Daily Republican., 1884-11-25

Len. SAID she, III IL II NOT too pc
sonal, will you let me sse that note
He replied Ruth, unless you pre-
IL, cannot"
II do press It, Len. Please let m
| He passed 1t to her and was alarme
/ to sec her turn pale ~ death, but NAL
ing an effort, she resisted an inclin,
ton TO faint. and replied =" II is falss
You will not meet him, will you 2"
:" Ny honor Ia At stake. I'll meet him
have no doubt he 10 coward. there
fore you need not fear"
you must not 60. Your honor 1
not ct stake. Len, pay no attention
him; he II bad man."
They now reached tho DeLisle man
sion, and Lem, bidding her goOd.bye
promised not TO meet BIN, but told he
he would have TO remain 1t the hote
until after the hour ofmeeting. The,
would seek him there for An explana
ton
About four O'Clock, while seated 1,
the par Tor Of the Sinclair hotel, Len
heard the chatter of the horses hoo6
and Immediately Herbert VanGel
stood before him.
Coward !" exclaimed LIE, "why did
you not meet me?"
! III you will accompany me to my room
I will.explain, replied he, 'andlif you Oh
er.no objection l prefer that your compa,
| 60 with us. He will furnish . witness
for either Of US, pfovid cd one 10 need.
ed"
They accordingly hastsned to Len Z
sanctum. Their conversation does mol
interest us. Suffice 1t to say, in about an
hour the three emerged from the room
and seated themselves upon the piaE.
~, each apparently satisfied, bat q
close observer would have perceived IN
evil smile lurking around the mouth
of Van0elt.
You will accompany u In q dash
across the fields, Mr.. HarvIkd?" asked
VanGelt.
mot to-day" replied he, "but II
you will meet me here In the morning
We will try to run our bicycles. Z"
agreed, at five q. m. and now must
bid you adieu."
mansion that evening. and in the morn
ing, at the time appointed. arrayed in
his bicyling costume, anxiously await
ed bis companions, anticipating pleas.
ant ride before breakfast but alas, for
$50 Sss'o0h0 sAOAop 10 0ntAClpoLlOu6 W6Id
vain, a. the sequel will show. Van
Gelt and his com panions we're in sight.
and after Len. had mounted his stoed,
took his place at the right side Of Van.
Gelt. They rode along talking lightly un.
til the inner man reminded them that II
was time to retrace tho road they had
traversed. Hastily they accordingly
wheeled round, and q race being pro.
posed started of at rapid rate. This
was continued until within about half
b mile Of the DeLisle mansion, where
the road took q short turn to the right.
VanGelts companion slackened his
speed, but the others kept on, Just as
the turn was reached, Len, who was
gazing In the direction Of the mansion
felt sudden jar, and the next instant
his bicycle commenced 10 oscillate, and
fell. The jar was occasioned by Van.
Gelt's cycle coming In contact with
Len smaller wheel. How he came to
be 30 near him, we leave our readers TO
conjecture.
When Len. recovered consciousness
(for the shock WAS severe) he was lying
upon a bed at the mansion, DR.. Spence
bending over him, and with Q severe
pain In his right arm, which had re-
ceived shattering In two places. DIR.
Spence said he would be confined for
several weeks; althouth at that time
Len. could i'll afford to lose the time.
He Immediately telegraphed the firm of
the accident, and was relieved to see Mr..
Morton arrive by the next train.
After discussing the business prospects
Mr. Morton assured him he must re-
III ain where he was, and If he was need.
Q he would let him know. He then took
his departure.
Day by day as Len grew stronger,
he was tenderly nursed by Ruth, and
instead of waiting until December for
her whom he had loved, wOed and
won, all in one short month, he pro
posed that they be married at once and
take short tour before he returned to
business. Her father asserting (now
assured they loved each other) they
we're married and are now living hap
PLY in the city of Now York. Len.
has prospered they ::are happy, and IL
will be hard to find couple more
suited to eacL other.
OF VanGelt we have nothing more to
say !; be has passed from our story, his
designings have disappeared, but we
leave 1t with our readers If his actions
produced the effect which we think he
intended when Len. found himself
under the Dr's. hands suffering with .
fractured arm.
II he ReDublfcan DOea HOf Like Tn