The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-28
FOULPL
A Novel.
CHAPTER llI-roNTINUED.
ny CHARLES READE.


Seaton looked at him nttcntivcly, and re-
cognizcd him ut last. ltwnsa convict cnlled
Butt, who had come over in the ship with
him. The man offered him n glass Of ale
Seaton declined it. Butt, n very clever rogue
seemed hurt; so then Seaton asscntcd rcluct
unity. But took him to public-llousc in Il
narrow street, md into II private room
Scatom started ns so6n az he entered, fol
there sat two rcpulsivc ruttians, and by q
look that passed rapidly between them and
Butt, lie saw plainly that they were waiting
for him. lie Felt nervous; the place was &c
uncouth and dark, the faces so yillainous.
However, they invited him to sit down
roughly, bu, Will, an air of good fellowship
and very sonn opened their business over
their ale. We are nll bound to assist oui
felow-rrentuirs when it can bc done without
trouble: and what they asked of him was Il
simple act OF courtesy. such us in their opin
to his fellow. Ii WIS to give General ROLES
Ems Watchdog piece of prepared meat
upon certain evening: and in return fort his
thrilling civilitH, they were generous enough
To offer him II ,ull share of any light valu,l
hlcs they might lind in the Generals house
Seat"n ,irmblcd, and put his lnce in his
hands IL moment ~ cannot do it !" be said
why nut?"
'iic has l,ccn too good to me-
a coarse laugh o! dcrison greeted this ar
gument: il seemed SO irrelevant to these pure
cyclists. Sruton. however, persisted. and OH
that one OF he men got up and stood before
the door, aud drew his knife gently.
Seat on glanced his eyes round in search o.
n weapon. and turned pale.
''Do you mean tosplt ON us, matc?" sud one
of The lutlihns i'll front of him.
NO. don't. En, won't rob my bcne
fnctor YOU shall kill mo first" And Will
thut he durted TO the fireplace, and in q
moment the poker was high in mir. and the
way lie SQUARED his shoulders and st cd ready
TO hit to the on. or cut TO the off, WAS 4
caution.
Come, drop that" said Butt. grimly;
"and put up your knife, Bob. Can't apal bt
out of a job, and yet not split on them tina,
il in il"
why should spite" said Robert Pen
fold elias the law been Il friend to me-"
But ! won't rob my Gencactor-and lis
daughter
THAT is sqnarcrnough, sad Butt why
pals, there arr Other cribs to be cracked be
sides that old bloke's. Finish the ale, mate
aud part friends.
lily will promise me TO crack some
other crib and let TINT one alone"
snl'rn ass"n! was given, and Seatoll
drank their henlths, and walked away. Butt
followed him soon after. and affected o side
with him. and intimnted that lie himself was
not capable %; rnhbiny Il Nuns house who
had been good to him. orto II pal of his. In
deed this plausible person said 81 much, aud
his smllen comrades had sail. so little. that
Sraton, rendered keen and anxious hy love
invested his savings in IL Colts revolver an,
ammunition.
He did not stop here: after the hint about
the Watchdog he would not trust that faith
full but too c;lrnivnrous animal: he brought
his blnnkcts into the little tool-house. and
lay there every night i'll !; sort Of dogs sleep
This tool-lousn WIS erected in IL little bach
garden, separated from the lawn
only by some Young trees in sngl,
file. Nor Miss Rollrstun's widow looked on,
upon the lawn, SO tina, Seaton's wntch-tow
err was not many y;,r.ls from il; then as the
Toulouse w;,s only lighted from above, lie
l,rc,l II hole in tho wooden s,ructnrc, and
through this liz watched, aud slept. and
watched. lie used to sit studying theology
by Il fnrtliiny ruslliglii till the lady's he'd
time, and then he watched for her shadow
Hit appeared for a few mnmes on hehlinl
he give IL sigh of content, and went to
sleep, but awakened every now and then t.
see that all was we'll.
After IL few nights his alarms naturally
ceased but his love increased. fed now from
this new source, the sweet sense of being thu
secret protector Of her he ntlored
Meantime, Miss Rolcston's maid, Wilson
fell in love with him after her fashion; she
had taken Il fancy to his i,,rc at once, and
he had encouraged her IL little, unintcntion
ally; for he brought he noseyays to her. and
listened com ;lccntly to her gossip, for tho
sake of the few words she let fall now and
then about her young mistrc As he never
exchanged two sentences at Il time with any
other servant, this tlnttered Sarah Wilson
and She soon begun 10 meet and accost hin
oftpner. and in cherrirr-culored ribbons, thar
he could stand So then he showed impa
tienrc. and then sllc, reading him by herself
suspected some vulgar rival.
Suspicion soon bred jealousy, jealousy Wig
ilnnrr. and vigilance detection.
Her first discovery was that. so long n,
ene talked OF Miss Helen ltollcston she wa,
always welcome; her second was that Seatol
slept in the tool-hOnse.
She was not romantic enough to connect
her two discoveries together. They lay apar
in her mind until circumst ances we are nbou
to relate supplied Il connecting link
On Thursday evening James Seaton's god
dess sat alone with her papa und-bping
young lady OF fair abilities, who had .,on,
through her course Of music and other 1T nd
les. taught brainessly, aud who was now go
Ing through n course OF monotonous pleas
urrs. and had not accumulated any grea
store OF mental resour,es-she was listlcs,
and languid, and would huv,
yawned forty times in he
lnpa's face. only she was too well-bretl. Sh,
always turned her head away when it came
and either suppressed it. or else hid it witt
IL lovely white hand. At last, rs she was
good girl. she blushcd ut her behavior, an,
reused hcrselfup. and said she. Papa, shall
l play you the new Inahrlles:'
Papa gave IL start and a shake, and sait
with wcll-teigncd velcmcnce. :'Ay, do, m
dear, and 30 composed himsclr-tO listen
and Helen sat down and played the quad
rills
Thccomposcrliadt taken immort nj melodies
some gay. some sad, and had robbed then
OF their distinctive character and hashe
them till they were all one monntonous rat
tie. But General Kollcston was little til
worse for all this. AS Apollo saved Hornc
from hearinga poetnster's rhymes, so iii
Somnus, another little deity. rrsc,l
our warrior from his daughters music.
She was neither angry nor surprised.
delicious smile iIlumined her face directly; sll
crppt to him on tiptoe. and hest owed II kiss
light MS n zephyr. on his gray head. And i
truth. the bending attitude OF this suppl
face and light hazcley bcaming love an
reverence, and the airy kiss, had somethin
angelic
She took her candle. and glitc,l up to lie
bedroom. And. the moment she got there
and could crafty her somnolcncr withou
ohensc, need we say she became wi,lc-nwuke
She sat down, and wrote long letters thre
other young ladies'. gushing affection. askin
questions of the kind nobody replies tC
painting. with II young lady's colors, tn
male being to whom she was shortly to b
married, wishing her dear friends n like dem
igod, il pcrcliancc earth contained two
and SO to the last new bonnet and preacher
She sat over her paper till one O'Clock, an
Seaton watched and adored her shadow.
When she had done writing, she opcne
her window and looked out upon the night
the stars. and her watcher might we'll be PAL
tloned il he saw in her IL celestial being look
ing up from an earthly resting-place towar
her native sky.
At two o'clock she was in bed. but no
nslrep. Shelay calmly gazing at the Souther
Cross. and other lovely stars shining wit
vivid, but chaste, fire in the purple vault 9
heaven.
While thus employed she hoard n Sigh
sound outside that made her turn her eve
toward young tree near her window. II
top branches were wniving II good deal
though there wns not IL breath stirring
This st rurk her as curious, very curious.
Willie she wondered, suddenly an arm an
u hand came in sight, and after them til
whole figure OF IL man. going up the tree.
Helen sat up now. elnrng with terror, an
was so parmlyzed, she did not utter IL sound
About II foot below her window was IL lea
flat that rooted the bay window below.
covered an area of several irrt, and the mn
sprang ON to it with perfect ease from til
tree. Helen shriek"l with terror. At tina
very instant there wns flash. Il pistol-shot
and the mans arms went whiring, and Ii
staggered ard fell over the edge G
the fiat, aud struck the grass BIZ
low with heavy tlIud, Shots an