Show The Hidden Hand By Mrs E. E D. D E. E N. N Southworth Continued from Yesterday Morning NIT Feared shunned belied ore youth lost her Imer force He lIe hated me too much to feel remorse mil And thought the vice of wrath a tin Ba- creil call To pay time tho Injuries of or on nil all There was was- wasa a laughing devil in hIs sn sneer cor That caused emotions both baUm of rage rase anti and fear S SAnd And where hits his frown roum of darkly foil fell Hope withering fled ant and mercy sighed farewell Byron Herbert bert Greyson 1 had been correct In his Imis conjecture conjecture- Concerning the tho cause of Colonel Lc Le loir's conduct In ab absenting absenting ab- ab himself from rota he time trial or ap appearing ap- ap there mere only In time the person of his attorney A proud vain conceited man maim full of Joseph he could better have borne borno to bo ho ar arraigned ar- ar upon the tite charge of murder than to face time the accusation of baseness baseness base base- ness that was about to be proved upon upon up up- on him Being reasonably certain as asto asto to what the tho decision of the Orphans Orphans' court was tas likely to be he was not disappointed In Hearing that judgment had been rendered In favor of his ward anti and her friends Ills one great grat disappointment had been upon tipon discovering discovering dis dis- covering the tho Might of Clara For when nImen he Ime had ascertained that she sime had lied led he knew that all was lost lost and and lost through Capitola the Capitola the girl for whose destruction he lie Had now not another and a stronger motive re re In Iii this mood of mind three days before his imis departure to join his imis regi- regi nent he Ime sought time the retreat of tile the oUt oUt- law aw He lie chose an nil early hour of tho evening as that In which ho he should 10 jo most likely ro in find Black Don Don- ild It was about S o'clock when he imO ills his large cloak around his imis tail all figure pulled his hat low lott over his sInister Inister brows anti and sot set out to walk alone to the lie secret cavern in time the side at f time tho Demons Demon's Punch Howl Tho llie night was dark anti and limo llio path but lila his directions had been cam so that when ho imO reached reachel the brink of that flint awful abyss ho lie knew precisely where to begin Ills his descent with time the least danger of being titled to time the bottom And by taking a strong hold upon the 10 stunted saplings of pine and cedar tat hat grow grew down through time the clefts of time IG ravine and placing his feet firmly pon time the points of it projecting rocks ho lie to descend time the inside of that abysm from time the top corned fraught with certain death to 10 tony ny lily one daring enough to make tue When about half way wn- down the pre ire pice ho ime reached the ti-me clump of cedar growing In the deep cleft anti and the tho hole that formed the ti-me then n trance to time tho cavern Here he me paused and looking ime 10 entrance a dark anti and appat Uly fathomless cavern cat he gave time the signal whistle which was ire Im- mm ed hit ely eti fm from nm wit within h in b blie by lie 10 well known voice of time the outlaw hief saying All tight right my n give us your and mand Hoor of or his lis cavern Is f several feet below tub pening LC Le Noir extended his hand into the ti-me within and soon felt Jt it rasped by that of Clack Donald who Slowly slowly colonel In guiding him down the itter darkness of time tho subterranean until they stood upon the firm ottom of the cavern They were still in time the midst of a that hint might flight bo be felt except lat hat from a small opening in the side if f time the rock a light gleamed Toward his second opening opening- Binck Donald his patron on and stooping and amid before him led him l into an mind iner cavern well lighted anti and rudely tied up Upon a large larte natural plat hint orm of rock occupying the center of he space were vemo some dozen bottles of randy or 01 whisky several loaves of read anti and son some dried venison Around his hR rude IUle table seated sealed upon fragments Dr f rock lugged hugged for time the pur- pur pose lose were SOniC some eight or ten mon men of time lie band in various stages of cation Along time tho walls weer plies piles of bem some seine of which served as ouches six at seven men who md ad thrown themselves lawn down upon them hem in a state of exhaustion or stupor Come Cente boys we have Ilave not IlOt a a. bound bound- ess choice of apartments here and I L Ivan van t to talk b to my colonel Suppose you rou take your liquor and bread and alid neat meat into the outer cavern and give us time the use of this for an hour s said aid ho Llio outlaw The men neim sullenly obeyed and began legall begano to o gather up tip the viand Demon Dick seized one 1110 of time the lights to go after them hem Put laWn down time tho glim Satan Salami singe your skin for you Do you want to a hue and cry y upon us Dont Don't YOU fou know a light in iii the ti-me outer cavern can bo seen ore from time the outside roared Black Donald Dick sulkily set down time the candle and armI followed his comrades What are you about Confound you You can cam see to cat anti and drink well enough and amid your way 0 o your mouth In him time the dark you brute laundered time the captain as there was no Answer mi to this and the tue hInd had and amil their heir chief with his imis visitor mi alone Hack Black Donald turned to Colonel Ie Noir and said Well my patron what great mater mattei mat mat- tei er is It that has caused you to leave he the company of fair fajr Clam Chum Day for our grim society Ah then men It appears you aro not hiot waro that Clara Clama Day has imas nod from fromn n- n has made a successful appeal to h Orphans and been heen taken iut lut of our hands angrily replied Colo- Colo el lc Le nir V he-cw he My colonel I I think I could have managed that belter 1 I think if i I had imad hud imad tim that girl in itt my amy power a. a as you had imad who sime should not mInt have f me tm-me hail bah bah bahi stop boasting since it was through your neglect yours yours that I lo lost t this timis girl i Minji exclaimed Donald in astonishment S Aye yours For If you had imad lone done your duty performed your engage engagement ment kept your nur word and imd delivered rm front from this thia fatal Capitola I had hadnot hadnot not lost my ray v. nor my lily son his wealthy bride exclaimed Le- Le Noir an angrily gri ly Capitola again What on onearth earth artim had ho shio to in with 1111 the loss ions of Clara Day cried Donald in wonder r Everything to tb do with It sir By Dy Bya Dya a cunning artifice sio delivered Clara Chant from our set her Imer free and covered evered her flight until nas fh r In security 1 t.- t. t d S Si i Kid mm in ho imo laughed and Black Donald slapping his knees S 5 S S 'S 4 5 I L Tv ground and gnashed his teeth in ragi muttering hoarsely I Yes you may many laugh confound you since it is granted those who win to I Ido do 10 so You may laugh for you have done me out of five thousand dollars and what on earth cam have ireve you perform per form etl to earn It Come come my colonel fair aim anti and easy I dont don't know which IB Is est to betray loss of temper or love of money anti and you are doing both However It Is between friends But how time tho demon did that girl that capital Capitola get Clara off fromI from I right under your eyes By changing clothes with her imer confound cont con con- t found you I will tell you all about It It replied I Le o NoIr who thereupon commenced and related the manner In which she she- accompanied them to the church anti and revealed her Iier herself self at time the altar Black Donald threw himself back and roared with laughter vigorously slapping his knees and crying That girl that mat capital I Would not sell my prospect of possessIng possess possess- Ing tm-mg her for double your bribe Your prospect Your Is about na as deceptive a as a cain fata morgana What mat have you been boen doing I ask you again toward realizing this timis prospect and earning tb-c tb money you have al already already al- al ready received Pair Fail and easy my colonel Dont Don't let temper get tile tho better of What hat have I been doing toward earning earn cam ing the money you have already paid mo me In the first place I lost my time and risked my liberty watching around Hurricane Hall flail Then when tt I had imad Identified time the girl and the tho room she slept In by seeing her nt at her window I put 1111 three of my best men n-men In jeopardy to capture her Imet Then when she the tho witch had captured them I sacrificed all my good looks hooks transmogrifying myself Into a frightful old field preacher and went to Limo tho camp camp- meeting to watch among other r things for an alt opportunity of carrying her imer off l The me She gave me no such opportunity I succeeded in nothing except in iii fooling tho ti-me wiseacres anti and getting admitted to the tho prison of my comrades whom I furnished fum with in instruments In- In by which they made their escape Since that tune time we have had to lie low yes yes literally literally to to lie low how how- to keep out of ot sight to burrow under nailer underground ground Tn Ta a 0 word to live in this cavern Anti And since tInco which you have abandoned aban aban- all intention of getting the girland girl gEt and earning the tho five thousand dollars s sneered Le Ie Noir Earning time the remaining five thousand thousand thou thou- sand you mean colonel Time The first five thousand I consider L I. have already earned It Ii was the tho last five thousand that I was to get when time the girl should be he disposed of Well Well I have havo not given up either the tue Intention of earning tie tho money or orth orthe th the hope of getting time the girl in iti truth I L had rather lose time tho money y titan than the girl I have havo boon on the tb-me watch almost continually hut though I suppose she sho rides out frequently I have not yet happened to hit upon her imer In any amy of her excursions At last however I have fixed upon a plan for getting witch into my power i I sha l trust tile tho execution of that plan to no one but myself mi But I must have time vr t. Ti meZ nie sir s Is ii fraught ith danger mger n sir tir How got got possession oC of this girl or the knowledge of her his history tory I do not know except that it wa waS through the ti-me agency of that accursed hag Nancy Crewel I But that mat he ime has imas her hem and that he knows all about her i is but too certain That he has not at present legal proof enough to es establish es- es her Imer identity anti and her hei rights before a court of justice I infer from fromn the fact of his biTs continuing inactive in iii inthe time the matter mattel But who can foresee v ho soon ho he may obtain all time the proof that thatIs Is necessary to establish Capitola's claims anti and wrest the tho whole thole of this timis property from me Who can tell whether he lie is not now secretly en engaged CU- CU In iii socking and collecting such proof Therefore I repeat that time tho girl must Immediately bo be got rid of Donald Rid me of that creature rInd and the day that you prove to me her death I will double your fee Agreed my colonel agreed I have no objection to your doubling or 01 even quadrupling my foe fee You shall find mo mc in Iii that as in nil all other perfectly amenable to reason Only I must have tin time Haste would ruin us I repeat that I have a plan by which 1 am nm certain to get the tho gui girl Into my amy possession A plan iian time the execution exe cution of which I will to no other hands but my own But I con con- elude as I began l I must have time And now much time exclaimed Lo Le Noir again losing his patience Easy my patron That I can carm not tell you It Is imprudent to make promise Profuse especially to you iU who will trill take nothing into consideration when they can Calm not mInt be kept replied Black Donald coolly lint But sir do you not know that I Iam am ordered to Mexico and must leave within three thi-ee days I would s see eo eat end of this timis before I go angrily exclaimed ex ox- claimed Le Noir Nob Softly softly my child time the colonel Slow Show and sure Fair anti and easy goes far in iii a day ulay Jim In a word will you do this timis business busi busi- ness mess for me and do tin It promptly Surely surely my patron Hut I Insist upon time But 1 I go tn tU Mexico in three days All til honor go with you OU my Who mo i would keep his friend time path of glory Perdition you hub with me Perdition certainly colonel Thoi I perfectly pei agree with you but the rest of your oLmi sentence Is wrong I dont don't trine trifle with you What in time tho fiends fiend's name do you mean Nothing in jim the name of any ammy absent ab ab- sent of ours I mean simply that you may imay go to to Mexico And And my business Can be lone done Just as well perhaps better without you Recollect If It you please my colonel that when you were absent with Harrison In m time the West your great business was lone done here yOU Anti And better for that hat very sery rca on No ono one ever evet suspected sus sus- your agency in that matter Time The person most benefited by time the death of Eugene Le Nob was fat far enough from the scone scene of his murder Hush Perdition seize you Why dp tip you YOLI speaK of tImings things so long past exclaimed Le growing white to the very ver lipsTo lips S T To jog your worships worship's memory anti and suggest that your honor In is the ln last lastman t man ivl tybo o ought to o complain of this delay since it will trill be lie ve very y well for you to Co be fn In a distant laud serving your yoni at time the lime that your Ut brothers brother's heiress whose you OU Illegally hold I IS out got of your way va vaS S There limero Is something in that mused Le Nor 5 There is all in that You have a i good brain ld tt J v S Continued Tomorrow Morning i i S S S S S s. |