The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-11-22

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cate that hasty flight would be most ben
eticial to his interests.
He seemed completely environed by
foes, and no matter which way he turned
1t did seem as though he was bound to
meet some enemy; but he only shut his
| teeth the harder and determined to beat
| them all yet.
There were several important things
| that menaced him about which he knew
nothing.
The first of these was the escape of
Nora Warner for the second time from
the mad-house. and the fast that she and
brave Jack, who loved her so we'll that
he was ready to die in her service, were
even then closing in upon the man upon
| whom both had sworn o mighty oath to
be avenged.
| Then, again, there was another little
fact of which the Captain was ignorant
| the restoration Of the Russian detective
to life.
He had not the least idea in the wide
world but that the fellow had been dead
in the chimney for days; and not know
ing that the old mill was occupied, and
haunted by fear lest his secret should
become known, should any one by acci-
| dent discover the body of the man
tracker, who might be really recognized
| as the person with whom he had left
Richmond Terrace on the night when his
marriage had besn SO abruptly broken off
by the flight of Carol, assisted by valiant
Roger, he was even now on his wav to
the old mill with the full intention OF for
ever hiding the body of the slain detect
ivc-for he was absolutely positive the
man was dead-from the view of man
kind.
He had started out with a trowel and
some lime, intending to make some NOR
tar and brick up the hole in the chimney
In which he had dropped the body, but
when he came TO think it all over, there
were several objections to this plan.
In the first place, any parties visiting
the mill through idle curiosity-as they
were liable to do any day, and this it was
that had urged him on to the step he was
about to take-could not but notice the
difference in the mortar; the patch would
be plainly seen, and their curiosity so ex-
cited that nothing would do but an ex-
animation when the truth would be speed.
lily disclosed.
This had so disgusted him that he had
hurled the trowel and little sack of lime
into the bushes, and with curse was
about to turn back when he suddenly be-
came seized with brilliant idea.
So stupendous was this new thought,
coming after his late defeat, that he be-
came excited, AID, losing no time, at
once recommended his walk toward the
mill.
1t was far into the night, and the bright
stars looked down from above as though
rebuking the dark thoughts that had been
engendered in his brain.
His new scheme, which had appeared
to him as one we'll calculated to bring
success with it, was to tear down the
chimney, remove the body to some other
part OF the mill where it would get the
full benefit of his further actions, and
then gathering combustibles about the
dead man, set fire to the old mill
The great structure would burn like
tinder. and his secret would be well
kept.
Full Of this idea, he hurried along the
path he had taken the other night, when
with such herculean strength he had
borne the body Of the detective from the
spot where he had struck him down, to
the denser forest where he had afterward
brought his horse to bear the body to the
mill.
If he could dispose of the detectives
body one great object would be accom-
plished. He felt that when he struck the
man-tracker down to death he had ac-
complished much, for in spite of his nom
chalance in his presence he had feared
this man like poison.
When this work was accomplished he
could turn upon his other foes one by one
and demolish them.
Filled with these thoughts he hurried
on through the gloomy forest.
The mill was quite distance away,
and yet he took no note of the passage OF
time, and was so engrossed at his various
schemes that almost before he was aware
of the fact the old building Ioomed up
before him.
To the surprise of the Captain he saw
lights in two different parts of the mill !;
one on the lower floor remote from the
place where the body had been concealed,
the other higher up in sort of loft. for
merly used by the miller for some pur-
pose.
The first he could comprehend. for he