The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-20

6ercely. if you have dared to raise your hand against my sister
 Raised my hand asains, herr cried Audas, in tones ot wsthering contempt Why. would sooner hew t off.'
 Then ~ha, the deuce Is the meaning of all this, You haven't bees such fool as 10 take shares in gold mine 7" i Bah Don, be absurd.
 "WhA, IS Ii then: Crime; Wha, do you mean
 Read that" said Audas. tearing his pocket-book from his breAs, with tremb- lung hands, opening II and producing one of those dirty, discolored pieces ot paper which pA,ernal government, considers good enough for the transcription ot telegram.
 "Eh Why. what's ,his:' said Res. ton, reading From Grace AudAs, C.tramarine hotel, Folkestone. 10 ohn .Audas. The Ceppices. Calkston. Calk- shire. Come 10 ure |, once. Oar boat dnt,ed To an island. Very ill
 John Asdas ~tpei the great drops of precipitation from his forehead
 Well. but" began kes,on. in pus. ,led tones
 believed she vas dead, Frank. On my seal believed she wAs.
 And on the strength of ,ha;. ST. you have won a sweet young s'ls affection, and comm ted a,saiay
 "Nes. yes. stoaaed AgiAs And ! was 50 happy
 You seo4ad.e. .' ei,ed Res,on. hereely
 Don't. for C,oas sake, don't turn upon me like that, frank
 There Is one eamtu.t. continued the young Aarfisiet, ;he Jaw IS pretty hard upon a villain who bh sh;s yoang girl's lie in such a way as ;h!s and the pun ishment-
 Curse the punishment, roAred Aa- das. Wha; eAie for punishment Id go through fourteen years penal seryitude wi,h pleasure fl l, would spare my poor darling pain.
 " Then she doesn't Snow | yet
 know |; c; eoutse Ea; could no, tell her. etosped Audas-
 And pray. ~ha; do you intend ;o do of course. the only thing Is tat you to make my poor sl>;ei Aet4 large settle mer, h., shAi. .asls, apon that. I'll go and ie,Nh hei away 4; once
 "Nhat and separate 1s. rank No. no. for heaven sake don, think ei ,ha. As for money. A, have ,s het bless her bu; we mas nni pAi; Frank. swear 10 tos ;kss: | yoz. ;tSe hey Aaay. I'll blow i.,l hFains aH; a,t he ho,e
 Humph Wouldn', do that. said kes,on. 5eol,, B4; perhaps yoa Lave some plans
 Pans les. ere3 he other eN- ci,edly bfossh; be, Gp w.;h me Shes l; the t,tand
 What. here n London =
 "Ot coGtsc. AL. sous t0 take he; ;o Paris.
 "a toikestone
 Curse II, no ,ia 1oset l shall take an assumed name. Ne. ,raNel for 4 few years. iill that Hend ii woman really dies. Frank. she VAS ., peiiec; curse 10 me. My life was one long torment, and here. now tha, ny lie has been one long bliss like a spoiled fool have been hipped and gloomy and. Frank would [ you believe .t,-l was such brute such a sooundrel 10 poor i.esby ,hA, found tAul, with the s'Inner. and said wish my tongue had been cut out.
 What dld you say tha, for ~
 No. no. dld no, say that. sad fl my n.s, wife had been alive VIC would have had better dinner
 '' should haIdiy have believed |; ot you. John Audas.'
 No. you would not Frank br, I'm such foo. A, ,mes You sec m no, like you. ah bralas rd sHe anything to be as clever ana- and
 Az ugly :"
 :" 0. old fellow was gnlns 10 say wtse as voc Are An Frank. tha; wo- man was nearly ni.y when marr,ed her. and she only had me ou, of spite, be- lleve. so as ;o annoy some one else l never had a moments piece wi,h her was bigger fool when l married her than l am noS. l say, you won't ,hlnk of my being separated from Lesby s' '' Bu, your wife, She has the best right 10 yoa-of course the right;
 !" don care. sad the bug fellow set ,lng hs teeth. and growing stern and dog ged now. Id aoou, los, my head. That telegram was d regular crusher But I'm coming round now. and l should llke to see ;he man who'd step between me and my wife.
 "tu, she $ not your ~lfe, sif.' cried Res,on sternly
 !" And say she is.' ctled Audas. rising. xith his ts,s eien he'd and fierce men, acIng look Tn his eyes. say she Is my dear wife. and no law shall come betw een Us or separate us. Oh. Frank, 1 do love her dearly. and never knew how much ull l received thls awful news"
 Humph sad i<es,on dryly some men don't md |, oe, ,ili their wives are dead. Here, le, see that message again. We mus; look a, ,hls matter m cool business like way
 "Oi course. Nou can. couldnt, |. nearly drove me mad.
 Um- um-um.' buzzed the young barrisier, reading the telegram, Big- amy IS an awkward oTense against the law. a-um-um Let $ see you re- ceived this telegram ,hls mornlng:"
 .' Yes, and packed gp and came of a, nnce Ieshx .hinEs t..s LIZ, ..nr.zr. h..st-