The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-31
An Actors Story.
Related by JOHN COLEMAN.
CONTINUED.
CHAPTER III.

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nhilf cnihhuhicaVr' WIN eaoi o.no' a. aia,'a
was t"iN Hr'ahSei tni, 'i.y "o' 70 s,,
to2 ,htf me se's u'f .oia In .Iat,aa,
y "e''A prloie 'ua. 'iiii' 'No ~ 49, ,,,,,,,
cela'n u'rn,'ha" al -Apsi ueo'; an.
PAM took 'he'f eeIareure ior ihNp'nosa
bs' ,if9'ei' "no nav mp b. aai1,J
on N, 'id' a'u'i ieiioW' d" 3. -
Curry NJ ~ th"' ne ,lai Ie',,s ,t,i- ,iio
o"h' re- M VIII anu ~ ~
hiniS"h nrooIh", more ireoiy' - t.t'3,
vo'Nl!Y az a'h'i 10 III dau'n'tr' AM. Leu,
ny ever 70 ''hH' IN ~ P'N9f - man
iof%G' 'hlf iito We" y" ~ - Va
the 'at'' A"' eh"ro ""' ~ V''h ~ io
r0t'' ~. Hh ~ "H'' ''' - H-'',' 49,
VIZ mn "a 49, ~ i'"',' ~ .,t ava,
aht!lt' As soy '5''hJ''''' que va NV
notice the mans tx '",'hf''
lhtoe i'oh'"1 i'.97o AMY an 'e'" a.,
talhe' hef - Di'''''-'' in' l''iit ~ me
cioieih III NM an " ~ "u' MS"
st"!ln ahi te'HPc'' - nv "uo''. . |
Curly from lhNe'h''' T. see nun S'',' oh
ELS pcnioh7 loHFhe'. mel al nv ~
was at rest Flora, attended by me laith I'll
Jeanne, Went lofih "a her lover al ms.
Then, Ter courage suuuued ny her io'o' she
melted INTO tears.
On my ioVe. -hy primer sle s'''',
TOD me 10 your h''hrt. Lev ms i'|' youi
strong arm around me- thao may hiio"
am youTS,'
MINE, ana NM only anu ai""yS' 'no
young man rep'ie l.
Al tins moment Whine ehrrSet IRON, the
other side Of the coach, To which lie bad dS-
creetly with iraWn Wi'h tAe lNStiiliohs "heh
he saw Flora coming,
Dearest, sad Curly, 'let me Introduce
my lest friend to You.
INF. Jaini"son,' sai Flora, extending
her hand, my huihanl' friends are lhne.
"Ma!am' said Jameson. should YOU
ever need "A friend YOU ay rely on me-"
81 shall remember, she replied.
Then she emtracal Je"nnie, and stepped
into the coach. The g4rl turned away
towards the haus', silently weeping. The
young men clasped hands, AM babe each
other goodbye; the po-tlllionS set ur' to
their torjes, and drove away
Whn the carriage was lost in the dark
ness VIII . walked rapiliv toward the coach
Office to catch thu Inverness mail, so as to
return t. his lutrS ON the morrow They
ara a bonnie coap', h aid. 'ani think
she has ballast enouG'i 10 keep him straight.
They onght to he happE-ani yct-Tve an
ill-divinng heart | shall miss him more
than | thought | -hoal' lie has frank AMI
pleasant ways-a1 then he's so like my lit
tie brother Sanlt, that's dead-the same
laugh, the same curly hair, the sam, bright
laugh, or the hair. or the eyes that first
drew mo to him. All! here We are So
saying he entered the arch way of the White
Horse where the mail was waiting.
That very hou" D2rmpstcr dreamed that
the woman he icy'i Ia fled her fathers
home with the play 'ctor fellow" The
Thought mad Tened his br in AMI burst the
bonds of sleep. Without an nstant's DELAY
he slipped into hi clothes, and, regardless
L, : Ia, 4. l.,
down the High streHt From the opposite
direction cane the tra,npof horses fee at
gallop, the rattle If whcHlI and the loud
tantara of the guard horn. 1t was the
northern mail on its war to Inverness. The
sounds got nearer and nearer, till at length
they were close upon him. As be stepped
asida, AMI chung to tho wall to let the coacs
pass vivid sheet of Lightning for a mo-
ment illuminel TIN horizon as brightly as
if it had Iecn noontiie Looking up he saw
Jameson on the box: the next moment tn.
coach had vanished The sirht of the Young
tragedian confirmed his suspicious, and he
erowled: Course tn long legged brute,
What can have brought him hers at this
unearthly hour: What hut to help the
other scuundrel to rob he of the light of
my life. Yes, yes, it must be So PERHAPS
it NAV not he too late; PERHAPS" And
So. with hell raging in his heart, he ran fast
as his feet could carry him to the Gairlorh
Head.
In her AGITATION Jeanne had forrotten f.,
holt the door He dashel it omen. and rnshiny
bendlopr into MscA'listsr's room startla1
him ont of his drunken slnmber bv piving
v.nt to ms suspicion; Al first the old man
was half duza l. hit rs soon ne ha could
coplnrehand the state Of affairs he iumneJ
nm a. if he hal been SHOT. A minnie later
and they were in Floras chambar IL wa
foo latei
ne ~ ene oa ns e. "1Wn hneA,'
iis'sl .u' w. In H. 80 uo"h Danl
So" "' ,r.,.,at1 49,, "n 'ns NE my uoS