The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-11-15
.T@ox
fE.4lI III; ] ] @. !. News.
FRlbAY. M55VEMBER Is, Is72.
81 SgstER4fE ENCOUNTER.
,NIAS c-TT y, ~, 2

"a annaIs OF crime have to offer.
A youngr gentleman of ind
. pendent means, about twenty-s
= years. old, took it'into his head
,, make q tour through that porto
y bfIreland in which our story lie
There was nothingwefy remark
pie in his appearGnce. He ",
gentlemanly-lo looking, with brow
hair ana whfakers, IAN aauiln
), hose, bright; Intelligent eyes, an
stood about five feet ten. H
81 name was Gerald Fafrfax.sk ,
Alter some weeks of ramblin
b about, our young friend reaehe
i thcttoNn of intending t
= take the train. the next day : fc
{, Dublin. y1i.g1s-s, :,;Gfsi-i D q = j.
Il The scenery about d = : = :. j
the most glorious in that part {
:. IrelaHita Eairfax sWasLsdelighte
With It,, Itii his exc 1rsions h
I. bad found inothingf4 to approac
I ttssbeautfes.-9 He resolved to prc
!. long his stay there until he shopI
!: grow tired of. the seene;s aud dai
AFTER day wandered among tn
mountains, aor reehned, pipe il
mouth, watching the wild glorie
that nature on all. sides unfoldet
. to hissgaze. - AsA-e sex
II .Oneamorning he sat at the ope1
window of his hotel, shortly afte
breakfast, bordering the direction
= he should take that day for q
walk; The, street he looked into
twas a quiet. one. Some mean
Hooking houses confronted him; q
little way up some squalid child,
rem were playing; further yet a
priest was summing himself in the
genial morning light. II
| Presently man came down the
street, afellow dressed in the Earb
OF the Irish peasant, with very
broad shoulders and brawny arms.
His face was pale, aipallor almost
corpse hike. His lips were thin,
and being tightly compressed,
made a nero line, of his mouth.
His eyes were small, black, and
brilliant, Illuminated by a ray
singalarly sinister and malignant.
Fairfax could hardly help tax
ing particular notice of. him; for,
as be passed. with q slow, furtive
gait, the hotel, he eyed the young
fellow SO closely that the gaze be-
camel embarrassing, ana Fairfax
dropped his eye. He walked to
the end of the street and then
came back, fixing, as he passed,
the same sinister. look upon the
young fellow, and presently disap-
Feared. - t. ~~f ~
"Sdhte beggar, I suppose
thought Fairfax, examining me
with cunning to remark if / look
.iSnorant and benevolent enough
-forehim to.practice his eloquence
on,",
He left the hotel, struck off to-
thesleft,. and began to explore for
new bits OF scenery in q portion of
the, country he had not yet traV-
ersed.s On returning leisurely at
about half-past one, he entered a
narrow Sdefile that led through
sSnie fro%ning rocks to the shores
OF the lake. =, 800 Z. y. -. ~
He was.whisthng pretty merri-
~. MheI, he. suddenly paused, for,
turning the angle of a oliff, he came
right upon a .syoang man and q
girl, seated in Q very lover like at,
titude on a fragment q rock
The sgirrs head was upon the
young mans shoulder, his arm
afoundsher waist. mt .Fsp sze .--.'. j
iHe'%as 'good-natured enough to
uAderstahds the. ,wickedness of
spelling this kiAd- of sport, and
strobe SOM. after stealing a brief
glance t,tie young; couple, who,
oDseeing hip, Instantly abandon
ed their amorous posture, and sat
stifdy uprightss a.ase g a.. ..sla 7aEs
iThs ySnng girl was singularly
beautiful. he hardly wanted to
inspect her long,to seesthat. She
was q pure type of the Irish W6.
man, with great black eyes, pale
ehseks, red lips, aad masses Of
black hair, which she wore. piled
upon her head zin a a, beautiful
though. artistic confusion a-at' /
But what had struck. Fairfax
more than the beauty ofithe girl,
and which would certainly have
caused him to Iinger a moment or,
two longer but for the emarrass-
matft 50 rude, an act would en-
tail, WAS the appearance of the
yOdng man, -hr5 l1A sa-. CT
With his brown hair and whisk-
eRs, his aQHiline nose, and bright
eyes, he was the very counterpart
OF FaiEfax himself. ID The girl must
have seen the likeness, for hardly
wefe, they hidden from sight, when
he heard ,her awaken the musical
echoes oftthe cliffs with a sweet,
mefodious laugh. r.s !.
D. Fairfax strobe forward, marvel
ling much to hilnself'at the singuE
larity of. the, coincidence, and hay.
ing circled the beach that fringed
| the dark waters OF the lake, pro-
ceeded to scale the steep incline
of the narrow path that led up the
cling. toward the, town. :75a,
If the adventure on the one
side of the lake had surprised him,
he mas doomed to be more than
sprprisedibysSn adventure on the
other side OF the lake. 80
A He was pausing for a moment
% take breath, for the ascent was
vsrE steep, and aaboriOns, when
the sharp report OF a gun rang
1 out, andshis hat fen to the ground.
IL Fearfllly :. startled, she looked
hQrriedly'. around him. About
Aaikty.orlAeventy PAGES off he saw
small white cloud of smoke ris-
lnE above that stoodskke' asgianE
! bduldeR-stene againststhe hill He
4 pikked up his hat, which he. saw
1piercsd through with a hole into
which he might have stuck his lit
\ tie finger, and clappihg it on his
,,fhsao, pushed up. the pathway with
tfhe utmost rapidity, fearful every
8 second OF hearing. second report,
1 add of feeling himself shot. - ?
lie gained his hotel, out OF
breath and yiolently agitated. He
-lEahg, the bell and Summoned the
elIahdlord.. , .fse ". e 90 So. .s. -.-
t.I find, he said, chat q train
lleAves this place for Dublin TO
InorroH morAing. i regret to- tel
Etyou e issmy intention TO take it
Han sorrysfor 1 like this place
and would probably have eontfna
ed here another fortnight-per
y Haps longer"
al have done my best to plaz,
tyens sirsS' answered the landlord
= ''fhops you're not having for tn,
want of being comfortable,
~ an leaving" said FsiriaS