Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-12-13

80 'o4S' N4sA eiaiS4 oIlSn 4olsS Ell.
Would you mind har i!ss me that
bottle on the shelf yonda.-;he third
bottle on the left 2 B. y-rr careful
OF 1t. If you please. Thsnk YOU
Mr. Higgs now "oticsl lat while
half Of the plates, or disks. we're of
bright copper, the o,hers were formed
of sons darker metal. Taese dark
plates DR.. Unonius carefully separa-
ted rom tbs rest Next. IN a porce-
lain troagh he p.oce.4c. to poar the
contents Of the bottle ia:ck steel
blue .iquii-and to im..srss tie So
lected plates in this oae by oae with
great care, letting the liqa:i rua over
the surface At top AMI notta!l. and
examining each disk miuu; i; ~ the
light Of the lamp.
This done, he IsAErangsd ,ns Pile
as before. dark plate '...ir.st cop.
per, with layer Of fisuu.i (which he
carefully uo:stened irola ri. be-
| meath the i@Ale) on top & eac. y.,ir
Then nav & fitted the v4-.. -.;:r:f-
II tog Their, 10 produce: ',..a ,.e
DIRE ~er two long wires, al. 10, ..s.: at
his coMp4uioa.
Ma | ak you to teal. me
corpus iH'tIle .
The what
To come vnd lay your Gagera ii.m-
ly Oh the hand here. Stop; first iyE me
molstep the wrist
He did so from the pail with saitil
sponge. Mister Gavin H.gg@ IA al.
jecJ fear diA 80 lie was di:este.I TIE
Doctor deity fitted his r..e. - ;he
top and bottom Of A.s pile .:..' ..ep-
ping up, brought them IN cut With
the muscles OF tke dead VII.
Mr. Hi-gs started bach. $50" r. /
ter.
'By the Lord, it. o,ocing iislv-
Ell Ia mercy on us
DIR. Uucnius cool!y re2ii.bged the
wires and bent over the hI;,:
Moving, fool OF course is my
ing Hullod, what's this
The fingers. which II :ir=t had mere
ly twitched convu!siveiy, we're how
moving in a most strange man"-r 10
and fro upon the table. The m,tioa
was frou left to right, and back ag4i:,
with the thumb and forefnger tight :
pressed together.
The Doctor suddenly raised his head.
For the first time there was = CLEAN
of excitement in his eyes.
'Pen and paper. Quick, quick. Ter
heaven sake
He snatched them from lie treal-
bling compAuion, and, quick as thought,
had slipped a piece al paper under tie
hand. Then dipping the quill in III;
he forced it between the tightly f,s
tened thumb and forefn6er. They
closed upon it at once.
Immediately, and with no interrup-
ton in the motion of the hand, an
linked line began to travel over ia
white surface OF the paper DR.. Unon
ious bent forward oreathlessIy. Higgs
clutched the edge of the table for sup
port. His notified face was pale as
death, and large beads broke out and
trickled down his forehead. There
was dead silence in the room, save the
scratching of the quill.
My God ! muttered the Doctor.
With a splutter the writing ceased,
the hand paused, hesitated, and drop,
ped limp upon the paper. The pen
fell from its grasp, the fingers twitchsi
once or twice fsebly, ami were still.
Recovering himself, DR.. UGoniu.
drew the sheet away and looked.
DR.. Unonlus looked for . minute or
So then turned TO Calvin Higgs. His
face had grown suddenly !sle, and
the lines about his mouth were deeper
than ever.
Have you ever seen anything like
this ? he asked showing the raper.
The informer shrank away.
For the Lords sake, Doctor, don't
arsk ne | dunno. Hu'loa Blamed
if it ain something like Holgsr's Bar.
row, only Holgar's Barrow has three
pillars, and this hash but two
'Holgars Bsrrow-two miles TO the
east of the cross ways?'
That's il, but HoISa1's Barrow la,
three leg, and this
You fool, cannot you g.. at this
is only half q sketch, that We We only
in time for half
The two men locke! into c,.h 9th
ers eyes, A.l the Doctors gaze ~ h.
, fore Lal the mastery.
'Hnw much was R.nstus BEN;
worth z
Folks said different: som A.. hue
de.d pound, others Thousands. l. ok
~ here, Doctor, you'll play sqa4.s.
share and share alike? VIE sItt
We search
Now, s4il lie Doctcr, s,erpi : t.
wards hls coat, which hug I.i.:.
the door.
Calvin Hig,s bent over tIv ,,.ye-.
now lying on the table.
'Renatus was rare sly ole with
his money. Hundreds Of pounds i.
stowe. away, Il! warrant. And TO
think Of his styiu up the sscre, in this
way
Dr. Uno.iuss hand WAS busy with
his coat pocket.
To th!:k of hi. drawin' !, ont =.
P.sln a riae s,atF. anG .o;;lu.
down a cross, too, tc msrk tho very.
spot. | swo-e, when ne cheated rs
two year sCone, ii De ey.u With N
some day.
'Ea > said te Doctor, Stepping
back across the room.