The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-24
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NEW PLpT>.
The pot grows deeper players all
I,pu the worlds broad stage

! IIpn the world, bruad stage
ANON.
Beatrice Vernon had played a deep gam'
with Colonel Adams the tew days inter
vening between the visit to her Of Nanc
! Evelyn and the next visit he made to her
! She had not only obtained the Colonel 4
! love unreservudly aud lasting, but she hac
So acted out the fancee that few Of tie
visitors AT the Villa were uncugnIZdnt OF
her engagement to Colonel Adams.
The visitors were nov dispensing, and
some few ot them had returned I" then
| homes All had acknoWledg the rare
| enJoyement Of the brief period Of recre-
alton spent at Myrtle Villa. 4 few, how
ever, still remained
| Miss Durand was not fully persuaded OF
the efficacy Of her emissary and power u
retain Eugene Allerton and allow heI
security to be as before uninterrupted 10y
him. She vas not regretful, therefore,
! when sire o6caniel . note the evening Of
the day when some few OF the "a sts had
left the Villa, from Nane Evelyn. telling
of his desires To- meet her. She was not
in a mood for being interrupted at that
particular period Of time, but she managed
to evade all questioning and scrutiny and
join the former partner IN all her crimes
IN the woods, a short distance remote from
Myrtle Villa.
As man whom she did not recognize
at the first came forward To- meet her she
was somewhat startled.
Then she recognized the features Of her
confederate beneath the lately assumed
and new disguise.
s.Nane EVELYN" she said.
Yes.
You have returned again
''As you see.
And you have been successful
''ln what
I'm seeing Eugene Allerton I!
II have seen HIM, replied the man
tantalizingly slowly.
"And you put him upon false trail h
interrogated eagerly the woman.
No"
She started wildly forward
81 have succeeded.
But"
Il have not placed him upon false
trail, said Vane Evelyn, Il have removed
him from the trail altogether.
A murmur Of joy issued from the
woman's lips.
Removed him for good n she queried
in gladly -expectant murmur.
Eyes, until you have fulfilled your
plans. So long as you desire hun to be
kept away from you. So long shall he be
kept away"
where is he now Z!
'.In the hands Of man too unscrupu-
lous to quest on my motives in placing
him under his guidance, and too thoroughly
sordid to refuse to be the recipient Of a
quarterly sum Of money through me, from
you.
''What is the amount r. Vane Evelyn
told her
She sighed at its largeness.
Il suppose that must stand the drain,
she said. II can feel safe now. You will
vouch for the security from escape of
Eugene Allerton T.
EYes 1t is not part of the programme
Of the man in whose care he has been
placed to allow his patients to escape"
Patients" exclaimed Beatrice Vernon.
"Yes, can you not divine the place OF
MS Imprisonment
IL can surmise it.
81 was not doing very easy task when
| undertook to secure Eugene Aallerton.
"Tell me of it T.
Thus requested, Nane Evelyn complied
He told her Of his disguise, of first arrang-
ing with the keeper Of a private asylum in
the far southern part Of Virginia, to retain
patient securely until he was liberated
upon his, Nane Evelyn's order. He spoke
of his success, Of the almost failure Of the
plot, and he then concluded with the infor-
nation of the two men, Robert Garrison
and Thomas Barton.
If Miss Vernon had begun to experience
a feeling Of security, she evinced great
interest in the singular appearance of these
two men. 1t seemed as if she would nc
sooner remove one obstacle from her path,
before some other, far more important
than the last, would present itself
"What could they be wanting" was her
puzzling question.
That is the question"
Gould they be on your track r
''No."
I'm search Of him then ?"
20, yes, perhaps; Eugene Allerton was a
great friend of these men, dOubtlessly
they are seeking for him "
They will not trace you here r
"No."
"And if they do n
Treat them with the coldest unconcern
and disdaIn,"
"They cannot injure me n
"Who r
me, expose me.
Vane Evelyn chafed impatiently under
this seeming fire Of interrogatories.
"You understand the entire affair Al
well as do, he said, in tone Of voice
bespeaking plainly a gruff Incivility.
"You must be prepared to meet all con.
tingencies outside Of my province in the
affair"
"What do you propose doing next
week r. she said, turning the conversation
into a new channel
81 have nothing to do but to wait.
"Wait for what I"
"For the successful fruition Of your
plans"
Miss Vernon moved uneasily in her seat
upon a fallen tree.
"You must not be seen in my company
here, she said.
"Why not I"
Because it would excite suspicion.