Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-06-04
FIFTY CLNTS IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME 25, NO. 2S'

Couldn't spend the money, anu knew no
daren't invest IL. or make much str about
It in any way. So my object was to End
him. and to find him quietly, and mako
him give il up.
Well You'll maybe hardly believe IL.
hut IL was three year. before ! could como
upon that man. track. did cDme upon
it at last. though. and | was pretty SURE I
had found hlm in Mr.. Weeks, settled In
Canada. Naturally. business took me 10
the place where Mr.. Weeks lived. and |
soon picked up acquaintance with him.
H. wns Captain Jones found out that;
and before long was more sure than ever
that he bad neither spent the monty nor
invested It butwhrrc he'd got it | cUuldn'i
tell.
After time Mr. Weeks and got to be
very graf friends, and at the ent Of sir
month. Mr. Week, began 10 talk Of how
be- should like to 20 into bu.ine.s-some-
thing In the commercial line-a. he had
small capital to invest. Very small"
thius, 70 myself " only = quarter Of q
million go However said that was ju'.
what vas looking out FOR, too, aud 81 to
make long story short, We agreed 10 enter
into partnership. and by my advice We wer.
to ~ dr.t to Liverpool, and make arrange
mcu.- with different firms there.
must confess, that voyage home did
seem rather long ono; bat It was over at
las.. and Mr. Week, and I were walking
along the STREETS Of Liverpool. 80 put
one hand 10 the helt where had pistols
trd be- knew d, and carried pistols himself
and the other lai on hi. shoulder.
Now. Captain Jones or the Golden
Fleece, LAY. |, "Iyc been after you this
four years, aud We got YOU salc home q,
last" Ma'am, II yodll bclrr,e il, tha,
man never sad = word, hot just Fixed his
eyes on me and staggered against the wall.
N,w didn't want To give b,n into cu.to-
dy IT couli hclp lt, for knew that those
~ho employed mc would a god deal rath-
er lrt hru 90 re, and they have their gold.
than see Mm Transported and carry with
him thr ..cr.t of whore It was hidden.
s,l'll him THAT be might let me know
u.,t m,rnus whether shouli hand bin
...r 600 r,llc.-rnu,tlblr. or whether he'd
t,. ur ~ ',rc he'd :ot the gold
ll,n,,.r .l"s. w,rd. 81 led him to
an ,nn aud l,,srd m!."If IN aroom With
han ull tpr mex, mrrias"
"w,rr you not afuli he'd shoot you,
Mr. Mrnchin -
"Np, WA,n't afraid he d shoot the. bu.
| WI, terribly afraid he'd .hop, himself.
However. kcp'a sharp eye on him. and as
he .lw he'd n'chanc' ut srrtuE ID anyhow.
he ju,t made clean hrra'i ui it. 81 tho
cnd W., that We got back nearly the who,s
uf The g,li dust, VII ch bed buTlsd soOn
after landing from the wreck. knew all
along that bee hadn't got it with him. And
they that employed ~. maie me present
oi a thousand pounds over and above what
bad been agreed on tor that JOb.
We'll" said young Wilson, who looked
wide aSAkc. "you're queer fish. May
AK IL you're alter ans body nov -
MAY be am, AMI may be | AN not.
Hut ,nrP,,e You don't tninN | an after
you -
"wby. NJ. am pretty -aro.oi that.
any how. Bat wish YOU were after that
onearmrl fellow
"Kcp your mind easy, Mr. Wilson.
He'll pat hr, own head mt tho halter, If
tu,r-'s unr made Tor Lim; aud dn know
tia, there, irr,u., awaiting Tor hun III Eng.
land, who Il Dr,rry glad to zee him h'u.s
ashr."
There, now. knew there vas some
thing Njw, Mipehin, do tell Us what IL
IT, there's good lcl,1w."
+. "Not |. Mr. Wilson. No, ma'am, nor
| don tell you neither, nor We don't have
no secret about the matter"
/ And Mr.. Mlnehin kopt his word. So.
who the one-armed captain was, or what no
had done, We could not fni uut until We
reached Plymouth. Every one avoided him
instuclNcy. our own captain setting tho
example, and all the latter part OF the
voyage young Wilson slept On deck, rather
than share tho same cabin with him. But
/, was only when. IN answer 10 our signals,
two police officers came oG to our vessel in
tne riv and arrested this man, that We
heard the story OF the slow, cruel torture,
the blrbaious murder, committed by him
on board his ship ia the river Bonny, twelve
years before.
/ The Silent Man." after he had once
spoken, was no longer inaccessible. We
us,d to joIn him in hls watch ut the stern
OF the vessel. and cay:
/ "Wrll, cir. will che do -
/ His lnuriahleanswer, pointing backward
over the sea, was
She'll do it; she's bound to do it, and
she'll do IT,"
/ A, We entered Plymouth Hirbor he once
more sought Miss Graham, put h. hand on
h,r shoulder, aud. pointing in the invAsis-
Die direction, aid
Z" sne' done it. She was bound to do
I il. and she. done it,"
| have no clear idea 30 thi. day who
4" she " was. or what she Was bound 10 DO,
or what che did. OF how or whom or why
she did It, or what would have happcned TO
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