Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-07-07
Written for tke beacon
THE SISTERS TRIAL,
The Golden Threud.
by wAYFARrR.
CHAPTER XVII.

From your checks the roses quickly ncd
And your ringing laugh WAS gone;
Yet your heart still iondiy chung TO me
And sfiH kept trustiag on"
When Dayton took Morley from The
vcssel, he bad but few steps to make
before he reached tenement standing
in court completely shut in from out
ward view by tall warehouses fronting
on Frederick street and the projecting
angles OF those on the crowded wharf
at its foot. II was disused rear wing
Of warehouse, and was formerly oc-
cupied BY sailmaker, but became un-
fit for the business as warehouses be-
gan to multiply and shut It off from the
thoroughfare. The owner could put it
to no convenience in his business as the
new front that had been added to keep
pace with the growing surroundings
made il too remote from the street. even
had the room been required. II was
approached from Frederick street by a
narrow way, noticed only as private
entrance to the rear office OF the ware
house, and crooked alley from the
harbor side making up from Pratt street
bridge over Jones Falls called Hog Al
lev. A more secluded spot by day and
more lonely one by night was not 10
be crossed any where 10 the city. A
former isnitor OF the Shipping house, a
thrifty German, seeing how he could
improve his financial status, careless Of
the social, leased il and fitted il up as a
| house Of entertainment" He very
soon attracted lucrative patronage
from the sailors Of the port and the har-
Dor "hsnds," and was also literally
supported by such classes OF landsmen
whose acts were better suited to dark
ness than daylight.
The landlord had never had occasion
TO complain Of any proceeding by day
| that dIvulged it, true character, and II
faint whispers bad reached him OF the
nocturnal wassail aud contraband per-
/ formances Of which il was the secret
theatre, he turned deaf eat, SINCE il
did not compromise his standing and the
rent added not a little item 10 his profits
Such was The plare where Morley
found Judgment, and at the moment
when Ernest was in conversation with
Inc old relic of the famous battle oil
| North Point, he whom he so anxiouSly
sought was lying in drugIed sleep in
shabby attic room Of this obscure
tenement, so obscure ia it's pecuiiI
publicity as TO be unknown to the old
negro who almost daily passed By il
| walls On the shorter route to his hot in
the alley beyond. II was here that
Dayton made the acquaintance Of c.
| who. with the assistance OF Nexdarf
who shared largely 10 the gain-. efec.
ted the transaction that involved the
thousand dollars for which Rachel,
body became the sacrifice, and recog
MIXING in The German "hall fellow
we'll met o. the chance meeting haC
grown into intimate frequency The
greedy eye of Nrxdarf discovering {
bonanza IN the free and easy" coun
Try visitor.
He was ever The ready tool wher
gold was held up 10 his view; itproveC
with him as good" as twenty times
twenty orators,' and he bound HIM
self to carry out the orders that his rel
patron made when he brought his vic
tim into the den.
'Tis true Dayton only paid one dolla
for supper and lodging as the memoran
da showed, but Nexdari was sure Of til,
remuneration for the "sate keeping" o
his "boarder" until his return, which
was set Tor the thmd day thereafter. HI
did put ten dollars, partly IN change, II
Mollcy's pocket, 10 give color TO thu
story he told OF the wealth oil his vic
tim, and add an incentive TO the car,
to be given.
Being called out TO recruit among th,
crew of foreign vessel Just arrived
Nexdarf left his involuntary guest il
the hands of his wife, who had neve
failed him since the lessons Of obedience
he had beaten into her had been salts
lactorIy learned But something, per
haps the haggard and distressed line
that marked the sleeper'S refined face
prompted the hand 10 replace the mon
ey It's search had found
That same something subdued tn
! itfOIfOua FAIHtFHlbu WhhH AoHRhN
, with crime had imprinted upon the We
formed features, and she put out q
sight The bottle she had lifted from a
old broken char TO administer porto
of MS contents according to orders, an
procured him the glass OF water h
asked for when he awoke.
"Where am |, madam :" he askeC
in his natural, sweet tone, glancin
around on the rough walls and the Ie'
thrown off articles that composed tn
furniture oil the apartment
you're in farey pals aud I'm Sir
nerelly,' she replied, trying to kce
down the pity that stirred The Marah (
: her ill-directed nature as she encoul
tered the passive expression Of his hant
some face, the effect Of The drugge
condition he had been kept in Tor I'll
: last forty-eight hours.
do not Jest with me, good womal
| am not in this place OF my own a,
cord; some wrong has been done m,
a You wiz please show me out; hay
5 loved ones at home anxiously ! okIr
0 for my return; it seems TO me ha,
e been long away; my thoughts are col
fused; seem TO have been dreaming