The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-10-13
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What do you mean p '.r p..s .,.sFs
II mean that had no nace intention n
shooting Robsxt North. than he had that.
what maap-" Lord Heriot speaks dog
:" How did It happonnf7' Lady Gladys asks
eagerly: her cheeks burning. terrible anx-
iety In her eyes and ssoice.s TIN mo q
once. cnunos heas TIN suspsnsa.,"" a- i,
Give me- something 70 drink and I will
tell you all about it Tam - weak a. . cat.
Lord Hsriot pouzs out half . tumbler OF
brandy and dlra1s i aaeesly. Then little
color comes into his white cheaks . little
life into his dull eyeA' 80 .... .at~
81 haven't saert fsf more than ten min
utes at . time since that wfetched day, he
murmuEA plaintiYe,y. 'I'vs had IN awful
time nf It. wonder how often I've cursed
my own folly Tor dragging me into such q
mess" -s8,<e Ga .~ss1s.9 -
'Can yoa tsA NJ hsw i happened now ,"
''You remember the day LETT this to walk
10 the railway station ?" s-: i*N'
''Yes, ysA How eould forget III"
Il want down to tAs mill on my way.
left KinRSsou1t to catch The three o'clock
tznin, bat did not intend 70 20 up to town
before tho 4:2O. meant 70 go Anne 0yace
Tnthaway first We usod to meet near the
river-path- We generally said goodbye to
each other at the old stile"
L0dy Gladys cannpt reQ1xoin N exchua-s
ton. But sho wonders evon now that he
has nsver asked after the unfortunate girl
He u too selfish to think Of any one but him.
self 4 this moment .,
'17Was there-down q ths mill-for q
good while. The old woman wns il-in bed
be1ieve. At all evenaa, did not go her.
There was nobody Glse about tho house.
Anne 0kace came paxt pk the wny with me
through the wood. Than said good bye to
her. She went back home to the mill and
turned round from looking after her 70 find
myself face to fsee with Robert North.
Lord Heriots teeth chatter a little, though
he i leaning close to the fre-almost against
the barA
He stood before ma, night in the middle
OF the p0th. knew in moment what he
! WIS up to-there wm murder in his face, if
it ever was in o mans fAee, when looked
ut him that day. He bad the gun in his
hand"
"Well?" Lady Gladys asks hreathlessly,
when he pouses, shiveging.
".Iord Heriot, he aid mot at all loudly.
I told you once before tl,aG If you interfered
betwssn me- aud that sirl would shoot you
IKE Adog. think NO moro Of taking your
life 8an would IT choking rabbit. or Of
losing my own either. Il has como to this
with "a Then be swung up the gun, but
eefore he could pull the tEigger-while his
hand as On til spunng at him. l don't
k4Vv 70 this day how k happened. but
sprang st him and threw up his arm. The
gun fell, and went Of = the butt came
against the ground. I don't know how it
AA r 1>:s
depended upon it ! suppose he pulled the
out Of his hand, or else the conclusion when
the butt struck the ground was sufficient to
discharge the gun. At IN events, it went
of. North fell in heap upon the ground
Only for that should mot have known that
he was hit Il mi9he Just - well have been
me. We were both b the aems danger. =
was Just a chance whore tho shot went. But
he fell forward, and I jumped back"
Lord Heriot pcuts eak another half f-tum-
bier Of brandy, and I4dy 0ladys stares at
Kim, as he drinks II, with wide-open eager
eyes. ...t.., ~
II could not realize f1 three Al four min
utes what had happsnsd. The dsad silence
stupehed mo. But my Azst impulse was t6
run. wish had run now. Then horrid
panic seized me- II any one should ind me
here with the dead mani Ilooked about as
if hundred eyes wezs watching mel
thought beard whApse among the bushes.
Then stopped down. and, taHng hold of
his collar, dragged him out Of the paEh-hid
him under some bzamhlR shout ten yards
from where he fell That vas the maddest
mistake I ever made In ny nfe! II had
only left him where be vaa, then should
hive been safe. But lot my head"
Lord Heriot pausss again and looks for the
brandy. But he does mot ind it.
II hurried out Of the wood as il the hends
were ct my heels. Whan came TO that part
OF the wood whsze ths tzses begin to grow
thin, I heard some one eoaaing. This was
what I I'D feared! How lucky that had
dragged Il out Of ths path! Because any
one would know that must have passed it
a moment before. At he next turn met
Herevard"
'Ye4 know. He aaAsd you Il you had
heard shot"
HE did 4; and I said no, I had heard
nothing. His asking me- The question terri
fed me. He remarked blood on my hands.
That terrified me still mora wonder now
that did not faint told him had cut
nv finger, and asked him for his handker-
chief. I had only ono in my pocket, and
did not waut to use t. He did not look as
il he suspected anything. He always know
I was horribly nervous about blood. He
used 10 laugh at me- for wanting to be a SOL
dier. don't know how the blood got on
my hands It must have bsen whom drag-
eed the body out Of he path. had not
noticed it before he pointed il out. My idea
in moving the body was 70 keep it out of
sight till was clear oa. Il any one had
come upon it Just after meeting me, and
had said nothing about it. should have
been done for. But many and many time
I've vished I'd left it whsre it fell.
"Aud the handkerchief-whatb became Of