling tongue had thing you say now is Ilabls to be need to passed beyond his control, he saw bntetoo "'tt'liat's that to you?' she said, with It ti safe to say that he wan not flv°ievfdsace against you " plainly the extraordinary value of silence: as much 'Leek as eine Tommyhimself notes In throwing off his elothes and' "Against me:" repeated Deantiful Jim. but it was too late -the mischief was tumbling Into bed, and in less than a staring at the man as 1f he were mad. or done -the word had e.seaped his tongue - could have shown. minute after that he was sound aslee y, 7pod '"You t ft out of Mr. Earle,' raid I. P drank, or both. "Why, on don't moan the arrow had s from the bow, ami its gm anti dmwniug-dreaming that be had coma to say that yon suspect me of rmuriring. progress (mull not be stopped by him who "'And what 1f I did,' she returned, metra come terrible misdemeanor. and pertly. Id h the best friend I have in the world?" let it fly --no, not even though it who in all thhelwide world least deserved it. For, during the excitement of that fear. Nilday on which Cept. Owen was found A deal.' said I. 'in fact, lust that Owen -old (yet. is awn especial Be quiet, old fellow," put In the doe - cue re • man ears r u.t chum_ -rtuded with, 'Consider yourself tor, soothingly. "Of course, the inspect• 11, ul1 sad trembling might led to sup ng to the leah y e Y I upon on. But, inspector. I suppose murderer, t�r N -ens no feolatlJs m114 atttoq Aisle weer off thb good 7 7 under close arrest. Go to your room at tor does net attspeet yon, except as be than Mr Earle -tan at learn -you're any- once, and 4 will send for your sword " emporia no all until he gen at the troth. log but • repo , e woman, In feet, if you were as good as an angel out of beaten -which you are cwt --you're just about the last woman in the world that his family would ever receive if you ltamboothd bbm into marrying Ton i see you're wearing it on your engaged finger. and I snppuse that means that you have Inveigled him Into promising to replace it by • plain one. ihit he will do nothing of the •ort. and you will lust hand that ring over at ,nee to me. We delft allow our yocrig..Hicers to go about marrying any one they like, particularly such a woman as you mere.' "'And if 1 detect she asked. insolently. '• '11 you don't? Well, i happen to be Mr. Earle's ensimanding officer just now, and utiles. you at nate give me that ring and your wniemn promise to make no fur- ther attempt to get him to many you. 1 *hall simplyput him ander arrest and keep him there until his father .otter. and his father will very arena straighten ham up. i promise you. Remember. he is not 19 yet -that hey an infant --a minor --and ant even make • legal marriage without his father's consent until be is one and twenty. 114 Is absolutely de. pendent upon his father, too. for every farthing he ham or error will lave; so Just hand nue over that ring. and 1 *111 "retie the matter with him ' And the end of it all waw," 011441 wound ttp, "that she have Me the ring and her adman pledge to heists dons with the young fool for good an all Of tosses it was pretty nearly all bovines thole 1 said, aced world not biet+a borne • tfi�sat's rsdsetlon if she should lod•�e n the very heart of the one -motwn(0* 191110011 09 Pin^T J•4rrwy) 091 1eg1 stlg1trs Lpluadasp pets •.(ps2eal •immat &q1 1' seamelt 10 l4n) 'uoldwrptus4tJ moll pos4015 peg •91.114 109 Pwiaddieq peg mg; uolaq plug emnut Jae p04m IOU Pep .q wnommtueo 4 14gl ptw.(aq titwqf gentoo jo 'pet Cimino 04t 01 go 2uplf at� s l:er 14 'ppm:wawa ao err oto MI ase oe i924e ew111nt 5409* eqt tea woe has most nemeStlseenl seep 1191 PIs 'P•'J°pontq p114 aa4eenap 091 1e94 •,toaaaoatei to ss0mnnntsstuu purview .qq2 1414-+ 'toe) °II ones 1un3.51 SUSIMadwl ,C41a.(el• *on .4q es alter' w91 in0g1 pegent fp Lftno4.1.5 0w J41q per m4f WI) Peso 09 mauve 11 The dream was nn real that he awoke He only warned you to say nothing that still and stark In his owtt qquarters, done 'D° nmbiln from bead to foot, to find the; suspicions bei thrown t b rho dal hand of • "Ido) )a 1a.4wprnm •41 9u4aq Jn nop are still Linda- eherrfull and the wand p thorn haul. In talkingover t of footsteps going along the corridor out would be no harm in my ening Mr events of the previous night with his in111nson 1591 ria moo etetremnrl (MI rid (sad. what rot a fellow can dream," he hunt Capt. Owen had had ••a shindy" In Mr. said. sod turning over fell asleep ono ••No, the least, alt." ,Beresford's quarters immediately before more. "i cm rtre there cannot he." sand Jim, dinner. f HAPTF.R ZV. I rather haughtily, "nor in anything I may! "%bine 'at must have 'append to pat nay. I wish my ,.mseienee sans as cbear •lithe captain out," said Loader, shaking p a1a5410 ort t{ cert ansa. ! everything es of having lifted • finger, his wce,dcn head with o groat air of v: -is- It 4451 M isni n°'q ue Not o•n.. ,again did Beautiful Jim stir against that dear old chap. As to the dom. "fur in goner:;1 he's such a quiet Pmi1n-(1nH•• "unman malno.10.1 4.. p or more Miring the rest of that night: dumb hell that is al phi ennu�h. I lead..... say dear v ts. I mean -'Ion ny p) PI" oil PT PiP nn.( p45s aas.I 4.. but soon •!'er 7 in the morning Iiisres(ord how the dumb bell came to he comrades. let all that his master and Pm 'unit to ono LRn9 1n rem ammeter ego moo &JOUR poor etItrris s inn pay •Lang yo o.4u Pni49 5 ,l '10Pea'4 Pnn0"4• ..i2u4 ) Lon nail Hal 111 P -P •9 i I'1•9.L•. X01 he mine to him weeks ago, for ire neveril;fe. it's bard to believe tl>.:t 'e'e Wally) .'4wre1111011b atm •011.1 0l ldmell5 umm room -Leader, with a face like chalk and 1 roe Lai nail Psora cellar Lo is east year. Gpt. Owen • ovn1l "And they 'd n row?' asked one of the II°'i° Peg Plot 1 ashes, and hands shaking like aspen are ten rounds weigh:, an1l he Panel d se-eta.tders. 1 [ leave. Ina gale .,f wind, who ebnnk him they void ham mom harm than good Ito bel"Yee; of coarse, yet krow. i wasn't '11a11°°1°P °11 P11e .•Jgprm crit 1° 14 was renswl by leader coming Into the been able to use them 'Weal brokegotta..• ,tem a 1 rel 'J permits „'ors 11 mend y with less cerem.,n tliu. I:n had ever one before during all tl.e time he bad served him. "Mr. Beresford-air-fnr (find's make wajo rep:" the man panted. •'The awfnlegt tl.ing has happened. sir -for God's sake wake up- " Eb-- w I tat '''' p"'"Eb--what•'' muttered Jim, sleepily. "Mr. Manners is on duty today.'. "It's not duty. sir - it's murder!" colt Leader. desperately. shaktug him harder than ever. The ortinnes word was emmmh to roues Beautiful Jim completely. mar -- deroh, 1. that you, Iwedeift Y. has anything happeordf Happened' Yes, sir Mr. -Dept: Owen. that Is. -- i. eying dead in his cin&rters the. minute," the man gasped out as amen as his rhatt•ring teeth and shaking Bp, would let lite "ask. • 4.....ra+w_._ :aaiwr...n.+e+...rsr. sed mine for teot:se time before we left, Blankh.aipt on." '•i can answer fnr that," pat 1n Jn*es,l who had Mee admitted daring the exam -1 Enation; "mud there's the other by hero tbo! door 1 heMy master always hadthem stand then, doss by where iii. batt: tea. sat " There was no dnnbt vrbstever that thol dumb bell in the pelhemanyhand was the' weapon with which the foul deed bad been' dolma, for it was dabbled elth blood, tel which • geed messy abort dark hairs were still at le ing Then the inuper4Mnr. after deriarin ; thati they could do nothing further at present, locked and sealed the doer and went awayr, leering til* sentries still on gourd in tis corridor , Aad as 1 crus. Iieaatlf d :.a bud saaseb the In the roan, but the captain, e tome rep the stain and Longed Irto my toaster's room ---and then 1 hard woods, and at last the captain banged out even and into his own nom." "Bat you don't mean to say. Lender," sze-laimed another listener, "that you thins Mr. Beresford did it?' "Course not; but it looks tam that they etould *eve 'Igh words that vary nifsbt, returned laradm. stubbornly. Noon -tile. after this. It did not take very long lox a rumor to spread through- out the barracks that Lender had good 1001on to believe that Mr. Beresford was lho murderer of Capt Owen; and when the London detenctive, who rams down from '4rotJaad Yard to witch the este for the Owen family, ae�ppa.t•tr�ad en the ooet�eawos�,, shred the Cast eat staatirn fie evoctnd say the matter .bout whish Owen save to you could cwt In any wary be connected with the after 'trouts of the daj• There wee a asua.ant's sharp. ins then Beautiful Jim Looked up at his e innsedlty, officer, who, by the bye. bad Deter celled Idol Jim 1a eh huh life b. tore. •.I'm very glad that yea believe in its., colonel," Pte said. Amply. bsrtime It puts new heart into w: bat I do bops that. while these tools ut detectives are trying to fasten it on me, tb•y wu* t let the real man slip though their Aria& love nn Idea that it will all toms oat. -o dim and castus.e d sort of feeling that I ought to be able to putt my auger on the villain. and yet, though 1 ve been think- ing end thbking night and day ever some it happened, 1 can't hit it." ••ft will come out. wise fear," sold the colonel, 'and nesentlmo. your great ub- jest must be to prove w••► own mow. onto.. Better tar ort the pour fellow should go ttnaysttged aitggetber, w far as this world Is tuncernsd. Own that the wrong man should suffer for it. l'm sure Owen himself would be the very first to say so, inure especially as that Leos picked out you as the wrung man. twhwel," sad Jim, solemnly, "M was the best and truest !rived 1 ever had in my life. and,"speaking slowly and dearly, I `•ave yon my word that I would sooner suffer the worst myself, if it would insure the murderer Lrlug brought to justice, than that his crud duh should go un- punished awl unarenged " hush'" said the eller man, impera- tively. "you t!o Lot realize what you say. The issues ut life and death and justice bit• to higher hands than yours. 'Ven- ial mine. 1 will repay. Keith the L.n1,"' and as the weeds which the 'bap loin had orad on the previous day fell upon Lis ears the hardness died out of Jim '• resolute face. and he let hos horde fait to his ode. • -�Yme ane right .eineeLlt- bambly. 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Sul ERA:..is. u, lt.c. 27 -Robert LOUIS S,e•en•on, the emotion who la s .,n expected here from ha unsuccessful mum fur health suiting the Smith Sen Io- landa, has been atocuaseel a great deal by the onto*, but teeny facts in regard to his persom•l history have never been publrb.d. Slovenian bast came bare about e•1ht years ago to nes married. His bride he had met to Traitor when she was the wile of • Celifornaw. Whoa 4leveasou was take' that tap that tore freit lis his book, "An loisad Voyage,- he art In Parts Mn 8smwel laborite, el San Trsnaeeu. 8M cease of Dots& {{parentage, her maid.0 same being Van D..trtdt, bet she had married young team ieb•.r..e, who was pomace secretary to gm/natio Stanford and •umewbat ut a protege of the retired snflwnasre. B►e nese a brilliant brute.te with the vivid o.,l..nag and many of t►• tastes of a gypsy. Her busbaud had mute with her on a reeuwn, but he had been meshed on b.sioees, sad she was then staying with friends in the ifrench capital. She and Stevenson fell In Tuve .t first sight. Toter hter.ry sed pommel tastes roe the Mme channels, sad t.b. author • mach time in her company . When the left fur home it was wader - mood that .he was to get • devout• trout her hesbmtd by means of the easy pro- ems of the Califurui& averts, and anew this was soeuwpltmbed Steveumua would atom out to the Golden State mud maks her hi. wife. Everything was carried out according to this programs. When 8.m Osborne was told of t be desire of ins wife be made ho objection, Dec like s model Aaserrean ►nebula, fusee his w b all the aid in his power. The re eels was that she obtained her freedom. Theo the tidtsp were seat to the distant lover, sad be prepared townie "um to to tee West" for his inamorata. Orieital to ',erythema, Stevenson de tereitnd to make this trip in hovel Nekton. Be he engaged passage in the steerage of one of the great uososn hoes w ith the doings of writing up kis ex- periences. Ho secured plenty of tore tonal, ter the voyage was rnagh and he had a sorry time among the emigrants, whir were horded toltbsr like .seep 'lobo experience. however, didn't can hind, as he look passage In an maigrast ar sad Grossed the phew in test iambic*, Tins was worse than the •torr mkt° trip, as the people were ricked closer, and the journey, owing to the many delays mod slow time, communed two weeks. When Stevenson reached Bas Frassia• ao he was a r.rry object. He had. hacking cough, spat blood. and had .s" tracted • troublesome skin disease hos.f herding with Unties& emigrants. 7' sur and poor food had redsasd strength, sad be was • semi -invalid, was received with opo Orme. As as M was cleaned up by a swiss of Aber baths and • trill* recovered the fatigue of the Icing mane* the ding was held. The remarkable 4.1 of it was that Bum Osborn. was protest mad hate away the bride, hie ei-wi with the heat tines" of mauler that meth have been szpoeted in the moat d tweeted person, while hr capped climax of his performance. by I.t.'d " ing to the Ards sod mason • esaiaeme O