The Morning herald., 1877-04-24
CORD AND cREEsE.
CHAPTER LvIII.
THE nA1AY's VENGEANCE.

rHE MA1AY's vENGEANCH.
Came bours .fterward Despard called
p..ndon outside the cottage, and walked
LONG the bank which 9verhung the beach.
a Arr;Ssur st q point ssFeral hundred yards
d;.,ant from& lie cottage he stopped
I'ssn Rrsndou mott b . deeper gloom upon his
,,,s face and Z s'nsf purpose on ms 's'0'o's
~Tuitl. = hsv called you aside, said Despard,
n sav III I am going on journey. !
w nav & back Immediately. If do not
ret1fn. will you say to any one who asks
tMt l have gone away on important pusi-
ness. and that the time Of my coming is
uncertain.
suppose you can be heard Of at Hobby
in case Of need.
am never going back to Hobby.
Brandon looked surprised.
To one like you, eaid Despard, lido not
object to tell my purpose. You know
what it is to seek for vengeance. Ihe
only feeling that I have is that. Love,
tenderness, affection, all are idle words to
Il There are three who pre-eminently
we're concerned in my fathers death, con-
tinued Despard. One was Cigole. Inc
Carbonari have him. Langhetti tells me
|. that he must die, unless he himself inter.
noses to save him. And I think Langhetti
viii never 90 interpose. Langhetti is dy-
inp-anether stimulus to vegeance.
The one who has been the cause Of this
il Clark. another one of my fathers mur-
derers. He is in the hands Of the law
His punishment is certain.
There vet remains the third, and the
worst. Your vengeance is satisfied on
him. Mine. is not. Not even the sight
Of that mi.cr cant in the attitude Of q be-
reaved father could for one moment move
me to pity. took note Of the agony Of
his face. l watched his grief with Joy. l
am going to complete that JOY. He must
de- and no mortal can save him from my
hands,
Inc deep, stern tones of Despard were
like the knell of doom, and there was in
them such determinate vindictiveness that
Brandon saw all remonstrance TO be USE
less.
He marked the pale sad face Of this
man. He saw in it the traces of sorrow
Of long standing that any which he might
have felt about the manuscript he had
read. 1t was the face of man who had
suffered 80 much that life had become
burden.
You are clergyman, said Brandon at
length, with a faint hope that an appeal
to bis profession might have some effect.
Despard smiled cynically.
am man, said he.
Can not the discovery Of sister atone
in some degree for your grief about your
father?
Despard shock his head wearily.
No, said he, must do something, and
only one purpose is before me now. !
see your motive. You wish to stop short
oftaking that DEVILS life. 1t is useless to
demonstrate. My mind is made up. Per
haps may come back unsuccessful. lfso
Il must be resigned, suppose. AT any
rate you know my purpose, and can let
those who ask after me know, in general
way, what I have said.
With a slight bow Despard walked
away, leaving Brandon standing there
filled with thoughts which were half
mournful, half remorseful. =
On leaving Brandon, Despard went at
once to the inn. The crowd without lad
dwindled away to half dozen people,
who were still talking about the one event
pfthe day. Making bis way through these
be entered the inn.
The landlord stood there with a puz-
lied face, discussing with several friends
he case Of the day. More particularly he
vas troubled by the sudden departure of
he old man, who about an hour previous.
y had started off in a great hurry leaving
20 directions whatever as to what was to
Pe done with the body up stairs. 1t was
hls which now preplexed the landlord.
Despard listened attentively to the con.
ersatien. The landlord mentioned that
otis had taken the road to Brandon.
ne servant who had been with the young
pan had not been seen. If the old man
Mould @l not return what was to be done :?
1hls was enough for Despard, who had
is horse saddled without delay and start
also on the Brandon road. He road
swiftly for some time, hoping to over
IKE the man whom he pursued. He rode,
owaeVer, several miles without coming in
sns Of him or of any one like him. At
w ne reached that hollow which had
cen the scene Of his encounter with CLARK.
he descended into it he saw q group Of
zen by the roadside surrounding some oh.
w. In the middle Of the road was a
imers wagon, and horse was stand
g in the distance,
Despard rode up and saw the PROSTATE
sure Of man. He dismounted. The
1mers 1ler stood aside and disclosed the face.
It was Potts.
Despard stopped down. It was already
usk; put even in that dim light he saw
~ coils Of thin cord wound tightly