Show THE FATAL 0 I 1 al MB T 0 R U N D 0 U V T by 1 A L 1111 larris harrl i author ot of mine own familiar friend etc I 1 is 1810 9 1 6 if vol a i I 1 u A 1 11 at A fa n 7 G 0 m MIP ji a I 1 n y V do 0 0 p V v r to a A h t I 1 1 1 a 0 ap 6 y V str S tf f e f e t it t 8 n m 9 aa A I 1 CHAPTER ill III continued mr burrett was pul pui ld d and tx cx t x pressed as much b his looks why A by on ea faith lit h did tile the man come haling into life hla room in t that hat strange buncom fordable for table n manner anner 11 and at that hour und anil for no apparent purpose purposed 9 ills his fritzol seemed to nad load what ahat was passing in his mind I 1 sill am sorry it if I 1 have disturbed oil he h said bald slowly but I 1 could not bear nii my own thoughts any longer and so BO I 1 lie turned to leave the room mr air burrett followed him with ith hla his eyes ile he still seemed to him to be part of life his dieal hii strange hor irble dalam ahen 1 I hen as the othor r man mail reached the door and passing through it closed it behind him he be gave a gasp of relief the next moment lie he had bad crossed the floor and turned the ley in the lok lock IT 1 I could have hae sworn I 1 had bad locked it before he slid to himself at any rate there shall be no mistake this time as he shot the bolt to make matters doubly bure CHAPTER IV the secret lies between Us two I 1 next morning mr air silas burritt and hla his friend whose incognito Is batill preserved were seated at breakfast to gether in the clear light of dai da in the presence of the most appetizing viands the former gentleman found ilia his mand completely divested of all those gloomy and thoughts and which had caubet liim ho bo much disquietude to hai so nothing of having mined his hia nights test it was astonishing what a wide ide ly diff different trent let lie he tool took of the mat kcf te as he discussed this early ni most al via his heart warmed anew toward his old friend who alid sat hat fact ig him and who nho also appeared to more advantage under tinder these more cheerful circum stances also bay that I 1 have not done badly in belf I 1 have made my pile too not such a large laige one as ouis ouia ably but at adv rate I 1 hive the sat Is faction of kno knowing NIng that it ft anything should happen to me this with F fa an a of BUlous I 1 should leave my family well for I 1 have had my ups and towns doans as well as others hat but I 1 have bae no fear tit of the future lie he spoke these last words quite confidently unconscious of the lenor ance aiice and rashness of tile the assertion by the way I 1 he continued after a while are wu nou a had bad sleeper as a rule or vas last night an exception as aa in my own case it was vias no exception unfortunately for nie me nas ft as the answer I 1 am a viret wretched elied sleeper deeper and last vai orbe than usual at the same time with an aa air of restraint or awkward ness I 1 had no business to disturb aou ou in the way I 1 did I 1 dont don t mention it said mr burritt carelessly forgetting foi getting the very differ ent light lit in which the affair had ap peered to him at tho the time of its oc cuirence cut rence though Thou ih you gave tile me rather a stait at the moment on waking up suddenly as I 1 did and from a very bad dieal it earn I 1 I 1 thought you seemed rather rest less arid and unary in your sleep was the reply insomnia is one of the greatest chuises cm sea I 1 know though as a rule I 1 do a not suffer nine much from it keit if like macbeth you vou have murdered sleep ou oil ate aie much to be pitied the other man mail started at the ill sounding son n 11 rig word murdered he exclaimed then 1 1 I beg our pardon he muttered somewhat hat confusedly I 1 lid did nut take lour meaning mean iii at first lit in fact I 1 have al most forgotten my Shakes Shakespea peate ie I 1 I 1 beg yours said nit mi burt itt I 1 the quotation was hobt inapt I 1 had also algo 01 gotten for the moment that it was mas to 0 the murder of duncan that mac ap I 1 4 1 good Heaven sl what are you doing 7 11 it ls Is quite understood that you return with me and stop at least one night he remarked ked genially in fact there la is no escape for oil as I 1 have already dispatched a telegram to let them know at home that I 1 am bringing a friend back with me you are very bood silas was m as tile the reply arid and for one night at least I 1 will accept your hospitality and you must A come and stay with ivi athile you are looking about for a house malie make us our head quai you know now I 1 ve no doubt that the efto ano girls dours arid and mine will be bosom friends in less than no time and as for my boy ted hell beil be head over heels beels in love your daug liter if ahe a anything like dour our be fore we me know ehnow where bore we are ila iia ha I 1 I 1 should rit le lc a hit bit the young dog and his hia father laughed aloud delighted at his own onn I 1 by the way jim relapsing into a more serious vein I 1 that bould not be a halt half bad idea your girl and my boy eha the other looked at him intently intent I 1 lou on mean it I 1 he asked mean it of course I 1 do IN why hv not in spite of of everything that has gone before good heavens man I 1 what has the past got to do with bour innocent daughter that would be visiting the th e kibb of the fathers upon the children with a vengeance the other man lockel im he I 1 at his friend and his habitually stein face softened you are very gen generous crous lie he said I 1 more gener generous oui than I 1 have a right to expect com come ansA answered ered air bur ritt doit talk like 11 that for heaven s sake dont let us its begin it all over again your secret such as it I 1 is and this is the last allusion I 1 intend to make or allow you to make to it lies between us two which is the same thing as 03 saying baying that it la Is perfect ly safe then more for the hake of griffig the hie conver conversation aRtIon a moro more cheerful turn than for any ther other reason he sald said 1 11 I thiril iou ou made some last night to the effa effat et that ou oil had bad made a large fortune it if so I 1 am sin on c t arey glad to hear it I 1 yes 11 w u its as the indifferent reply I 1 am comparatively speaking what you would all a wealthy man and my danger vill be an ai heiress in her way ay II 11 1 I am lery ery glad to hw heat tt it mul aid 1 i mr burritt lie antly y anil ailie AI Z timea not that I 1 M mish aoh t boast A jl mii nii y both beth lefe jefe ired the assassination of tile the poor old man in his sleep later on in tile the day just juat before bt arting to the station mr air burritt on looking at his watch noticed that it had stopped d then lie he remembered that lie he had to bring hla his watch key ke and had consequently been obliged to omit the ceremony of winding it up lip the night before it occurred to him that his friend sho aho wasa aas packing his portmanteau manteau la in the next room might be able to supply tile the dt cienci lie he left his own room and knocked at the door of the one ona adjoining dut but the occupant of the apartment whom he heard moving about within alpar antly did not hear bear the flip knock enock so BO afeei waiting a few seconds lie ha turned the handle and entered ahe other w m is standing in ili front of the dressing table and with his back to the door so that ills his actions were reflected in the minor lie he was dress oi ei all but his coat and was carefully examining some article which caught the ha light as lie he turned it over in hla his hand lie he Nh v heeled round suddenly enli with a frown on hearing the houn I 1 of the opening of the door and mr air Bur ritts involuntary exclamation of alarm when aben lie he saw how his friend was aas employed d good heavens lie exclaimed what ate aie ou on doing with that thin things if my dear fellow sold said the other regaining his compo com ture Instant ane bously what on earth carth are you making such a fuss about did ou never nener see a revolver before of I 1 have answered mr somewhat indignantly but thare for fco iio sake put the thing town down I 1 I 1 ate to see you trifling with it in that way it gives true me the cold shivers you alarm yourself unnecessarily I 1 absure you I 1 have not the sligh slightest in fin antion ut of blowing my drains brains out IN why by on earth should T I 1 I 1 was merely examining the thing to bee that it was waa all right I 1 but but stammered mr bunlot far front from reassured oil dont mesa mean to xay bay that you are in the tha habit babit of carr carrl ing ng firearms about with youa r my dear fellow felloe mimicked ane 1 I don dont t merely say it ir I 1 do it I 1 hut but why isas as the question why he be n piled I 1 in come case or of emergencies you never know when vl may need it aard I 1 should never hitik of traveling without cometh ine yf rf tile the sort bort 1 you ilou titan to say mr air burritt that you carry it about your person persona 7 the other nodded look here lie he said I 1 ve lived it rough sort of life an fn n a will part of tho the world for the last twenty yearn ile ie sen seen men shot down do w it by mv side hide in a saloon more inore than once and moro more than had a narrow escape from a similar fate in fact 81 alah in his vol dote t don dolit t mind owning to you that on one occasion I 1 bate bae killed my man in self defense mind he added hastily seeing tile the look ol of honor baeb for a moment over spread his friend a face in self defense lie he repeated repeat col with emp hali and nith w ith the oddi odd i three to one where should I 1 have been then but for foi m iny revolver verP As it wits was I 1 cleared the world of at least one ruffian and no one I 1 mean no one thought any the worse of rile me I 1 assure iou indeed m will itt a faint smile the first mr air burritt had bad seen upon hla his face lurking for a wo mo me ment 11 t lound jound the corners of his mouth month I 1 even had a testimonial presented preben ted to me by horne borne of the leading cit cithens lens of the place thanking me tor for ridding them of such a pestilent character as aa blick jake which illch was as the name the villain went by mr mir burritt braid him throughout with mingled with a faint sensation of boiros it seemed hat haid it to credit that the calm middle aad agad well dressed man before him hla his own contemporary had passed through such buch an experience as this and that the hand which he had shak en with so much cordiality had bad blood upon poll it thank lie he cried that we me have nc thing of this sort in england there Is s no shooting people down in refreshment saloons in this coun country I 1 perhaps not dot was the caustic reply but for all that it baruck me irie on looking at the paper this morning thit that ou on had bot our owa share of most of the ci climes lines going and plenty of black jakes or their equivalents too deiy said mr air burritt with iab eyes still fixed on the revolver BY betheay theay the ay 1 would you mind telling me ine Is that the same weapon that you used on oil that occasion aou ou were nere speak ing of I 1 moan mean when ou shot the other er individual I 1 meaning black jake yes yea im happy to say gay it is the very same I 1 mr air burritt felt that lie he somehow re gaida the artic article e in question with less faor than ever I 1 suppose there isn t the he least like lahood of its going off unexpectedly lie he inquired diffidently not unless I 1 pull the trigger was the careless i jes espouse and I 1 im in not likely to do that unless aou ou attack rile me first the joke it if joke johe it were ere struck mr air burritt as being in singular bad taste I 1 must say lie he repeated with nith a little perceptible irritation in hla his man mam ner that in this instance I 1 don t see sea the necessity for very likely you dont dent interrupt ed the other resuming his coat but if had been in the habit babit of carry ing it about bour 3 our person for as many years yeara as I 1 liae hae and always been accustomed cus cuRt tomed orned to sleep with it under your pillow you would think no more of 0 carrying a revolver than you would an umbrella or a watch this remark served to d mr air burritt of his original errand ile he therefore explained the rea on of his intrusion and having beh been accod by the loan of the desired ax ar tide turned to leave leae the room again ile he hesitated for a moment on the threshold and cast another glance over hla his shoulder at his friend who was aas doing wi to the cherished weapon capon with nith a bit of oily rag tho latter looked up lip and met it you don dont t really mean silas that 3 ou on are aft afield aid to trust yourself in my company now that you know I 1 carry a revolver volver ro I 1 he be asked u with ith another aul all I 1 den frown froan 1 I ou oil don t surely to be continued |