Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-15
s,s CHAPTER, xxx.

l down the garden and through the little door. iHi Dnuh anht;r -------9..gf a;,f ,., 4c -, 1pE Sa .1@ CHAPTER xxx. -sti..F,.s5, : 1i,i Y HAROLD TAKES THE NEWS ay5 !. h1 Mir. Quest and Harold bore the bleeding
 man, whether he was senseless or dead they | knew not, into the house and laid him on the
 sofa. Then, having dispatched a servant to I seek second doctor in case the one already gone for was out, they set to work to cut the clothes from his neck and afiA, and do what they could, and that was little enough to-
 ward stanehing the bleeding. It soon, how
 sver, became evident tlIat Cossey had only l got the outside portion of the charge of No 7-that is to say, that he had been struck by
 about hundred pellets out of the three hun
 dred or so which would go to the ordinary
 ounce and an eighth Had he received the
 whole charge he must, at that distance, have
 been instantly killed As it was, the point of 1 She shoulder was riddled, and so, to a some I what smaller extent was the back of his F neck and the region of the right ear. One or
 two outside pellets had also struck the head
 higher up, and the skin and muscles along the back were torn by the passage of the shot. | ! By Jovep said Mir. Quest, 'I think he is done for" t.> :s:E d 4i!,t [, tt'fi1 .3,hi s'li
 i The colonel nodded He had had some ex-
 perience of shot wounds, and the present. one |
 patients survival ,iGts1'.9I k. !! k 'How did it happens" asked Mr. Quest pre-
 sently, as he nopped up the streaming bloed l with sponge 'Sl'e. '+1r ": s41iIlil,d l ''It was an accident" groaned the colonel. . our wife was looking at my new gun.
 told her that it wus~foaded, and that she must be careful, and [ thought she had
 put it down, :. The next thing that heard
 was the report. It is all my, cursed fault for leaving the cartridges in." ., "Ah," said MT. Quest, ''she always thought accident" :" t'''''''''! '''t o Just then one of the doctors came running: up the lawn carrying a box of instruments, and followed by Belle Quest; and in another l minute was at work. He was quick and skillful surgeon, and having announced that the patient was not dead, at once set to work to tie one of the smaller arteries in the throat, which had been pierced, and through which Edward Cossey was rapidly bleeding to death. By the time that this was done the other doctor, an older man, putt in an ap- pearance' and together they made a rapid ex- animation of the Injuries. 7'''''''' Belle stood by, holding basin of water. She did not speak, and on her face was that same fixed look of horror. which Harold had observed after the discharge of the gun. ,' When the examination was finished, the two doctors whispered together for a few seconds '''' ,'4'f'' .' .'. '|'-'.'.i'''
 "Will he IveY' asked Mr. Quest. ''.'' '."' ''We cannot say," answered the older doctor. "We do not think it probable that he will It will depend upon the extent of the injuries, and whether or no they have ex- tended to the spine If he does live he will probably be,paralyzed to some extent, and he will certainly lose the hearing of the right ear" ''"' ''''' , ''''.'' ''-''''- i''''t = When she heard this Belle sunk down upon chair overwhelmed, and then the two doc tors, assisted by Harold, set to work to carry Edward Cossey into another room which had been rapidly prepared, leaving Mir. Quest alone with his wife ''''''' i" H>.'
 He came and stood in front of her and looked her in the face, and then laughed.
 Upon my word, D he said, Eve men are bad enough, but you women beat us in wicked ness" " <'.j >.'. .'''t'" " i' ''
 What do you mean?" she said, faintly..
 '1 mean that you are murderess, Belle," he said, solemnly. And you are a bungler, too. You could not hold the gun straight. {" 1T deny it," she said, "the gun went off',- 'T7l-4|. =
 "Yes," he said, ''you are wise to make no admissions; they might be used in evidence against you. Let me counsel you to make no admissions. But now look here I suppose that this man will have to lie in this house until he. recoyers or dies, and that you will help to nurse him. We'll, I will have none of your murderous work going on here. Do you hear me. You are not to complete at leisure what you have begun in haste.''
 What do you take me forr' she asked, with some return of spirit; " do you think would injure wounded man?n
 Il do not, know" he answered, with 8 shrug, ''and as for what take you for, l take you for a woman whose passion has made her mao, ; and he turned and left the room. '' -'' '' '"i' f'' -I When they had got Edward Cossey, dead Tor alive-and he looked moro like death than ife---up to the room prepared for him, the colonel, seeing that he could be of no further use, left him with view of going at once to the castle. '' ''''
 On his way out he looked into the drawing room and there was Mrs. Quest, still sitting on the chair and gazing blankly before her. Pitying her. he entered. ''Come, cheer up, that be will live"
 She made no answer. "'.' ' 3''' '< ''
 ''It is an awful accident; but I am almost as culpable as you. for left the< cartridges in the gun. Anyhow, Gods Swsiu be done. :" -
 t"Godts willi' she said, looking u1p, and then once more relapsed into silence ii ''F' ''''
 lie turned to go, when suddenly she rose and caught him by the arna..' ''''''' ..-'''.
 :"Will he die" she said, almost fercely. Tell me what you thinlks-not what the doctors say-you have seen lots of woanded men and know better than they do. Tell me the truth" '''''''i''''i |
 Il cannot say," he answered, shaking his head e-'( ii : !'-' -'.tit i.''
 Apparently she interpreted his answer as yes', At any rate she covered her .sr face with
 Whas would you do, Col Qul.aritch, if if you, u. had killed lied the only thing you, loved in the whole world?' she asked presently. "Oh, what am saynga-1 am off my head. Leave me and go and tell Ida; it will be good news for Ida" 'f''"''i a "''~ ''''"7' o.t''s' Accordingly, having picked up his gun from the spot where it had fallen from the hands of Mrs. Quest, he started for the castle '*!'i .'.:i''' '''i' h. ''''s'' .
 And then it was that for the t1rst time there flashed upon his mind the extraordinary i'm portance of this dreadful accident in it's bear- ing upon his own affairs.i If Cossey died he could not marry lda that was clear; That was what Mrs! Guest must have meant when she said that it would be good news for Ida. But how did she know anvthin ner A bejnt tIda,s