Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-12-21

"Indeed she be, sir: a more Iharitabler
young lady never know'd."
So Archie ran down thu steps, and
James shut the door.
"This is some of Mrs. P yor's work."
said Archie to himself. rs 10 has dragged
Bessie off to some Of her mediums. A
nice business, by Jov"'- he daughter Of
Tillinghast Archer v;s ting a den in
Fast Fourth street! H. outrageous! I'll
stand out in front Of 4 . damned place
and be ready in case ~ trouble" And
be turned his aristocratic feet towards
that unaristocratio quarter Of the town
Rush, Martin the detective. and the
man johnson were In state Of great
excitement this morning. They had
heard Nine. Fannv. Countess de Paris,
telling one Of her confederates that she
expected Costello there that very morn
ing; that he was goina to bring young
lady with him, "a great swell" whom
be wanted to marry; that her father was
q man Of wealth, but that both he and
the mother were prcjudiced against
Costello, although they knew nothing to
his discredit. Costello. On the other hand,
was determined to marry her. She had
given him sufficient encouragement to
make him believe that ne could get her;
and she was too grea. prize to let slip
through his fingers. Il am to give her
the benefit of a trapca, in which am to
tell her that it is written in the stars that
she is to marry certain man; and then
I'll describe Cos. She will be overcome
by the coincidence, chile will take no
notice of it, but go IN and tell of the
great things that will come Of this union
foreordained by heaven" And Nine
Fanny broke into harsh, vulgar laugh.
"And where do you come in? What
do you get for this job7" asked her con-
federate.
"Oh, jnst you leave me alone for that
Cos has promised me good slice out Of
the dot.
"Cos' promises are not selling above
par nowadays, and don't you forget it."
"You needn't abuse Cos to me. He
pays up when he can. but living with the
swells is an expensive luxury and takes
almost all he can earn"
The other gave grunt Of contempt
which showed that she did not share
Nine. Fanny's good opinion Of Costello.
Rush's indignation waxed high at this
conversation, and he said to Martin that
If he could get hold Of that poor girl he
would warn her in time.
"You would get no thanks" replied
the detective women have to find
those things out for themselves.
They talked awhile on general sub
jects and smoked cigar apiece. When
they had finished they heard footsteps
on the stairs and a peculiar rap on
Nine. Fanny's door, which was quick
ly opened A whispered conversation
ensued. carried ON in very low tones
This was followed by one voice speaking
The men in the back room could hear
nothing that was said, but they had come
! to know the front room sounds pretty
well. and they recognized Mime. Fanny's
trance voice. For a moment Nine
Fanny ceased speaking and they heard a
mans low tones. johnson sprang to his
feet.
by heaven. that's Costello's voice! !
would know it in hades"
Martin put his hand over Johnson's
mouth and whispered to him to keep
still or he would spoil everything. Rush,
too, became very much excited. for the
voice sounded very familiar to him.
though he could not place it. In a mo-
ment Nine. Fanny went on with her
trance. and then for a few minutes there
was pause. The three men stood by
the door. Martin was to give the signal
to Rush to burst it open. and johnson
was to stand by Nine. Fanny's hall door
to prevent Costello's escape. The three
men were screwed up to high pitch of
excitement as they stood silently waiting
the word Of command. Suddenly they
heard sharp, quick cry from woman's
voice:
Don't touch mel Helpi help!"
Rush recognized the voice in a second.
and his blood ran cold in his veins
Without waiting for Martins signal he
put the edge Of his jimmy in the crack
Of the door and gave it a fierce wrench.
1t rolled quickly back on its hinges. and
the occupants of the darkened room
stood before him. Rush forgot all about
the man he was looking for and sprang
to the woman's side.
"In Gods name. Miss Archer, what are
you doing hereS" he exclaimed, in horror
Pale and trembling. Bessie clasped his
arm, too nervous and frightened to
speak. But Costello, who was none other
than O'Hara. stepped forward. and in his
low, oily tones said:
"This lady is in my care, Mr.. Hurl'
stone; will see that she gets home in
safety" And he pu: out his hand as
though to take her with him.
"You Internal sconndrel," said Rush.
fllnging him across the room with one
hand, for Bessie was c'inging to his other
arm, "lay your finger on this lady and
I'll dash your brains out against the walll'
O'Hara smiled smile Of forgiveness,
as one who felt sorry to see an amiable
young gentleman possessed Of so violent
temper.