The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-09-18
CANTON, 7, ~ ...

the first person to be introduced to him
was Mr.. Oliver Pierce, of Brooklyn. $
The fellow was manifestly in the last
epoch of respectable intoxication; and as
he lolled about the room, eating, gesticu-
lating and talking all IN q, breath, John
hat nc peagre oppoftuDity to study his
rrnn blossOming physioGnpmy.
q His lntuitlonstold hin The fellow was
the one he sought. His face was covered
by a struggling beard of several weeks
growth; he was quite dark, and Johns
height .sto hairs BREADTH" SE
That tafternoonEJ John telegraphed big
gerton substantially as follows:
"Unclc Anaericus Everything is in
excellent order, and awaiting your pleas
urc. tTcfEfU TnF-g JOHN -a
1t was twilight when he again entered
his room, and scarcely had he done SO
than he heard some one fumbling at the
or-knob. q A second later the door
swung quickly open, and leaning against
the panels was a woman. Quite tall
woman she was certainly several inches
above the accepted hei ght of her sex
Her face,, outlined by, the dense shadows
Of the hall was strangely prepossessing:
she had full, regular features, damask-
rose sort Of complexion, and pale gray
eyes,, under dark, curling lashes.a 4 {. ii
Mr.. Licl was the first to regain his COM
posure.
els there anything can do for you?'
Atthe first sound of his voice she shrank
back still further inatbe SHADOWS. She
had not seen him until she spoke.
eyes," she articulated, family, in a
velvety contralto voice, ''thodgh l should
never have sintruded hadI known you
were here: The door of my room has
absaomeaa aaasked sduEing myssbsence,s and
your key and mine. are counterparts of
each other" q
John: stopped forward and wrcsted his
key from ITS lock, then passed into the
hall accompanied by-the lady. Herreom
lay directly opposite his own, and'it was
the work of scarcely.a moment to, insert
the key and turn the lock into its right
full position. Then, with faintnnurmer
ofithanks, the. lady passed withiuS CLOSING
the door behind her, and making to HIM
an impromptu Peri on the outer edge ofa
modern paradise. '@1'' a'-'"'S
He stayed there q second or tw0'hsten-
ing to the fall of her receding footsteps,
then turned about. and was sauntcring
across the narrow hall, when suddenly a
man staggered with drunken force against
him. just then momentary simmer of
light burned upward from the fitfu1 flare
of the hallway lamp, aud, lying half sense
less in his clasp, John Liel saw the figure
Of Philip Brashear. y saa--f
He led the fellow a few PAGES, then set
him on his feet, andTwatched him with a
keen sense of satisfaction stagger against
the door of aroom farther on and sink
into heavy sleep across the threshold.
John felt more interested IN is-mys-
terious visitor next morning than he did
in either Brashear or his BREAKFAST He
watched for her until his eyes tired of
their vain expectancy; and, desparing at
last of seeing her, he questioned mine
host about her, and had his trouble for
his pains. Mine host knew absolutely
nothing beyound the meagre fact that her
name was Spear; that she came. from
New Haven; that she paid her bills with
uncommon regularity, and kept exclu-
sivcly to herself. fz
So John had to content himself that
day with watching the movements of
Philip Brashear, and congratulating his
vanity upon the conquest he had won
over his old enemy-Fste.
Towards evening ;fle' saw the door Of
Miss Spears roomslightly sajar, and ven-
tured in with q neatly-worded pretense
of having mistaken the apartment for his
own. Miss Spear was manHcstly sur
prised, and unquestionably displeased.
However, she went through the formula
of half-hour's chat with a becoming
show of good nature When he, went
away, she told herself that she must sub
nit to his wcll-meant overture; for sus.
spicion was q precedent. she did not care
to establish just then.
So time ran blithely away, and spring
merged itself itno summer, and John
stood in hourly expectancy of orders
from his chief. He had been at Beamis
Point d month now idly watching the
movements of Brashcar, and playing the
agreeable to Miss Spear -
Even to himself it seemed strange that
he, had never told her of the. mission that
brought him to Beamis Point ;Rfearr Of the
shock upon her nerves that would most
probably attend the revelation had alone
kept him from making it. No woman
had the strength of character to maintain
Observation-Disclosures herselffto be
beneath tfie same roof With a. criminal,
And 5 thingas q course I'd along s very y pleas
antlyiuniE EoverAthe wifes sped. the fol
lowing words:
John Lies.:-M1ll h with you to-mor-
row. s4IAcbLE AMER1cUs.'
The I've sec J6hn to thinking,
then to yl6hing. FiSt of all he decided
that, Misyapsasrass.s lets aaseonPrsuis-
skSfs - = 1hsaa He
would tel hr everything md have her
leave HeApuscsuntii alrwa1 @er. He
slippAsqatof hisA room and elong the
hail uA@S faced thed dpor of III culprlt's
room. Z sslring IL, he sawEtAe fellow
living re6e npon Ms bed slee 1!6g of the
effects I'D hb spiritual potatldp4 Quick
as tho Gth snatched up tlp ley lying
at his. .4eetSald quicker still Ao3ked his
prey scuraywitbin. That 6n& he went
to Nil Splarss A SO
A stf Vind hadsvrept up sves the sea,
over wAic6S seosm Was sbteMine Miss
Spear 8 leaning stfors window,
ccst;n Asesss Is if:s. Il he 8 ;... q scnnd
her s0aAs he entered the roonf ID answer
to her bidding. There was no time to
lose, and Ne told her eyerythfng Of Bra
shear crime, fhis Aight 70 Bea,nis
Point, and, lastly, ,uf Ms beng even now
an inmate of the house: He meaht to
telifher, TOO TO, JUST Rhieh if ifitinate he was.
but she did not ASK, and NE thought it
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