The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-30

II 'sl> lone in tn height Of 4 drunk n
IN ny NEATLY l.- r1uirel. fc liz 4
s,rln-r relief at the though. that /. vas
Hg. 50 utterly bal As I hal supposed HI
: Just awakening To- tha cons .i3.1aas, nf tn
tFim,
Tie arguSol man turncl % ale.
TEL M what b. means. hs sail.
pointed t. the great s2..shes Of bleci
about tn room, wht-h he dill not app ar to
have notitel I'rora He looked at them
'acagtly: pcrhap' the fum,s Of alcohol ,til!
caOudSl lis brain.
What Of iii. h. a,kaL
Il saw him fan lown TO the pavement"
Answered
AMI was hos h, dead,
He i, C.ea.L
mere was pdusa. | was nOs lOoAin.
INTO tho customers face, but was gain;
tNedly AZ the dark vet stain Oh his arm AMI
hdni. The intensity of my gaze atsraetel
his attention. He loosel ut tlo arm an!
ssarti violently.
"biool. h saspeI Then IL aided, YOU
think murieral him.
Well it looks uncommon Ike il, said
TIL Policeman Its my duty to detain
you.
You dcta,a M: repeated tho young
man, s.Orntully III hal murdered tho
poor fellow, and vislal 10 escape, no two
mon in the word c0ull keep mo in this room
rs am limo 'cnt, | remain AMI without
taking any further notice of either OF us, no
quietly tcsan to pun on his clothes.
Presently We h ari steps on the stairs.
AMI tn dor o,enel t, admit two police
officers. Tie d'tI man, whose nlme il
tranepltc VAS Nllils Stokes, hai mean.
while boon Ctrr.el int ON On the gromd
HAT, which was ul"~upiel After collect.
ing TIE eyid,Hev AMI sailing up thu room
for the pres Mt, thu officers lutt. taking with
them the accused man At til request If
one OF them, whom | asr"rtiinad To he IN
inspector, I accompanied them To the sta
ton. Whom asked hi, name the prisoner
turned Whit to hi, lips, tho full horrors Of
his situation app airing - rush upon him for
TIL first tim" | hauel forward, breath.
le,sIy awaiting q ulu' which fell a PIE
stntim'n: Nuull tc familiar t. M, ict
mon' than pn'Seutimcnt, for suddenly like
II flash Ut i,ht The iamililrtty IN tho face
wa, cXplaiue t. me could have given
the name for him. Scarcely lcss asta:el
than the unfortunate man himself, | t lol,
like som railway. .rayeltr, who has seen
from tn ,arriIg' window an Approaching
and inrN ,tIble coiiisi ~. awaiting shock
I'm not n niri r.r had no more to
do with that unfp'tunat mans death than
You hat My name i,-Chude fan,oart."
said that | was pral arrl for shoc&,
but | non thu ta,s tet it, force upol hear.
ing that name. Staggered against the col |
stone wall with a deep grom If anguish. The
suspi ion which hai ilr,hcl upon me was
confirmed, the familiarity of the features to
mo was explained, the murderer WAS tie
brother OF my Constance; the only brother
whom | hal ever seen. and wuoU nauo was
never mentioned without si.h from tho
daughter AMI tear from the mother. L. haI
been briefly explained 10 Nc that the boy
hal always Teen will AMI uatraatablr. AMI
that after repeated warnings he had been
expelled from college ~ lttorly unmlntge.
allie, after which ho hai MIXED with a fast
81 porting ST in L,bnloh IT, hal not lcrn at
homo for more than two years, durins which
they hal heard but littlp AMI no.hinz salts.
factory of him
. -
During the l., main ler 81 that eventual
night, or rather mo"ui,g z, did not attempt |
to rest; It would have hcar utterly fruithsA !
| paced disorlorly aholt my rooms, uly
mimi u perfect eh5o,. Morning dawncd AMI |
found mc ,ittH- at my tahlo,
INV faco hariri IN nay haud, How !
-, To- tt.t /
| knew not, hut when ro-s f,t sick an
welh, anl my limbs trAnlcl unicl' M |
My SIPS werr directed toward tho remote !
suburb in Which MIR. t'an,onrt resided |
saally | wake, the distance with feet |
swift nd by love AMI sweet anticipation. |
in less than the hall h. ur but thi, morning, |
owed down rs / was with thu Dir al tidin.s |
il WAS my duty TO Lc1,, a full hour hal |
passed before ! stood opposite Mrs Fan.
court ; pretty but uupretentious cottage, |
with its cr,cpcr-grown vcranla, AMI STIR.
little garden of choice and sweet.
smelling flowers.
y, gael upon it | felt that carried
with me deadly, Il Solating blight Su,,-
lenly turning, | hurr.j almost ncl, from |
IN spot Could nothing b, done to spIIo
M. cricl in my anguish Could not r.
main silent, trusting tina ii th,r quiet / a-
JircI lie the rribl new, would not reach
them 4 very littI' reflection convinced
me- that this was imp iblr There wa but |
ono cours, for ine to pursue, AMI tint VS.
plainly The coura' 4 dnty-to bras the
ruth To- them as gently as could before it
reached them IN rui9r form
Slowly retracing my stals, again stoo
before the cottage, anil gain I paused le.
'ore entering. Had my :, solution faiIod
econl time it would have been useless; tn
rigilant eyes of love hal espied me through