The Sentinel, 1877-04-27, Page 14▪ •
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preisions of ohrinoranb.
The words
.While the dull Fates sit no irg atteriloom,
• Benuinbe_d and drowsy with its ceaselesskOomi,
• : I hear as'inA dream, the monody -
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Of life'slumultuous, ever ebbing sea
The fron tramp Of armies hurrying:by
- Forever and. forever but to die;
. The thigedietvottimei the dreary •y.ears,
The frantic carnival ot hopes_ and fears;
'The Wilitvialtz7mbsid-Tailing:through the gl
• The slow death-agonielh the yawning tonib;:-
- The loved onesilost- forever to our •
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6 It will net be worth the risk. Business
- before pleasure. l The body must not be found'
if 1 canhelp it, and if it lei, why the I ininst
- leave the ,rest to fate." ;
Hetook-up the. Coat, which- now Once mere .
held the letter, and retraced :his steps. -•He
_could not summon ;up courage " to approach -
--#0 cerpse of _murdered - man:
bled iiri.everilirdb,. and once more aeted ii
thought the terrible tragedy.' 1.1.11edsaitzliiint:i
self. following'thenian-6Ver,-.yendeefroM the -
Sleeping Village. He was ,following with a -
in the wide Waste of chaos and old mg ; fixed idea, to 'get.. a -certain paper into hs
Earth's long; long dreain of -martyrdom and 'Pain ownpower, and rto !dip* for ever itS. then
No God in heaven to red the welded 'chain
Of endless evolution! • • possesser:.!„:He Saw -himself creeping -along by
is -this all? the hedgerows • with: bloOdslidt eye fii " and a
And mol-e-eYed `.4.-Tsciente;'-'-gloating.overboneu;.- .ouel sneer above his:lips.I saw himself
Bhnks attbegOdenlamps that -the hall- 2, " ?, e•-
ten his 'oti StOrmedli if nbr tenaive *
The skullscr Monkeys and the Age of Stones, -
Of dusty -death, and answers-; 'It iS all:" . or approaching ganger. I- _He' I- saw imeelf
dreepmg Oh:Again steadily -I towards the goal
which was to '. end in death, in the eriie*st-
-SHADO WIT, S of - deaths -in murder! '. He saw hiniielf
. . - '' ruehm. g,,with_frantio haste across- a field, -that
Promised to -bring hini. in his victim' S path..
And then theecene-was acted Once more .1e,
.:. fore him. ' ''' - - ' , . : - :.,, , 11 : . _. - . :...
' "You EiA*earenot td varti-yet. . - -Here i. .
. am. _You thought to out -wit ine but Twthild:..
not let. yen- go . without wishing you at leait.
, . -good-inght ' : .-•
He Saw:once 'againthe-terrifiedlOok Of his
THE' hi0RDE4 ;TEAR TA.W.CA2413Litogic. - . - . .. , -
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coinpa.mon,.-the hand Once. again sought the
, The -murderer paused in-, his work. His _ pocket, only to be caught I by the wrist and
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ibliiefiejim4-1,Nias lying quite still in- the moon_ :- to be nearly twisted off .in an iron grasp..
. light-. *-- Ilia clothes were disarranged; and the - " Olt,_Yon want to enticipate'ine,: as yetti -r
• blood- stained his shirt over the -region of the... You carry a reVolver'witli you in case of ac-.
cident,- do. you ?-_ Well, :they , make- 4 noise,-
,-.heart. ..., There had been a' desperate. .strug-
gle-beforethe deed man -kaa- fallen:u4aei the awl:had better be -Pit out of harm's way."
raiii- of. hloWs_ .showered &Own upon- him by :_- . -And-Mee more the revolveriwae pineke(1.,
his • '-..desPerata; opponent. -f. A . few minutes. away and thr0vitt a dozen yards on the rocky .
before, with white iipaand trembling .linabs, iva§te--- ' - ..--- : .' -.
he: had -been praying 'for mercy.. •-,- But' the :. --:" This is betterlhan. a dozenpiStol'
s "'And
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r'diliel knife, had lieeli- forced into the heaving. . Once more the large clasp. -knife Was gleaming .
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- chest up t� the very hilt, and the murdered In the moonlight.- -.. „Pe you know.. hat 1-,
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man had. fallenback atone dead.-: ' -.- : --. - am going to do T. Not -you-well, - I will *ell-
. ' Theiniirdeter got fipi He had been kneel-. you-kam.,goin.. g to,M, urileitiy,olli.-7-1, •, _-
- - the body. - He shuddered -s$ he ' i His victim knew nim, AM!. oa,la guessed 'as
mg :near • _ . _ .. _ _ .
threw the -• knife down : al4d. turned. away. much. He knew that he had li,ired' limi;
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' The distorted featureeleeked.:gheStly iii,' th.,:;-- . but yet there was a chance. - Would promise
.. • .•- . _ • t - do f. Could he Swear by all that was solemn,
moonlight._ - . . •,
"Ile.brohglit thianpon himself," said the - by :his Maker, that he would do anything
murderer., "Had he not possessed that paper and everything that was demanded of .hirik-7 .
-had he not known what he did -knew, he -' - Might ne_no4ive- up his all iiiiretnilrfoillis
- "would: hafe been living now. Ho* his ()yes : . life? , -
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giare.-!i•,. .. • .- -,.. -•- - . -•. . _ ,.. :., . " TsTo !'' ___.
He shudderedind.walked away. kis face - ' There Was no mercy fo.-1, him?..' Had the
,
- was bathed iiii perspiration- and he looked as clams Of friendship - no Power? 1- Didhenot
• pale AS death. . - - rehieniber.. past henebenefits,r0Ceiv.ecl - when he
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could have hanged- hini, a Score of times-hadit was -4-.wild..,spothe _voryPlice for
such a2cleed- 7i-th4.- stumps of trea..-lobkeil, he -no grAtittult ? ; , '""..r7 . ' P'
* . weird: in thebluegreenliaze.-/ A vast never-. i , 0.,.., -‘, :,.e ' j.,•= • I :,.i:- ' .. , . . „-
ending ekpants, of desolate rocks,- ,bordered - Then he did net fear sthe, justice- Of - rat'ad4
by'a. country read that ilea:MedneVer'. to have . , -.Dia he not know ,the 'murderer's fate --the
Inown. tie _weight- of a carriage. 'There- Vs_1: .jtid-ge, the prison,. and the ii" eld ? .:Ifad-he '''
- al shadow thrown on the road'bra ‘7‘iak 4104 -ear OA Shimeihl deatli4v
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epposite. the: rocky waste, and thevbody:.4 ,,„,
.,v,!z! •
.: -k, = .. - . : . J.. . .
tke-an ' - just 'il ' ' ' • '
i.„..,44,1itt.then cam- e•the explanations.." You
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murdered m was lying ,out Kie,-
the, shadow and just inside the moOrdight.7- :.see the chance of the murderer's fate as you
_f -i what. shall. -Illor thought themprder-- 7 c.44-it,iis,-Nfal AlPal- :...).Y.' arej here. alCorie:-.
er" Here kere he may-;,,Liipt. be fogsclif9t- we:dill:AS:Y.4*. 10t.- t.he village yonder, unseen, I fol.
- Since the railway has riii:ili-6- coach.-effilli' 1oWed;t-auseett-45476-are lioile=a1Onk.as I have
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wheels the old road is seldom inied.": Aiiii - -a4readY 841Tho road you have chosen for
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then_ he _,started, - for -he thought. he 4004 ' - Vilir - efeaPeria7 all 44 de;.**tid*- - !-r4r148 -
a_ footstep._ _.:He looked right and left,but- .ay.oul it neeanse,there are •not." holiseii '-for -
,ii couldsee little,' for at this . moment_the__ miles, and it isnotthe place or laborer's::
- Moon wa4 CoVeied-,14;:the Oloi4as •- - - '' ;',.:**. ' - - 4-. -: W#enY°- are"1":1 Y°1":11;°dY iln-a-Y not be
•f•,_ Absur4i!,-10.mutinured. ---" why. what : found for daYa;- Weeks, months lr ' : -.:'
4.- fool- LhaVe beceine.: _I -am afraid_ of 'every- `f When -I -am dead!" r;
Oh'. what a terror-
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thing,="even of that senielesslifeless-limp stricken cry! - ' ._ . ' --'
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BY F. BytiyANA Affp ARTHUR •
NEROKETT.
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PETZMINARY CHAPTER
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, 14. vlie:foreed
LAY e ...to approaeh the
ered Man; Be knelt down
cklya ' Sed,kiins If oft,a-
self i`O a in
body off -the ninr
beside 0, An ,,ctpFhei:,i
terror 1
ar
',..ed at 'she o of ' i tbe ..lh - . 4‘•--YalloPlY .
Seaa a treef..t:. :lip :Itefle6:64 the ground lie- .
;',71-hs.bi'doef9-et;:'-hb-'4:ira,'('In:tist-...,-rh'i'm*Ielif:sP'.111.':wii°8nlit;-1`4$417-gi:.7t.t4rhe-9181:37.-,-t1"1;::_ill'iaild:11.1,..-1:,.:1•Ch.:;k.t4•4;11.::"tehlaedr;Cvde-1-114,tt.i8hhis_e:.
--v 4-411* i: dark
-' - ' :' .- -.. there
tolva:d. -e.a:11.wril it
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- -136°4 1(1.'4AttV; IdN.-.t:
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A.r.T
MR: DANLP EAR _
1
HAIR, .17 wa,sa
HE TRAIN.
SOLICITOR.
niet, respectable-;
lOokiiiinian;-•:iii.. ' ;apt; i e tly._-. iliet-Ank-•
, re-
spectable busihe s. . He A dingy.-. office in
the,..1e01 neig b rhoOd. f GraYS...Inni:: Hol-.
.• born",•:. -Where' he visc,-k 'O. Mr.,..1)anieI
Harvey,_-. Scilleito ' ' ' •1: -•' - -
•.. :, He had the re utatiO t being A,,.. person
.Weliftotdo-Ein tEi . 000 though soMe_, few,•-•
envious perhaps chese: to -regard -bi-M. as - -a-
:Miler ;.1 and ther WI as"... -n, t wanting those Who-
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wereread to -hi, i.t that -fair and open means -.
were .49.ti ithi 0- ly .;p4s -OratoloY:04: by,: gr-. ••
. HarVey for .#1liii -hia #.n pockets.and.dr.aiii-,.•
-ing the: purse, o his numerous cliente.- :But
- the professional Werld/iS 1 SO. jealous 1 -aaid;,
after all,. theae- . ere only hints ,ato.:whiSpers,.
at which -a iespe -itable' rOtitiOher could --af-
ford,t0 laugh : in. e'S.is:-ea'Ve.'1,':.':: . - . - •
---- Rubicon •184iia -, • -nide, :dirty,...-MOuldy
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nook in the :vast etre - olisl ; theivery.place,
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Of AlLothers, in. high; erafty...and. cowardly
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-._ Spider '.weiild- cl- ight, -•iiiii'. his 'Web- .and
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: Mesh- iimrary . fl ei.g.:`-` DAII-E.6-1-4.tvpr- Vi74A-
- WiittenI np; on th W.I.:lief the door.;.: with an -
..intimation that 6 .6 - -...e :- the same might -
--4be found ..in-:.tli _Secoliii leor 'Cliambers.
: And to [the! Mini tiate-d,,,I,i*Ii, .only: sought him. .
for legal -advice, here . las "Dainiel, ever at . his -
-,polik-from".;;. ten --- li- 'foiir,- , r .; Close -.- at hand -•
I,
.• upon .hinii lieW0, 'er-,- by the} egitiniate-cliente '
- within iS'elerk' l'eall..1'1-•:The-demands made' :
Who reached his . anclingLpl ae did not satisfy
• 1 - 4 ' - • -. - - f-- - '
the:capacity:of o r estiniab e.:attorney, Who -
:was, as the s4sit i gls;.k.p 'led: glutton for -.
- werk4,-- Theme is pro 'ide ..,--for his ina*,-- 41."'
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Rubicon - Square, did little Mere than whet.
'.hia inoramate appetite,.
... : , .
- With ' -a .:VieW,;''-perhaps, to:. aniiiiing iiis-;
leisure hours with Iseult - lighter.'prefessiena "
'fancy Work.' he iii. I uit -.-a- friendly- -and-
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pleasant spirit, Va'n-cel -a oitsiderablasiim.
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to an eliterpiisin pub* an - froni.. Jersey, -
Who .had - .-cOncei_ .-ed.. the -in{ ant-T-netion.:ef. •
- making', a fortun .,-14y -0SWilii Iiiiig an agency,, ;
:On:a large and beta:116AI t".fer AliefOreign.
.• ,„, ,.. ..4t .i.7.! .1i.
. -‘ and holhe - " of eria4am St-eieellerit.title ..
..._p . pr . as
:. Whick.seimded -• e, a little gold -mine in it- .•
,f ..:...
.
:Self. ' .,I. .1-- :
.-thet h_trep - e tir- .- of -his Oki- Mr: Her-
bert De. gexH-1.-7q. • tea:tibia iciliairtesit in .
a. heat inneticha ber:iiiia highly:reepeetable-
.'hoinie'ih a 'higlil respectable' -Street- (0very.;.i .
thin-gthat -Dania -.;Ilailey :had.,',,anything..t.O.
de: -.14•-•' i.iaal:'re ihertt.Y,-:. edijePtahle. -7-_ he
- 'would . not hate. &niched it ,- -#, net been •
"80 nOniitnated.:- the - ben ..7.witli- 'papers'.
-:.Methodicaily:arr nied.::thyA, olt:deskbefore•-
hink,- Nihile:- A::: " all.-:- iller - -,(a,:' bey being:
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of clay over :'' _ .:' ' ' -tr. ,,. '. - '-' -'- ••• ' - -:•:=!--W,491 Y9-WJAV.-.-d,ead=fk,dtad.12.4.1011.;i.
. • ,. ill : 21' MOtheAtKe*as silent, for not -,:- • •,1:-"e - " .-trulY 46.44.34-- ii.tOci. Iliehi( '.-. 44.11' .irimili-.\"151'°ughk./411i-t th #14Y 46- h9i4a-- :g°) °°64'.-
c(rzarcuy, Jaesi,.. so ..:efo-walidly bloot, ..Taild '. pied:a.iiigh. sip°, :iiiii-Ah outer- room aliVayi
': -- - V:pacei -frolic huh.- he saw the forms 'of - a.- .-.
..young ivau-,aull,.,,a __. young . I woman. -: Tja_6„.: . ;Fgroiy. :h4ncip..i:_, _ Why man . ydi; 1:4Ve; :rid - engaged.111"-Copy-tag SonOt- _ ag- 014t of:enebig,
... . .it out f _ power.. .- ye ion -..1. . . you ha:4 book. inte • anethe -. big- l.pibeli,. filing-letteia• or..
.‘ were , evidently taking leave of :one another. - or....e.o.e4d7u10-;_.---s-sci..---1:.. evoi -sitow7.s man t9 • drawing up. adVe isementi ' •
The • man, Was .. in - travelling. costume, •1 He ,,--- - -• - ' 1 - ' •-:- -- - - :
, '..-Thialf business was -Cirri d . Oh :Under the -
. carried in hie rightliandacarpetlAgi and over Tthreaten me tWice.i". ..-'..: . - i-- _ 1.. - : . - ex; Herve and Co.. ';"
. his: Ieft arM 'NiM;S: -thrown a -light- overCoat. ' The ',Oiler :uttered . a .c.ry; of despair, .. and • :trading n4Lhie. Of •` De
-. but, -soinehow ' o ._ ahot ei, he: Jersey man-.
With .. thei,: ro a tie ---name -:had gradually:
slippe4 _ ,ont.,...: . lia 'priboi 41ship' and. WO • '
.414nOvV4r- 7. the .4ric%ii;i0' -b/tationete.13t. dnesai •as---.4-Oiiii
bit, in !reality; -aer
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merelythoead 'Cie if ;fsuch salary AS - might •
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accrue , . :itu. ou -.. Of th :.pr'fits of
deVelIiin-:--1? 10 SS -1*111Ch after having in- •
-vented iit,- he .had found.1'.himself --unable to
Carry out. •
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-4-Very few ini iated- hb.,1 Were aware that
i• Di Geit :.'llerV -4iid Cre:,'"had.longagore..,_
saved Jitselfinto plain it aiiirey' .of Rubi.:.
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con Square, Hal •ern; E:0. - But this was - a
matter :bet:104n. Mr." Da- Gei and Mr. Har-
vey .;. and as .t the .-- "--Cte,'W-011,-• that .:
:might ber epreee ted b.: , th. :clerk, and the
• Clients i.-- There ii •aliotira branch in the city
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which paraded ,M., ether . manager's nen*, and ;
styled itself "illi ,City Clerks' Agenekoffice,•"
Besides ; this i ost useful establishment,
Mir- friend. Dinie . had a servant Market,' in a
central position, • and La i" Home kir- Female
- - . • . ' • - - - • - -- - . -
Servants out of :anipleyrnent," founded not
onlyIni the p - hilanthropie., but even- on :
the Aulst Chris aii.:.. pri`iicipleS; as 'aiii- -anti.- .
diabolleasenay; ver onith04ui oive-to..find
liOn-est employ_ -. nt-foithe 'idle bands" for
i whoni,. as. the,pii ortal . Dr. :Watts. hea- sung,
ior said, Satan - nds .S4e-MisChief still.'" ":- -- •-'
_- - This, "-Heine"' had been -Placed :under tlie ,-
- superintendence of: A •Tiit.6st: reSpeetable-Mat
-. ren, . the WidoW :. f S ,*s$ pastor, and was
,
able ,tOiditiPlaY a lop , a*IfMosteifectiVe list4.
of .'.4iiiitinguii311.7:• i ladriitroneieeii ; '',, hto iti,-
- true . PatrOW' was -)Sikii--• 'Iniet-HarVey,,,SOlioV
tor':'.of Rubicon - ki pia,re;WhO, with the assist•-:::
aii4e of andth r a ' tar lionse•-•fer :Mile . ser-
vants,
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--Vanta -• was t tas. itnablealto keep himself
sufficiently au c isoant with the home affairs .
OfmaiiirOf the b t families, Whether of no- '
bility or entry, h l-ien' bif ndin the °Min-- ,
. . - . .. . . . .
As the man talked te. the; N,vonlan the over- en clnle as ig liesi:at the- speaker.
coat was allOveil to fall tO the gronnd;and; 'He was -Ahd fora
the :left arm was Slipped -..ronncl a charniing -,g4oek almost :overpoiter:
- - ; but the man who eld the knife' clasped
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The murderer . Was concealing -himself ,136, %Ins -opponent round- the and -gradn...-
vered himself. : .a4lreadfUl..
hind a ch-thip_ of trees. lint he :saw all this. alb' tee°
He smiled and waited until the time ar- • struggle: .ET,17 ger* tissue was
rived for the last adieu. . It sorroictuilY, strained -0- the utmost, The one fought With
- spoken, and thenthepair separated, • _ , all the strength of despair, the other- With
" Thank:Heaven r.:exclaimed the Man in the power ' Of. a mighty ;hatred:. -1The ConcealMent. " whit -have' I to do: who held the knife_ and wag novi beginning
*rith. heaven _after this 'onight'S work to use '-it,wSa., the stronger Of the two. He
*Ought it Was all. up:with 'MP. gad they was taller.** younger, but in other, respeets.
come by this: way, .-My life wotild have they were fairly matched, but :for the -knife.
•- been Worth' three months' purchase." The other was panting and:trying and fight::
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Mg, likes.: wolf in the. fangs of a score 'of
blood -tasting homids.
The man with the ,knife !hacked-- away at
• his opponent's fingers with his cruel. Weepoil:
cloth. stooped down and picked up a For along whileIhelattermanaged to keep the
:grey coat. - • ,
blade away froni body, but at last the
"This is 'fortunate he thought, and with- .
out a monients' hesitation'. he ioarehed .the , strength Was too, much - hint. ,
- pockets.- _ onelneram_g,cry, which was mnitteti
immediately by the 1:).lecid.stained hand, and
then threw up his arms towards the sky. In.
a moment and:the:knife' had forced* its -wa.
through broad -cloth and linen; through skin .
and veins, to find •its 'passage to IA quickly
" beating heart. And. then- the body, lifeless
aiiit.'bleeding, had -oink doivii oh' the road
Where was rimw'. briug,:pal4 and ghastly in
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the moonlight. - • - -
The murderer was no: coward, and he felt -
that before leaving spot WI:dol:11%1 now -
"pa" melees- terror for Mw, he must 'do two
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things,: - Firstly, he. iiinstr,! 'possess himself
Of a- certain papert thatrWaS, it. his'
_poCk6t I'ana iiecondly;i he Must -:reinoire the".
dy into
lonely country road. Having .decided this,
- he walked onirrthe direction of the scene of
Au: .0060. :yflith; him the
coat: he had found at the lovers' trYsting
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4:Strange spot to elioersce murmured.
I suppose they knew that they Would be free
from, niterriipti.inr one
'thing,' --that this road .tht4ghi it, be,
has sometimes frequenters." •
Hewasnowwithina few Paces of the body.
It. was lying 'perfectly stillitetkti
- had left, it a.feW .minutes ',before. - The
shadow of the reek. its bush ;
• resting on. the -ground- . a couple of
.
yards of the co.ipse...-
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• "I wish had been in ithe eliadewl'•he
thought.,. "lIkToW that heisidead13 fearhiin
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More 'than:. I ever -did when he was>alive. -
What nonsense! I ,ani. becoming as
Stitious. as an old woman.;.ofieightyl"
And he :tried. Lingh.; -inoVedr:on
again he heard a rustling in the bush. He .
stopped. . • .
- `.!1. -anilrigktened by, eVerything; a:-
. bird startles - -me. I_ -am.,linnerved. : :one:
would imagine that the why, not
havedonewithit and. call it murder ?-had
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been seen by the world, -inatei1ad'ef - being -
committed in the .-1Onelieskapot and withont
a soul Within -a couple of Miles. Of course I .
exeept.thelevers, but they have their -ewn,y
business to attend to, and doubtless attended
to it:"
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He willz0d towards the. doll in which -
lovers had held- their meeting. As heniove
.1% along, his foot cable into ..contact with :soul
• He found a letter. 'It was Written. in pencil
. on a scrap of paper, a,nd ran As ,
- ." I will -Meet you near the Camel
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My darlin Mark, CAA scarcely realize it-
. yet. , Can that man's Words be so disastrous
to you! Oli_that,-we could -forget the peat I"
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It ,was signed with an initfal?, ?!i a,
• female'S hand -Writing. , -1•-y
"My oId,.business, 'murmured the Mur-
derer, ."will'here stand me in god& stead,'
When the body is,found theywill also Ifind,
the coa_t,= I know- what the meaning of
-cirbnmstantial evidence too well not to value
a chance like this.'"
• And for the -first tinie.helaughect, Such a
laugh ! .16 sounded -like- an echo from the
cries" of the lost souls in perdition, Such .a.
weird and inhuman thatthelan
er himself grew alarmod at the sounds Of his
. •
own merriment. -•
"Enough of thily!.: he _ whispered, as he .
mopped his streaming. forehead with his
• handkerchief. "Let me think.: I -have been:-
aZ badthingsas this before,:and. . have,
got out of them, SuCcessfully. At_hy shouldn't'
be as lucky now ?" _• -
And he Sat down by thewarside aixtbur-
Ills face in -his hands. There was a rust -
in trees-ibehind him, Which -he
nted to the Wind or the hurried move -
of a' frightened bird. The place was
silent after this, and. he seemed_ to -feel-
• eliness of his surroundings. He was
t the dead of the night with. the body
urdered .
me see,'? he thought; " may not
or a Week if I "nit it'll). a safe place.:
is little used now, and who would.
'Tiering that( desolate waste otter
ear must Put the --coat with
e letter. `My darling' May yet
dearly for Ins' -pretty billing and
eel as he looked at the paper+.
1 .
a grand revenge if he has- t -e.
.
thinking, and 'seethed to be -
to decide. At last he mutter,
-
. • a.
1 4X
. • +
qtr.:
,,, --- -
try.- 4- ;---:-. , -7 .: : - -;,.;
_ Daniel a thie 4et-iii abatit- the-Yaid.-.-
' ' . -el' lac hair, bright-
dle height, Wi- spars ,,ib k
.. --• -
c • J• eyes and a pale faT, without a -tinge of
any. -Color -in it a e, yellow,. "had. a -Pleasant
Manner:With h, ' ;.'.'iailii. clients usedtoSay,.,
and rightlYtee, orhigsmH e was perpetual-, •
his way of BP all *iii soft and persuasive, -and
1
-MS bearing. •g ri rally th*Vof ii.--.0iiicl. 'kind
-.'fcreatare'who * lad ncitlYiilf4Ilininre even
the most per- e ering- fiy. at the end Of Au-
-. j'...-' It is needle 'Ssto recOu I the past of Daniel'
He liactknoWii-p Verty -- he hadknown the
direstpriVatiini.. -- : Good Luck, in : which he
iniphcitily belie. ed, had.ke_pt him, as 'a boy;
out of ' th'e, chit hes - Of 141poliCe r -and- the ,
• saMelange14-for here a ilt,g-tisidlifrangels,l,
or iangelconipa ions of, both celors-had.,.
watched over a snbse - ent career. -Under
this tutelage Pa iet had'.:.thriven...-- He was a-
Danie1Who••had, ...ever ben: in tiie lions', den,
but had he been placed 114re, we feel- sure it
, Would- • have bee A .11 ;! day' Icor the -lions.
Our Daniel : d„. have mesmerised them.
3Vitli his 7.dnici t tone,. and. as a. serpent -char- -
,,,lriek Aphder .-o erleAs -.. the ' most .poisikAolik .
iipers,..sa'woUld the u0t4 beasts, the Ikings '
of the-fo-rest, ha, 0- yielded to 'the-'brandisht-
niente..of Daniel Hailrei.1 .
- But 1this x- ellant a s line - was not
•
among iiens ; he. hadfl, never attempt
,-conquest of:such'Spleitidid He -
..power -; of scenting poisessed., by:the
combinedwiththe ile4a174:4„.2%).,-
-.of the, ilifo441.600i
several iio-46S thetian
e -remained._ -
- 'The 'prudent inan,Y-said16hin
he sat in his cool shaded room on -o
• :
evening toward the -of the July -`e
I. - -1 -
'looking. over certain: memoranda and
papers, "the prudent Maw on whOmY
has smiled does attempt .'famil
with her. She is - a .woinsii-L-a Cap
woman flirt -.--a fickle flirt is :FOrtn.
nothing Aelights her. Mere 'than . to 1"
herself -,.On those who rashly presuM
continuance of )her favors in some ..-nOV
terprise. •
•His clerk had - gone. . Office hon
--t_lyer, and buaineia. at Thibicen . Squ.
, finished, that .as far as % business n
:finish for -so indefatigable. -a praetitiO
• Daniel Harvey:. t
• He leant back in his l chair and•donin
He passed. his right hand -slowly back
and forwards .cross his Closely: Shave
'Then he Iregarded the -Oiling ;• then hel
iciWaids the: dirty _Vvindow-panes, the
more hisleyeSd.reppedk and rePted--otkt
writing-tabletbefoie
.W.1. he seemed iindiaided.Wh
-
problem Was pecupyini- his thOughts-
oment,it was clearly:a difficult one tO,
He rose • from his chair, thrust bo
hands into his trouser's pockets,: and -
three tunes backwards and - forWer
and down his room. ,
Then he. painted. bk. the_door, Este
-thongh. - scented an, eavesdropper
keyhole. Thenheopened the cloorisna
ea the
ad the:
truffle
10C4-13'
eVed.'
there
self as
ie 'hot
18-2,
rivate
rities
aious
e, ancl
Venge.
On a -
1 eh -
Were
- •
•was
r did
er as
.11.1.,Tdiolb(kke °Lnonet.
t' afsOli.1'4.-
,
To be quite -.sure, - he -:e:aterect: the oler ''s ef-
1
.fice: - -. It was vacant, - The ipresses.: were.
. empty:- 1The _outer: 00i; :of *ke: otia•!,bers
-..*as..clos , d--; pot the "sporting" dor,
. that
t
it any visiii
siitoi7,40.0 ch..c_i,cts-?ko..od.te,and. ring,
Then he shut himself in and .-retu • d to
-his chair. - _‘ - • . . - 1.--'.; , - .
-
Raising the,lid of his desk With one • and,
he.pushed his right a,rhi forward,' and pr ssing
. a spiihg,ithe situation of Which. Was M cat
e to hifn by touch and -not by sight„a piece
-;.
of wood flew- back, revealing the handl 017a
Sinall- d4wer voilid. it This: he -dre - out:
It wairempty. .-: - . ', -
ered.
ards
Chin.
oked
once
ebld
g
teier
that
Olve.
ed
ed as
t the
athbothhte ,
'
ness
leBrfOUFAU--It
to be UV
-denly I
it SO 11A
person
and ill
I�f
-
gentlemanly .01i-anncey •
_ _ .
.0, with all his confiding frauk-
erfect,trust in his excellent parts
waSidiscreetly_Silent.
redlienieWOf -PhoX and -Chainicey,
ely:,,,,-.Were-of SO delicate a natureAS -
late bear the .sunlight -very slid,
*Pen theirrt; andenene fine day
ef-&-"that sem, prying, meddling
listed.up-on opening the shutters
= . .
nail* the offices of Messrs. rhox
and Ch Cey--,- -
Fore 'ned:AT:their sincere friend. and .
humble • rhiier, Mr. Da 'lel Harvey, -(who
w -informed, on the state of their .
affairs they were the. -
his asOle ' -Agency ) -they -- . re 'enabled to
-•.. ely'es,thankste
- quit t cOuntrr; xiOt:-.1.10-. . -vet; in that
2 comfort hichis so necessary-lo,preparations •
for la_p: Oted stay of -soMe duration in for-
-pelled. "
. ay. al. Now among their _nunbt-rons -
ef-
fectsI 11
w a -considerable number -Of Curious
eignaii.col es, ----z'r but pali ZY-1: instanterth-ai-57' Oth-Zy tt ' chrn g,:"
and intrsting.,dOehments,-. of value only to ,
the
I: ew° - - - 1-4 --4 ill filienTs - ''. t- LI - hada so .1)-teoel.a‘iote din 'tt: :
-
whose ds they might -fall, Whether by,
gift, by l rcliasei- or by accident. _
Dani iiaai., good. heart attionci. . He pluid!
nortnh°rtO bwc .7.1. °- 't 1 1:8 P7 --i the1i stomach 10 ems ea cla 1 utheab l ie dPe papers
e:-/ 7rsul-htec?";
chance had. now presented itself being
_hands of Anyone who,:get-
. ting wii 1tf the. event,. -might, at the last -
inomen s1ip -_in and -bid A highar pee than . .
he was 'epared. to offer, -
spoke _ Ce, kain1 1.. 1 1cey
:6s:Dwiearni_eMonearcailiSsonie
Merchants.
...rift?.
These et -heir „diamonds.
,Dani arVey was clesetedforsoniehours *,
withF•irm. They, reasoned* withhim, . :=±-vvith . them.- His arguments,
howev were 2evidently of ' imnienie coon- -
- cy ;_;th osnitbeing that he became the pur-
chaser several bonds, which; he protested,
If--On his or :and conscience, were _ . dimbt-
•
6:1`t.'Ll513e S.-.Ysei*-4-.Otiihciselli-4111ainell,'t.; he -said, .as he
, , : .- ih,pf 01 ii,le,. tr a ,,, evTar9 lar _ t:tillnediiii:veni9d: stnehgsesSteel 1.die.of‘ various-4.neb.bpadi7eCiii iii:v--1i.esb.nithes:
now la forTehiM .on -his deaki•-the signa-
ture
' going: o with *le r • .
--
This lune contained niuch Matter tot pe,••
a4k,.s.cp_ gwhirti,i.niftrh;olifterfv,eya11, and. iiseaet11141/1,40tuo-
. "Lan.Geary of Great. Britain and. Ire.:
-land.'
leant -,o, he book' and opened: it .at the
.
lighted pou--A-..large red book. Burke's
•
ciliar . ;crest to Mr. Harvey at all tithes;
He t tilted. his watch. >--
‘. HU
stretch - 7:11.18 -left hand listlessly. It
• ke re Cedihe watch in his 1300-ket, and
atfik--_:-Ave," lie .said to '-himself: '
- - . • . .
_ , . . -
_ e muttered to himself, as,
. - • .
searchi for the mania, he turned the loaves •
over an Ver--:, "Tre-Ljrrede-no -Trefill---no
Trelaw sothat's too far -back -again-ah? - -
here 1" hestopped.and laid his Adexter.-
.-finger d e :name - neherne- -.. s.
- "Tr6 iit.,---TreItern e -.Couit-nm-iuli--4i1d.
.lainily-t.' .fice-Stry,-um-um-7-7heiv'e the gen-
ealogy o -----good_," and he buzzecl about
theart' busy as a bee gathering honey, .
:every 44 and then 'coming Uri 'humming
what li cl::read, then -diving in again to
:extract --further - -supply_ of information.
;".-One; MaIwin, Trehern.e _---bOrn--zum-,
urn -,:a i then le's. of age. Good, ' goOd--;--
, _
and the therla name, ah -John Carmichael -
-Trehe - 'Good, good -- widower'!--;_jane.
..daughtyounger than -Malviin.i - Well,
,she . do - Count in - this at ' all -events-
Hum !"
'He aiue and *dijcee three times up lied,
' down tle ' 00* - --
"I * er -What sort of .--a. Verson_ I. 4114.1
have to 4 With? that would •deafde Me,
.Channc would have made= an enorniOne .
coup of tis ; that is, i3hox .would, I1ir-m4-94
:C46- aunclie athe he referred.
Oto, his rivatelf,•
' "Five ifteen. _-- Immit Pee Mike Sturgiss- -
first. thistime he ought to be able to ,
give :14e (meusefulinfermatitheabout the
,man wh of all others, would' be .mostkqrse, -
id to .,_in tt,w,s, .Reanford heisthe very man .
And to r'iikAhat, in spite- -of all he owes Me-
he shoul ' ave thought of giving -tuethe slip .1..` .
' and st g for _ Merle.% . But I have lim,;--:
I.- mist '-. S o14lv a matter of a day or SO, AAC1...-‘'
he'll be souna to: me hand :and foot, more
securely -ever he was before. - That be 4
should . rrel with De -0ex abont ni_ y :good
Madame4- iicas---;--Charminewontan-and that
• De •Gex Skimili -willingly ' - the - spy npoir
his old 4 -uaiiitarieo, no . rival, is Just
one of t •tie -bits of Good Luck of which one
Would Is loei not to make the most -that's
possible. 117 -lie off•at once. Yes, .one can't.
be too d• iens.'' . _ -
-. He fi •etiiined the Taper into its place
of -safet en ' -talking thus to himself,. he
took oft i s office 'Coat, *shed his hands, -
'slipped I most respectable blaCk fro*:
carefal .tted. on a pair Of tinted spectacles -
(Withou rla ieli no-one ever sem him in pub, ,
lic or in s ivate, -brushed a most respectable '
. Abas 4::cie ciu:kri a:rill:: .. c,.: felthis
.i h_it, !ii himself,
breast -pocket,
ali his p.pocketw9tetett . ;, for ,t :::::. tdie:dse:L cad 9, _ 7 ital it tie-. -
' • 1 s p O r t i h` ' .door,vare4111,37, and -stePpedinxto .
certaihe hit an old-leather:note-book. was
Thoselwho might have taken the • t
-
had. this empty. drawer fortheirPains.
Again pressing, and this time towar
`
-This hand being entirely- concealed.
view -he lifted- up a small ingenipusl
titived trap of the most exquisitely ,
make, and from the shallow yeegSs
had covered, he brought out a Single.'
about tvvp inches and 'a half Wide, by
in length, slightly soiled; amtpartly eo
With writing.
• This What aPPeared on he face f the
document: -e'
„Dte4_, &pt.
5 000- • _London June 3rd--
rej ii1Q71411,8 after date pay to
j .
07482' the sum` of Five Titous
to discoverso much of his secrets,
woul
II
t
_
able-
have -
him
on -
shed
eh it:
aper,.•!
Sven-
ered '
' . . , • -
CC
s Value revel.
• -
. .Trelbe
Tilelkerne7:1'sqr7,
Treiterrte Court, Corrtvo
ed
John, Carmwltctel Tre ornij.
!Daniel spieact.lt out before him, ' an vonn,
_ ..
-id it ivitkantair of immense satiffadt
i` It's a -little above my line," mu '.ured .
_Daniel tct himself, -"but it's a big K t:ra
very big thing:" . . - -
Then again, After a pause, which. 4 --Pod
up by rubbing_ his chin, his invariabl action.
When peininuning with himself on a mat-
ter of greatimpertance • a habit by ti may,
Which boded no good.to.those whose.'
were in question With him at the .itiohient
he :Wehtt on holding A dialogue Wi • that
other self, who playSse large A •iip; is the.
.adViser;.:Oi the -confidante in most Me • iiivei.
f' "Yes,0 he said, ‘.‘ it (1 '
.1.- a big thing l'hox
- t• - ,
and Channcy would _have worked ' :Weir;
but theylre broken, and I'botiglitInie f them
at.a sacrifice. ' . Ph& and Chauncey erne to .
grieft-how.? . By going' out :Of -the r • iline.
-
They were induced. to Wee 'a Stalpil '• ' that -
Bank affair,:and-there were too man in -Ole-
seCret. Phox and Chauncey Won t come -
back to England for nearly a life -tin -I ; Iinia-'
gine the climate 'ud. . be - too het fo , them.
7 They'll havea. field in 'America: ;' no a.large
one, as it's pverworked. already, a d they =
' haven't sufficient experience.':- But i Was a
lirstiratelftini.-_-- -And th.a.t.Chithittay' such 4-,:
gentlerninlifelloW.! why it 'was i,s.-- Nasure
'for a young min about tewn;:a youn noble -
Man perhaps', to do buSinesiWith hi . Ah f-
tikere's: the -advantage of haling.' -born
‘ad.-brect a -gentlemen !" - '- , -
-i- illier0Ranie1 aighed,„4.eeply over 0 irre-
parablCpait.t ...„.4:-, 1,„-Y :. -,..
pr.-Daniei lia.rvey.the, private se r gonad
b enih close, dirty alley, and tli' public
school the Rtters of the thoronghiar ' s....- Of-
tep and Oftethiliad:Iee.:reCOgni4d4ii himself
II:fat:great want which - nothing In,. 4er:1ife `-
cOuld-iVer -Apply' ' . ''ebUld he blit-fk Cie been-
. 1 -
...a gelole-,9,',;e044.-,. he- but hav -had . a
fi ,../*t;ratel edited -lea fOltide upon; IS -buSi-- -1
neiss MightliAire 'WO multiplied vejiim=
- -dijed -per :cent, at least, and thereWo id have -
beeik_nothing _against, his .,rising-' to, the. sub:,
Ale height 'attained by the cleVe eEW and -
most prominent speculators, whether -of _ ha- -
tiie -, or , foreign, growth, on ..,'Cliang :at the
present -441: - - •'-- .- --. ,. .,-. _- , •: -
He laeked.,:-and.aci One was more aware of
it than himielthe 'lacked thateere in allay-
itY.-Of ,44,*tment, ..thakAtyle. and bearing.
.-whichi*iiiit141 have made.hith-pOpii among .
the veryibeet-. Men of first-class en 'tothersi,.
•..14i0 were. at any time eager to see his fa-
-*ors ,-‘,,thotigh they could' not ±-• it. lain
•,Within the charmed circle of their. • ignisit,e'
solciittcly.,1:1 au., ---ine:-ey.,:-.i.,;.0. -.,-..fi- r-r..ra.;;.-i;,. -,1 ox and, .,
c600-ey,:getchantsi7. -13hOx Was distin-
guished '.,,Greek),„ ,had - been -sneli a"--•_'-iii-a-i
Ctiauncehad-theen brOught iup ani gaP gos.
tirten4.41.id adinittedinto tlie big at -sod --
14 ii4441-
_;-. fop--
04ests,,
•
eV. '''.*40k....kneNfelialingefs *014-
. him ',11.s4artner, Ostensibly ' at 1:
•.iii'iich that engaged.4the, ittentiont
- Plioxwainnknown, or, t.. iiiie a co on ex.:
t
'pressioh,I-" Was Greekito " the iiimPl Cliaun7.
ceY.• '';' -Ada, Per.cOntritp theta Were sone ' little
piTiatie -benefices, that Blipped oecasionallyip-,
, _ =
• .4.i:11
,••
eateiit -Woman s_Tpi:rtelet
kada, s Anna Bishop, the -English tantra-
tfice, istand- travele tUrn0C.1 to
England 1ter -a third:i3uo Aiearonnd
-.the worl ,Mme: Bishop is .the:: 7teat
fe-
male tr tiler no* living, if net •e greatest
that-eveft 'ved, not _excepting the late Ida
•Pfeiffer:it, There is hardly a town of note in
the civ. globe shehas not visited, and it
has bee er good fortune to sing before'. --a.
great -n er of people, during her profes-
sional c er,,- than any other artist living.'
In a :of her last appearance in South
Africa, Cppe: Argus of _November 11, 1875, .
Says.;• . —
" it is remeinber,ed =that Mine,
Bishop s been a_ prominent figure in the
Musical rld since 1839 when, with -Grist -;
-.Frac* #mburini, and Labrache;,.
jrnared.iJtheR�yai Itilidif0Pera-hoinie, Oneis :
mazein _ er _
lost eiit- t the'poW and sweet-
ness •Of oice and the delicate vocalization..
.which displayed. last night in
; She h -,AVeled in most parts of the world;
in Ani.4. tea and Australia her name
well krLwnAS it is in Europe. SreNias been
shipwritl ed and -captured by robbers; but,
in BE4011' f hardships and dangers, she re-
:tainsli great power -still," •.
,
4- •