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Show , IS HI.'OTi'.U tOHUMOV. ffl g , ,, ud when mjf eica first fell "I .11 hln I f.lt rrrtAla I had ,n him Bl recollection of ever having spoken w s-flHi lilm, or of his nam. , , ,. VlM A slim young man of middle h&Vfll licliililh, well ilrreeed and of fair com- t LfBfl leilon-ln fact. llh an lr of H"i- 'U ral washed-outness rot uncommon TcVaH anion younir civilian who liavit do- IbW voted their childhood to Inn) atudy !( Mid wnt thilr )iirof adolescence In SjiiMiMR tho tropica. Dutlnft the ten rears I (fHH had lived myself In (till I Iml en- 'H countered dorens of younif ancn almost ScflUl thefssclmlli.rtlilsonnlii at.nranc ,iR utmost, hut not quite. That deep -, V mark cvmlntfdown iiii-alli his trows, . ,' which were contracted In ft pained K frown, and tin' V, unquiet eie f which looked at you frntn lieniatn Hi thrm, were sufficient to rcdci m htm npH frunilhrcuariro of llii; cist in too ; . ronimotiplaw mould! while ft orl or yrflBk ui present ftctlvlty in Ills slowi-st ICH movement proved that lie was not Vm victim to that rllmatio luelltiJe which UHJ a M ban lu rliako oireven on the LIU. BjflW Wllhuut JiiJkIik from hi pallor 1 SFHI could have told that this u not Iho K'BH result of licallhlul enemy, but of her- RfBH vous cat Italdllty. ll was suirrln-, hiHI hut whether from hyslcaltir mental VaY ennui I cwild not Mr, diH Curiosity lmellcd me toi,ucillon roy BiflV nelnhlior, aemallvlvacLiUB lady h HHB Lad tcn Introduced tn m earlier lu SnHJ the evening a Mr. Kano, aiil who LWhLT leeniril mora than uiually InformoJ IK concrrnloK th In and out of HI Hlmlaaorlttr. Nn "rhatlajraunitdrrjlc," aliereturn- MBS rdroinptlylo my Inquiry. "A very BMLf ri.imj light In lliusllilcldertnint. WflBf Il'snttatno which l nlwayalsaiiid lo E get on In India, and lie has plenty of SHEll lullticntlil coniicetljiu. lleecvtns to HHRI haunt Iho house of memhera of coun 9HBbI ill, ami when I waa naked hern to- MHHKD night I felt certain of meeting Mm." W! IWtll "Not tery lliely guest. Ilu haa K HBfl Mirwly 0ul hla ll tinea ho aat St BHI Uuwn." St HI "Ami at IIinm illimal functloln SH BKl retry KnzlUhmau I liouml to Jo hit K RSf tlutyt" lauthlim; thru, with a aoftrr raBjyBa nctr lu her voice, aho aJilrUi Mtut KHM lie, Kr fellow, hal a ureal ahock SBHHEf aomr tlmo aco, nna haa not yit rtcov T'BBi rrnl from It." KaHpl Junt thou aonjeboily rlio aJJreaMtl nHw her anU though I waa too InlemtvJ Kl not to maka MTrral i ttorta to UlaooTer ,4LWj moraalioutMr. Urrjlr, I Imitated to i' IMjM" awrit my rlniary right to uiy tt- tfWftl't ner'a attentlon.aa tliu conTereatlon hail itffgMt I Ucomu genirnl, ami aeameil toowu ull VVBrJ Ita riatklo and It) fun to her. BW "I fetl 1 haeo Uta loframlnl of you tV9DV! ahamefully," I InaluuMwl lutha lo pfWKBu roenlary huah which iirrcceda tho tie- JBKtb rturof thUdlea. ! 'Coniturt yourmlf with Iho retire- DjHH tlon that you haer la-en aactltlcnJ for ( thriublloKowl. If I hat not tallied HeHH no utio alsa would have done ao, 1 am StLflB ure. Itl'irttlug mar the end of the (mMHI eeain, aud wu are all more or leurx RUHV hauttvd t amiulti worn out.'1 IBBBV day or two of thorough rrat " HBflK Hhe rtopcrd tue with a little horrl- HflBu fll geatur, B "lilt werekuownorcvon mrirclwl wBHB that I had cnt anovrnlne under my E own roof, It would tcotiMcred n atgn of waning oularlty, and I could not DW lar uiiundiraiicliftauiiiiofclllun. No I alir.ll no on to the end. Tonldit at a any rate, ou will adult that 1 have isHH earned my dluiier." InHBi Hhe amtled at me over her ahoul ler lBflBV aaahe went out, and 1 waatunictently AiBHF attracted hy her gaiety and good luoka lfiBHL toeoekher out when wuweul Into the -Jm Hraf ilrawlugroom. Aa hank Into naoat n WKp Lealdohtraho wliierrd dolefully. H ajlK "I have a dnvulful irrwutlment H IK they are golug to Uy i;anive. Iniok H v at the group uear the doorway, they H n are certainly plotting aouiethlng for H ? ouralauKUlent.,, H VK I replied that It waa very likely. H mf The hit Ume that I had dliml htro I WnHji rambered they had had ft duinh rrauto. 3JK? and mine had lieu thu mournful HHt' prlvllrre to aeo thrio crtii'lnrd Ikhta tt of the Indian IrgUUture and a J ct mora I pSB' eialted perMmagca wallowing on the irMsl' ground aafiehcr, whllo a lovely lady rnvmi angled for them froiu the anfa with a 'Jini I ttrlmrftudcrookntpln. K ilk B "Why can't they treat u aa rcaaon- iU 'i I able Induga, and leavo ui in ptaco;" iff f fietfully. PHI 5 I " I hey aru afraid might take ad. .If; if vantage of their kludneu to fall Mil r, Mirer," ;) J Thedlamulonlnquntlon wu he. k S ik H coming moru and mure a nl mat ed; dla- pjmi ft j Jolutod tentencea reached ui where we IjW c V eat, RHr'j "Idan'tMlevolnltn bit" IHjil K S "They Ulknl of trying to dlicove, PWW l the WluteihaiH-'lmurderir that way," JgHB vfe , "And are iou really nhelltver lu fnV R, ' i-lllluall.nl, ilr. Jerome?" VW f, ' ThrnOnooftheuioatthtllllugvolna IfOi cl ' ' hail ever heard m low and laett, ! I yit n llh tuch a roveiherallng ring ma K thatltenetratetl to tho fartlint cor- I jfln V' tier of the room aitaweredeerloiult iTBif.'l "It la not quite Iho eame thing. I tmm IV "" """ ""'ru '" '" overyluly a ixychlu il JBlBi '"""'' h''h might Ihi rultlvalul, I "fluB though, jirhaiw not for our good, t Ifltt, liaveHfii roinu btraugo thlnga done IiIHiHk "'' uyl havu done ouo or tuo LHH thlngtinlf whlchtiiull not Ion. flHff plained hy natural (auiea but I am MMSJ al aya rrlghtviied." hrraklug oir with HHa ft Itltlo trt muloua Indrawn breath, ! laBilf ' "Mm !' only Jual conio up to 5s (Hit, ' i Hlnila." illvlnlng my iintiwkiu 1 nl&l ' tlioughta, "ShelaataylngRtOleiuinn. Una. J UlonarmhainlwayaUeii Iho aant of IHU'i aplrltualiitlo learning, No I don't Kl -J ' know her at all. I don't even know Bl LVJ Whoaheli." Rf s i I J the meantime Mrf. Jcromo had Bl I i len ieruaded to eierclw her gift for l B. cur aniuiriiieiit, and had loll thu room Vi ! jSI whllrltwaiidliuodwhthohould Hi If W le atked to do. tfi . & . "t' you think the could he 'w llled' Kyi ' B J Jake cigarette, nut of till caw and Kt O light M" aUd one, "or I loir nut Iho El IlM cundleeon tlie piano?" a.kvd nnothiT, Bl Will ndn'oreiugK.-,iioim(romado,allof RtKlla which wore ItuMthnlly Kt Mile by I )( fl ;n;rtintMlallllnlookfnniainiho1iad I )il foro imiI hla utter want of faith BfiiD In em liTimiilfi-atatlnna. Bu vTb u!uJxu";,'" nM Jn ",1' " HBll-B InUigel.rifthe Minio nut. A little Bifaffl ordinary Intelligence, oinMnr. with Hilar. X f,'lul'C"uil"Uurtintuail.inorroUaa. BllW'S """ "' I """ from thu ir ,u who U HlBi W wiri"il to Intliieni-e her will, l wirn HJVJS '"iroducethedulreil riwilt, 'Will' He ' US d '.VI' l,,1,,"l' Wow nit the1 cm BUfi I uLlii!'8'"1"1"- fhat..,y- HlSl'f kedoVur,ho.r '0l"l"velt? 3j j" i . "Very iay Indiml, 1,, t ui 'wlll'hi, Hi ' III tonndatlilefaiimng.tii,." WE i Ih'towamgenoml lluiur of .11.. P !' .'liv'liffK.ne..iX-Ue .'liv'liffK.ne..iX-Ue up ag.lu,t u. ui tuu7,'ct J,"1" "And aome of u Invo atolen heatta." I uiuruiurred, wltli a inilck Mo glance "Then let It bo n murderer. I iu toeonone of mean oljject to that on trwnal ground"," rejolnwl the ilia-Mlerer ilia-Mlerer m totlly thai, without fur ttiar demur, thu proiiotltlon war ng rrnl to by a-tnie of ua wltli uncouirnlcd Ill-humor, Ill-humor, lyall iiuwllllngly, for It la alwayamoro Inteiiatlng to havo our kwi titillated by the Idea that w e am In the pterence of rnme inyiu-rlciii lower than lo wllnenandeid failure. I.veryone waialiltigillUereut opinion! opin-ion! orrelillng pal eiK-rieiice, anl there waa qullu n JtaUl of aound.whrn a volcewreinitorlly nutil allencr, and at the eame moment Mrs. Jcromn lepl-l forward and Mood In thrcinlre of the room. Hhe would not allow her eria to Iw UinlMel. Win lrulr (I'oi-J them, parently glvlinf hirrelf up to the firm ilapuf Iho man who wanloailt her, and who, I ftfler warda learne.1, wai lirr hmbnnd. Ho rllm ud frill ahe lookoj that II am in iil, without the etipiart or hla alrong liamla around her throat aheniuitliave fallen, for hit faco w m white m death, nnd ahe waa Irrmhllng ao violently that even the moat rartil-i wai Inq rer.i-d, ret Ing that the at leart U-llrviillnhirown icr, Hhn wai In a ljug white Kowu of plclur. erfue, tail not the mo.t fanhloiiable make, uurellevul by any color; an I her hair of rrdiilnh flaxen, waa ftlni't atnlght, but null) In trx-turu trx-turu that It rtood Ilka an aureole around her brow, when, with n bar raam-tl geelure, fthepaufcd hir flngirt through Itaa though rplixed and at ft la how to act. Waa thu walling for the Intplralloii lint c mid hot llly come? Vol the flret lime It etruck nit lint we were truitlng her uufalily and with ai ant cxMiiteey, ahe being no uvl lienlly luiaiueat nnd eu aualoua to koccieJ. Vet her huahand hail not objected to her being put tu the tort, lie aqnared lo have full uonlldencti lu the outcunie, aud her eventual triumph over thoo who had doubted the iluceilty of her profenlon. Ily inrrc'tllmnce, at that moment my glance llifhled on Mr. (Irryle, Ihe man who had a lutereeled me nt dinner. din-ner. Ilia face waa turned nway from me, but hla Attitude atruck me aa atrange lu the (.itremr, although familiar. fam-iliar. I waa aure 1 had even him rtaiiillugao before; aa now, mining to ahrluk fruni olmrvttlon. hla flngert tightly clrnchil ft they hung clowly to hla iAIk, his hea I thrown luck aa If in force.1 dertaucti of some danger Kuddenly t rtmrmbercd how and wheru we had met. Itwaa three years ago, upliure, In tho rainy eiasou. when Hllnta galelh-t ha 1 come lo ft atalldatlll for a few short daya on account of the traglo dialh of n yeuiiii and vtry Uaulirul girl. Hhe had fallen over A steep lace while walking round Jakko. I .1Uh r the earth, Ioom ued.by the heavy tain, had given way beneath her fret, ir sho had Incautiously leant over to at something on thu hillside. It waa not discovered how Ihe accident 1M, but Ihla young man, who waa kuowu lo have brenderra rati ly In love with her, wai the first toMand dlscoier what had hapwnil. Thu shock ha-l ahnost tiirunl hla brain, and for a long Ihuo he had 11 red In rellrcmeut, ftvol ! Ing all notice, and ablo to Uar no relerence to the nflalr. 1 1 wa at that tlmothat I had seen lilm, and this had accouutod for his gravity and suppressed txcllablllty, tor It takes time tu heal ft wound liao this, nor do thu uervea eoOly recover from mill ft strain. I waa thinking this when, as aal watched, I aaar him start and preeotitf hand convulsively te hla iieart, while hla face, now shown to ine In profile, becanio allien grey In hue. At the same time X heard the soft frou-frou of a trailing skirt, and, turning Involuntary, saw that Mrs. Jiromewaaniovlngwltli awilt unfaltering unfal-tering stejiH, towanla lilm, her llw tiartalln susnn, her slender nock lent forward ao that her husband had toitrrtch out his arms not to looso touch of It as with au expreeslou of disappointment on Ills fate, he followed. fol-lowed. Hho put outone hand gropingly, and In another moment would have come In contact with Mr. Urcylc'a body, aa, apparently fasilualcd, hu mado a for ward movement, but aa suddenly shrank tank horror stmck aud gasping for I riath like A hunted annual atlny, Homu women screamed, niri In the coufiislou that ensued Iho caustic remark re-mark of the mau who had been Ihe cause of this aptnrent fiasco was allowed allow-ed to laua unnoticed; though a feeling was becoming general that such au i(rrlmcnt shoull novir have been lrniltted; and no one nutlrrd Ihe datml thwArtett look of Mrs.Jeromuaa iheturnoil to herhustiandand llatuued to hla hurried explanation. The nttentlou of uvi rjone waa rli at-I'd at-I'd on the oiiug lltlcAl, as,ialo sllll, but with ristortd comsurr, he ex-cusnl ex-cusnl himself for having caiueed aurh a commotion. Attributing his nervous, mat to weak health and over fatigue during the day, "l'uor Mlow, ho doraloolt wretch tally ill," aald Mm. ratio, who ha I been awid Into silence for the last few minutes. "They say he has nevir been tho sauiu since that poor girl was killed, thlre years ago. lie waa de-Voted de-Voted to her, and rho waa secntly oil gaged to somebody els; Indeed, triat- tu mm ratni r taiuy, au tliu story goi-a. It Is fooiuh for lilm to como up hero season after season as hn dot s; It only keuis the old wound np n, and ri Ally I don't understAiid him caring to come, ltlaasort of morbid Inquire, 1 uj I waa silent. In my own mind I was wondering whelhrrnnon tlse waa chafing At this nhrut and Altogetlur lniiolent ionc1uslou;whethi'r no onn rlso waa haunted by the suspicion that this man had been rhmi mover In Hint linfor. KolUnitragiHly. though, erluips, not with tltllliinitely murderous Intent, Had we by chance stumbhd on a rui nns by w lilch rrlme might tw Infal. llblydetKletl? Km, Iho secnloftho fssi'lnntlon this place had posmiuodfor him uasrxilaliied; and Ximrsls, lu theaharoof Mrs. Jmiine, had this night walked lu among unto avenge A hapless victim. Wt.rfori 11 urdl. |
