The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-02-06

many particulars, winch may Wcll De
omitted now, and at last came to
most interesting point:
Yesterday I met young Marsden,
and had the greatest difficulty in get
ting clear of him. He was oppres-
sively cordial and all that, and asked
me why i never came to Montagu
street now. l got out of the difficulty
by evasive answers, but was compelled
to play, lunch, dine and 60 to thethe-
alter with him. At half-past eleven we
parted at the corner of Wellington
street, and, calling passing hanson,
1 jumped in, telling the driver to go
full speed for Tottenham Court road.
ga man was walking up and down
in front of the illuminated restaurant,
and several shabby fellows were loung-
ing on the other side of the way. This,
however, did not realize until / had
come out of the saloon, reading the
small pink note sent by my dear girl
The message was an extraordinary
one. / noticed that one man crossed
to the others and, passing them, whis-
pered and then returned to my side of
the way. Three of these fellows pushed
against me as / crossed the road, and,
l feel certain, attempted to snatch the
little note from me. l, however, got
away in another cab, and soon found l
was being followed"
1t would be too tedious and unneces-
sary to follow his description of last
nights flight and pursuit and assault.
The end of it all was that when they
fancied him insensible they searched
his pockets carefully, but they left
watch and chain, and only took little
silver, when Che policeman was heard
approaching. They left, swearing and
quaTeling among themselves about
some bit of paper, but Saumarez had
outwitted them, for, finding himself
unable to avoid coming to close quar-
tiers, he had destroyed it.
"And may / ask what was written
on the paperP" inquired.
"The words written on that paper"
he replied, "are so strange that I am
in agony of mind over them. They
were written in pencil, and were, as
nearly as l can remember, as follows:
'"Ths is terrible-more terrible than we
know. How can tell your Can you believe
me true to you, and sincere1 You must! /
have been betrayed or discovered. l fear.
TO morrow they take me away, know not
where. You must be at - Cemetery on
Monday night 9TH an hour after midnight
If you can find friend to trust lot him &c
company you, SECRETLY. Watch and hide. A
force would be useless and defeat its object
Interference might be fatal to you and
divide US evermore.
had had few strange experiences
in my time, but this was decidedly the
most extraordinary. He was perfectly
calm and sane, that was certain, and
for an instant wondered what was the
: condition of mind of the writer. die
not hesitate, however. l could see the
, bent Of George Saumarez' mind, and Sc
1 said, quietly:
, II will be your friend.".
He rose, painfully, and shook hands
with me.
[ 1t was a beautifully moonlit nigh
when we got to the vicinity of the Gem
, etery. 1 knew the locality well, anC
very quickly selected place for en-
trance.
J One of the boundary walls fanlled
r solitary lane, and between the stone
{ work and the embankment thrown VI
. for landscape gardening there was
( very deep hollow, profusely planted
+ with bushes of all kinds.
| We were dressed as laboring men
+ and remained in the common bar of
hotel in the neighborhood until lively
/ o'clock. Then we cautiously returne
\ tie the spot indicated, and, notwith
Y standing the fact that George was sui
sering from his late injuries, sue
ceeded in getting him over the slopin
4 wall and following myself.
G There were no houses in the immed
! ate vicinity. The lodge was at tn
e gates at the lower end of the grounds
: and we rightly concluded that an
}, secret expedition would keep as ia
d from it as possible.
An hour passedvery slowly, and fc
|. one was beginning to think that tn
I. paper was meant to get Saumarez OIL
" of town for that night, when we hear
o the sound ofwheels coming up the roa
d by which we had come.
ir This corner of the burial-groun
il formed such a tongue-like angle tn;
n one wall nearly faced the othe
Chance had brought us to an admiral
l. spot to view what was about to tai
place. On the other side the embanl
Il ment within the wall was lower, ar
lie so, when the wheels stopped, we soc
10 saw a dark figure rise above it, ar
gradually climb inside. Then anoth
/ appeared, and the former stood reat
to receive a supply of spades, a ma
lie took and bag of smaller tools. ~
Of second man now came up gradual
ID as if ascending ladder-they had
rs short set of steps in the cart-a thi
10 followed. and last of all came lad
" Seeply yelled.
lie After looking cautiously about thu
" stopped by tree, and one of the me
~ bending down, said softly:
m This is the spot"
II, The moon shone down on a smi
er white marble cross, and after VIII
TX pered conversation one OF the men
~ o stranger to both of us-threw Oh |
be coat and commenced digging.