Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-14

| ady occurred The porter was arrested, tried,
and sentenced to penal serYitude for life. !" 6
'sAnd the sailor, 2 said Scroggle. ..5
Escaped He made Off with bags centain-
| ing large sum OF gold. and he has never been
heard of Since" w Z 9i55i Il So Isl
With these words Bowser rose from his seat,
and began to pace up and down the room,
playing with his bag Of gold in an excited
manner. q III p IN
| ayes. said he, presently, 1.-THE murderer es-
capped. But have sworn to solve this nys-
! terry 10 to who is the murderer Of her father
before marry Alice Darrell That is the clause
| in onr engagement If the villain is alive
| will ferret him out, hunt him down and bring
| him to justce. For love Alice Darrell more
than my life, aud for her | would run any risk.
Mr. Darrell was my friend. houored him al
| much rs If he had been il,y own father"
| He stopped, glanced round the room with q
savage energy expressed in his face; aud then,
dinging up the bag of sovereigns dehantly, he
cried: -. Z ta4
| '.But the c.ink Of gold will some day awaken
the evil conscience! The man who has COM
m1I.cd this crime will betray himself At last
His guilt will be branded on his face like an
ugly scar, when he hears the sound-cink,
cjink, clink! There is no escape: The con-
science is stronger than the man."
Again Bowser tossed up tho bag Of gold, and
| paced tn room more excited than ever.
| ssMy dear Bowser," exclaimed, ''for heav-
ou's sake be rational! To visit. as you do, the
lowest haunts in london, to mix among saw
| ages-for some OF these men ii the East End
are nothing better-is to expose yourself to
| real dangers. These sailors know the sound Of
! gold only too we'll. Some night you WILL
again warn you, be robbed and murdered.
And that,"I added, "lhat will scarcely bs
Once more, let me seriously advise you to
abandon this scheme. And Scroggie," I
added-"Scroggie will, know, support me in
my appeal"
toward the door. 'Why, I've already taken
| two or three sharp detectives into my con f.
dencs. Good night! I'm going to meet one
now"
| No sooner bad Frank Bowser gone than
| Scrogsie's whole manner changed His face
| grew cheerful, and his voice again sounded
ustnral aud pleasing.
"lsuppose," said he, turning over The leaves
| Of volume-sl suppose you haven't diued.
| Have your"
So well did know scrcggie's character that
which he pus this question, that he had not
! dined. When, where, l.: fact. he ate any
thing was another problem, as deep az the one
AZ TO when or where he slept haa often
! thonyh'--when trying to puzzle out the life,
since our school days. of this strange indy: dual
that he never slept anywhere or ale anything
| except within my chambers. He was always
supsrnatul ally hungry-1hough, to do him
! justice, he adopted all tho gen,lenlauly devices
| which he could invent in order lc conceal his
voruclty.
Or course, dec ared that had had nothing
to eat worth mentioning since the morning.
| tn. ugh in truth / had dinAd sumptuously at
tn" Old Clock tavern with Frank Buwser at .
| o'clock. But it was now neatly ! l, alO
did not doubt thatI should be abe to do jus
| tee 10 the tavorv p1e aud the pickles AID
| other luxuries paced by Mrs. Billing, my
| laundress, that afternoon in my cupboard
! The Gnsto with which Scroggo spread the
! clo'h and arranged the table, while I went on &.
| search of provisions. woul have given an edge
| to any mau's appetite. We had forgotten IN
FIVE minutes ali about Frank Bowser and the
! sound of gold.
II can't help thinking, Fiol1." said he, wheo
be had partially appeas ID u very koen appetite
II can't help thinking tlasyou are an uncotl-
monty lucky fellow"
Possibly" said T. "But few men, you
| know, consider themselves lucky"
| Scrosgie glanced round tho room; and
could Sc, by the nervous mallner in which he
WAS rolling fresh Gig 4retse that he had some
thing on his mine which he wished to COM
! municate. ''Uncomm,nly lucky" he went on
| tboughtFul|y; cosy set of chambers. warm
| fire, easy clair, a reference library all
! complete! Not much indncement, nudor the
! circnms stances, to leave England Now, have
! you?"
| my pipe. i answered, with my eyes on the fire,
| where pictures rose up among the red and
| rugged GOALS:
.'sA tour through France. Switz 'rland and
Italy i pleasure which I'm looking forward
| TO- At present can't Il nu IT,"
mol" said Scroggie, quickly, and in g tone
of concern; though whether for uio or for him
! self conlA not decide
Scroggie looked still thoughtful. Present.
| he eaia:
s.Field old fellow for more than two vcars
now I have been living in Ioadnn; al! alrno At
on my arrival began To- receive hosp ta.ity
| from you You gave mo a hearty wolc cn:a
whom We met; and ever since | have ben
dropping in here, and, I am afraid, wasting
| valuable time"
assured him--hcw could T d, o;herwise?-
that he had never wasted an hour.
"Well,'' hs said, doubtfaly. II hope not
However, it will end tonight I'm going to
travel"
l expressed establishment, though nothing
could have surprised me loss.
Yes; I'm going to travel," he repeated
land although it was my intention to have
started without mentioning tho matter even to
you, somehow, after all your kindness, thought
perhaps if did il might havs creetcl u wrong
impression. wished to Think wished to
to-. Yes. I'm going to travel"
HAmerica ?" suggested.
tsIhat depends,'' he replied quicklv-"tha,
depends on circumstance. I'm waiting for a
| -1Or lnStIucuOte. huyuoW: uo auu6u, Il ~
going to travel"
Now that he had relieved his mind Of the
confession, he began to grow drowsy, and fire.
a11ently nodded at the fire, as though we were
bidding it adieu.
stYou're tired" said I, at a moment when
thought be appeared to be looking in my di
recton.
tim going" was his reply shutting his
eyes aud again noddlng at the fire, t'te
travel"
mot tonight"
! He started up suddenly, with cry upon his
np swbat?"
| II asked you if you were tired" said ].
'Tred? No. Was dreaming?"
'Yes," said L Wont you lie DOWN."
! "Well," he answered, looking toward the sofa
sleepiy, IF you've no objection. Yes,
think / Will for i've minutes. l shall be- al
right IN five minutes, eh?''
He always said s'fve minutes,'' but his s]ee1
usually lasted over the night, and often ia,
into the day that followed. He pulled off his
down
| TT say, Field, old fellow" said he, in !.
scarcely audible tone, as he turned his weary
face to the wall. t'what O hospitable--old
ehap-you are. 1say-dear boy--pn-going-
Then heard his heavy breathing, and knew
| that he was fast asleep.
How long sat in my armchair before thu
fire after Scroggie had fallen asleep do moi
know; but hours must have passed before tke
incident occurred which I am now about to re-
late. I felt no inclination to retire to bed; art
in this wakeful mood many strange fancet
took possession of me; and the most strangt
Of them all was that sound like the olink Of
| gold was ringing in my brain. became
1 troubled with presentment that some harm
had befallen my friend Bowser. IN this nervous
dreamy condition my thoughts became sc
completely separated from my Immediate sur.