Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-24


large, airy buiding-old, but substantially
built with great heavy raftcrs and patches
of open sky showing here and there
through the great dark roof
"Why, this is u Noah's ark cried Ca
mllac.
"What a rotten old hulk. We shall be
wrecked in the first storm"
There was some straw in n corner. Ca
mllac flunG himself down upon it. The
colonel took off his heavy ulster ana spread
it over the shiNcring wretch.
get through the day quietly here; sleep
if you can, and I'll come to fetch you at
dusk, said the colonel.
81 can't yet on without brandy" an
swerel the other. "You can bring me IA
bottle" he said to Mrs. Jaker, handing her
Il sovereign from his waistcoat pocket
The young man : possession of this gold
puzzled the colonel but he concluded that
the takers had changed one of his notes
for him, albeit Mrs. Jaller had not men
toned that fact in her confession just
now
"She Shall take care of YOU" said the
colonel, but remember that you are in
constant peril of Icing arrested as long as
you remain in the ncghborhood of Darnel
Park. So you had better keep as quiet as
you possibly can till come to fetch you"
And with this injunction Col. Stukcly
left him.
There was no lock to the barn door, and
he found n primitive and ingenious way
of fastening ii outside by means of n bit of
wood and a strip of iron, which he twisted
under and over the latch, so as to render it
difficult matter for Mr.. Camillac to get
out. As they went back to the lane the
colonel gave Mrs Jaker her instructions.
"Gou are to take him no raw brandy"
he said, unless you want to hasten his
death. You must get a couple of pounds
OF beef and make some beef tea, Us s,loug
as you know low to make it. You can
put half a wiueElass of brandy in break
fast cup of beef tea and try to get him to
drink that. He is in a terribly low 81 ite
and will die from exhaustion unless he
takes some kind Of nourlshment"
The colonel could not help thinkinl
within himself that it would be a very
good thing for Grace and everybody else
if this young adventurer We're to die: but
rs an honest, God-fearing man, Weldon
Stukcly knew that it was his duty to try
and save him He walked home quickly
not much the worse for the sacrifice of his
ulster. though it was a sharp October
morning. He entered the hall with the
air of a man who had been for a stroll in
tho gorl.ns inst ns the oight-d,v cIorlk
was stril;ino q
M rn,., sounded for meals i'm This tirno
Of tro1,IJa All noises in tha hons, o,ere
bushad .ova tbe ,uusiral china uf tho
rlncko
Nor, Do,,ol ,,os oo,,,ir,, d.,,.,,..,i,.
with bor knv b,e,ot nm har ar,,, Iil.a
. i,iIor INV
.\,,hn+ is +bo 1ost ro,,o,.+.Y ,-,-o1 49,
co1on,I ,t.hon no boI ,,i.ho1 i,nn'. 'lie
,nnr,,i,,., NJ 7'00
@1Y'a ni,l,t ,,,,rso so,.s +,,.o :, to-,
lint am ALWAYS afraid to trIgt
these urunl. added Dora asif oil l,iro-
lines were vipers "Howpyer Mr. Fried
ricson was to be here TO-DAY. and we shall
eet the truth from him -
"Hos penwern started on his missio,
yet>n asked the colonel irving to seem
careless
"He went out at this morning"
"Good." thought the colonel: iii must he
10 before he can be at Mrs. Jaker's with
the warrant"
The famous London surgeon was 70 he
at Da1urI AT II that dav. and was to ev-
trac, the bullet if he saw his way tn nor
forming that oueration safely Iadv b,r-
mel knew that this dav was to he one of
crisis i'm her husbands fnte Before tho
day WAS over she would know. nerbans
whether ne was to be SHARED ar lost to her.
whether low or despair was to he her nor.
ton. she awaited the issue in a silent
agony. She would not leave her room ex-
cent TO Green into the corridor and crnucb
listening on the ground outsidp her bus-
bands door. She would see no one except
nurses and doctor.
The nurses favorable account of last
night was the first CLEAN of hone
you think he will get better nowsr she
so;d o,os,,i,,,, +,,o ,,,, Ill Nv,
helieva that we shall /,vo h,,,9"
~ oouIdn,t undnrtake to sav 90 much nc
that ,nvIodv INT s,ir Allan cartoinIy bod
q mucb Gniater ni,-htn tho woman
answered coln,lv
When Mr. Friedriosnn and tbe local
doctor came unst,ir. tbav found LADY
Dor,,l .,i i; ,1 .;l,, ,,,.I
dressed in her grav cloth govn and IineH
collar hcnutifnI c,,,n ~ statue. hut