The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-23
Serial Story.
COME ASHORE,
BY RoBERT BUCHANAN.
CHAPTER VIII

THE DEVILS cADRoM
Itso happened that the young man Of the
caravan had two considerable faults Thefrst
faultmyreader has, nodoubt, already guessed; !;
he was constitutionally lazy. Thesecond fault
viii appear more clearly in the sequel; he
was, also consttutionally, inquisitive. Now,
his laziness was of that not uncommon kind
! which is capable Of great deal Of activity,
SO long. as that activity is unconscious, and
not realized as being in the nature Of 1cork;;
and its possessor, therefore, would frequently,
in his idle way, bestir himself good deal;
whereas, if he had been ordered to bestir
himself, he would have yawned and resisted
Here his other constitutional defect came in,
| and set him prying into matters which in no
way seriously concerned him.
No sooner was be left to his own medita-
lions, which the faithful Tim fwho had fortu-
nately been away on foraging expedition
during the episode described in my last chap
teri was not at hand to disturb, than our
young gentleman begen pulling his brains
over the curious information she had given
him. The facts, which ne had no reason to
question, ranged themselves under four heads:
o. Matt had been cast ashore fifteen years
previously, at an age when she could pro-
nounce the word sPapa." It followed, as a
rational argument, that she had been, say,
ono year old or thercaborts
@ Mr.. Monk had found her, and given
he: into the care Of William Jones, and had
since LANDED that worthy sums Of money for
taking care of her. Query, What reason had
the said Monk for exhibiting so much care for
for tho child, unless he wcro person of won
6erfully benevolent disposition, which my
hero was rot at ell inclined to believe?
| Cto;d coi6 .Ir7os vary
familiar terms, which was curious, seeing the
difference in their social positions. Query
again, Was t.cre eny private reason, any
mysterious knowledge, any secret shared in
common, which bound their interests to-
gether?
q Last and most extraordinary Of all,
scid iionk had now expressed his wish and
intention to marrying tho wait he had rescued
from the sea, committed to the cs1'e OF said
Jones, snd brought up IN ragged ignorance,
innocent Of grace or grammar, that lonely
shore. Query again, ;and again, and yet
again: What the deuce had put the idea into
Monks head; and was there at the bottom Of
it any deeper and more conceivable motive
than the one Of ordinary affection for pres
ty, if uncultivated, child2
The more Charles Brinkley pondered over
all these questions tho more hopelesslY puz-
zled he became But his curiosity, once
reused, could not rest. He determined, II
oossible, to get to the midrm Of the mystery.
So intent was he on this subject, which fitted
l. besutifu ully with bis natural indolenca that
be at once knocked of painting for the day,
and after brealaasting on the fsrewith which
Tim had by this time appeared, be stroaed
away toward the seashore.
He bs4not gone far when he saw approach
ing him tall figure which he seemed to REQ
ognize It came closer, and he saw that it
was Mr.. Monk, Of Monkshurst.
| This time Monk was on foot. He wore
, lark dress, with lnickerbockers and heavy
shooting boots, and carried a gun a large
dog, Of the species lurcher, followed at his
heels.
Bzinkley was passing by without any salu-
tation, when, to his surprise, the other paused
and lifted his hat.
sI beg YOUR pardon, he said. ssWe have
met once before; and think havo to apollo
gize to YOU for unintenional incivihty. The
5 fact -hum-I mistook you for a-vagrantl
: I did not know you were a gentleman"
;, So staggered was the artist with this greet
T ing that be could only borrow the vocabulary
Of Mr.. Tocts:
: ooh, it's of no consequence" he said, aS-
!. tempting to pass on
= { But the other persevered.
t sI assure you, Mr., Mr. q have not
4 the pleasure of knowing your name), that l
E had no desire of offending you; and If L did
e so I beg to apologize"
I Brinkley looked keenly at the speaker HIS
words and manner were greatly at variance
with his looks-evens with the tone OF bus
voice. Though he smiled and showed his
teeth, dark frown still disfgured his brow,
and nls mouth twitched nervously, as Il he
were Ill at ease.
Regarding him thus closely, Brinkley saw
that he had been somewhat mistaken as to MS
age. He was considerably under fifty years
of age, but his hair was mixed with gray and
y his features strongly marked as with thescars
d Of old passions. A handsome man, certainly
b an amiabIe one, certainly not! Yet ne mad
!, peculiar air of power end breeding, as OF one
! accustomed to command.
ei Curiosity overcame dislike, and the young
!, man determined to receive Mr. Monks over
y ture as amiably aspossible ).
4 seI dare say it was a mistake" he sald
ssGentlemen don't usually travel about II
:. caravans" @s-E
tsYou ere an artist, am informed, re
turned Monk.
! Something Of that sort, was the reply
ssI paint little for pleasure"
Il stAnd do you find this neighborhood su1
: your purpose2 It is somewhat fat and un
: picturesque" ,,-
'sI rather Ike il, ;" answered Brinkley. u
= is pretty in summer; it must be splendid u
- winter, when the storms begin, and the un
a1-aptfr,1 coreer Of o11r friend William JOne
is varied by the excitement of wrecks"
How Monks forehead darkenedl But HI
face smiled still as he said: