The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-10-24
"1ohu Liel: viii be with you to-

s.John Liel: Will be with you to-
morrow. UNCLE AMERIcUs.
The missive set John to thinking, then
to planning. First of all he decided that
Miss Spear must not be compromised by
so much as a sight of the affair. He
would tell her everything and have her
leave the house until all was over. He
slipped out of his room an along the
hall until he faced the door of the cul-
prit's room Peering in, he saw the fell
low lying prone upon his bed sleeping
off the effects of his spiritual potations.
Quick as thought he snatched up the key
lying at his feet, and quicker still locked
his prey securely within. That done, he
went to Miss Spear.
A stiff wind had crept up over the sea,
over which storm was brewing. MISS
Spear was leaning before the window,
resting her head upon the jam. He found
her so as he entered the room in answer
to her bidding. There was no time to
lose, and he told her everything of Bra
shears crime, of his fight to Beamis
Point, and, lastly, of his being even now
an inmate of the house. He meant to
| tell her, too, Just which inmate he was,
| but she did not ask, and he thought 1t
needless.
| A transient cloud fitted over Miss
Spears face; then she paled to the roots
of her dark hair.
.tAnd you-you have been watching
his movements all along?"
"All along"
She put her lips together rigidly, as if
! to stife an utterance that had risen to
| them.
'sAnd they are coming to arrest him?"
Precisely"
The wind crept still higher, though
the storm had abated somewhat in its
fury. Miss Spear, reaching forward,
pushed down the window, then crossed
the room in blind manner, and paused
before a table under whose cover an OBJ
long parcel lay hidden. A second later
she turned about, retracing her footsteps,
her hands pinioned at her back.
''You shall never live to see Philip
Brashear takenw
She sprang suddenly forward, world
of hatred glowing in her steely eyes.
With one hand she tore the dark strands
of hair from her head; with the other she
levelled weapon at his heart.
'sYou shall never live to arrest me, l
swear!" There was a long moment OF
silence-then sharp, muffled report, and
pool of vaporous smoke eddied upward
toward the ceiling. Another space OF
silence; meanwhile the smoke of the shot
was clearing, and, looking forward, John
Leil saw the form of Miss Spear, other
wise Philip Brashear, at his feet, and
that of Uncle Americus at his side.
/ 'tWas it you that fred?" John asked
family
ssNot at all; merely turned Brashears s
weapon upon himself; he is in an emf
nently agreeable condition now to be
taken back to the city. AS for you,
John-well, amt much on talking, but
you're a hero, and we'll settle the rest be-
tween ourselves"
Without an utterance John sped along
the hall to where the supposed Brashear
slept, unconscious of his incarceration.
Afterward he learned that he was con-
firmed drunkard, who had migrated to
Beamis Point simply to finish his exist
ence in a trance of ecstatic collapse. As
for the resemblance between himself and
Brashear, it was purely an accidental
one.
OF course. John prevaricated outrage
ously in the matter of his encounter with
Brashear. It is not on record what his
version of the affair was. No doubt il
was absurdly incongruous with the real
facts; but it answered the purpose, and
the defaulter was sent to Sing Sing, and
shared it generously with his nephew.
and died sounding that young mans
praise.
Nothing succeeds like success" says
John Liel, who is chief of the United
American Detective Service now, and
wears gold-bowed glasses and glistenine
black broadcloth, in direct imitation Of
his distinguished predecessor.
A LoNG-STANDING FEUD.-The mutual
hatred of the Persian and the Afghan il
of considerable antiquity, but its highest
development was reached in the early
part of the last century, under Nadil
Shah. This extraordinary man, who may
fairly be called the Napoleon of Central
Asia, began his career, like most Asiatit
conquerors, as robber-chief, for which
the disturbed condition of his native
province of Khorassen offered ample
facilities. After time, however, Kul
|. (slave), as he was then called, earned
!; his pardon and promotion from the reign
ing Shah, Tamasp, by his vigorous ano
successful cooperation with the roya
troops during an Afghan invasion. From
that time his fortunes advanced rapidly
Entrusted by his master with the com
mand of the army, he inflicted a series o.
crushing defeats upon the hitherto vic
!; torious Afghans, whom he finally ex
PEELED from the country in 1870, witt
such slaughter that his very name be
came a symbol of terror in the proverb
Deadly as Kull's sword" In 1882 h
} deposed the incapable Shah in favor O.
his son Abbas, and himself succeeded tx
the throne upon the latter's death il
, 1736, under the title of Nadir Shah
Still Unsuitable of conquest, he swept thu
whole breadth of Afghanistan with I
!: powerful army, and sweeping down upoI
: India, through the passes of the Hima
laya, defeated the Mogul Emperor o
: Delhi, captured the city itself and brough
home booty SO enormous that, to quot'
popular saying, s'the rupees of Hindu
stan were as common as pebbles" Blu
J his growing tyranny at length alienatet
the affections of his subjects, by whom
he was murdered on June 20, 1747. Witt
his death the power of Persia declined
and Afghanistan speedily regained al
she had lost.
KEEPING THE HEAD CLEAN.-The fol
lowing suggestion is worth needing.
! distinguished physician who had spen
, much time at quarantine, said that per
son whose head was thoroughly washed