Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-09-08

NAHA -"
Thls. a. h. was had AMI shoulders talier
than PRANK. whitaker felt g. D. arcasm.
However. leing accusiou,cd D. olcy. h.
ot..ns.i the dor. AMI Prank founi himself
fsfs O. face with a man about his ovn AZ.
A strong lookinr. muscular fellow, drs.s.si
In the very hslght Il fashion Gar up In
fat, % look a g.utismsn.
Maurice Heryoy. of cour.e Having given
Reairio. mors than q hun graca. ho put in
sxe-ution III. THREAT of iooking her up Not
that h. etr.,cis.d % - her, NJ, thai b. was
prcparci With q plan ~ action In case sho
provci r~oaicitrani; hut b. knew The call
would alarm her II was ouly when b. hcard
frum Whitaker that sho was cut ~ town
that ths Msa ~ her attempting b eya,ie him
hy fieht cccurrei o. hun II compleieiy
thrrw him % his haianc-, made him disre-
spociful O. ths oli -rvaui, AMI even ~hen
that funct.ouary rcIlicd ~ a genilemans
servani shouh In such straiis rrply. by simply
cifsing tho DIR. induced him b. put hs
stick between tio deur AMI The Ts-t
Hcrvey looked at Prank Prank. lite
guessing What this mans ctisienco mcani u
him ami Bsairioe looked a. iiervcy.
"wellr h. All. ooldly
n wish 20 rcpsat q few inquiries which
made of ths servant shen b. so unciviilY
shut the door IN nay fac. All iicrvcy
Il l.g 90 rep.at The sersanis answer
Which va 80 unciviliy rcceivci siid Prank
"You do noi know hsr ad.ircssT
N yea are Teaking q Mtss Clausnn, l
a. not
Hervsy hs-lia'ci
..You are MT NJ Tsll~rtF hs sali
Il am not. " .aii Prank. colily.
Mr. Talbsrt can M doulf give mc the In
formAtionr
NO douht Bat prs-ums he will want
o. know your foasuns for asking
"tli waii AMI ~ him
Il don't think you will ~ courao ] have
no power 30 prevent your calling again, but
Yea viii Mt wait hcrc
Hervcv scowlci "Will you try ami turn
ue ouir b. AID. dehantly.
Certainly not. saA Prank. pleaanty.
"You .tand higher than ! Do, you must
weigh tvs siorpo hcavier, you iook in T-rfe'i
ouniltion Oh. M. hall merely ,cud round
g. the s,alls. and have ths dog loosei, ~
may even arnd a. far A. tho villagc AMI fetch
ths oon.tahs hall not interfere further
than that
Hsrvsy muiicrcl what Prank knew was
- oath He turned away a. II about g. take
Franks warning suddenly b. changed his
mind and came hack
DE M Taltsrt know his nieocs al
drss.r h. sskcd
For a .s.,ond Frank felt aimosi sck. Ills
interrosaior had tried o. AK thu question a.
nn hor. no hiiien meaning. but ~ hst
falel A. by inspiration frank knew that
IN. man. whoever b. might D., was aware
that Rea,ricc hal hcd "No. h. All, look-
Ing him straight In the fac, "Mr riitert
dos not know "a
Without a wori Hcrvey turn.i AMI siruic
away. Prank. with his heai IN a fcrrnent,
walkod acruss % the library Dlmly b.
gues.ci at something the truth, but
lninsthing which from its vague tgrrors was
wor.s than the truth And Ina Consequence
of that half fomel gucs b. turned traitor
Al onos AMI t.yan b. fight Ga Beairice's slde,
ready a. AL her and % keep hef unclcs In
the dark. IL Tausod AZ ths door and calle,i
% whitiaker WHITAKER came. "iou ~
that fellow down properly. Mr Carruthers"
b. all. approyingly.
"DidIi n Iwere you, ,whittaker. should
Mt mention ne affair 10 your masters"
SIR All whittskcr. with emotion. Il
should b. ashAmod b. breathe word ahoat
IL Both Mr.. Horace AMI Mr. Heriert
woud D. ~ mortifci a. tho thought Of
scrvAnt u theirs being callei such an op-
probrioas spithci.'
''I should not mention u q " maids
eithor, Whitaker"
"sirfT exclaimed Whitaker, Int tone %
great surpri~e.
"Ah. 'orgot 10 whom I was si-aking
hex YER parion, Whittaker-l quits
forgot
.Y,-. sir. you dh, said Whitaker, with
true dignity; but, ncverthslcss, u only IN
order 10 show there was no ill.fceling. tax
Ing the two half crowns which Prank ten
dend him
Who was this man - anxious b. ascertain
Roatrioss whercab1utsi leaving out of the
question his ungcntlemanly behavior o.
MhittAkcr, instinct told CarruthcrS that hs
Wa not % the class from which BEATRICE
drcs har frionds Spurious metal, no eigh-
ten carat stamp any where, he felt certain
Horace AMI Herbert would look gcntlemen,
whothcr drc = 4 In the pink of fashion or
lounging about In rags-not that they ever
dh the laticr-so although h. was TO
molest d ala his own name. would Prank
Carruihcfs But this fellow
suddenly Carruthers started from his an
harpy musings Why hal h. let the man
20 why not have forcci him 90 say foi
what purpose BE- waniei the a,ldrc~i lie
touk hi. hat ami ran quickly down the drive
and along the lane in the hope of oYcrtaking
the man. lie ran right down to the village
hut saN nothing % him Hervey hal
caught passing cab, AMI was now well on
his way hack o. BlAcktOwn. and carrying
the pleasant reflection that Beatrioe's man
ner of getting out of h,r difficulty hal put
him into a cleft stick lie bcgan b wish h.
had b.cn cOutsntei with money, AMI forc-
gone revenge In the nincteenth century an
attempt at revenge proves a failure in nine
ty-nine cases cut of a hundred
Although Carruthers did not find the man
h. wanted he found some one el-e-Sylvanus
Mordle sylvanm and his tricycle. formed
the ccntre of q sympAthstic group OF WI
layers Something had gone wrong with
the metal s,eei, ami the curate, smiling A. II
a foundercd tricycle. was one u the greatest
unexpected blessings that can visit clergy
man, was examining wheels, spokes, cranks
AMI chains. Various suggestions. some
prompted by rustic wit, were hskarded by
lockers on: 'rGOt the staggcrs,' wants q
feel, poor thing" light fro under him,
SIR etc, etc. sylvanus took the Jokes of
his fock In good part, bat presently looking
up, saw Carruthers among the spectators.
lie LEFT his hslpless machine, and the two
frienis shook hands warmly
Here sah Mordle. turning 10 his hock,
bring that affair 10 my house. some ~ you
No~, Ola fellow 20 Prank. come and have
a chat Heard you were 10 be down this
week. Come % my lodging" lie took
Franks arm and swsp; him away.
Cant give you more than a cup 81 tea"
he continued, 'tohacco and tea-that's the
worst q being in the church. Can't dare 10
offer a friend whisky until after 10 O'Clock
at night An enemy night 20 by un-
swarss.r
He rsttlei On merrily, and appeared 10 10
IN the highest spiritz This. Of course, was
because he felt certain that Franks second
whit 10 0skbury would not have been paid
had Beatrice remained an unattainable priz,