Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-09-24

WHAT can nave brought him here at this
unearth hour! What but 70 holm tbs
other scounIrel 10 rob ME OF tbs hrn ut a
nav Iife. Yes yes, it mus; BE- %. PerhsEr
II NAV not lie too late: perhaps Aud
s., with hell raging in his heart, ne ran fast
q b. feet could carry him to the Ga.rioct
Heal
Ia her agitation JEANNE nal forgotten u
holt -J"oi. i d-;led it open, aud, Rushing
heailong into Mac llis err room, start.
hita Oh, Of his drunken slu her Ly y;y;nq
Il 70 lll5 uapl, .oni. AT iirst tie old man
was half daze hut as soon as he con;i
comprehend the state of affair, he III ;luei
I'D rs ii he ha ben shot. A minute later
AMI they were in Flora's chamber. 1t Wa.
too late
Z " zen lie found the bird ha flown Mn Al
lister turned gr m death. GO down Danl.
4 90 down." said he, ''anI br.u, me lay do
WHIP" Deemrst.,r strobe down stairs. an
returned irnme lately with thu wiin A
i'Ihent after the had burst ope.l jeanne ,
room. Poor J"anie! She LaI overheard
all. but she pr ten led to ,iecp
! THAT Ii do, rpared MacAliister. s1,oma
| out . that; none of your numbug with me. "
AMI he sent tue whip flying around her
eari. "Wher. Is snef tell mel Blast youi
tell Inc, you young Jezebel, or rh cut tho
/ liver out OF your
The girl spralg from her bed and con-
| fronted him. with her teeth set and her sves
agiare. THIN, folding her arms, she said
Cut AVA, but oeil word you'll get ont O
JEANNE"
Curse YOU, then; take that-and thatr
roared the Infatuated father. as he sent tn.
whip writing into her tender flesh, Fortu-
nately the girl had thrown herself upon ths
bel in her Clothes, q circumstances to which
she probably owed her life. Mad with rae
MacAIi.ter plei the whip until she droppei
down s"n'e'es' TheG Dosmpsser inter
>e..ti
"i''s u" uSe "hiprnus a DIAL doe.r ssji
ht' "l)----u :'ei. % lie let Ler iiel They,
toie nor, a W tns mail; we haven't a mo
ment TO lose. Ali gang and sec the hor,,s,
ready while you get dressed"
Half an hour later . coach and four
horses, with two postillions, were at the
door. Both msn examined the printing of
their ps;ols. both filled their tasks with
spirits. then on thay went through the mig at
aud tt,e darkness
Wn"n In chaS CONNIE need the lovers hal
barely two hours start; their destination
WIS st. Andrews. Immediately on their
arrival they were to be married by a younv
Clergyman. friend and fellow student OF
Curly'a As they sped through the night
what waro rain. storm or tempest to themi
Their arms clasped round each other, thar
kisses on each others ips-they were in
Heaven! The horses were strong and well
trained, Lo postillions were wiry and indie
fatigable-on, on they went, little dreaming
that thew were already being hotly pursued
AT last dawn struggled over the Gramp.anx
n ,iv,r h.
came drIzzling down, and ths sun strovs in
vain to emerge from the mist What mat
terel tbatf The love in their hearts made
sunshine enough to illumne the universe
at this m 1m4nt they pulled up Curly
ai5htel eagerry. Imagine MS conservation
when lie discovered they had arrived, no.
ut Dundee, where he intended to cross the
Firth o. Tay by Broughty ferry, but at a
miserable fishing village miles and miles
higher up i'll the direction Of PERTH The
truth was after changing horses at Forfar
the poor postillions, soaked through ami
through, half blinded by the rain and sleet.
and wholly logged by too frequent rotations
Of mountain dew" had taken a wrong
turning and lost their way In the dark. To
reach Dundee was now impossible, for the
horses were thoroughly blown, and the pos
hlions refused to bulge another foot. To
make matters still pleasanter, the storm.
which had lulle1 for moment, now burst
into hurricane, the sea leaped mountains
high, and at this point the firth was abso.
iutely impossible. They must wait the ces.
sation of the storm. Alas that waiting.
III they were only at the other side the
holy words once said, all the fathers and
lovers in the world could not unsay
then. Anyhow, there was no help for
10 "A oil hat a I. IN.
inn.
1t was day of doubts and fears-a day OF
delicious hopes and desperate anxieties With
all poor Curly's folles he had the heart Of q
man and the instincts of gentleman. AL
though he had told the innkeeper that Flora
and lie were man and wife, yet, lest the
breath OF Islander should hereafter faint her
name, he slept that night at the forty house.
or rather he tried ~ sleep. for he could
scarcely close his eyes for impatiencs end
anxiety. As for Flora, she slept, and
dreamed she was in Elysium.
Meanwhile, the irate father and the angry
lover encountered midway on the Journey
to Inverness Mr.. Ballantyne, factor to the
Duke o. Athol, who was driving posthaste
to Aberdeen. He had como by the direct
route on the highway, and had changed
horses where the mail stopped two hours
tcfore. The fugitive, wera not among the
passengers, of that he was quite certain, and
1t would have been impossible for them
to have reached Inverness by any other
conveyance without his encountering them
on the road. More than that, he had
leen at the theatre the night previous,
when an apology was made for Curly, who
had been announced, strangely enough, for
the part of Tangent in 1.-THE Way to Get
Married" 1t was alleged by Johnston that
Mr.. Campbell had disappeared at q mo-
ment's notice, and gone no man knew
WHITTIER"
With curses both loud and deep MacAllis-
ter and Deempster retracsd their steps. and
returned to Aberdeen in company with Bal
lantyne; then, changing horses, they turned
their faces toward the south.