Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-07

Sarani who shall now Ay tbat we have
dipped our hand In any irrcgularit;esr
assured him no did Inc injustice; but nv
sense Of humanity was 80 much affected Nv
the horridncss Of the fact that could scarce
ind breath 20 answer with.
Come,p said no, "you must be more m
sDived. The need for this fellow ceas..i when
he had shown you where the path ran, and
you cannot deny would hnvc been daft to
let slip NO fair an opportunity"
We struck the path without further mis-
edvent'ire, and tho saine night, about sun.
down, came 10 the edge Of tho morass.
We we're too weary to seek far, on some
dry sands, still warm with the days sun, and
close under wood OF pines, we lay down and
were instantly plunged In sleep.
We awaked tho next morning very early,
and begnn with n sullcn spirit n conversation
that came near TO end In blows We were
now cast on shore In the southern provinces,
thousands Of miles from any French settle
ment; q dreadful journey aud n thousand
pcrils lny In front OF us; and sure, II there
was over need for nmity, It was In such an
hour ] must suppose that Ballantrae had
suffered In his sense OF what Ii truly polite:
indeed, ard there Is nothing strange in the
idea, after tho sea wolves wc had consorted
with 30 long, and ms for myself no fubbcd
mo of unhandsomely, and any gentleman
would have resented his behavior.
! told him in what light | saw his con.
duct; he walked a little or, following TO up
braid him, and ut last he stopped mo with his
hand.
Frank says he, "you know what wa
swore, mud yet there Is no oath invented
would induce mo 10 swallow such expressions
II did not regard you with sincere affection.
1t Is impossible you should doubt me there;
have given proofs. Dutton had 10 take be-
cause he knew the pass. and Grady because
Dutton would not move without him; but
what call was there TO carry you nlongi You
arc perpetual danger to mo with your
cursed Irish tongue. By rights you should
now be In irons In the cruiser. And you
quarrel with mo like baby for some
trinketsi"
considered this one Of the most unband-
some speeches ever made; and indeed to this
day can scarce reconcile 1t to my notion OF
gentleman that was my friend. retortcd
upon him with his Scotch accent, Of which
he had not 80 much as some, but enough TO
bo very barbarous and disgusting, as told
him plainly, and the affair would have gone
to great length but for an alarming inter.
vention.
We had got some way of upon the sand.
The place where we had slept, with the pack
cts lying undone and the money scattered
openly, was now between us and the pines.
and 1t was out OF these tho strapgsYo tho
have come. There no was at lea n must
huIking fellow of the O., "a .,st. n great
ak on his sh~-a Know W,j;,intry. with n broad
MOVES are n1Ider. looking open moutbe,l.
won'tC the treasure, which was lust nt his
tect. md now at our disputation in which we
had gone far enough to hnye weapons in our
hands. We had no sooner observed him than
he found his legs and made Off npain among
tho pines
This wns no scene TO put our minds nj rest.
couple of armed mon in sea clothes found
auarrelinc over n treasure not many miles
from where n pirate had been capturod-bere
was enough to bring the whole country about
our ears The quarrel was not even made
up: IL was blottcd from our minds. and wa
got our packets together In tho twinklipo Of
an eve and made of, running with the best
will In the world. But the trouble was. we
did not know in what direction and must
continually return upon our stems Ballan
trae had indeed collected what he could from
Dutton; but it's hard 10 travel upon hearsav
and tho estuary, which spreads into vast.