The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-03-15

President uI the NoOpeFs ihtcrhsl'nAa ""i
CHAPTER XXXIv. CONTINUED.
Nhan her father came back, he beheld
statue the papers had dropped and lay
on the carpet Vida seemed IN trance
life had apparently left her and her face
looked like a marble Venus.
MY poor child, said the father, coming
up and laying his hand on her shoulder
She turned her face towards him:
Papa III
"WeI. my child
You lriH tdks ~ home HOW--'
The father did not answer. There was
someth ug IN the look and tone that troze
his blood IN his veins There was death
IN the look and death in the voice Why
lid she leave the sentence unfinished
What else would she have said ? The father
felt the unuttered words tinglng in his
ears heard them deep in his soul heard
them floating in the air around hun saw
them before him, IN letters Of fire Yes,
he knew II she completed the thought, 1t
would be- ..you will take me home now and
b,g1 ne . But he did not take her home,
he tuok her to Basle, and thence down the
Rhins. through Germany, and across the
North Sea 81 England
II can't believe he is dead, said Vida
to her father one day, after they had
reached England.
why, my child N
..If he were dead would not have lived
50 long. she answered very decidedly.
when do you propose to leave for
home n she next asked.
In about a month, he replied.
This was the only conversation she had
had with her father about Arbyght, since
that dreadful day She seldom spoke now,
never sang. never smiled In a month she
would start for home This thought gave
her a secret Joy she would visit his grave
and pour upon it her sea Of sorrow.
Their Journey homeward began sooner
than she expected Next morning she met
her father. but he seemed to have grown
twenty years older during the night. In a
fal.cring. broken voice, he told her they
Wrr- u start for home that afternoon.
What has happened, dear papa II
.-Oh. some business troubles, you could
not understand did You see the morning
papers 81
mo, papa, why HI
"Oh, nothing Of consequence.
IS it very serious
mo, no, child, pack up at once.
Vida obeyed, and two days subsequently
they we're again on old oceans bosom,
hnmeward bound but oh how different,
how changed, were both father and daugh-
ter and IN few short months, too.
"What did you say that safe not reli-
able-not hre-proof E.
II vas Mr. Allsound who spoke, or rather
tah IN had
incidentally made some dlsParaglng re-
mark concerning the capableness OF a large
safe which stood in Allsounds store, 70
withstand a severe ire-test There was
something extremely eager and questlonary
in Allsound's voice-a shade Of deep con
Germ, anxiety and sohcltude-
II have seen many OF them, which, after
passing through, even ordinary hres, rem
dered up their contents III anything but a
satisfactory condition, coolly replied the
man who had excited AllsOund nervous
ness.
He supposed he was doing Mr. Allsound
a service by giving him the beneht OF his
experience in the reliableness OF certain
safes The information worried and an
moved Alisound to an extent hls friend
could not comprehend. In fact, the mer-
chant regarded it as piece Of exceeding
bad news, and at heart did not thank him
for the interest he manifested in his affairs.
Unsought advice, OF remarks apparently
disinterestedly made, but which are, IN
themselves, advisory or admonltory, sci
dom if ever fall upon pleased or thankful
ears, no matter how unselhshly pure the
motive that prompted them. This Is very
human and very natural, for SINCE one man
is unable to see OF read the mind OF anoth-
er, he has no means Of knowing whether
his views will coincide or run counter 70
those of the person he seeks to advise, d.
rectly or indirectly besides, no man cares
particularly to have his own judgment I'M
pugned or estimated at a discount. How
ever, in this case there was a stronger rea-
son why Mr.. Allsound should be provoked
Not only was his judgment impeached, but
as the safe then held over one hundred
thousand dollars in ''hard cash" and col
laterals. he had strong motive for wish
ing it a model of tre-proof, as well as bur
glar-proof, strength.
Lately, detective Magaw had been indus
triously at work, investigating the part Mr.
Allsound had taken in the Relvason con
spiracy and some very damaging evidences
Of completely had already been discovered
OF unearthed The old locksmith had been
visited, md acknowledged having made the
key which Sergeant SOolhe had the Wis
dom 70 secure. The detective visited near
" every locksmith in the city before he
found the right one and, unfortunately
for Allsound, this man knew the man for
whom he maae the key The similarity
between the trade marks on the pistol and
cable chains has already been noticed, but
it was accidentally discovered that this
mark was the trademark invariably used
by Mr.. Allsound. Several other links IN
the chain Of evidence were, after dihgent
search, brought to light but through some
agency unknown to the detective, Allsound
discovered the danger that SO threatenlngly
menaced him, and he made the most of his
time. Young Trueson was the only link
missing to complete the chain-and he had
been home for the last eight months, but
efforts were being made to secure his pres
ence and this fact was not unknown to
Allsound, who had now resolved on fight
and with that object in view, he had
| hurriedly disposed of nearly all his avail
I able property, which was then in the safe.
I This was the cause Of his uneasiness and
trspidatioR.
What light is that ~