The Red Cloud chief., 1878-06-13

ns'e orcn succtri .. net ucuntrs, ena
said nothing.
Il .ce YOU thins me. dersng~d. sa,
! knew be "a. alive all the time"
Why. ~hs, could have led you w
think 81 ~
" law him. Colonel Hastings. II
WAS In our old buagSlo~ al Calcutta.
sbou, tvs wears after grt bach. Late
In the evening heard . sco,s,~p out
side which strangely affected me. l
Was lying half asleep. and. startiag up
In = drowsy state. I heart = voice at the
ycrsnda, and. y. thought. inquiring
II my stupid old native whether lived
there. The steps turned away ! dsr'cd
la the easement. snd although the
figure Was clad In the mos, ~cStrscrdi.
nary compound ~ Eurg'csn and
A-iaiic garments. Am sure II Was
Jerry. dartcd down stairs and
rushed cut, but the man had dis
appeared. The servant said he ~As =
bad fakir. and wished to get into the
bungalow. but could OF would tell inc
nothing ~ what he had said. Hut !
AIN quite sure 4, WAS Jerry. so l am
certain he will come bsck-bu, YOU re-
member he never Was p~unciuAl. she
added. with = faint smile.
| did no, SAY io her tina, u Jerry ~As
alive she mus, have heard II him In
some other WAY but l took leave OF
her. and shorty afterwards returned Ia
India.
In 1889. I was appointed 'c m EN-.
bassy at NcpAnl, u very striking coun.
try governed b, q powerful wAriike
race. The first minister or vifier of
the country met us. rs IL the NcpAulcse
fashion. outside the capital, and We had
n very courteous aud gratifying rcccp-
ton. lie was n tall. handsome man.
With = flowing black beard. and con,
versed with me In Persian which ]
spoke fucntly. After our interview,
one III the attendants informed mc thai
the yiyier wished Ia see me alone, and
he accordingly conducted me Ia an In
r ner apartment. lie ordered the nj
| tendanis To withdraw. and then. "
I, tones only to familiar. he exclaimed :
well, Hastings. my boy. how X
the Plungers p
II was Jerry Donnelly by all that wa
= miraculous. I had observed him tar
I ing earnestly at me during our inter
= view, and something In his gesture
4 seemed not unfamiliar tn me but M
flowing beard. solemn air, and oricnts
dress. so well disguised him, that. c'e'
: when heard the well-remembcrc'
y voice. I could scarcely realize hi
y identity.
n But what on earth are YOU doin,
he,e Jerry P' said. |, land why don
h you 60 home to your wife like u chris
o tian ?" -,
y my wife! well. that's the Who'll
- affair. You see she's somebody else
= wife, so I am better out Of the way
II would be u pity that poor Soph
'. should commit bigamy."
=, " assure you. YOU are entirely mi'
a taken. Mrs. Donnelly has not marie
y again" 49,, -, =,
5, :. Don't I know bcttcrr Didn't ] K
r. TO nv bungalow and find out that sh
y; had married that starchcd fool Cour
n nav, when she knew I never could 81
n dure him ?"
~ To his intense establishment, l tol
I'd him how the truth was, and In rctur
he related I o me his own adventure
no He had been carried into Tartary. M
there detained for three years. when
~ MAS hlIOWtu W tNOtblh's
or body Of pilgrims 10 Nepaui. Bein
@. by that time proficient In the lnnguag
he was taken notice Of AT court. u
OF strictly watched. He effected his q
ot cape. however, disguised ~ q fakir. III
OF made his way to Calcutta but fndin
Is ~ he thought. his wife married aga
ry To a man In his old regiment, he 7
us turned, was taken into favor. and hi
IL risen To his present distinction.
"Well. I was always a blunderir
ey fool, but I went home with . heart
e soft to Sophy. and vowing that new
70, would vex her any more with my vap
he ries, that when ! heard her called Nj
cd Courtuay I wa turned TO stone, o.
er did not care q rap what became OF II
"A not even to he made . vixier. which
y, assure you Charlie. Is no joke In
nd way"
ny "Wcll. at all event$ you must col
,ot home now, and enjoy your good Il
he tune"
ey ~ am not sure about that" said
re "RecOllect she has grown accustom
TO be m~istress-I have grown acc'
lch toned to be vizier /; she won't like
y, be contradicted. and lisa thing l ne'
Fl. could bear, and what ! eve allow
I'D on any account. Now, II ! went ho
a. she would not be mistress, and. ~ -
The a. fate, she would contradict me. n
're be Il IL better a. II Is"
as Next morning he sent for ms aga
he 81 have been thinking" he said.
The all that strange story you told me.
he am all chsnged since we parted.
hardly know myself to be the same N
vas I used TO be, and arm not sure tha
his could treat Sophy well. But ask
'er to come out here. and then she . I
no II she likes me In this ~outlandish pla
1T I will 20 home with her; II we quar-
gan here. no one will be q bit wiser. IN
vas can continue to be dead"
an: But" said I, have you NJ incr
brances? Perhaps she might object
the details Of your establishment;
!iv- her come. and she win ind nobody
ire. disturb her."
, Of She did come, and. after liviaG
Nepaul for two year,, brought js
back In triumph to branley Hall; I
10 such IL the true version Il . tale WI
hen msde some soiss In the newspapss
mo few years a&e: