The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-09-27
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The Fatal Prescription.
RECALLED TO LIFE |!
By, WELDON ]. COBB. Jr.
CHAPTER ANNIN
ENSS ARID.


ESsSARkp.
Reunited at last and once again happy
in the consciousness of their complete re-
storation to each other, the two lovers re-
NAMED. for some time, locked in that firm
embrace which only those restored, as it
we're from exile, can experience and appre-
ciate There was no alloy to their sobbing,
fearful gladness, no wandering regrets in
their ecstatic happiness, all, all was lost
sight of in the fact of their present JOY. They
we're together again, and after having been
separated for more than half a decade, aft
er having waited, and lunged, and loved, a
kind providence had re united them had
brought them together most mlraculously.
They were aroused from their happiness
by the voice of Conrad Markham.
:. He has escaped = he cried, IN com
mingled tones of rage and disappointment.
He went by the window" said Bella,
| disengaging herself from her lovers em-
! brace.
Conrad Markham hurriedfrom the room,
with the words
~ will capture him and drag him to JUS
tice. though track him through all Eng
! land"
4 he IIlO, CuIBlsllllG vi -sAloc ANothCJf NiS
| Doctor and Cecil Dare, then repaired to
the carriage in waiting below. Bestowing
no more than a causual glance upon the old
woman and the false minister, the latter OF
whom cringed away TO his gig, they were
soon on the road returning to Denslow.
Meanwhile Conrad Markham had gone
on quickly securing every available foot of
ground in search Of the escaped Clarence
Donaldson, OF Robert Margrave, as we
shall now call him.
He knew that the willy william was now
| fully aware Of his intentions, and would
/ spare no pains to elude him. He realized
| that, alone in this desolate region, he would
be ins scure if he gave his foe an unfair ad-
vantage. and he, therefore, as he caught
sight Of a dark form clambering up the
rocks which ended i'll a precipice which
overhung the sea, laid his hand on his
trusty companion, revolver, and scaled
the heights.
At that moment glad exhultant feeling
came into his mind, as he realized that he
had at length driven his foe to bay. The
height had but one mode of accessibility,
that mode scaling from the place where
the cabin stood. Over-hanging, as it did,
the sea, it precluded all opportunity of his
foes escape, unless by returning by that
way. The cliff extended far out into the
sea. and the man who had hunted and
traced the false Sidney Vivian for 50 many
long years, now knew that capture or death
must be the eventual alternative of the OBJ
| ject of his pursuit.
He had come to the open level on the
table-rock over which were interspersed
a few trees and bushes. Irregular, it still
presented sufficiently even surface TO ad-
NIT Of any object being visible, unless OBJ
scured by the underground, and Conrad
Markham was elated to find his foe slowly
ascending to the edge Of the precipice.
He followed boldly, for, although he an
ticipated treachery and struggle with the
man before him, he did not fear him. On
ward he went, until he had driven the false
Sidney Vivian to bay. Then he stepped
forward and confronted him.
You seem to take considerable pains
to follow me, said Clarence Donaldson.
How often must | repel you as would
fawning dog
The mans eyes flashed omniously.
"Once more Clarence Donaldson, and
that lust now. Then the galley or the
halter"
Donaldson paled.
"And what for you
Z" atisfaction-pleasure Oh 4 fool
are ycu too blind to see that have traced
w through all these years only to have
the pleasures Of bringing you 10 the misery
which you have inflicted upon Marcia Van
SAINT Are you too much of knave t.
be blind to the fact that your course is run,
and that inevitable punishment stares you
in the face Not only has your plot been
discovered, but Sidney Vivian is here In
England. and Cecil Dare lives to bring you
to the gallows."
wild scream of horror rang from the
impostors lips: :.
1T is lie = he cried, " Cecil Dare lies
in the ocean :,
"Your own vision at Denslow jail will
soon convince you. You are powerless to
resist me. l will not let you escape me
this time. Clarence Donaldson, your ca
reer is run. One movement to escape me,
and l will shoot you down a. l would q
dog. You are at my mercy, completely
The tables are turned, and my revenge II
coming"
The false Sidney Vivian glowered dark
" at the weapon which Conrad MARKHAM
raised as he spoke the words. Even II
the face Of death, with pistol held Dy
man whom he knew would not hesitate T.
use it. he was boldly defiant. With reck
less contempt for his adversary and for hi
words, he made a faint, as If to retreat
and, then, taking his pursuer of his gnars
and completely unawares, he sprang for
ward and downward, and with hercnleaI
effort, flung him backward on the rocks.
Markham tottered and fell with dul
thud, but he took his adversary with him
1t had been too desperate and hard-fough
q game for him to lose it now, and ne o
once realized how precariously Perilous wa
his situation in this mans han ls. In
fair fight he was the strongest, but The un
expected fall had iarred his system ant